Pilar The link between Mother Mary and the Divine

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CHAPTER V CONCLUSION

This undergraduate thesis focuses mainly on the characterization of Pilar and her lover reveals the feminine side of God. The writer applies theory on character by Robert and Jacob. For the theory on characterization, the writer uses eight of nine ways to characterize the character by Murphy. Those theories are applied to reveal the chararterization of the character. Eight of the nine ways that the writer used are speech, reaction, thought, past life, personal description, direct comment, character as seen by another and conversation of others. Pilar, the female main character, is described as a nurturing and compassionate woman. That she is a nurturing woman is analyzed from her speech, reaction and thought. The writer concludes that her caring to ask an explanation about what her lover learns in his spiritual life and her ways to analyse and criticize herself in reflecting her experience during her journey shows that Pilar is a nurturing woman. The writers also concludes that Pilar is a compassionate woman. It is shown from her speech when she meets other people and she has a will to help each other. Pilar’s strong feeling of sympathy for her lover shows that she is a compassionate woman. Pilar’s lover, an anonymous character who also plays an important role as a main character in this novel, is described as a religious, intellectual, and talented man. That Pilar’s lover is a religious man is analyzed from his speech. The writer concludes that the way Pilar lover’s talks about his spiritual life, his speech in his cermon, and his ways to venerate Mother Mary shows that he is a religious man. That Pilar’s lover is an intellectual man is concluded from his speech and his personal description when the man explains his believe about the feminine side of God and the appearence when he gives speech in his sermon his eyes are shinning and he looks wonderful. The writers also concludes that Pilar’s lover is a talented man. It is seen from direct comment, the character as seen by another and conver sation of others that Pilar’s lover has a gift from God to perform miracles, he can cure the sick. To analyze the feminine sides of God which are learned by Pilar and her lover, the writer applies theory from Elizabeth Johnson, Ivone Gebara and Maria Clara Bingemer, Brantl and Edward Schillebeeckx. From those theories, the writer concludes that the feminine sides of God which are raised in Coelho’s novel are the veneration of Virgin Mary, the reflection of total surrender from Mother Mary as the modal of faith and the link between Mother Mary and The Divine. The writer concludes that Pilar and her lover have different ways in understanding the feminine side of God although they have one mission. From the analysis of the veneration of Virgin Mary, the writer concludes that Pilar learns the feminine side of God when she recovers her faith in God. She starts to pray and recommune her faith in God. Therefore, she can venerate Mother Mary who inspires her life to find her path. Pilar ’s prayer also shows that she needs to venerate Mother Mary because She is the mother of Jesus and She is the Immaculate Conception. If Pilar venerates Mother Mary through her prayer, Pilar’s lover venerates Mother Mary by making a journey to find what he believes. He discovers spiritual experience to venerate Mother Mary. His meeting with Mother Mary calls him to develop his gift to perform miracle. Then, from the analysis on the reflection of total surrender from Mother Mary as the modal of faith, the writer concludes that Pilar learns the feminine side of God by not only venerating Mother Mary, but also by reflecting total surrender which is taught by Mother Mary. Pilar’s decision to leave her study and meet her lover is an example that she surrenders to what she decides. At the end, she finds that her decision proves that her surrender brings her to get close relationship to God. She has a will to join her lover’s mission to help the needy, cure the sick, and speak of Mother Mary’s love. She surrenders to be the instrument of God. Whil e, Pilar’s lover learns the meaning of total surrender from Mother Mary by