other novels. She really focuses on Woman at Point Zero. The fourth is Dewi Maharani Purba 2006 who focuses on analyzing the motivation of the major
character in accepting the death sentence. This study discusses a different thing that is the influence of Firdaus’
experiences with men which change her way of seeing men. It talks much about Firdaus’ experiences with men which most of them are bad. These make Firdaus
change her perception about men. In the beginning she thinks that women have to be obedient to men’s rule, but then she thinks that it does not have to be like that.
She rebels the culture where men are the head of everything. She shows that a woman has a power as a man has. As the result, she kills a pimp and then she is
sentenced to death. However, she receives it without rebellion because she thinks that it is better to die because of killing a man than living under a man’s control.
2.2 Review of Related Theories
This part will review some theories employed in this study. They are theories
of character
and characterization,
experience, and
perception. Additionally, this part will also review the socio-historical background of Egypt.
2.2.1 Character 2.2.1.1 Definition of Character
Abrams 1981 defines the word character into “two kinds” p. 81. First, he defines character as “a literary genre: a short, usually witty, sketch in prose of a
distinctive type of person”. Second, he defines character as “the persons, in a dramatic or narrative work, endowed with moral and dispositional qualities that
are expressed in what they say – the dialogue – and what they do – the action” para. 5. The same idea comes from Abcarian and Klotz 1998 who define that
“character revealed by what persons do, say, and by what the other characters say or reveal” p. 21. Therefore, it can be said that character is the person in a
narrative work and her or his behavior or characteristic.
2.2.1.2 Kinds of Character
E.M. Forster divides “two kinds of character. Those are flat and round characters” as cited in Abrams, 1981, p. 155. A flat character is built around a
single idea or quality and is presented without much individualizing detail, and therefore can be described adequately in a single phrase or sentence. It is a
constant character acting as a good character. This character never change into bad characters. In other words, constant characters are static. In contrast, a round
character is not static. It is complex in temperament and motivation and is represented with subtle particularity; such a character therefore is as difficult to
describe with any adequacy as a person in real life, and like real person, is capable of surprising us. It can change over the time and can be seen from many sides.
2.2.2 Characterization 2.2.2.1 Definition of Characterization
According to Abrams 1981 characterization is the person in a narrative; showing and telling. The method includes showing the character’s appearance,
displaying the character’s actions, revealing the character’s thoughts, letting the character speak, and getting the reactions of others. Additionally, Rohnberger and
