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the character in the story. 5.
Conversation of others The reader can recognize the character of the story by other
people say about him or her. 6.
Reactions The reactions happen when the character faces the problem.
Every reaction towards problems bring the reader to the tendency how the character personality is.
7. Direct comment
In this stage, the author gives the reception and direct comment to the character that he or she creates.
8. Thought
The author gives the readers the direct knowledge about what of characters are thinking about.
9. Mannerism
The author leads the readers by showing the character‟s
mannerism. The author used it to reflect the personality of the character.
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4. Psychological Approach
Psychology is a branch of science that is the object of the future is the state of the human soul. This science seeks to understand human behavior, why
and how they do things and also to understand how these creatures thinking and feeling. The literary work is the result of expression of the soul of a writer in
which the author depicts the psychological atmosphere, a good atmosphere and emotional pain Asrori, 2011.
According to Hardjana 1991, the psychology approaches of literature can be interpreted as a way of analysis is based on a psychological point and
proceeds from the assumption that the literary work always talks about the events of human life which is emitted in living and dealing with life. Here, the function
of psychology itself is conducting exploration into the inner soul made to the figures contained in literary works and to learn more about the activities of human
actions and responses to other acts p.60 Jung 1978 states that personality or psyche covers all the thoughts,
feelings and behavior, consciousness and unconsciousness. Personality guides people to adjust to the social environment and the physical environment. In the
early life, personality is potential to form a unity or oneness. When developing the personality, people should try to maintain unity and harmony among all elements
of personality.
C. Theoretical Framework
The theoretical framework is the research from previous literature that defines a study‟s core theories and concepts. In this part, to answer the formulated
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problems, the researcher uses some expert s’ theories to support the findings.
Those theories are theory of motivation, theory of personality, theory of character, and psychological approach. To solve the first problem, the researcher uses the
theory of characteristics by Murphy and theory of personality by Gordon Willard Allport. These two theories are use to answer the characteristics of Rodrigues as
seen in the novel. Next, to solve the second problem, the researcher uses psychological approach by Jean-Paul Sartre and theory of motivation by Abraham
Maslow to reveal the meaning of Rodrigues’ decision to convert to Buddhism.
D. Context of the Novel
In this part, the researcher will give information about the historical biographical background of the writer and the setting of the novel.
Shusaku Endo was a Japanese writer. He has been known for his novels about the relationship and comparison between the West and the East. Endo was
born in Tokyo, on March 27, 1923. Although he was born in Japan, but mostly grew up in China. After his parents divorced, he came back to Kobe, Japan with
his mother. At the age 11, Endo became a Catholic with the encourage of his mother and his aunt. He attended Keio University in Tokyo. In there he
experienced persecuted by his Japanese fellows because of his faith. Later he went to study French’ Catholic style writing in University of Lyons, France.
His novel Silence Taplinger, 1969 is a fictional novel about seventeenth century young Portuguese priest namely Sebastian Rodrigues. Rodrigues comes to
Japan to find the truth behind the rumors that his former teacher in Seminary, PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI
