Definition of Character Kinds of Character
aspects of the character: personalities, ways of thinking, or outlook from the beginning until the end of the story.
Likewise, Forster 1981: 20-21 differentiates two kinds of character. They are flat and round characters. A flat character never changes until the end of the
story. “A single idea or quality” usually represents a flat character. In a flat character, there are no much individualizing details. The personality of a flat
character is not described in details. A round character is complex in temperament and motivation and is represented with subtle particularly. It means that the
character may change in significant ways, usually in dealing with its conflict. Round character makes the readers hard to guess and often surprise the readers.
Not different from what has been stated by Forster, Holman and Harmon 1986: 81 divide the characters into static and dynamic. A static character is a
character that has little changes or does not change at all when a thing happens to herhim. Not like the static character, a round character changes whenever a thing
happens. We can say that the changes are the consequences of the action. Here, the theories of character such as flat and round character, dynamic
and static character, etc are needed to analyze how Sister Regina serves as a character in the novel Then Came Heaven.
2.2.2 Theory of Characterization 2.2.2.1 Meaning of Characterization
One character is different from one to another. Every character has its particular personality. Here, the way to understand each character is through
characterization. Characterization, according to Rohrberger and Woods 1971: 20, PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI
is the process by which an author creates a character. Through characterization, the author uses some methods to show what the character looks like in the story.