4.1.2.3 Yozo is Sensitive
Every time Yozo hears something strange about himself from someone else, he will feel sad and he will start doubting himself. His society makes him
sensitive to his surroundings. It will be so easy for Yozo to doubt himself if he thinks that he is different from the society. “Again, I never once answered back
anything said to me by my family. The least word of reproof struck me with the force of a thunderbolt and drove me almost out of my head. Answer back” 27
Yozo will take others’ compliment about him seriously. Moreover, if he gets some criticisms, it will affect him to think that he has failed to be a human
being. “Whenever anyone criticized me I felt certain that I had been living under the most dreadful misapprehension. I always accepted the attack in silence,
though inwardly so terrified as almost to be out of my mind.”27 As the conclusion, through his reaction and manner, it can be assumed that Yozo is
sensitive.
4.1.2.4 Yozo is Timid
Timid is a kind of character in which the person is shy and nervous. He is not brave to do something. Yozo is timid.
It was my nature to be very timid about meeting people anyway, and so I finally chose the expedient of keeping a safe distance from the Ginza. This
timidity of nature was no trickery on my part. Women do not bring to bear so much as a particle of connection between what they do on rising in the
morning; they go on living with their world successfully divided in two, as if total oblivion had intervened. My trouble was that I could not yet
successfully cope with this extraordinary phenomenon. 82 PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI
It is better for him to stay away from the others. Especially if it is related to women, then Yozo will choose to keep a distance. Yozo cannot understand
women completely. Through his reaction, manner and speech we can conclude that Yozo is timid.
4.1.2.5 Yozo is Smart
Yozo has something what we call aptitude. He does not need to study hard. Even when he should skip the class for many times because he is a kind of
child who easily gets sick still he can follow the school subject well. He always becomes the first in his class. He always says that he has “brains”. He never
studies, even when he is fine. “… I was always first in my class, thanks to my “brains”. I never studied, even when I was well”. 34
He always gets good scores for all subject except for deportment “My report card was all A’s except for deportment, where it was never better than a C
or a D.” 35 By the statements above, it can be concluded that Yozo is smart through his manner and speech.
4.2. The Portrayal of Yozo’s Society in the Novel
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