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Helen Keller's Struggle HELEN KELLER’S STRUGGLE IN THE STORY OF MAY LIFE ABSTRACT Eka Ardhinie One of the literary works is novel. In the novel we can find many kinds of character. Sri Hartati This research aims to find out the characteristics of Helen Keller by using psychological approach and to describe the factors influence Helen Keller to struggle in obtaining the equal confession as usual human. This research used Fakultas Sastra qualitative method in analyzing the data. The data is taken from Helen Keller’s Universitas Gunadarma Novel “The Story of My Life” and in the form of quotation from novel that related to Helen Keller’s characters. The result of this research are the characteristics of [email protected] Helen Keller in term of angry, naughty, curiosity, struggle, eager, clever, dilligent, [email protected] care, confident, brave, independent. There are also some factors that influence the characteristics of Helen Keller, such as: Influence from family, teacher and famous people. Key Words: Characters, Struggles, Factor Influences. INTRODUCTION and the behavior within the novel. The fiction, the heroes and villains, allies and source of data in this research is a novel enemies, love intersts and comic relief Literary often describes about human’s entitled “The Story of My Life” written by (Mc Laughlin, 1989:375). According to life that related to culture, religion, social, Helen Keller in 1903 as the primary data. David Grambs, Character is a portrayal moral and so on. Almost the whole literary or description so as to distinguish; the give impact to the reader when they have THEORETICAL REVIEW creation or representation of character in finished to read. Sometimes, the impact fiction; delineation; the use in journalism can be sad or happy and like or dislike, Novel of descriptive or categorical word as depend on the story. modifiers, sometimes irrelevently, and As we know, literary works such as: Novel is derived from Italian novella “tale, sometimes prejudicially (1984:484). poetry, prose, and novel. Many people pieces of news” and now applied to a wide According to Mc Laughlin, choose novel as a favourite literary variety of writings whose only common Characteristics is distinguishing trait, because the content of novel include many attribute is that they are extended pieces quality, or poetry; an element of character; aspects. In novel we can see how the of prose fiction. In contemporary practice, that which characterized. (1989:376) author describe the story in wonderful novel will be between 60-70.000 words plot, good setting and unique character. and say, 200.000 (Cuddon, 1986:430). Psychological Approach Beside that, we can get a moral value or According to Oxford English dictionary, an advise which is good or not. a novel is fictious prose narrative or rate Psychological approach is an approach In this research, the writer analyzes of considerable length which characters coming from assumption that a literary and clarifies more deeply about the and actions representatives of the real life work is merely discussing about human character of Hellen Keller in the novel of past and present times are portrayed life. (Semi, 1993:806) “The Story of my life” written in 1903 by in a plot of more or more complexity The term personality is frequently Helen Keller. The writer choose this novel (Hawthorn,1985:1). used conversation turn to the social because the writer wants to find out the behavior of specific person and the characteristics of Hellen Keller that is Structure of Novel amount and quality of influence they good to be analyzed as inspiration and shield upon others. (Wolman, 1977:301). motivation to people who was born blind Plot Psychological approach is one of many and deaf. Besides that, the writer wants approaches that can be used to do the to know the struggles of Helen Keller’s Plot is the sequence of incidents or events research of a literary work, such as novel, life and how she can reach the equal of which a story is composed when poem, etc. Through psychological confession as a usual human. As a result, recounted by itself. It bears about the approach the writer expected to get to the reader can get the spirit of Helen same relationship to a story that a map know the personality of a character that Keller’s struggle and about her thought does to a journey. It may include what a one to be analyzed by the writer. in many kinds character. The writer character says or thinks, as well as what conducts a research entitled “Helen he does, bit it leaves out description and Method of Psychological Approach Keller’s Struggle in The Story of My Life”. analysis and concentrates ordinarily on And the writer thinks it is very interesting major happenings (Perrine, 1988:41) In analyzing “Helen Keller” character, the for research by using psycological writer uses several methods of approach. Theme psychological approach. According to The writer limits this research to the Semi (1993): characterictics of Helen Keller’s struggle The theme of piece of fiction is it is 1. Psychological approach emphasizes for her life by using Psychological controlling idea or its central insight. It to analyze whole literary work in approach in “The Story of My life” written is the unfying generalization about life intrinsic or extrinsic aspect. From in 1903 by Helen Keller. stated or implied by the story. To derive intrinsic aspect, the emphasize is to This scientific research paper uses a them of a story, we must ask what its emphasizes on characterization. qualitative method by using phycology central purpose is: What view of life it 2. The important of extrinsic aspect is analysis. According to David Numan support or what insight into life it reveals connected with psychological (1992:3) the method used in the research (Perrine, 1988:65) problems, such as aim, aspiration, is qualitative research assumes that all desire, etc. knowledge is relative, that there is a Character and Characteristics 3. In analyzing the characters, we must subjective element to all knowledge find the thought of figure’s behavior. research. It is equivalent with the According to The Power of Language, Also the researcher should explain the research, which is to describe the people character is the term for the people in motifs that support the action. 22 UG Jurnal Vol. 6 No. 02 Tahun 2012 DISCUSSION friend, her name is Martha Washington. doll. I did not know that I was Martha and Helen often make Helen’s spelling a word or even that words The Characters in The Story of My mother be panic. One day, Martha and existed; I was simply making my Life. Helen were playing together. They were fingers go in monkey-like imitation. cutting some things till they were bored In the days that followed I learned Main Character and then they were cutting their hair each to spell in this uncomprehending other. This moment describes about the way a great many words, among l Helen Keller naughtiness of Helen Keller. them pin, hat, cup and a few verbs Helen Keller is a nice person. She is And for the quotations that show the like sit, stand and walk. But my independent, clever, dilligent and have naughty of Helen Keller’s character: teacher had been with me several ambition to get a miracle for her live. weeks before I understood that “Martha Washington had as everything has a name.” (Page 15) Supporting Character great a love of mischief as I. Two little children were seated on the B. The characteristics of Helen l Miss Sullivan veranda steps one hot July Keller in obtaining the equal Miss Sulivan is a kind teacher. She afternoon. One was black as ebony, confession as usual human makes Helen comfort to study about with little bunches of fuzzy hair tied everything even Helen was blind and with shoestrings sticking out all l Struggle deaf. Miss Sullivan never give up to over her head like corkscrews. The teach Helen because she is very other was white, with long golden Helen keller was very struggle for her life, patient. curls. One child was six years old, when she was difficult to know what l Kate Adams (Helen’s mother) the other two or three years older. people said, she was placed her hand on She is a good woman and full of The younger child was blind—that the hand of speaker. Before Helen Keller affection. She also wisdom woman for was I--and the other was Martha became an author, she wrote letter for Helen. Washington. We were busy cutting her friend. But, she was very careful to out paper dolls; but we soon wrote something because she was afraid l Alexander Graham Bell wearied of this amusement, and if what she had written was similiar to He is a simpathic person, smart, and after cutting up our shoestrings and the other author. friendly. clipping all the leaves off the She also visited President Cleveland, honeysuckle that were within reach, World's Fair and etc. When she was A. The characteristics of Helen I turned my attention to Martha's studying at class, she could not make Keller before she got influence from corkscrews. She objected at first, notes or write exercise. She wrote down many factors. but finally submitted. Thinking that it at home. Her work was painfully slow, turn and turn about is fair play, she so that when she had an exam, she had l Angry seized the scissors and cut off one to read the example over and over because of my curls, and would have cut she was difficult to understand what it At the first, Helen Keler was difficult to them all off but for my mother's means.
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