Method of the Study

The second characteristic of Charlie is introvert. In Merriam-Webster, the definition of “introvert” is a shy person: a quiet person who does not find it easy to talk to other people. Charlie’s closest friends among others are just Sam and Patrick. Through the novel, Charlie is seen as a boy who has difficulty in making friends. He never writes about his experiences with any other friends and also never plays far away with his friends. His activities at home are just reading books and listening to music. He does not socialize with his neighbors or his old friends. Charlie’s older sister is not close to him. She has different characteristics than Charlie, that is why she always thinks that Charlie is a freak boy. Youre a freak, you know that? Youve always been a freak. Everyone says so. They always have. Im trying not to be. Then, I turned around and walked to my room and closed my door and put my head under my pillow and let the quiet put things where they are supposed to be. p.34 Since Charlie was a kid, he always gets straight A in his school. This makes he thinks that people leave him alone because he always gets straight A. The fact that Charlie always gets A in school and never plays with other friends describe that Charlie is an introvert because he spend his time in his room to read books and not playing outside. Thus, Charlie can easily get A in school. The researcher also finds that Charlie chooses to write his story’s life in the series of letter instead of having telling his life with other people. This fact shows that Charlie is an introvert person because he tends to spend his time writing about the story of his life and also reading books. There is a time when Charlie says that he likes reading books twice. “I dont have a lot of time because my advanced English teacher assigned us a book to read, and I like to read books PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI twice.” The fact that Charlie likes reading books twice shows that he likes spend his time alone, just by himself. Not only spending his time by himself, Charlie is also a thinker. He likes seeing other people do something without even judge him. His English teacher, Bill even notices that Charlie is thinking too much. Bill looked at me looking at people, and after class, he asked me what I was thinking about, and I told him. He listened, and he nodded and made affirmation sounds. When I had finished, his face changed into a serious talk face. Do you always think this much, Charlie? p.32 Unlike other people who never think about people they do not know, Charlie is happy doing that. He does not think that thinking too much is something bad, but his teacher, Bill, thinks differently. For Bill, thinking too much means avoiding to participate in life. What Bill says giving evidence about Charlie that Charlie is not fully participates in his own life. Other evidence is that Charlie goes to a shopping mall for weeks to figure out about other people he does not even know. I can tell you one thing that happened. I was in the shopping mall because thats where I go lately. For the last couple of weeks, Ive been going there every day, trying to figure out why people go there. Its kind of a personal project.p.153 Outside of Charlie’s time with Sam and Patrick, he still likes to spend his time alone. He likes to think about everything and do it for a long time. When Charlie has no one to talk about, he never tries to call other friends. He rather spends his time with his book. Nobody has called me since that night. I dont blame them. I have spent the whole vacation reading Hamlet. In the method of characterizing the character, the researcher finds out that Charlie’s introvert characteristic is described through what the characters do, what the characters themselves say and think, and what other characters say about him. The third characteristic is that Charlie is a lonely person. As the researcher has said before, Charlie only has limited friends in his life. Since his beloved aunt dies in a car accident, Charlie feels his life is become lonely because his beloved person has died. In the middle school, his best friend, Michael, also dies and it gives Charlie another hard time. Since he is left by his two favorite persons, he becomes very lonely. He does not have friends to talk to. Most of his friends stay away from him with no reason. He also gets bully sometimes. He even seldom talks about his life or his problems with his family. He likes to keep his story inside. But this time, I went alone because Michael is gone, and Susan hangs around different boys now, and Bridget is still crazy, and Carls mom sent him to a Catholic school, and Dave with the awkward glasses moved away. I was just kind of watching people, seeing who was in love and who was just hanging around, and I saw that kid I told you about. p.26 In his high school life, his friendship with Sam and Patrick gives another color in his life. Charlie is happy having Sam and Patrick beside him, but in the other time, when he is not with Sam and Patrick, Charlie will feel very lonely. His loneliness brings him into the memories of Michael and aunt Hellen. The fact that Charlie drives alone to the grave of aunt Hellen and tells about his life gives a fact that Charlie is lonely. He is lonely that he has to go alone to his aunt’s grave just to tell about Sam and Patrick and his high school life rather than tell his story to his family. In the method of characterizing the character, the researcher finds out