The Summary about the Work Sing to the Dawn

22 who changes over time, usually as a result of resolving a central conflict or facing a major crisis. Most dynamic characters tend to be central rather than peripheral characters, because resolving the conflict is the major role of central characters.the second is a static character which is someone who does not change over time; his or her personality does not transform or evolve. In this novel, Dawan is considered as a major character. Dawan always appears in the whole story which means she appears from the beginning of the story until the end. There are also conversations that are about her eventhough she is not included in those conversations. Dawan is also a dynamic character because she is the central character and she changes over time as a result of facing a central conflict. Dawan, a young village girl, wins a scholarship to study in a city school. Her brother, Kwai, places second and is initially jealous. His jealousy causes a conflict between the two previously-close siblings. This hostility is further exacerbated by Dawans father, who feels that the city is not a place for a girl. Dawan faces obstacles at every turn, and eventually overcomes these obstacles . She proves to herself and to others that she is fully capable of handling the scholarship and the responsibility it entails. The conflicts in this novel are mostly about Dawan, the major character. Dawan also changes over time, from a pessimistic person into an optimistic perso. Therefore, she is the dynamic character in this novel. 23

B. Gender Schemas in Sing to the Dawn Novel

To find out gender schemas that can be found in this novel, the writer uses theory by Bem 1981, in Vasta, 1998. In this theory, schemas result principally from two factors. One is the child‟s inborn tendency to organize and classify information from the environment. This factor is classified as the internal factor. The other is the culture‟s heavy emphasis on providing gender distinguishing cues such as clothing, names, and occupations, which make these concepts easily identifiable as cited in Vasta, 1998. This factor is considered as external factor. The writer finds that there are internal factors and external factors that create gender schemas. The internal factors come from Dawan‟s herself who thinks that she does not deserve the scholarship because she is a girl. The external factors come from people around Dawan. They are Dawan‟s father, Dawan‟s mother, Kwai, Noi and Ghan, the old monk, Dawan‟s grandmother and Bao. The external factors seem to be the strongest affecting factor to create gender schemas.

1. Gender Schema as a Result of External Factor

These external factors that create gender schema come from many parties. As what Bem 1981 states that the culture emphasize on providing gender distinguishing cues such as clothing, names, and occupations, which make these concepts easily identifiable as cited in Vasta, 1998. The culture is defined as beliefs that are inherited in the society that makes the people have their own schema towards boys and girls. In this novel, the writer finds that there are gender schemas that are resulted from characters around Dawan. Those people are Dawan‟s father, Dawan‟s mother, Kwai, Noi, Ghan, the old monk, Dawan‟s