Analysis Man from The South

Name       :    Jihad Permadi W

NIM          :    10320087

Class        :    C

Analysis Fiction

Tittle        :    Man from The South/1948 by Roald Dahl

The Element of Analysis :

       Character

I, Oldish Man/Little Man, American Boy, The Girl, The Woman

Major Character : I, Oldish Man/Little Man, American Boy

Minor Character : The Girl, The Woman

       Characterization

I :  As the narrator

Oldish Man/Little Man : Old arround sixty eight or seventy, wearing white buckskin shoes and large creamy panama hat, Eneven teeth, Kind.

American Boy : About Nineteen or Twenty, freckled face with pointed nose, barebodied and wearing faded brown bathing short, friendly.

The Girl : Largeboned, wearing a pale blue bathing suit, silence.

The Woman : Small, black haired, rather old, polite, kind.

     - Type Of Character is Flat because the characteristics of characters are static (not change)

     - Method of Characterization is mixing          Telling and Showing. The author telling directly the appearance and the characteristics. Also the author presents the characters in action and allow the reader analyze what kind of person is from their dialogue.

       Plot

The Plot told in chronological order          because in this story there is no flash back means that the character not tell about their previous time. (Beginning-mid-finishing/ending)

#Rising Action : When American boy give the little man a light untill they decided to bet.
“Here, let me give you a light...”          “Shall we nor perhaps make a little bet...”

#Climax : When the little man wants the ameracan boy’s finger for their betting.
“...de little finger of your...”

#Falling Action : When the woman comes. “Eight!”...
#Resolution : “I am so sorry...”         “He has not anything...” The woman told the fact about little man and made all clear.

#Conflicts : Person VS Person          American Boy VS Little Man

       Point of View

“I” as The First Person Point of View because “I” as the narrator

- Participants           “I” play in this story.

       Setting

- Six o’clock in the evening, beside swimming pool in front of hotel