some works that are used in the novel as its object of study would be used also as the data that compared or conducted with the writer’s analysis.
To answer the problems, there were some steps that the writer needed to find the result. Firstly, the writer had to find the characterization of the important character
in this novel. In this case the writer uses Avalon Coldmoon’s character according to his
description and action in the novel. The theory of character by Abram in his book A Glossary of Literary Terms and characterization by Barnet in his book Literature for
Composition: Essays, Fiction, Poetry and Drama would help the writer to figure it out.The second step is connecting the society of the Meiji era with the description of
the character of Avalon Coldmoon to find the answer of the thesis which talked about Japanese intellectuals from representation of Coldmoon in the novel I Am a Cat by
Soseki Natsume translated by Aiko Ito and Graeme Wilson.
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CHAPTER IV ANALYSIS
A. Description about the Characterization of Avalon Coldmoon
In this first part of the fourth chapter, the main character of this novel will be extracted from the story. From the description here, the reader can get the idea about
what issue brought in this novel. The description of the character personality and characteristic can strengthen the issue of the life of intellectuals, in this case is a
physicist and how he responds with the certain situation in the story. The novel I Am a Cat written by Soseki Natsume tells the reader about the
chronicle of a stray cat who spends all of its time to observe human‟s nature. This cat
observes the life of its master Mr. Sneaze who is a school teacher and how interacts with his family, neighbors and fellow scholar. The cat often calls its master foolish
every time it gets especially because of their different ways of thinking. In this novel along with Mr. Sneaze, Avalon Coldmoon also takes the important role in the story.
Due to the important role this character has, it might give some clue and description of the major topic in this story. The writer chooses him because he is seen as the best
candidates for bringing the research topic. The story of I Am a Cat begins with monologue of the nameless cat that has no
idea where it was born and only remembers how it ended up in Mr. Sneaze house
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.
