Character's Journey Research Articles

Childhood vs Adulthood: A Study of the Characters in Charles Dicken’s Great Expectations

In Great Expectations, Pip travels the path of self-discovery, self-enhancement, and gentlemanly behavior. But differently, the story explores the aspirations of obtaining wealth, education, and social refinement. Victorian civilization instilled morality and etiquette in its readers, as demonstrated by Charles Dickens’ “Great Expectations". The lead character's journey from childhood to adulthood is followed by the reader, who gains insight into the reader's ability to discern morality even in the non-fictional world through the protagonist's interactions with other people, values, and behaviors. Because it acts as a bridge connecting social norms and the development of a fictional character, this is what draws interest to the educational romance genre.

Unravelling the Tapestry of Fluid Identity in Mistry’s “A Fine Balance”

This analysis employs Rohinton Mistry's "A Fine Balance" as a case study to examine the experiences and dynamics of the novel's characters within the framework of Marcia's theory of fluid identity. This research examines how James Marcia's identity development theory relates to and contrasts with the idea of fluid identity. The term "identification" is used to describe the dynamic and ever-evolving nature of one's sense of self, which can shift and transform in light of new experiences and relationships, the process of analyzing fictional characters with the intent of learning more about their identities and the influences on those identities. The findings suggest that the characters' identities are fluid, evolving and adapting to suit their situations and personal development. Throughout the story's progression, Marcia's theory provides a helpful framework for understanding how one's identity can be in various stages of diffusion, acquisition, and adaption. Extrinsic factors such as social expectations, political stability, and economic inequality are discussed. Numerous main characters in this novel face grave sociopolitical and cultural issues in 1970s India. This research aims to reveal the characters' nature, their identification level, and the factors that impact their identity. The results show that the protagonists' identities are fluid, changing, and growing in response to their experiences. Understanding the character's journey in A Fine Balance highlights the dynamic complexity of identity formation and the value of adaptability and openness. The consequences impact the individual. The need to be accepting of and helpful to people going through personality changes is emphasized by the social knowledge of personal development and identity.

Impact of Social Events on The Main Character in The Novel Violeta by Isabel Allende

This research aims to analyze the influence of social events on the main character in the novel "Violeta" by Isabel Allende, published in 2022. Social events, such as parties, family gatherings, and demonstrations, significantly shape characters within a narrative. By examining the protagonist's experiences and reactions to these events, this research seeks to understand their impact on the character's development and transformation. Using a qualitative approach, this research employs literary analysis methods to explore the intricate relationship between social events and the main character's journey. By delving into the novel's narrative and employing literature study techniques, the reserach aims to uncover the nuanced effects of social events on the character's psyche, motivations, and relationships. This research shows that social events significantly influence the main character's life journey. The findings of this research contribute to the broader understanding of character development in literature and shed light on the role of social events as catalysts for change. By analyzing the main character's interactions and responses to various social events, this research offers insights into how external factors influence the character's growth and shape the overall narrative.
 
 Keywords: character development; social event; sociological approach.

Psychopathy caused of the main character in Flynn’s Gone Girl

In this research, the researcher aimed to investigate the psychopathy cause of the main character in Flynn’s Gone Girl. This research used a descriptive qualitative method. The data were collected through closed reading. This research showed that the main character's journey is unquestionably satisfying from start to finish. The effects of the main character's actions have reached a point of saturation, and they are extremely happy. Several minor characters have thwarted the main character's magnificent plot to exact revenge on the other main character (her husband). This research suggests further research to analyze the social relationship between the characters of the novel and its impact on their character. Specifically, the researcher analyzed the main character who is a psychopath and it has fascinated artists and the general public for centuries. Besides, it also got the author’s feelings or experiences of the object of the study in Flynn’s Gone Girl.

MYTHS IN THE POETIC WORLD OF LINA KOSTENKO: PROJECTIONS OF THE AESTHETIC IDEAL

The article analyzes the intertextual connections of Lina Kostenko's work (in particular, her novels "Marusya Churai" and "Notes of the Ukrainian samashedshego", as well as individual poems) with world myths - ancient, biblical and literary. Such intertextuality gives rise to an artistic world where the individual and the collective, the human and the divine, the everyday-practical and the unspeakable-unexplainable, the national-historical and the eternal, the material and the spiritual, the rational and the irrational, interact. Allusive echoes of the texts of the Ukrainian poetess with the ancient Greek myths "Orpheus and Eurydice", "Hyacinthe", myth about the androgyne, biblical myths about St. John the Forerunner, Lilith and Eve, literary myths of Dante, M. Kotsyubynskyi are analyzed. All these myths are based on moral and philosophical maxims: love, creativity, immortality, beauty, responsibility, memory, integrity, compatibility of souls, dignity, spirituality, and chivalry, which are signs of the author's aesthetic ideal. The myth enriches her poetry with cultural codes that are most fully and adequately revealed only in the light of universal, not socio-historical or class criteria. It is proven that in the novel "Marusya Churai" Lina Kostenko created an alternative vision of the image of the poet, an important point of which was the position of "artist and love". Imitating Dante's myth about the journey through hell, Lina Kostenko in the novel "Marusya Churai" presents her vision of hell during her main female character's journey through war-torn Ukraine and sets her own priorities in matters of "sinfulness" and punishment of her characters. The article also examines the philosophy of androgynism interpreted in the poetess's work as a spiritual union of lovers and the poetess's attitude to the gender concepts of "strong man" and "strong woman". The interpretation of Lina Kostenko's work in a mythological way will contribute to the awareness of her universal sound, which is not subject to temporal and political changes.

Wacana Metta dalam Kakawin Ananda Bhuwana

Kakawin Ananda Bhuwana is an Old Javanese literary work that describes a character's journey in search of happiness (metta). The creativity and imaginative power of the author in compiling the story and giving the title to this literary work is a unique and special attraction. The theory used is the discourse theory proposed by Van Dijk. The analysis results of Kakawin Ananda Bhuwana's text show Kakawin Ananda Bhuwana as a constructor of metta discourse formed from a formal structure consisting of a macrostructure, a superstructure, and a microstructure.

In Moonlight, Perpetually Outside

Abstract This article explores the ways the Academy Award-winning film Moonlight reveals and reflects a Black spatial imaginary that explicitly and inextricably links Blackness, queerness, and the outside. In sharpening focus on its central character's journey from bullied kid to alienated high school student to hardened twenty-something, Moonlight, I argue, repudiates many of the anti-Black premises that vitalize the project of white supremacy and the white spatial imaginary, particularly those that cast Black people as always already unfit or unworthy—of freedom, of intimacy, of pleasure, of life. Simultaneously, the film draws attention to and invites viewers to grapple with the ways that Blackness always already indexes a waywardness, a transience, a queerness, a “movement in excess” that is itself an instantiation and expression of refusal, a being in and for the outside.

Мотивеми подорожі міфічного й казкового героя до потойбіччя (вертикальна проекція)

Мотивеми подорожі міфічного й казкового героя до потойбіччя (вертикальна проекція)

Legenda Tokoh Jokotole sebagai Representsi Pendidikan Karakter dalam Pengembangan Media Aplikasi Android pada Pembelajaran Bahasa Indonesia Aspek Kemampuan Membaca Kelas VII Di SMP Negeri se-Kabupaten Bangkalan

These studies are research on the development of research and development (R & D) using the Borg and Gall model. However, this development research takes several stages, namely, problem identification, information gathering, product design, and product testing. The results of the study found that Jokotole figures were legendary figures in the Madura region from Bangkalan, Sampang, Pamekasan, and Sumenep. The legend of Jokotole is found in every legend in the villages of Madura, there are 38 stories that tell the character of Jokotole both in his journey (stop) so as to create his own legend or narrate the battle against his enemies, while in the Bangkalan region there are 12 legends which tell Jokotole namely in the area of talk, keleyen, tip plate, and so forth. In this development research, the Jokotole story was made the main character in its emergence as a learning media based on andorid, because the tendency of the majority of Madurese people to accept Jokotole figures as positive figures starting from Jokotole's birth, journey, chivalry, spirituality, and death. Furthermore, in the development research this took the legend of the villages that gave rise to the character of Jokotole. Andorid media based on learning media applications ranging from stories, places (the area adopted from google map maps, questions, and reading ability tests using the ability formula to read elementary school children, namely junior high school. Jokotole figures in the andorid learning media application created using multimedia unity and design Corel Draw with Story Board Jokotole character journey when visiting the western Madura area until the trip in Bangkalan area, namely in the village of Telang, Socah, Ujung Plate, Bancaran, and Jambu Village.

Campo Belo: narrativa insubmissa e insurgente

Neste artigo desejamos provocar e compartilhar reflexões sobre o conto “Isaltina Campo Belo”, de autoria de Conceição Evaristo, parte integrante do livro: Insubmissas lágrimas de mulheres. A narrativa escolhida explicita o percurso da personagem em busca de compreensão da sua própria existência. Ao longo do caminho, surgem dúvidas, dores, alegrias e (des)cobertas sobre a construção da identidade de gênero, lesboafetiva e lesboerótica da personagem. O texto foi escrito a partir de alguns encaminhamentos que envolvem: problematizar os silêncios impostos historicamente que são construídos repletos de preconceitos e discriminações sobre a sexualidade da mulher negra; propor a insubmissão e a insurgência como categorias existenciais e claves interpretativas para análise do corpus; buscar referenciais teóricos pertinentes para a compreensão do conto analisado dentro da possibilidade de análise interseccional de gênero e sexualidade, principalmente dialogando com a perspectiva da “epistemologia negra sapatão” de Tanya L. Saunders para o lesbotexto apresentado e de autoras(es) que desenvolvem a perspectiva de pensar a literatura negra epistemologicamente; mapear a jornada da personagem do conto refletindo sobre os seus processos de construção identitária.

TOKOH BHIMA DALAM TEKS DEWA RUCI (Kajian Teologi Hindu)

<p><em>Dewa Ruci text tells of the Bhima character's journey in running his swadarma as a disciple of Master Drona to fulfill the task of seeking tirtha amerta pawitra. From the story contained in the Dewa Ruci’s Text has a different phenomenon or contradictions between Bhima-Drona with tirtha amerta pawitra. Thus a more in-depth study of the character, essence and religiosity of Bhima's characters on his journey in the literary works of the Dewa Ruci Text is required. Based on these descriptions, in this study Bhima figures on the Dewa Ruci Text as the object of research, with the title "Bhima In the Text of Dewa Ruci (Hindu Theological Studies). </em></p><p><em>The results obtained in this study, that the structure that builds the Text of Dewa Ruci consists of synopsis, figure, incident, plot, background, theme and message. While the characters possessed by Bhima characters in Text of Dewa Ruci include obedient characters, ego and arrogant characters, strong character, honest character, unyielding character, knight character, wise character, and diligent character. The essence of Bhima's release in the Text of Dewa Ruci is contained in the discourse given by Hyang Dewa Ruci to Bhima, that all living beings must always be conscious of the self according to the way they choose based on karma (action), jnana (knowledge) and dharma. Thus, it will guide man to unite with the highest essence. The religiosity of the Bhima figures is reflected in Bhima journey which is a process of self-control and submission. In addition, the Bhima character's journey also reflects the holy journey that sanctifies itself so that he is able to meet with Hyang Dewa Ruci, in other words Bhima journey is a form of thirtayatra. As well as other theological teachings contained in the Text of Dewa Ruci is the existence of the concept of pramana as a concept that supports living things. By knowing this knowledge is expected Bhima as human depiction can reach moksartham jagadhitaya.</em></p>

Walking the streets of London: using Zadie Smith's ‘NW’ to explore teenage, metropolitan ways of seeing and writing

This teaching and learning investigation draws on two adjacent chapters of Zadie Smith's novel (2012). The first chapter delineates one character's journey through north‐west London as plotted by the directions feature of Google Maps, while the next chapter focalises this perspective at street level. Ten classes across three year groups conducted a reading and a writing task based on. This task, which linked students’ writing to their own walking in London, was influenced by Harold Rosen's writing pedagogy, which privileges environmental experience as being central to developing student writing. The 190 mappings and street‐level descriptions of walking through London provide a rich portrait of teenage, metropolitan ways of seeing. The findings indicate an intrinsic link between place and memory for many students, while showing that writing about the metropolis invites literary experimentation influenced by recent changes in technology and communication. The investigation offers insight into a teaching strategy that can develop students’ reading and writing skills.

'Gently does it: Ethnicity and cultural identity in Olivier Ducastel and Jacques Martineau's Drôle de Félix (2000)'

This article argues that Ducastel and Martineau's Drôle de Félix (2000) marked a new departure for representations of people of North African origin within French film. It analyses how the lead character's journey from Dieppe to Marseilles allows the filmmakers to probe the parameters of ethnicity and sexuality throughout France's provinces, and interrogates its portrait of France and construction of Frenchness. Notions of family within the film and Félix's place within fin-de-siècle France are also considered, and an important literary precursor to Félix's road trip is identified.