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2.1.2 Character

It is important to understand the basic theory of character in order to capture the description of the character itself. Thus, some related theories about character are required and there are some underlying theories of characters in order to help the understanding of it. According to Abrams 1981, the definition of character is: The persons represented in a dramatic or narrative work, who are interpreted by the reader as being endowed with particular moral, intellectual, and emotional qualities by inferences from what the persons say and their distinctive ways of saying it—the dialogue—and from what they do- the action pp. 32-33. Thus, characters constitute the subjects in the story that play rules and give nuances as the story goes. Character is also categorized as major and minor. Henkle 1977 explains that major characters dominantly evoke the feeling of the reader about a situation or two happened in the story and deliver messages or ideas through their feeling, thoughts, actions, and reactions. Meanwhile, minor character or secondary characters are figures or persons in which their appearance in the story is only to support the main characters. It is essential that the main focus or attention is on to the main characters in order that the readers can understand deeper about the story pp. 88-97 . It is because, towards the main characters, people build expectations and desires upon to establish values and to present convincing dramatizations of the human issues of the book. Another definition of characters says that characters can be categorized into flat and round character. Flat character is defined as the persons introduced PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI 14 only in some events in the novel and have no crucial role in the plot of the story. On the other hand, round characters are introduced mostly from the beginning of the story up to the end, so that they might have important roles and have dynamic capability of surprising in a convincing way through an inconstant and changing environment Forster, 1974, pp. 46-54. It is meant so that the readers can pay deeper attention towards the intriguing actions, thoughts and events in the story.

2.1.3 Characterization

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