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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.
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Round characters means that the character is complex and makes a lot of progress through the novel. The character is changing on the novel and the changes can
be from god to bad or vice versa Abrams, 1981: 21. The explanation shows that Luke as the main character in the novel can be called as round character. Luke’s
personalities change through the novel. He found many things especially about good and bad
Another theory states that there are two interpretations about a character. The writer has already explained it in the previous chapter. The writer tries to interpret
Luke as the main character. Luke in the novel A Painted House does many things which involve his interest, desires, emotions, and moral principles.
She was barefoot, and her dress was dirty and very tighttight all the way to her knees. This was the first time I remember rally examining a girl. She
watched me with a knowing smile p 11.
Luke as the main character in the novel almost occurs in all situations. He is the most important character in the novel. It means that he has an important role in the
novel. It is obvious that the readers can know the plot of the story by following the Luke’s character. The main character holds important role in the novel or we usually
call it as major character. Ian Milligan 1983: 51 states in his book In the Novel in English that there are two characters which are major character and minor character.
Luke almost occurs in all situations. The writer uses many theories in order to make sure that Luke is the main
character of the novel. The readers should be careful about which character is the main character of the novel.
