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Literature” written by Rohrberger and Woods, “Historical Introduction to Modern Psychology” and “Understanding Unseen” written By Murphy.
Besides those books above there is still much information that I gathered from Internet and websites. The example of the website is classic note that explain about the
author’s bibliography and the other books that the authors had written for example
http:www.olemiss.edudeptsenglishmswritersdirgrisham_john.
3.5. Criticism
The Themes of John Grisham’s works usually are not only about law but also about people who mostly live below poverty line. A Painted House is the only novel
outside of the themes. It is far from tapping into anything real, the author seems intent on delivering an upright and safely predictable past in which his readers can take
comfort. It is interesting that he needed much longer time to finish this book compare with the other book he wrote before. New York Times Janet Maslin 02082001
It also relates with John Grisham’s childhood in Arkansas. Once again, Grisham has given us memorable characters but by meaning deeper into his own past
and conscience, he wrote a book that seems more personal, emotional and realistic in an artistic sense than previous work. This may be Grishams best writing to date.
Houston Chronicle: 02082001 The main character in A Painted House is Luke Chandler. Luke Chandler is a
sympathetic character. He gains our sympathy. John Grisham is lighting out for new
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territory, which is not a bad start because he wrote it in a good way. Philadelphia
Inquirer – Rebecca Pepper Sinkler: 02252001
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ANALYSIS
The title of the novel under discussion is A Painted House. This story talks about a boy who has many experiences in his special harvest season. Harvest season is
a season when farmers take their crops from the field. The reasons why the harvest season becomes a special season are: first, in the harvest day, Luke, the main character
in the novel, meets many people who work in Chandlers’ field. Second, Luke finds many events that he has never seen in his life. Third, his experiences influence his life
and change his personality. The writer will give more information about the personality changes in this chapter.
The writer involves three major points about the central character’s personality changes. The first point goes to the analysis of Luke’s personality. The second point is
an analysis of all possible factors that influence Luke’s personality changes, including Luke’s life experiences and several treatments from the society toward Luke. The last
point is about the personality changes of Luke considering all possible factors that
entirely influence Luke’s personality changes.
4.1. The Personality of Luke
This section discusses the personality of Luke. It involves Luke’s physical appearances and characters as revealed by the author in the novel under discussion.
The term character here refers to the second interpretation of character as it is introduced by Stanton that is mixture of interest, desires, emotions, and moral
principles which lead to his own conception.
