Objectives of the Study

especially in the middle-class society. He regards himself to be higher than his master and gives no respect to his master who is a school teacher. The observation of the feline hero is along the everyday life of his master ’s both activities and his interactions with his family members and his acquaintances. According to Jesse Freeman in his review in imnothinginparticular.tumblr.com: Satire is the overriding concept for this novel. The title I am a Cat in Japanese, Wagahai wa neko de aru, is very formal in its self importance yet comes off ironic because it is coming from a cat. From there the novel`s humour comes from the sheer stupidity of the cat`s owner and friends, most of who all belong to the more conventional academia society. This reveals a number of the novel’s points, but more than anything; Soseki’s own disdain for the established academia. This was a bit of a reoccurring theme for Soseki as academia was the primary target in his novel a year before in Botchan. How much this has to do with his western schooling and often spoke of resentment and frustration toward Japanese academia’s western leaning inclination isn’t easy to say. For certain though, throughout the novel the target was intended to be the businessmen of the Meiji society, especially when taken from the character’s point of view, however we only see all the shortcoming of the main characters who represent all facets of academia. From the statement above, it can be seen that in the Meiji era schooling system is already westernized. The novel reveals some points that pointed out about the established academia society in Meiji era of Japan as this society becomes the primary target of Soseki Natsume. Even though the novel was intended for businessmen of Meiji era, the scholars also take important roles in this story especially because one of the points this novel talks about intellectuals in this particular era. In relation to the above studies, the writer tries to relate these studies with the problem that are being analyzed. The studies above can give the readers some ideas about this novel. The first review gives a glimpse about the historical significance that is have a deep bond with this novel, while the second one tells about how this novel has some important points that pointed to the world of intellectuals and also businessmen from the interaction of Mr. Sneaze. With the studies included above as reference, the writer here wants to see the intellectuals in the Meiji era through the character of Avalon Coldmoon as the role model in this story.

B. Review of Related Theories

1. Theory of Character and Characterization

Abram in his book, A Glossary of Literary Terms states that, “a character is the person presented in a dramatic or narrative work, who are interpreted by the reader as being endowed with moral, dispositional, and emotional qualities that are expressed in what they say-the dialogue-and by what they do- the action” Abram, 1981: 23. Barnet in his book, Literature for Composition: Essays, Fiction, Poetry and Drama explain the ways to understand the character and characterization: a. what the character says How the character says will help the readers interpret his or her characteristic. b. what the character does The readers or audience can learn the attitudes or behaviors of a character and they may guess how actually the author creates the characters.