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C. Method of the Study
In conducting this study, the data gathering method was a library research; the writer took several steps. Firstly was by reading the novel Ryu Murakami’s
Piercing as the main source of the study. After that, the writer read the novel again to find the topic to be discussed, which is the intrapersonal and interpersonal
conflicts of Kawashima Masayuki and Sanada Chiaki, and the way how they resolved those conflicts. Then the writer formulated the problem formulation of
the study. The second step was to collect the theory of conflict, the theory of
character and characterization, and the theory of critical approach as the secondary sources. Those secondary sources were needed to analyze the novel as
the main source. The last step was to apply the approach and the theories in order to answer
the questions in the problem formulation. Those problem were the characterization of Kawashima Masayuki, and how Kawashima Masayuki and
Sanada Chiaki reacted to the conflicts they experienced. In conducting this study, the writer used some sources. The main source is
the novel of Ryu Murakami, which is Piercing. Then the secondary sources are the theory of conflicts, the theory of character and characterization, and the theory
of critical approach, which had been explained more detail in the Chapter 2.
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CHAPTER 4 ANALYSIS
This chapter deals with the analysis of the novel. In this chapter, the writer discusses and answers the questions presented in the first chapter. The analysis
deals with the portrait of Kawashima Masayuki and Sanada Chiaki, the conflicts they experienced, and the way how they resolve those conflicts.
A. Kawashima Masayuki and Sanada Chiaki Portrayed in the Ryu
Murakami’s, Piercing
In literary works, such as novels and short stories, it is necessary for every author to create such characters to convey the message of the story for the readers.
Abrams defines “characters are the persons that presented in a dramatic or narrative work, who are interpreted by the reader as being endowed with moral,
dispositional, and emotional qualities that are expressed in what they say in the dialogue and by what they do in their action” 20. Besides character, it is
important to understand the way an author conveys to the readers what sort of people he writes about and how he makes the readers get to know and understand
them. Murphy stated that an author tries to make his her characters in his her work become more understandable and alive for his her readers through the
characterization 161. Therefore, the writer should understand the kinds of characters and how the characters in the novel are characterized.
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