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4.1.1 Independent
Miss Prym is an independent woman, since she is an orphan. She should do everything by herself, including fulfill her needs. She should work in the bar.
There is no one can fulfill her needs. She approached the van with the air of someone who, for the first time in
her life, was playing a leading role in the history of her village. Until then she had been the helpless orphan, the girl who had never managed to find a
husband, a poor night worker, a lonely wretch in search of company; they were losing nothing by waiting p. 9.
The dialogue above shows that Miss Prym is independent. She is a night
worker eventhough she is a woman. It is analyzed by Murphy’s methods of characterization. It is derived from direct comment from the author p.170.
She is an orphan, so she should do everything by herself, eventhough she is sick. Whenever she gets sick, she should take care of herself. She cannot depend
her life on somebody else. There was no one there to make her go downstairs to buy bread; she was
independent, she could stay in bed for as long as she wanted, since she only began work in the evening…” p. 40.
The text above shows that Miss Prym is independent. She can take care of
herself whenever she is sick. It is analyzed by Murphy’s methods of characterization. It is derived from direct comment from the author p.170.
4.1.2 Naïve
Miss Prym is the only young people in Viscos. Her lifetime spends in Viscos, a remote village. Most of her peers had been moved to the big city to get
married or to get a better job. She is naïve, for believing in every promise.
22 “You promised me that, if I came with you, you would answer any
questions I asked you.” “In the first place, you shouldn’t believe in promises. The world is full of
them: promises of riches, of eternal salvation, of infinite love. Some people think they can promise anything, others accept whatever seems to
guarantee better days ahead, as, I suspect, is your case. Those who make promises they don’t keep end up powerless and frustrated, and exactly the
same awaits those who believe those promises” p.10.
The dialogue above is between Miss Prym and Stranger. From the dialogue above, it can be concluded that Miss Prym is naïve, because trust a promise from
the Stranger, a person who she just met. It is analyzed by Murphy’s methods of characterization. It is derived from the manner of Miss Prym.
Since Miss Prym is the only young people in Viscos, she is still young to know about love. Usually, a rich man comes to her only for sex, rather than
propose her to marry him. Miss Prym understands what Stranger’s want is. He may think that young women from remote villages were naïve a proposal to
escape from Viscos. Miss Prym, however, had understood just about everything. Like all older
men, he was obsessed with the idea of sex with a younger woman. Like all human beings, he thought money could buy whatever he wanted. Like all
Strangers, he was sure that young women from remote villages were naïve enough to accept any proposal, real or imaginary, provided it offered a faint
chance of escape p. 11. Some tourists who came to Viscos may think that younger woman like Miss
Prym will easily to be tempted because they are so naïve. They may just offer a proposal with promises to bring them out of Viscos. The incident above proof that
Miss Prym is naive as seen through thought. It is analyzed by using Murphy’s methods of characterization 1972.
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