CHAPTER IV ANALYSIS
This chapter contains the answer of the problem formulations that are already conducted by the writer in Chapter I. In the first part, the writer discusses
the characterization of the main character in the novel; in the second part, the writer discusses
the whites‟ actiondiscrimination done toward The Aborigines; while in the third part, the writer discusses how the discrimination in Alice
Nannup‟s When The Pelican Laughed affects the main character.
A. The description of the Main Character: Alice Nannup
In describing the characterization of the main character in the novel, the writer uses Robert Stanton‟s theory in his book An Introduction to Fiction about
character. Stanton stated that character is the individual who appears in the story. “It refers to the mixture of interests, desires, emotions, and moral principles that
makes up each of these individuals” 1965:17. The main character in this novel is the narrator itself. The narrator uses pronoun I as she was telling the story. It is
first person narrative. The first person narrative is conscious of her own thoughts. The narrator in this novel is the author itself, but literally author is different from
the narrator. Author is the one who writes a book while narrator is the person who narrates storyteller. Narrator is a character created by the author who has a limit.
Narrator is a character, limited by his own personality and biases, created by the author, who is able to reveal to the reader information beyond the
knowledge of the narrator Rohroerger, and Samuel H.Woods. Jr, 1971:23.
The writer analyzes the characterization of the main character by using Robert Stanton‟s theory that is based on the emotions, desires, thoughts, author‟s
explicit description and comment upon the character; and the character‟s own dialogue and behavior Stanton, 1965:17.
1. Tomboyish
Alice i s a tomboy. She used to wear boy‟s clothes and be with where the
men are. She does not like to do girly things such as cooking in the kitchen with her mother. She prefers something to do with the outdoor activities such
as taking care the horse or vans out with her dad and the other men.
I was a real little tomboy; I only ever wanted to be where Tommy and the men were. I used to be in boy‟s clothes all the time. I used to get around in
these little safari suits with a hat on my head, and I‟d have these knee- highboots that buttoned up from the ankle Nannup, 1992: 23.
Alice prefers to do outdoor work with her father than work inside the house help her mother. “But I was an outdoor girl, I‟d rather work out in the
paddock with Tommy than inside he lping my mother” Nannup, 1992:52. When
someone prefers to do a work outside the house, it is usually a kind of hard works because you have to deal with the weather, and the environment. If it is a sunny
day, then it means you have to deal with the hot weather, and also the dust that makes the dirtiness. A woman usually does not like to be in that kind of situation.
Alice prefers to do outdoor activity which is usually done by the men. She does
not want to join her mother inside the house, like in the kitchen to cook, which is more comfortable than being outside doing a hardwork.
2. Persistent
Alice‟s mother used to take Alice out for hunting. One day they are hunting for a kangaroo and they see a race-horse goanna ran into a hole.
Alice‟s mother says to Alice that she is going to get the kangaroo. Her mother gets off her horse, and so does Alice. When A
lice‟s mother is digging down after the kangaroo, it is d
igging up to get way and start to climb. Alice‟s mother asks
Alice to move away because the kangaroo may hurt Alice. “You better move away from there because if he comes out he‟ll think you‟re a tree
and run up your leg” Nannup 1992:32. But instead of moving away, Alice
stays standing there. The kangaroo jumps out of the hole and run straight up Alice and stan
d with his back legs on Alice‟s shoulders and his two front feet on Alice‟s head. “Mother started growling at me in language, „I told you to get
away, I told you, but you never do as you‟re told‟” Nannup, 1992:32.
Alice knows that it is dangerous for her to be there if she does not move anywhere. The kangaroo is climbing from the hole trying to escape. It may hurt
Alice whenever the kangaroo jumps out from the hole. Her mother already tells her to move away, but she keeps standing there. She is curious to see what will
happen to the kangaroo so that she keeps standing there and takes a look at the kangaroo. She is stubborn. Though it is for the sake of herself, but she does not
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