The above quotation shows that Hassani‟s analysis focus on the relationship between Pilar and her lover provides the feminine side of God like Great Mother,
Isis, and Virgin Mary. Hassani has analyzed the love relationship to reveal the feminine side of God.
The writer focuses on how Pilar and her lover learn the feminine side of God in Catholic religion through their journey. The feminine side of God is raised
in Catholic religion. Meanwhile, that religion stands on patriachy. Besides, the writer‟s focus here shows that this undergraduate thesis has different topic with
some students who have taken Coelho‟s novel By The River Piedra I Sat Down
And Wept as their thesis before. The writer positions this undergraduate thesis as
the progress of Anna Hassani‟s opinion. If Anna Hassani analyzes the love relationship between Pilar and her lover to reveal the feminine face of God like
paganism Great Mother, the ancient fertility goddess, Isis, and the Virgin Mary. Then, the writer more explores the characterization of Pilar and her lover to reveal
the feminine side of God.
B. Review of Related Theories
This section consists of theory on character and characterization and theory on the feminine side of God which consist of total surrender as the model
of faith, the veneration of Virgin Mary and the link between the figure of Mary and imagery of The Divine. Those theories are applied in this analysis.
1. Theory of Character and Characterization
Character plays an important role in the literary work particularly in drama and prose. It is used to help the reader in order to understand the main message in
the story. Since the character is the key to reveal the message, therefor the writer has to find and analyze the character.
According to Robert and Jacob 1989: 143 in Fiction An Introduction to Reading and Writing
state that “character is an extended verbal representation of a
human being, the inner self that determines thought, speech and behaviour. ” From
the quotation above, it means that the character‟s thought, speech and behaviour are the representation of human being.
Further, the writer uses the theory on characterization by Murphy. There are many ways to understand the characterization of character in a literary work.
According to Murphy 1972: 161-173 in his book Understanding Unseen: An Introduction to English Poetry and Novels for Overseas Students
states that there are a nine ways the author characterizes the characters.
a. Personal Description
The author describes character ‟s appearance and clothes. It consists of the
face, skin, eyes, and the castaway‟s extraordinary clothing. Those appearances show personal description of a character.
b. Characters as Seen by Another
The author gives the description of a character through the eyes and opinions of another
. Other character gives character‟s desription through her
