Many steps were taken in conducting this study. The first step was reading the novel several times to get deeper understanding about the character, their behavior,
attitudes, and psychological states. The second step was making mind mapping about the characters that are going to be discussed. The third was making the outline of this
study. The fourth was finding out the characters’ strange behavior that was caused by
lack of family support. The fifth step was explaining the character’s characteristics based on the abnormal behavior. The sixth step was finding out how the character’s
parents affect her behavior and applying some theories to answer the questions in the problem formulation. The last one was drawing conclusion based on the analysis. The
conclusion would be a summary of the previous chapter, showing that the central point of the study has reached its goal.
CHAPTER 4 ANALYSIS
This chapter presents the analysis of the novel. This chapter answers the problems previously stated. It consists of two parts. The first part deals with the
character analysis, which is primarily to answer the first problem. This part discusses two characters in the novel, Pauline Breedlove and Cholly Breedlove. The second part
discusses the abnormal behavior that Pecola suffers from.
4.1 The Description of Pauline Breedlove and Cholly Breedlove
In a novel, a character can be major or secondary. According to Milligan, there are two kinds of characters. They are major and secondary characters. The major
characters are those who appear more often in the story than the other characters. While secondary characters are those who appear less in the story 195. The major
character influences the other characters and even the story itself. By contrast, the secondary character is less important than the major character.
Based on these definitions, it can be concluded that Pauline and Cholly Breedlove are major characters in Toni Morrison’s novel, The Bluest Eye. They are
major characters because they give big contribution to the development of the other major character, Pecola. The novel also talks about Pauline and Cholly past life that
effect their present life especially on how they raise their children. Forster states that there are round and flat characters in a novel. A round
character is complex. It will make the readers think more because they cannot predict what the character will do. The round character will change unpredictably in the story.
