23 formulation. The writer looked for the theories which have relation with the
problem from the books. The theories which were being used for later discussion were theory of critical approach, theory of character and characterization, and
theory of personality development. Third, the writer analyzed the novel by applying the theories to answer the problem formulation. The fourth step was to
draw the conclusions of the study. This step was done after the writer doing library research, formulating the problems, finding the data and theories, and
making the analysis. The conclusion drawn by the writer will be the answers of the problem formulation of this study.
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CHAPTER 4 ANALYSIS
This chapter is intended to answer the question stated in problem formulation. Before the writer analyzes the personality development of Edmund
Pevensie, the writer describes how he is described in the novel. After that, the writer analyzed
Edmund Pevensie’s personality development. It analyzes the personality of Edmund Pevensie considering on how the personality change and
all possible factors that influence Edmund Pevensie’s personality development.
4.1 The Description of Edmund Pevensie
Referring to definition of protagonist character stated by Rohberger and Woods 1971, Edmund Pevensie is considered as the protagonist character since
he is one of the main or central characters in the story. Actually, the novel has more than one protagonist characters as referring to the definition of character
stated by them. The central characters of the novel are Edmund Pevensie and his three other siblings. So it can be said that Edmund Pevensie is considered as
protagonist character. Based on Perrin as cited in Arp and Johnson
’s 2009, pp. 164-165, the author presents the characters by explaining the type of the character, Edmund
Pevensie is regarded as the dynamic character. Through the story, Edmund undergoes some changes due to several conflicts he encounters during the story
that influences his personality development. Edmund’s characters have many realistic traits and they are described very detail by the author. In this case,
25 according to Griffith
’s theory 1986, he is a round character. Therefore, he is a central and dynamic character since throughout the story he is one of the main
character in the story and undergoes some changes. Before the writer analyzed the personality development of Edmund
Pevensie, the writer analyzed the description of Edmund Pevensie. To analyze the description of Edmund Pevensie, the writer uses six out of nine ways of
characterization according to Murphy’s theory 1972. The first one is personal
description. The second is direct comment. The writer described Edmund Pevensie through how the author describes Edmund directly. The third is the
conversation with others. The writer used this way to described Edmund Pevensie through how he reacts to various situation and events. The fourth way is the
speech. The writer described Edmund Pevensie through what he said. The fifth way is character as seen by others. Through this way, the writer described
Edmund through the opinion of other characters. The sixth way is the thought. The writer analyzed on what he thought through the novel.
4.2 Edmund’s Personal Description
In this section, the writer will describe Edmund Pevensie generally according to Murphy’s theory 1972. In the novel, Edmund is described as one
of The Pevensies. He is the third children among his siblings. Once there were four children whose names were Peter, Susan, Edmud,
and Lucy. p. 3. …but on the first evening when he came out to meet them at the front door
he was so odd-looking that Lucy who was the youngest was a little afraid PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI
