Analysis of the plot and the theme based on Joe Christmas characterization in William Faulkner's novel Light in August

Sari, Poppy Puspita (2006) Analysis of the plot and the theme based on Joe Christmas characterization in William Faulkner's novel Light in August. Undergraduate thesis, Universitas Katolik Widya Mandala Madiun.

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This thesis analyses Light in August, a novel written by William Faulkner.This novel is chosen because it is interesting to analyze the inner conflict of the main character in searching identity matter. The focus of this study is on the main character of this novel, that is, Joe Christmas in order to expose the theme of this novel as seen from Joe Christmas. There are formulated problems. The first problem is how Joe Christmas is described in the novel. The second problem is how the plot reveals the character development of Joe Christmas. The third problem is what the theme is as seen from Joe Christmas as the main character. The study is based on the formalistic approach. The formalistic approach is used to analyze Joe Christmas' characteristics, the revealing of the plot to the character development of Joe Christmas, and the theme of the novel as seen from Joe Christmas as the main character. Therefore, the two theories are combined to answer the formulated problems. Those theories are the theory of literature and the theory of critical approaches of literature. Joe Christmas' characteristics are unpredictable, sly, rebellious, and stubborn. It happened because he refuses his mulatto condition and to be treated in the ways he dislikes. Joe is a mulatto. Therefore, he cannot place himself into the black and the white communities as demanded by the environment. For his lifetime,he tries to search his proper identity, which he has known already the answer that he is a mulatto. The theme as seen from Joe Christmas as the main character is that some people search their identity because of the race they have and the searching identity may create inner conflicts in their lives.

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