A STUDY OF THE CHARACTERIZATION OF THE MAIN CHARACTERS OF DANIELLE STEEL’S “A

SPECIAL DELIVERY”

CHAPTER I

INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background of the Study.
There are some ways to express ideas, especially in a literary work. There is a
literary work that brings us to the world of dreams and takes us away from reality. It
has to be contrasted with a literary work that needs our interpretation. Literature is a
personal expression of feeling including experience, idea, motivation, convidence in
the concrete description by using language. Novel is a part of prose form
beside short story. The most of people read novel and short story. A novel
expresses some aspect of human’s love and existance. Because novel talks about
human activities and describes what happened in surounding ,so it is written in long
composition. Novel is generally thought of as countaining about forty five thousand
words or more (Kenney, 1966; 103). So novel is longer narrative than short story and
novella.
Novel as aliterary works has known since eighteenth century in England.With
the result as like novel, poem, poetry, drama, and prose. Prose is often as specific
terms for all discourage spoken or written which is not patterned into reccurent
matrix united that we call verse. Prose has longer meaning because it covers
everything that is written as literary work but it includes some of non fiction work.
Characterization as one of the elements structure of fiction, plot is like the
bones of a person, not interesting like expression or sign of experience, but the
support of the whole. in fact, plot is of the highest importance in expressing that can
understanding of a work of novel, so we can conclude that an understanding of plot
is very important in understanding of fiction. Plot of a story is deals with events that
accure in temporal sequence. The event connects each other. They emphasize
falling on cassuality. Plot makes us aware of events not merely as elment in
temporal series but also as an intricate pattern of cause and effect (Kenney, 1966;
14).
Character is personality or traits. Character is ones who are involved in the
story .If we talk about personality or traits. It is meant we will know the method of
characterization. Method of characterization is the techniques an author uses to
 reveal the personality and character of a fictional person an author reveals a
character’s personality. Character is also meaner person. In the literary work there is
character that never develops until end. It is called flat character. There is also
character that develops or changes.It is called round charactsr.
As we see the rule of the character in developing plot. It can be deferred to be
main character and the support character or the mayor character and the minor
character.
Theme as the meaning of the story which especially account of the largest
number of its elements in the simplest way (Stantion, 1965: 30). The theme is
something that has traditionally concerned writers and that therefore is a legitimate
concern of readers (Kenney, 1966; 88)Theme is simple the meaning of the story
realise; themeaning the story discovers. By theme we mean the necessary
implication of the whole story. Not as a sparatable port of story. Theme in fiction is
what is able to make of the total experience rendered.
This study is chosen because the writer is interested in studying literature.
By reading literature work automatically we can develop our knowlede and science.
And we can arrange the works that are chosen by the author . Beside that, the writer
can also get the author;s feeling or experiences from the object of the study in “A
Special Delivery” by Danielle Steel. After reading and studying this novel, the writer
can give some information concerning with the novel through the way of play based
on the characters characterization of the story. Because the reader of this
research can get an understanding of more general aspect through it such as
human character, love, relationship, behaviour, mistery or massage of life that may
not hate someone else. And it often spoke about family, love and the luxury of a life
in the city.
The writer educated a study concerning with the characterization of the
main characters of Danielle Steel’s “A Special Delivery”. As we know that
characterization has a very close with the story. To support the study, the writer
reviewed the reference material such as books and some literary theories.
Realizing the fact above, the writer decided to do as good as possible in the
study of“ A Special Delivery”. By having careful analysis of the characterization of the
main characters as they are so well emphasized by its author Danielle Steel.

1.2 Scope and Limitation of the Study

The writer gives a limited knowledge in literature time, sources and facilities.
The literature cannot be sparated from life and literature does not include drama
 only, but it course prose, poetry, fictions. At this time, the writer chooses a novel to
his topic of his study. There are many kinds of novel, however, the writer is more
interested in Danielle Steel work, that is” A Special Delivery”
The study is primarily taken with in the scope of studying of the characterization
of the main character of Danielle Steel’s “A Special Delivery”. In order to make the
disscussion more specific. That is why the writer wants to limit the problems to the
main characters characterization of Danielle Steel’s “ A Special Delivery”.

1.3 Statement of the Problems

The characterization of the characters of Danielle Steel’s “A Special Delivery” is
elaborated the following questions:
a. Who are the main characters’ of the story?
b. How is the main charactes’ physical appearance?
c. How is the main characters’ personality?
d. How is the main characters’ social status?
e. How is the main character’ social relationship?

1.4 The Objective of the Stud

Every dioscussion has certain purpose. The purpose of this study or discussion
is to grasp the content of the novel, find out the discription and to know:
a. Who the main characters in the story are.
b. How the main charactes’ physical appearence is.
c. How the main characters personality is.
d. How the main characters social status is.
e. How the main character social relationship is.
Moreover, the writer also wants to apply his ablity in the novel by appreciating
and studying a work art based on theory that is got from some other theories.
Therefor, the writer can construct a study that connects the literature and another
science.

1.5 Significance of the Study

This study has significance for the students, especially for the English
Department. First all, this study is meant to encaurage the students to study more
about literature. And this study gives informations concerning the novel through the
role of ply based on the character’s characterization of the story. Then, to give the
 information to the students to study the novel as one of literary works and the reader
a better understanding about the content of the story. The most important thing is
that this study is meant to provide a model for those who are doing literary study.
Finally the students to get science, sceaming and experience from those stated in
the novel.
1.6 The Definition of Key Terms

- Characterization
It can be defined as the depicting of clear images of person. (Jones, Edward
H.,1968: 38).
(Wellek, 1978; 219) says:
“Pergeseran tokoh-tokoh itu dalam satu takaran, yakni dalam dalam proses menuju
ke persatuan dengan zat Illahi.” The fiction of that figures attitude in one pressure,
namely in course of going to associatin by Illahi.

The characterization as the ablity of the author to create the imaginary persons,
so that the characters exist for the reader or audience as like; life like (Holman.,
1986; 81).

- Character
Aminudin (1995: 79)explaain that the character is:
“seseorang atau benda lain yang mengemban peristiwa dalam fiksi sehingga
peristiwa itu dapat membuat cerita lebih hidup”. “ A person or an other thing that
carry out of the event in the fiction till that event can make the story livelier.”

- Phisical appearance, personality, social status and social relationship.

1.7 The Organization of the Study

The writer would like to give an outline to describe, it’s to make easier. Based
on institution’s formation, Whether the writer wants to make a writing of research or
thesis, they will devide the organization of study into five chapters, which are:
pter I : Introduction
The writer discusses about the background, Scope of the problem, statement of the
problem, objectives of the study, significance of the study, definition of key terms
and organization of the study.
pter II : Review of Related Literature
It will discuss the theory of study, characterization, the main characters/character,
novel and analytical approach.
pter III : Research Method
It will discuss about research design, object of the study, instrument, data source,
data collection, data analysis.
pter IV : Literary Analysis
It will discuss the writers presentation of a study of the characterization of the main
characters in the novel.
pter V : Conclusion and Suggestion
This chapter will discuss the writer‘s conclusion of own study suggestion.

CHAPTER II
REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE

In order to make the discussion of this study clearly, the writer would like
to talk about the theories of characters, characterization. This is stated on the title of
the writer’s study and problems.

2.1 Characters
Before we talk about characters, first we should know the meaning of a
characters it self. There are some theories according to the authors that’s taken from
librariy’s book. In this connection Kenney (1966: 15) states that :
“ We are introduced to the story’s title character ; we are informed that he has a wife,
we are told that, like her husbend, she is young and we are told that she is pretty.”

Kenney (1966: 20) continues saying about characters that she is adopted by E.M
Foster that characters in fiction are devided in to two: “flat” and “round” characters.
“Flat (simple) characters: the simple, or flat, character is less the representation of a
human personality than embodiment of single attitude or single attitude or obsesion
in a character. Foster calls this kind of charactert flat because we see only one side
of him. The simple characters can perform many important function in the work of
fiction. Simple character many appear in minor role in serious fiction, but will a major
part in interior fiction.”

Complex (round) character: at the other end of the spectrum is the complex
character, called round by Foster because we see all sides of him The complex
character is obviously more lifelike than the simple, because in life people are not
simply embodiments of attitudes. The complex, or round character is higher bind of
achievement than the simple complexity of character tends to produce life likeness in
the world of fiction. The complex character is in many ways difficult than the simple.
The simple character need only reapeat his basic formula each bussiness. The
fictional character, however complex is not human being. He is himself an artistic
creation.
Most simply a character is one of the persons who appears in the play, one of
the dramatis personal (literally, the person of the play).
In other sense of term, the treatment of character is a basic part of the play
wright’s work. Conventions of the period and the author’s personal vision will affect
the treatment of character. Most plays contain main character and minor character
essential to the play.
In addition, Aminudin (1995: 79) explain that the character is

“ seseorang atau benda lain yang mengemban peristiwa dalam fiksi sehingga
peristiwa itu dapat membuat cerita lebih hidup”. “ A person or an other thing that
carry out of the event in the fiction till that event can make the story livelier.”

Furtermore, Dickinson (1968: 17) states that: “Character is the person who can
contribute to a story in several ways.”
Therefore, the writer can say that a character is not always someone but it can
be a thing or authors themselves. A story can be told interesting when it depends on
the play of the characters, because the character is the key of the way of story life. In
this case someone, things although the author can be the character, but they have
to play in the story of the novel.
There are two kinds of character; they are the main character and minor
character ( supporting character ). This explanation based on Aminudin (1995 :79-
80) who states that:
“Para tokoh yang terdapat dalam suatu cerita memiliki peranan yang berbeda-beda.
Seseorang tokoh yang memiliki peranan penting dalam suatu cerita disebut dengan
tokoh inti atau tokoh utama. Sedangkan tokoh yang memiliki peranan yang tidak
penting karena pemunculannya hanya melengka, melayani, mendukung pelaku
utama disebut tokoh tambahan atau tokoh pembantu.”

It means that characters in story have deverence character. A character has

important character story is called main character, while a character that’s character
is less important, because her/his play completely, to support, to work with main
character only. It is called minor character or supporting character.

2.2 Characterization
 In terms of characterization ,Jones says that characterization is the depicting of
clear imagines of person: (1968: 84). He continuous saying about characterization as
follows:

“ There are two methods of characterization: The Dramatic and the Analitic. In the
dramatic we form our opinion of the charactars from what they do and say, from their
environment and from what other characters think of them. In the analytic method
the author comments upon the characters explaining their motives, their
appearances and their thoughts.”

In other words the writer can say that the characterization is showing a cleear
imagination of a person or something that has a relationship between literary woorks
in this case a novel and nature of characters. Really, it does not matter who or what
the characters are, so long as we can identify ourselves with them. Such as how
they live where they live, how their relationship with another character and so on.
Furthermore, little (1966: 83) says that there are some steps of how to study a
character of a novel. They are:
1. Basic Characteristics
- Physical ( age, physical oddities, etc)
- Social relationship ( personal relationship in the other character in the works; wider
social relationship such as social class occupation)
- Mental qualities (typical ways of thinking, feeling and acting)
2. Appearance from various points of view
- How the character sees himself
- How various other characters see him
In other words, the writer only analyzes and study the characterization of the
main characters, the writer uses the analysis of the main characters which is based
on these aspects:
1. Physical appearance of the main characters
It contains the physical or performance of the main characters, such as their age,
physical oddities, performance, etc. The use of physical appearance is to describe:
how old they are, how they look like, about sex (are the main characters both of
them men or women, do the main characters have pale skin, handsome, beatiful,
long, black, brown or white hair, etc)
2. Personality of the main character
It describes the main character’s personality such as: whether or not are they
responsible , neat persons or didisepline, romantic (romantic is a kind of person who
 can create the condition or situation become beautiful) and careless (is not care the
condition around them).
3. Social status of the main characters
This point discussess the background of the main characters, such as: their
educational background , their life in middle, high modern classes.
4. Social relatioship of the main characters
In this case, the writer wants to discuss the relationship between the main characters
and other characters surrounding them (minnor characters or supporting character).
2.3 Novel
Literally novel come from word “Novella” Italian language vocabulary, which in
latin language mean novus or newly. As for definitively novel is story regarding
remarkable event or occurence of life of someone is in it met by processing of soul
altering someone chance road, its meaning of someone which is narrated in the
novel experience of life of problem in details, good in the form of grief, adventure,
struggle, which is on finally the figure experience of change of chance which enough
base, what experienced of that figure basically represent of top from all distortion
live and life which have happened. Equally can be said that by novel represent life
life concentration at one time, which is determaine toward its perpetrator chance
road.
Congeniality of this novel of said also by aminuddin (1987: 51) that:

“novel as one of the prose belles letters form, a structure can be in explaining and
comprehended to pass intrinsic aspect analysis and aspect of extrinsic. A stucture,
art text of belles letters represent something that of complex with elements which
consist in it. Contained complexity cover element, disscussion, structure discourse,
art signification, beauty, cultural social, good values of philosophy value, religion,
and also phisicology and also its background.”

Situation the above is true result analysis and understanding to art text bear
miscellaneous approach of stream and theory.
Explained also by Jacob Sumarjo (1991: 29) that

“ novel is story in form of prose in wide of size measure. Wide of measure here can
mean story with part, which is complex, immeasurable story admosphere and
immesurable the story setting also.”

If seen from cratin factor, hence novel can be interpreted as a master piece
with intellect image join to depict life in the form of imagination and story, controlled
and instructed by intellect. In creation a novel, imagination element play a part in to
braid story. Do that story can be accepted logically, this matter fully depended from
 role of intellect element. Thereby to create a novel with interesting story at the same
time can involve, hence, the story by realistic needed by the existence of solid
compound between intellectuality and imagination.
By careful of the description above in the end can be concluded that novel is a
story which story life of its figures, finally with change of chance of the story and
figure basically represent solid author imagination with intellectual element.
Therefore, strive to recognize and comprehend intrinsic elements and how
function each its development element is needed by a precise and appropriate
approach as step or guider in analyzing the belles lettres. Ellection of precise and
appropriate approach will really assisting in catching poured content through article
which wish to be sent by author at reader. That thing is as according to opinion of
Saad (Yudiono, 1986: 49) that there is two way of to enjoy and comprehend belles
letters, first coalescing and enguilfing it self into that belles lettres so that existing
problem is feel and way of both is enjoying it consciously with method benefit or
certon criterion to analyse belles letters so that its problem “assessing” objectively.

2.4 Analitical Approach

In the literature study, an approach is the basic principle or the elment that is
used to appreciate a work of literature. And in this thesis, the writer use analitical
approach. It is used to analyzing all of the aspect of the intrinsic elements such as
characters, characterization.
The meaning of analytical approach is an approach that used for finding the
idea, the writer’s may be typressing the writer’s attitude in presenting his idea ,
intrinsic element and mecanism relation in every intrinsic elements.
The implementation of analytical approach will help the reader in understanding
the intrisic elements of literarywork . And through analytical approch the reader will
comprehend the function of every elments in a literary work. The basic principles as
background of analytical approach are a literary work that’s formed by certain
elements, every elment in a literary work that has certain function and relation to
each other although they have different characteristic and the characteristic of the
elements can be understood one by one, but finally every elements should be
understood as unity.

CHAPTER III
RESEARCH METHOD
 This chapter will discuss about the aspects dealing with the research method
which is used to analyze the novel. Those aspects are: (1) Research Design; (2)
Object of the Study ; (3) Instrument; (4) Data Source; (5) Data Collection; (6)Data
Analysis.

3.1 Research Design

This study is design to obtain the answers about the main character’s
characterization especially of Danielle Steel’s “A Special Delivery”.
Concerning the statement above, the method used in this study is using in
structural analytical to start with reviewing literary research to provide research data.
The data are carefully examined for the intention of this study is trying to analyze the
novel descriptively with emphasis on the main character’s characterization of the
novel “ A Special Delivery “.
The tecnique used in this method is library research, where all possible
information in and literary review that have relation to the study are collected and
takes as source of information.
An approach is the basic principle or the element that is used by someone when
appreciate a work of literature. Choosing determining the approach are much
determined by the aim of someone who on the aim of appreciating the literary work,
the reader can use some approaches.
As Aminudin (1987: 40). The reader can utilize of select one of the different kind
of approaches such as paraphrasing, analytical, emotive, sociological and diductic
approach.
In this study or thesis the writer the writer will analyze the characterization of the
main characters of Danielle Steel’s “A Special Delivery” by using structural analitical
approach.
According to Aminudin (1987: 44) “The analytical approach attempts to
comphrehend ideas, the technique of delivering idea, the attitude of the author in
presenting his idea, the intrinsic elements and mechanism of their relationship. So
that they can construct a harmony an unity form and meaning .”

3.2 Object of the Study

The object of this study was the main character’s characterization of Danielle
Steel’s “A Special Delivery.”
3.3 Instrument
Due the fact that the writer’s research is about the characterization of the main
characters in the novel, the instruments of this research is the writer himself.
3.4 Data Source
The writer had choosen the novel of “A Special Delivery “ as the source of the
data. Whereas the data for the research comprised all sentences and dialogues
which were related to the character’s characterization. Danielle Steel is the author of
the novel “ A Special Delivery “. Danielle Steel is one of the successful English
novelist, and published simultaneously in Australia by Corgi books in 1998. His novel
is a work of fiction.

3.5 Data Collection

The data of the study are paragraph and dialogue quotated from the novel.
They have been collected based on the purposed of the study.
In brief, the writer had to select carefully the data needed in “A Special Delivery. “ And the notes were used
by the writer for the analysis.
There are some steps, which are to used to collect the data of this study. They
are as follows :
1. Reading and understanding the novel, “A Special Delivery“ written by Danielle Steel.
2. Selecting the materials or sources are with the problems and the purpose of the
study.
3. Conducting survey towards paragraphs and dialogues in the novel.
4. chosing the data dialing with the problems that will be investigated.

3.6 Data Analysis

The activity to understand and comprehend the literary work needed suitable
approach. In this discussion, the writer used structural analytical approach as the
data analysis.
The data of the study are paragraph and dialogue quotations of the event that
exist in the simple of this study. The steps to analyze data are as follows :
1. Reviewing the data that have been collected.
2. Determining the component parts of the main characters characterization.
3. Composing the theories that would be used for the analysis.
4. Drawing the conclusion based on the data analysis.

CHAPTER IV
LITERARY ANALYSIS
 “A Special Delivery” is one of Danielle Steel’s successful novels, published
simultaniously in Australia,in 1998. Her novel is a work of fiction. Names, characters,
places, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used
fictitiously. Any resemblence to actual persons, living or dead event, or locales is
entirely coincidental.
Related to the title of the writer study and the problems stated in chapter I, this
chapter discusses the characters, characterization.

Characters
Talking about the characters in the novel, the writer can devide them into two
catagories. They are:

Main Characters
In chapter II, it was stated the main character is a person who is talked in the
story from the beginning until the end of the story. She or he is so central in the
action of the story.
After reading and studying the novel, the writer finds the two main characters.
First, his name was Jack Watson. He was a successful businesman. It can be
seen in the following quotations:
….at fifty –nine, Jack Watson had everything he had ever wanted: a business that
seemed to do nothing but grow and crank out money. (Chapter I: 10).
Jack’s reputation was known in L.A. He was good looking,seen everywhere, and
famous for cruising in and out of bed with every storied and model who crossed his
path……….(Chapter I: 12-13)

From the quotations above and according to the story it shows that jack Watson
was talked about friequently from the beginning untill the end of the story. In the
middle, he was also discribed and connected in the story. It can be seen from
following quotation:
Jack only called her one or twice over the next few days. He could sense what was
happening to her, and he know how hard it was over her for the holidays.(characters
V: 107).

So, the writer has conclusion that Jack Watson was the central subject of the
quotation. He was discussed in each chapter of the story from the beginning until the
end of the story.
 Second, her name was Amanda Robins. She was beautiful mother,
spectaculer-looking, and an actress. She is the main character after Jack Watson.
Amanda Robbins was also talked in the story from the beginning until the end of the
story. Furthermore, Amanda and Jack had family relationship. Their relationship
began when their children had got married. They were family because they had been
related as parents-in-law.
It can be provided in the following quotation:
Amanda seemed to hate everything he was, and everything he
represented.And would not have surprised him at all to learn that Amanda had done
everything in her power to dissuade her her daughter for marrying Paul Watson.
(chapter 1:12)

Although, Amanda kept her daughter, Jan was married to Paul Watson. Jan
and Paul Watson had got married, Amanda robbins and Jack Watson had special
relationship. . It was begun when Jan wanted to her mother to attend to Jack’s
party.Jack and Amanda chatted and then made appointment to have lunch and
dinner. Next, Jack always picked Amanda up to have dinner, lunch, take a walk, to in
the movie or just sit at Amanda’s and Jack’s house. They continued their relationship
closesly until they made a date, and finally they got maried. As Jack said:
….he asked her causally if she’d like to stop somewhere for bite to eat, just a
hamburger or salad, it was such a good chance to talk about their children. (Chapter
III:73)

The quotation above proved that for the fisrt time, Jack was interested in
Amanda’s performance. And it can be supported as the following quotation.
He said he had something to tell her, and invited her to come to the store, and gave
lunch with him in his office. And she accepted without any hesitation. (Chapter IV:
83)

In brief, the quotations above can prove of evidence that Jack Watson and
Amanda Robbins are the main characters in the story. Jack and Amanda were
discussed and played from the beginning until the end of story.

4.1.2 Minor Characters

The writer can state that the major or the main characters play in almost in the
whole part of the story, while the minor ones only play in small part of the story. So,
the main character is a person or thing who/which was talked almost in the whole
part of the story and minor character only supported parts of the main character’s
role in the story in order that story become levier and more interesting.
 After reading the novel, there are some minor characters.
They are:
1. Paul Watson
He was twenty two years old. He was young successful producer. He was Jack’s
son. He had a wife, Jan, Amanda’s daughter with Matthew Kingston.
2. Julie Watson
She was Jack’s daughter and Paul’s sister.
3. Gladdie
She was a manager, secretary of Julie’s story. She worked at Jack’s store. She was
also Jack’s private secretary.
4. Jan Kingston
She was the second daughter of Amanda. She was also a beatiful wife of Paul.

5. Louise Kingston
She was the fisrt daughter of Amanda. She was stubborn.

Characterization
Based on the explainations in chapter II, the writer will discuss the main charaters, characterization. This
chapter talks about the physical appearance, personality, social status, and social relationship of the main
characters.

4.2.1 Pysical Appearance of the Main Characters

As stated in the chapter II that the use of physical appearance is to describe how old they are, how they
look like, about sex (are the main character man or woman, do the main characters have pale skin,
handsome, beautiful, long, black, brown or white hair, etc).
In this case the main characters were a man and woman, but the writer will
discuss them one-by-one.
Fisrt, he was Jack Watson. He was fifty-nine years old. He was handsome, rich
genereous, intellgent, nice, and fun man. Jack Watson was also a fun gay, sexy, and
adorable. Sometimes the women often called him a playboy, but he was not
arrogant. It can be seen in the following quotations:

At fifty-nine, Jack Watson had everything, he had ever wanted: business that
seemed to do nothing but grow and crank out money (Chapter I: 10).

He was good-looking, seen everywhere, and fomous for cruising in out of bed with
very starlet and model who crossed his path, and made no apology for it. He was
always kind to the women he event out with, too much so, in fact. He was generous,
intellegent, and nice to be around and alawys fun to be with. (Chapter I: 13).
 Jack Watson was a fun gay, terrific in bed and an incurable playboy, and never
pretended for millisecond to be anything different. And at fifty-nine, he still looked a
dozen year younger. (Chapter I: 14)
He was sexy, fun, and almost always happy. (Chapter I: 15)

However, his age was fifty-nine but he looked much younger. Actually, in his
age, it was too old to think about women and love, but Jack was different from
another guy in L.A. Jack was not only handsome, fun gay, rich, respectable, in his
age, he was very interesting for the women who looked at his performance.
On the other hand, Jack Watson also had a good physical appearance that has
been explained above. He had sandy blond hair, warm brown eyes, and athletic
body. He worked out to swim in the ocean near his house when he had time. It might
be a proud to the women around him. It can to be supported by the following
quotations:
And he looked incredibly handsome with sandy blond hair, warm brown eyes, and
chiseled features. (Chapter I: 25)
He worked out when he had time, swam in the ocean frequently, still had his house in Malibu, and he loved
his women nearly as much as his red Ferrari. (Chapter I: 14)

Second, she was Amanda Robbins. She was fifty-years old. She was beautiful, skin pale, rich,

intersting, sexy, and fresh. She had blue eyes. She looked like a young artist. Although, she was medium in

her age she looked like a young artist teeneger with her fancy hairdo. It made Jack Watson fell in love the

end after giving her attention, service, and love. This statement can be proved in the following quotation:
Amanda had just turned fifty. (Chapter I: 21)
She looked amazingly beatiful, and in spite of the years since, still very much a movie star. (Chapter I: 28)
She was laughing at him, and she looked sensual an young and happy. (Chapter IV: 87)

4.2.2 Personility of The main Characters

In the story, the main characters, Jack Watson and Amanda Robbin’s almost had the same

personility. Jack give some attention to her daughters. Jack was also responsible to his children orn

Amanda robbins. Amanda was paul’s mother-in-law and jack was Paul’s mother-in-law and Jack was

Paul’s father. This can be seen in the following quotation:

I have two cars right outside. Whenever your mother wants to go home, I’ll have one of them drive her.
(Capter III: 72)
…”you’ll take the lima. You shouldn’t be riding around at this hour in a taxi”. (Capter III:81)
“I had a lovely time, Jack, thank you for taking such good care of me, and thinking me to dinner to talk
about the children”. (Chapter III: 81)
“What do you suppose will happen if they can’t?” He looked worried as he asked her, and she looked
concerned too, since Jan had told her that Paul was not in favor of adoption. (Chapter IV: 85)
 Moreover, Jack and Amanda were also discipline, neat person, and romantic when they made

appointment they were on time. They were understanding each other. They wanted to talk about their

children in their time. The statement above can be proved in the following quotation:
He arrived at Amanda’s door at exactly seven o’clock, and she was wearing a pair of gray slacks with a
pale blue sweater set and a string of pearls. (Chapter IV: 89)
As a businessman, he sometimes forgot that he had made appoinment with other people except Amanda.
It is stated in the following quotation:
He was twenty minutes late when he went to all saints and slipped quietly into a pew at the back of church.
(Chapter I: 26-27)

The next, Amanda and Jack were not only discipline and responsible, but also neat and romantic.

They were wearing a good dress when they went out. They often went out for dinner and lunch in the

famous restaurant. They could escape their sorrow all their past time. They could create their strange

condition into good and beatiful condition. It can be seen in the following quotation:
He was wearing a dark gray suit and a white shirt, and handmade French oxfords. And he looked incredibly
handsome with sandy blown hair, warm brown eyes, and chiseled features. (Chapter I: 25)
In stead she chose a pretty navy blue wool dress that had always been too tight and now molded her figure
beatifuly, and was much younger-looking than the first one. It was, in its own way, as ditinguished as she
was, and she looked like the star she had once been as she tried it on in front of the mirror. She put on a
pair of navy combed her hair back in the smooth knot that had been her signature in many of her picture,
and she put so little make up….(chapter II: 58)

Sometimes they only sat and had dinner at Amanda house while watched TV in both. They also

went out to watch movie and took a walk to see a beatiful panorama in Malibu near his small house. They

spent out their time only to get happinss. It can be seen in the following quotations:
They were left alone, and ate lobster salad and caviar and drank champagn . It was very elegant little
Luncheon (Chapter IV: 83-84)
“How about dinner tonight?” he asked without preamble, and her eyes opened wide, wondering if she had
heard him correctly. (Chapter IV: 95)”Both our life. Between us that covers a hundred and ten year, it could
take a while, and I figured we really ought to get started, though we made some good in roads last
night.(Chapter IV: 95)
He came for a while and they drank mint tea in her kitchen, and then eventually he lit a fire in the living
room, and they talked for for long time about the things that we important to them. (ChapterIV: 104)
They went to movies, walked in the park, talked anything that came to mind, or sometimes just sat
together, in silence.(Chapter VI: 121)

Both of them had faced some family problems like thinking their children especially Jan and Paul

and their past time. But on new year’s Eve, went they talked about love, they could forget about these

problems. Such situation is shown in the following quotations:

It was ten o’clock by the time they were in front of the five againt, and he was kissing her, and she was
returning his kisses within passion. He poured them each glass of compigne, and they drank it faster them
planned, in the warmth of the fire, and the glow of the champagne, his kisses seemed headier than ever,
and she had no idea what time was when his deep, sexy voice told her that he loved her, and asked her to
go to bed with him. (Chapter VI: 125)
 They also took care of the people around them. However, the situation was goodv or not they still

respond what the people saying with them. When they were in a party, Jack’s party, Amanda and her

daughter also jhoined it Jack welcomed them well. Next, Amanda and her daughter also joined it and jack

welcomeed. Next, Amanda did not want to make a date with Jack because she could not forget the death

of her husband, Mattew Kingston. It was not good for relationship with their children. It was also done to

avoid the gossip that would be written by Mass media, if they had a special relationship after Amanda’s

husband had gone. Next, when Amanda was pregnant and went to her doctor Jack covered his face with

news paper. He looked shy with the people around him. It can be seen in the following quotation:
“I am not going in, “ he whispered from behind the Los Angles Time. Every one in the waiting looked about
fourteen to him. “It is exciting,” she whispered back to him, and he peeked around the paper. (Chapter X:
235-236).

When they went out for dinner, they found their children. Then they went out to another restaurant.

And they almost were known by his daughter, Louise and her husband that was having dinner. Because if

their relationship had been known, it could be very dangerous for Amanda’s reputation. It can be proved in

the following quotation:

….he could see was a young couple dinning that, but Amanda already out the door, and her heard was
pounding. “Who was there?”. “My daughter Louise and her husband, Jerry “. (Chapter IV: 99).

4.2.3 Social Status of the Main Characters

The social status in this case deals with the main characters educational background and their live.

Do the main charactes have low, middle or high education? Are the main characters from middle, upper or

modern classes?. After reading the novel, the writer has a conclussion that the main characters have not

much education because; one of them was bussiness man and an actor, Jack Watson. A successful

business man was not highly educated. He had to know about management, how to manage his business

well for a good profit. He had some stores that had been handled by his scretary, Gladie and him. Based

on this explanation, automatically Jack watson had to study and know about management.
….Jack Watson had everything he had every wanted: a busineess that seemed to do nothing but grow and
crank out money.
(Chapter I: 10).

Moreover, Jack watson had reputation well in L.A. so that, the people surounding him saw that Jack

Watson had middle education. Amanda was almost same as Jack that she had ever married her. She

retired from movie career and became Matthew Kingston’s wife. So Amanda had middle education. It can

be seen in the following quotation:

She had given up an extra ordinary movie career twenty-six years before to marry a very staid,
respectable, and as far as jack was concerned, extremely boring banker named Matthew
Kingston.(Chapter I: 12).
 Although they were not highly educated, they were from high and modrn class. They were

successful person. They were also rich, famous and had good characteristics, especially Jack watson. He

had a beatiful ferrari, some stores and houses in good places. He opened his store in Los Angles and Palm

Spring, New York. And he had been thinking about opening a store in Francisco. Jack Watson had some

links with artists. Actors and other sucessful businessmen. So it made him very famous, rich and

spectacular. It can be proved by the following statements:

Whithout even trying, it seemed, he wound up with the store that every woman in Los Angles would have
killed to shop in.
(Chapter I: 8).
He had opened a Palm Spring store before Dorry died, and another in New York five years later. (Chapter
I: 10).

Therefore, Jack and Amanda were from high and modrn classes. Such as when they had dinner or

lunch, they went out in the best restaurants. They went out to the party. They were wearing good clothes

and jewelry. They spent out their money to take a walk, shoping, eating, party, and only for fun. It can be

seen in the following quotation:

“Looks good to me Jack. Really good”,she said as she admaired all the details. She loved his party. They
were always terrific.(Chapter III: 62).
Instead she chose a pretty navy blue wool dress.
….she put on a pair of navy blue high-heel pumps, and apair of sappahire earings,…(Chapter II:58).
“Maybe we should go some where a little less public for dinner…”, L’Orangerie was the best restaurants in
L.A., …(Chapter IV: 98)

4.2.4 Social Relationship of the Main Characters

In this case the writter wants to discuss the relationship between the main characters and other

characters sorounding them.

Human beings cannot stand alone in solving a problem. Furthermore, when a person associated,

certainly we must find a new strange a life. But if a person stands his idea and cannot accept a new life in

the sociaty, of courese, we will have conflict in society.

Jack and Amanda were the main characters. Jack had two children, Paul and Julie. And Amanda

had two daughters, Louise and Jan. Paul was Jan’s husband. So, Jack and Amanda were related as

parents-in-law. They all good relationships. Jack Watson loved his children such as Amanda loved her

daughters. Jack and Amanda always tought their children especially Paul and Jan. They taught about Jack

and Pauls relationship. Therefore, Jack and close relationship with his secretary and employee, Gladdie.

She knew about Jack. She had also attention about Jack’s business, love with Amanda, or his problems.

Gladdie was helpful in Jacks activity. However, Jack and Gladie had close relationship. He never made a

date with his employer. It can be proved in the following quotations:

The only things he really care about, and was seriouse about, were his children. Julie and Paul were the
lights of his life, and always would be. (Chapter I: 14)
 “Oh, mom”. Jan cradled her mother in her arms like child as her mother sobbed, and loise quietly left the
room and found Paul in the kitchen. (Chapter I: 33)
Jan and his sister, Louise, were only slightly more than a years a part,but in every possible way they were
entirely different. (Chapter I: 30)
“I had a lovely time, Jack, thank you for taking such good care of me, and taking me to dinner to talk about
the children”. (Chapter III: 81)
They walked on the beach the next day, holdinghands, and talk about the children. She was still worried
about Jan, and hoped that she would be able to get pregnant. (Chapter VII: 140)
…his secretary, Gladie. She knew him too well to be afected by him. She had worked for him for five-years,
knew everything there was to know about him. And the one group of women who were sacrede to him, that
he never mesed around with, were the ones who waorked for him in his office. (Chapter I: 17)

CHAPTER V

CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION

5.1. Conclusion

Based on what has been discussed in the prvieous chapter the writter would like to make the

following the conclusion.

To find out the answer to the fist problem, who the main characters in the play are the writter

used the teories based on the literary books. The writter had found out that Jack Watson and Amanda

Robbins are the main character in the story because they have contributeds much in story. And the minor

or supporting characters are Paul Watson, Julie’s Watson, Jan Kingston, Louise Kingston and Gladie,

because they have suported and played in the story become more interewsting and more real.

Than, about the characterization, four problems or topicts have been discussed by the writter.

They are about the main characters phisycal apearance personality, social status, and social relationship.

Fist. About Jack Watson pisycal apearence, Jack was fivety nine years odl. He was a handsome, rich,

generous enteligent, nice, and fun. Jan Watson was also a fun guy, sexy adorably. Second, about Amanda

Robbins phisycxal apearance, Amanda was fivety years odl. She was beatiful, skin pale, rich, interesting,

sexy and fresh. She had blue eyes. The last, is talking about the main characters personality, Jack Watson

and Amanda Robbins almost had the same personality. Jack and Amanda were also discipline, nead,

romjantic and understand each other. Jack and Amanda were not highly educated but high and modern

class live. The last is about their social status. Jack and Amanda had good relationships with their children,

Gladie and the people surounding them, becase the story tells about problem solvings, love, family,

relationships and the luxury or live in the city.

5.2. Sugestion

In our social daily live, there are many defference or characteristics or among individuals. So, we

must be aware that these characteristics may effect social relationships. We may not look or jugde the

people oround us by phisycal apearence but we have to consider about their personality first. It is true we
 can not live without social relationships. We must relaise that our fate on our God. We may not had one

onother, because we love her that we hated at onother time.

It is sugested to the teachers that they could use prose to teach english to student trough

literature work. The novels given could be created intent level difficulty. By using the prose the teacher not

only provide the students with the english exposure but also provide them with exercise concerning

language component, like vocabulary and struture. In addition, theacher good also moral values and iner

conflict that might be happened real lives people. By so doing in this suspected the student not only have

better propitiously but also become monitory.

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