Approach of The Study

and then stays in his house. Ever since the cat stays in Mr. Sneaze‟s house, it observes Mr. Sneaze‟s everyday life but not end up observing Mr. Sneaze only. Narrator also observes the people around him, especially his friends. They are Waverhouse, Beauchamp, and Coldmoon. In this analysis, the writer specifically wants to observe the characteristic of Avalon Coldmoon. Coldmoon is the former student of Mr. Sneaze and is now a bachelor of science with a major as a physicist who strives to achieve his doctorate title. He is a favorite student of Mr. Sneaze and they become more like close friends instead of just a teacher-student relationship. Because of that, Mr. Sneaze tries to negotiate Coldmoon when Mr. Sneaze and Waverhouse find out Mrs. Goldfield wants to have Coldmoon as her son-in- law. Mr. Sneaze doesn‟t want Coldmoon to marry the daughter of Goldfield because of her status as a daughter of businessman. Education in Japan in that era is very important because westernization comes along in this era of enlightenment it is crucial for Japan‟s human resource to be educated in order to build new era of Japan. Avalon Coldmoon is a student who has received his title as a Bachelor of Science means he is already graduated from university. Coldmoon does not stop until this. He is also tries to get his doctorate title and working hard on his thesis in order to achieve that. From the analysis of Coldmoon, the writer wants to reveal how this character can become the representation of intellectuals in this Meiji era.

1. Open-minded

Coldmoon as a former student of Mr. Sneaze often comes to his teacher‟s house to chat in his spare time along with Waverhouse and sometimes Beauchamp, a friend of Coldmoon also show up in Mr. Sneaze‟s house. Most of the time they spend inside Mr. Sneaze‟s study, they chat in various objects from suicide, womanhood, even East- West culture. At one time, Coldmoon does not come to Mr. Sneaze‟s house and Madam Conk Mrs. Goldfield comes to his house and asked about Coldmoon in order to know more about him and judge him whether Coldmoon could marry her daughter or not. Waverhouse showed her one of the printed postcard from Coldmoon and she gives her compliment to the scribble underneath the picture. “If it could be played on the samisen, then it‟s real McCoy. Well how about these?” asks Waverhouse picking out postcard after postcard. “Thank you, but I‟ve seen enough. For now, at least I know that Coldmoon‟s not a straight- laced prude.” Soseki,2002: 96 From the compliments given to Coldmoon, it can be seen that Madam Conk sees him as a vast-minded person. She tells it clearly at the end of the quotation that Coldmoon is not a straight-laced prude. Which means Coldmoon is an open-minded person that is also not easily shocked by anything related to sex since Coldmoon mentions „tiny whore‟ in that postcard. At that particular period in Japan, the things related to sex were still seen as taboo and not many people saying anything related to that openly.