Theory of Character Development
The first step was reading The Perks of Being a Wallflower from the beginning until the end. Then the writer noted some points that are important to the
study, for example highlight the name of characters, important events in the story, the climax of the story, and the ending. After that, the writer described the characteristic
of the major and the minor characters, then the writer tried to seeing the different between major and minor character. The next step was elaborated the contribution of
the minor characte rs on Charlie‟s character development used related theory. For the
first problem formulation, the writer described the character of Charlie, the major character and the minor characters using the related theory. The writer analyzed
through their speech, direct comment, personal description, and so on. The writer found that Charlie had more than five characters. On the other hand, the minor
character had more than one character. After finding the entire characteristic of major and minor characters in the novel, the writer analyzed the second problem, which is
the contribution of the minor characters to major character development. In the final step, the writer made the conclusion about the study.
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