1. Character
Character is an imagined person who plays an important role in literary woks. A Character is the important element in fiction. Novelist usually uses a character to
represent his view about a particular thing in a real human situation. Character is the individual appears in the story. The character is made up based on the combination of
interests, desires, emotions, and moral principle that the novelist wants to transfer to the reader Stanton 17. In addition, Barnet
et al,
in
An introduction to literature expanded edition, fiction poetrydrama,
states that character is the person whom usually settle in literary work. The character can be a tool for a novelist to
communicate his philosophy about human qualities to the reader. A novelist tries to guide the reader to understand the human‟s life in his composition through the
character Barnet
et al
26. Meanwhile, Abrams states that a character also can be defined as a person in
narrative work or dramatic work who is interpreted by the reader through the endowers, dispositional and emotional qualities, which is represented through what
he says or what he behaves. He says that the character has temperament, desire, and moral nature that motivate them to act or to talk a particular thing. He also adds that
the changes of the character during the story should be consistent with the temperament that has been established previously Abram 23. In other words, the
character is placed by the novelist, as an element to help the readers easier in identifying the problems in this novel. To understand this, the reader will investigate
the temperament, desire, and moral nature that motivate the character to exist in the
problem. In the time of problem observation, the reader will also determine the characteristics of character, which represents the problem because sometimes the
character is the victim of the problem. There are many ways in categorizing the character. It will help the readers to
understand the characteristics of the character, which will facilitate them to identify the problems. Henkle categorizes the character based on how often the figure settles
in the story; he calls it, major character and secondary character. Major character is the prominence character at the novel, while secondary character is the character,
which functions as supportive or projective character. He adds that major character often appears considerably less than heroic Henkle 87. Stanton has a different term
to call the character that dominates in the novel. He calls it as central character. Central character is a character that is related to every event in the story. The event
causes some changes in him. The changes appear because a character has a motivation to behave like he does. The motivation is divided into two types; there are
specific motivation and basic motivation. Specific motivation is the reason that is related to his speech and act, while the basic motivation consists of the continuing
desires which governs him throughout the story Stanton 17. While Forster is divided character into flat or round, it depends on how the
author figures it out. According to him, a flat character is a stock character. It has only one understanding. It also stays same throughout the story. Nevertheless, a
round character is the character, which is presented in many sides. The author tends to portray them in greater depth and more generous detail. If other characters have a
different view about this character, the reader will see it in many sides. The round character always changes around the story Forster 61. So, the character can be
divided in some ways. The categorizing of the character will help the reader to recognize the problems in the story. Through it, the reader will identify the problem
easier
2. Characterization
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