THE STRUGGLE OF THE MAIN CHARACTER FOR SAVING HER FRIENDS AS REFLECTED IN PHILIP PULLMAN’S THE GOLDEN COMPASS A PSYCHOLOGICAL APPROACH

By
Hery Wahyu Widodo
04004125

ABSTRACT

The title of this graduating paper is The Struggle of the Main Character for Saving Her Friends as Reflected in Philip Pullman’s The Golden Compass: a Psychological Approach. In this graduating paper, the researcher discusses the characterization of the main character as reflected in the novel of The Golden Compass. The objective of this study is to find out the struggle of the main character for saving her friends. The novel talks about Lyra Belacqua’s struggle to save her close friend who was kidnapped mysteriously.


To do the analysis, the writer performs the descriptive qualitative research to the novel as the subject of the study and the object is Lyra Belacqua as the main character as reflected in the novel The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman. The method used in the research is observation and document. The central issues which will be analyzed by the writer are the character and characterization of the main character psychologically. The writer tries to describe the struggle of Lyra for saving her friends in the novel The Golden Compass. The theory of psychology of literature is taken from Wellek and Warren (1956).

Some of the important research findings are stated as follows. The first is the character and characterization of Lyra Belacqua as the main characterization as a protagonist character. Lyra has a good character such as smart, optimistic, care, curious, helpful and strong. And Lyra has a bad character such as stubborn, dirty and naughty. The second is the struggle of the protagonist character for saving her friends who lost mysteriously. The struggle of the main character for saving her friend such as follows: 1) leaving Jordan College, 2) how to use the golden compass, 3) struggle to the North and 4) struggle to fade from the kidnapper. The third is friendship values that can be taken from this novel.