5 Meanwhile, minor character that supports and complete the existence of the major
character ” 1983: 45.
Humanity means the quality or state being kind to other people or to
animals. Debbarma states that humanity is to achieve unity among the living and non-living creatures of the world with the preservation of historical, ethnic and
cultural differences as well as the distinctiveness of nation states and communities. Such human unity can be driven home only by recognizing human
values such as truth, kindness, benevolence, peace, love, dignity, respect, forgiveness, etc 2014:2.
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CHAPTER II REVIEW OF LITERATURE
A. Review of Related Studies
In this part, the researcher tries to use the review of other related studies or article that have previously been done by other researcher.
In the beginning of review of related studies, the researcher found a paper which is related to this study, the title of the paper is
“Messages Conveyed in The Blind Pig Related to Jackson’s View on Crime World: A New Criticism Study”
by Alstonia Epafras 2008 from Sanata Dharma University. In his study, Epafras explains messages from the way Jon A. Jackson as the author view crime through
the characters and setting. Epafras has two purposes in writing his thesis. First, Efapras wants to find
the idea that represent the author view on crime as revealed by analyzing the characters and setting. Second, Efapras wants to know the message in the novel
that related to the author views on crime. Efapras’s research insipires the researcher to apply the theory of
characterization to get the messages of the literary work. The differences of this study to Efapras’s is that this study explores theory of characterization and theory
of humanity to explain clearly about the Eliot’s characteristic that characterized
his view on humanity. In his study, Efapras wrote about messages which revealed by the author views on crime. Thus, he also mentions about the author’s
biography. Meanwhile, this study limits the analysis only by analyzing the
7 characteristics and messages that revealed on the text on the work itself without
concerning the author’s biography. The researcher finds some criticism and comments on Kurt Vonnegut’s
work. Robert T. Tally, Jr,
A Postmodern Iconography: Vonnegut and the Great American Novel
said that all Vonnegut novels express an image of American life and the idea of the humanities.
Vonneguts novels present a sprawling image of the multiplicity of American life, expressing the human, all-too-human, condition of its
varied inhabitants 2011: 164.
Another related study comes from Matthew Praxmarer untitled
Kurt Vonneguts Early Novels: Searching for Meaning in a Meaningless World.
He stated that Vonnegut’s work concerned about societys problems which face the
modern era. Through the novel Vonnegut continuously warns humankind of our worst misbehaviors, from war and poverty to political corruption. He is
sometimes understood as nihilist, and scholars like Peter J. Reed argues that Vonnegut’s cynicism and nihilism constitute his main theme. However, Vonnegut
is working to warn humankind of our worst follies before it is too late. 2011:80. As seen in the Vonnegut’s novel
God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater or Pearls before Swine
which is Eliot Rosewater as he inheriting a fortune as a president of the foundation that the interesting sums about 87 million dollars, he did help the
poverty and the uselessness people. As he imagine to creates a utopia country. Humanity must be empowered; life must be raised 2011: 59.
Then, the researcher also finds and reads an undergraduate thesis, which relates to this study. The title of the thesis is
Revealing Message through the
