Soroku from the cold water where he tried to suicide. Professor Segi was interested with him who had amnesia and wanted to help him solving his problem. Later, in
Professor Segi’s house, Soroku suddenly remembered about who he is. He decided to go home in his house in Kamakura.
Taeko herself and Ryosuke were in loved each other and had a deep relationship more than just a friend did. However, later in the end of the story, their
relationship was ended because Ryosuke who had a bad behaviour. Meanwhile, Tazuko, Taeko’s sister, wanted to borrow some money from her
uncle, Soroku, but he did not give her the money. Nevertheless, later, everything had changed. When he knew that Taeko stole some money from him, he could forgive
her. Jiro Osaragi as the author of The Journey presents the post war’s characters
that all of their life have been influenced by the changes that happened in their society in many aspects. While in this analysis, the writer will focus on Soroku Okamoto
whose personality is changed after the ended of World War II has changed his environment and the people surrounding him.
B. Approach of the study
In this study, psychological approach is used to analyse and to find the changing on Soroku Okamoto’s personality. This is very useful for the writer to do
the analysis because the changes of someone’s personality are always related to their psychological condition. However, personality that someone has cannot be separated
from the mind of each person and to know deeper about someone’s personality, psychological approach, that takes us to analyze a novel based on human being’s
perspective, is needed. According to Rohrberger and Woods 1971: 13, “This approach is used to
explain human’s motivation, personality, and behaviour patterns written in literary objects.” It means that Psychological approach is the most appropriate way to analyze
the characters. The novel itself deals with human behaviour which related to the psychology. Therefore, this approach is very useful to help the writer doing the
analysis toward Soroku Okamoto’s personality changes. PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI
C. Method of the Study
The method of collecting data in this analysis is library research. The writer used reading as the primary data and taking notes as secondary data. The writer used
The Journey , a novel by Jiro Osaragi and also some other books and articles which
are related with this study. On the first step, the writer read Osaragi’s The Journey for several times in
order to get more understanding about the novel. In this study, the writer focused on one of the main characters, Soroku Okamoto. During reading the novel, the writer
made some important information related with Soroku Okamoto’s personality and also some others which related with this study.
The second step, the writer tried to find some references related with Jiro Osaragi as the author of The Journey and also his work. In order to relate Osaragi’s
life and his work, the writer tried to look at some references about Jiro Osaragi. Most of the references were taken from internet’s sources like www.imbd.com,
http:www.city.kamakura.kanagawa.jpenglishburjinosaragi_e.htm, and www.newyorktimes.com. The writer decided to use internet sources because most of
those sources are written in English while most of the books about Jiro Osaragi are written in Japanese language and those are difficult to understand.
Since this study would be focused about one of the main character’s personality, therefore, the writer also applied some theories about character and
characterization. The writer used theory about character and characterization from PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI
Abrams 1981, Holman and Harmon 1986, E.M.Foster 1927, Murphy 1972, and Perrine 1974.
Since this study was focused on one of the main character’s personality, therefore, the theories related with personality was needed. In this study, Theories of
Personality and Personality Change from Carver and Scheier 1996, Alport 1953, Hall 1957, Bryne and Kelley 1981, and Hurlock’s 1974 will be used.
The next step, in order to support this study, the writer decided to use psychological approach. The writer used this approach because this study was dealt
with personality of a character and its changes. The theory of psychological approach that was used in this study was taken from Rohrberger and Woods 1971.
After all of the materials and sources were collected, the writer decided to choose a topic. The topic that had chosen is derived from the references that could
support the analysis. The writer tried to make some questions related to the novel to make the topic suitable. Those questions would help the writer to derive the analysis
toward the topic. The writer divided this research into five chapters. The first is chapter I, it is
about the introduction of the research. In this part, the writer described the reason of doing this research. The second is chapter II, it is about the method of doing the
research. The third is chapter III, it is about theoretical review related with this research. The fourth is chapter IV, it is about the analysis of this research. The last is
chapter V, which contains the conclusion of the research. PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI
After that, the writer did the analysis. The writer divided the analysis into three parts. The first part dealt with the characteristic of Soroku Okamoto. In this part,
the writer would like to take a look at the characteristic of Soroku Okamoto related to his personality. Therefore, the writer applied the theory of character from Abrams,
Holman and Harmon, and Foster who explain about two types of characters, which is in general divided into change and unchanged character. Those theories are needed to
support the writer’s opinion about whether this character’s personality had changed or not.
To explain the characteristic of Soroku Okamoto, the writer would like to take a look at his character based on three aspects. The first is through other’s characters
opinion about him. The second is through the environment in surrounding him, and the last is through his behaviour himself which is presented by the author. Therefore,
in order to do this analysis, the writer also uses the theory of characterization from Holman and Harmon, Rohrberger and Woods, Murphy, and Perrine. Those theories
will help the writer as a clue to do the analysis. The second part dealt with Soroku’s personality changes. In this part, the
writer would like to find out the personality changes that happened in Soroku Okamoto. The writer would give the evidence of the changes. The next step, the
writer would like to find out the causes of his personality changes. Later, in doing this analysis, the writer will use the theories of characterization which are mentioned in
above as a clue to derived the writer toward the personality changes of Soroku Okamoto. After that, the writer will apply psychoanalytic theory of personality from
Peter Barry, the theory of personality from Sigmund Freud and also the theory of personality change from Hurlock to support the writer’s analysis toward the causes of
Soroku Okamoto’s personality changes. The last step, based on the analysis, the writer drew the conclusion from the
analysis. In this part, the writer tried to make a conclusion by looking at the characteristic of Soroku Okamoto and also his personality changes and relate them
with the theories of personality and personality changes. PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI
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CHAPTER IV ANALYSIS
