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CHAPTER IV ANALYSIS
This chapter will discuss the answers of the problem formulation. This chapter consists of two sections. The first section analyzes and discusses the
characteristics of Daniel Stone and Trixie Stone. In the second section, the writer discusses the interpersonal and intrapersonal conflicts undergone by Daniel and
Trixie and how they solve the problems.
A. The Characteristics of Daniel Stone and Trixie Stone as seen in Jodi Picoult’s The Tenth Circle
An author of the novel or short stories conveys the messages to the readers through the characters. Hence, the characters in the novel or short stories play
important roles. Gill 1995 states a character is a person in the literary work that has sort of identities which are made up by the appearance, conversation, action,
name, and their thoughts p.127. Through the character’s appearance, conversation, action, name, and their thoughts, an author conveys the messages to
the readers in the story. Moreover, in order to analyze the conflicts faced by Daniel Stone and
Trixie Stone as the main characters in Jodi Picoult’s The Tenth Circle, the writer needs to elaborate Daniel and Trixie’s characteristics. By finding out the
characteristics of the main characters, the writer will be able to answer the second question of the problem formulation. Moreover, the writer will use nine ways
32 theory of characterization by Murphy 1995 to analyze the characteristics and the
characterizations of Daniel Stone and Trixie Stone.
1. The Characterization of Daniel Stone
In this section, the writer will discuss three characteristics of Daniel Stone as seen in Jodi Picoult’s The Tenth Circle.
a. Overprotective
Daniel is an overprotective father. Once Daniel and his family visited Boston to accompany Laura attends a colloquium at Harvard. While waiting for
Laura, Trixie and Daniel took a walk in a Public Garden. Since Trixie said that she was hungry so they decided to buy some food for their lunch in the food court.
The food court was so crowded. When Daniel was busy buying food, he did not realize that he had taken the wrong stroller where another child was sitting on.
When he realized that he had taken the wrong stroller, he just noticed that a child in the stroller, which he took, was not Trixie. His mistake of losing Trixie in
Boston makes him promise himself that he will do anything to protect Trixie. Ten years after that, Daniel knows that his daughter has a boyfriend. It
makes Daniel become more overprotective to Trixie. He has even imagined what he will do to show how he will protect Trixie from her boyfriend, Jason.
According to Murphy 1995, a character’s personality can be seen from his or her thought p.171. Therefore, from the following quotation can be seen Daniel’s
personality from his imagination.
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