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2.2 Theoretical Framework
In analyzing Bernhard Schlink’s novel The Reader, I used three theories. The theories that will be used are theory of character and characterization, theory
of psychoanalytical psychology and theory of motivation. Theory of character and characterization is the explanation about the
development of character. Theory of character and characterization will be used to answer the first problem formulation, in which the writer will give a clear
description about Hanna’s character in Schlink’s novel The Reader. I use Murphy’s nine ways of how an author reveal the character personalities and traits
to the reader. In order to answer the second problem formulation, the writer will use
theory of Psychoanalytical psychology and theory of motivation. These theories are used to analyze how Hanna decides to commit suicide. It will get into deep
understanding about Hanna’s journey until she decides to end her life. The theories are chosen in order to analyze the character and the relationship with the
psychology of human development.
2.3 Context of the Novel
The novel was written by the author Bernhard Schlink. The setting of the novel was in Germany. The social condition in Schlink’s The Reader was set in
the time of post-war Germany. Bernhard Schlink was Born in Germany in 1944. He is a professor of law at the University of Berlin and a former judge. His
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previous novels include Flights of Love, Homecoming and several prize-winning crime novels.
In his novel The Reader, Bernhard offers the opportunity for readers to connect personally with two everyday people affected by the tragedy of the
Holocaust. Michael’s thoughtful and insightful reflections reveal that the sinister influence of concentration camps such as Auschwitz extends beyond the brutal
treatment of the Jewish prisoners. Hanna’s weaknesses and illiteracy reflection reveal the weak people who tried to escape from the brutal treatment of Nazi’s
time.
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CHAPTER III METHODOLOGY
This chapter consists of three parts. The first part is the Object of the study, which concerns the subject of this literary study. This part I discuss about
Bernhard Schlink’s novel The Reader. In the second part, I discuss The Approach of the study. The third part is The Method of the study. In this part I discuss all the
processes that I have taken from the beginning until the end in analyzing Bernhard Schlink’s novel The Reader.
3.1 Object of the study
The object of the study is Bernhard Schlink’s The Reader. This book is an English version published by Vintage International in New York, from German
original version Der Vorleser that was published in Germany in 1995. The novel consists of 218 pages of three parts; first part consists of 17 chapters and second
part consists of 17 chapters and third part consists of 12 chapters. It deals with the difficulties which subsequent generations have in comprehending the Holocaust;
specifically, whether a sense of its origins and magnitude can be adequately conveyed solely through written and oral media. This question is increasingly at
the center of Holocaust literature in the late 20th and early 21st century, as the victims and witnesses of the Holocaust die and its living memory begins to fade.
In this novel Schlink’s draws the line between the characters in the story toward the situation in Germany at that time. Schlink’s tries to make a link between the
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