Characterization in Andrea Hirata’s Novel Sirkus Pohon

Asnani, Pardi, Devi Pratiwy, Safitri Hariani and Sri Wulan

Faculty of Literature, Universitas Islam Sumatera Utara, Medan, Indonesia

sriwulan@sastra.uisu.ac.id

Keywords: Characterization, Protagonist, Static Character, Dynamic Character, Antagonist

Abstract: This research aims at revealing characterization in Andrea Hirata’s novel Sirkus Pohon by applying

Stanford’s theory. Characterization is a literary tool that is used to focus and explain the details about a

character in a certain literary work. The elements included in characterization are physical description,

action, inner thoughts, reactions, and speech. Characterization is exposed to invite interest of the readers to

get a good understanding of the plot.The protagonist in the novel is Sobri, twenty-eight-year-old, an

innocent man from Ketumbi village, only a graduate of elementary school. Sobri works as an unskilled

native laborer or collie. One day, he meets a girl, Dinda, whom he loves so much, and he wants to have a

permanent job to be able to propose her. There are two other important characters, Tara and Tegar who love

each other. Tara meets Tegar when they accompany their mothers in religious court for their parents’

divorce. During the course of the plot, Taripol, all the time stands in opposite side. This research is

conducted by means of descriptive qualitative method in analyzing the characterization based on Moleong

(2006). Descriptive method is done to make the description of facts, characteristics, and relationship

between phenomena that are investigated systematically, faculatively, and accurately (Nazir, 2005). The

data are collected, identified and categorized related to characterization in the novel. The results show that

Sobri is the protagonist, Dinda, a static character, Tara and Tegar, dynamic characters, and Taripol, the

antagonist.

1 INTRODUCTION

Sirkus Pohon is a novel written by Andrea Hirata,

published on August 15

2017. Sirkus Pohon is his

tenth novel after Laskar Pelangi, Sang Pemimpi,

Edensor, Maryamah Karpov, Cinta di dalam Gelas,

Padang Bulan, Sebelas Patriot, Dwilogi Padang

Bulan and Ayah. Andrea Hirata is a brilliant and

productive author. He is the first winner in New

York Book Festival in 2013 for his first novel

Laskar Pelangi, the Rainbow Troops, in American

edition. Various awards from some countries are

contributed to him.

All people in the world have characters that they

are different from each other by seeing their

characterization. The characters may be innocent or

ambitious, shy or consistent, kind or cruel, poor or

rich, strong or weak, calm or angry, diligent or lazy,

aggressive or fearful, thoughtful or inconsiderate,

confident or self-doubting, quite or noisy, careful or

careless, straight forward or underhanded, winning

or losing. One person may have more than one

attitudes, depending on one’s personality or

situation, all of which are molded into

characterization.

In reading a literary work, for example novel,

character is one of the interesting things for personal

opinions to see how one’s life is and how the person

concerns has effort to pursue a goal. Character is

also a vehicle for the author in order to convey to the

readers about her/his view of the world. The readers

can learn about individual characters from their own

words and action, from what other characters say

about them and the way others act towards them.

Character in a novel can be differentiated into

several kinds based on point of view. The character

can be categorized into several at once, for example

as protagonist or antagonist.

The characters are revealed to the reader in

various ways: description, dialogue, thought and

feelings, action and reaction, and imagery and

symbol. The characterization is the creations of the

author. The differences between characters and

characterization are the character refers to the person

in literary works, meanwhile characterizations refer

Asnani, ., Pardi, ., Pratiwy, D., Hariani, S. and Wulan, S.

Characterization in Andrea Hirata’s Novel Sirkus Pohon.

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to the way in which a character is created. It means

that by characterizations, the readers will know the

personality of a person in the novel, through their

actions and sayings or through what other characters

say about them. By this it is seen that

characterization is a way and technique of an author

to make the readers understand of personality and

will know the image of a character in literary

fictions.

Sirkus Pohon tells about Malay people in

Belitong countryside, through the characters in the

novel; they are Sobri, Dinda, Tara, Tegar and

Taripol. Sobri is the protagonist in the novel who

loves Dinda very much. As an innocent man, Sobri

loves Dinda with his own ways. He always comes to

Dinda’s house bringing some pomegranates. Dinda

likes them very much. Other characters in the novel,

Tara and Tegar have some activities in helping their

mother. Taripol, another significant character,is

portrayed as a recurring thief who always disturbs

people by his actions.

2 LITERATURE REVIEW

Character is any person originating from a fictional

work or performance. (Martin in Kusumawati, 2007)

says that a character is presumably an imagined

person who inhabits a story although that simple

definition might admit to a few exceptions.

Characterization means how the writer tells the

readers about the physical and non-physical

characteristics of a person in the story. (Kenney in

Mulyawan, 2015) states that the method of

presenting character is called characterization. An

author should have an ability not only to choose

what characters take part in the story, but also to

choose the method of presenting the characters in

the story.

According to (Vidhya & Arjunan, 2015)

characterization is classified into dimensions in

which it revolves. Most of literary works are

classified under four main dimensions such as

physical, social, psychological and spiritual

dimension. The characterization concentrated with

physical dimension exists mainly with the ideas

based on human and physical capabilities. This kind

of characterization reflects the peculiarities of

society and acts as the realistic representation of

society and morals. On the other hand, psychological

dimension moves a step further to present the

character not only as socially driven but also

biologically driven. The spiritual dimension refers to

the religion of the character that takes place in the

background of the story.

Stanford (2003) states that a character is

presumably an imagined person who inhabits a

story, and the best guide to understand him or her is

what s/he does and what s/he says. Stanford also

describes the types of characters as follows:

a. Dynamic Characte, a character who changes in

some significant way during the course of the

work.

b. Round character, a character who shows many

different facets, often presented in depth and

with great detail.

c. Flat character, a character who usually has only

one outstanding trait or feature.

d. Static character, a character who does not

change in any significant ways during the

course of the work.

e. Protagonist, a major character with whom we

generally sympathize.

f. Antagonist, a character with whom the

protagonist is in conflict, generally not a

sympathetic character.

3 METHOD OF RESEARCH

The writers use qualitative research in analyzing the

characterization in Andrea Hirata’s novel Sirkus

Pohon. (Moleong, 2006) states that qualitative

research is a study that intends to understand the

phenomenon of what subjects experience, such as

behavior, perception, motivation, action, etc.,

holistically and by way of descriptions in the form of

words and languages, in a specific context that is

natural and by utilizing various natural methods. As

stated by Nazir (2005), descriptive method is done to

make the description of facts, characteristics, and

relationship between phenomenon investigated

systematically, and accurately. The data are

collected, identified and categorized in line with the

existences of the characters.

4 DISCUSSION

There are some significant characters in Andrea

Hirata’s Novel Sirkus Pohon.

4.1 Sobri

Sobri is twenty-eight years old, still living with his

father and his sister’s family in his father’s house.

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His routine activity is driving his niece and nephew

going to school on foot.

Rutinitasku setiap pagi adalah mengantar

kedua keponakanku itu, Pipit dan Yubi, ke

sekolah. Kuantar mereka berjalan kaki karena

aku tak pandai naik sepeda. Waktu aku kecil,

Ayah tak mampu membelikanku sepeda. Kian

besar, kian malu aku mau belajar bersepeda.

Akhirnya, aku tak bisa naik sepeda. (Hirata,

SP: 24)

As an uncle, Sobri is very nice to his niece and

nephew. He always takes them home in safety. The

background scene of the novel is a small village in

Belitung, desa Ketumbi. It is usual that bicycle is

one means of transportation in the village. But Sobri

cannot ride a bike. From the quotation above, we

know that Sobri comes from a poor family; his

father cannot buy him a bike.

Sobri only graduates from elementary school. In

his self-talk, he says that it is because he has been

influenced by Taripol, his friend. Hirata portrays

Sobri as a boy who is easily affected and he let

Taripol influencs him.

Maka, bukan orang lain, melainkan Taripol

yang menyebabkanku drop-out SMP dahulu.

Dihasutnya aku untuk berleha-leha di Bioskop

Sinar Malam. Tak tahu dari mana dia dapat

duit untuk membeli karcis. Berkilat matanya

memantul sinar dari layar, saat itu kukenal

kilat mata seorang pencuri. (Hirata, SP: 24)

The above quotation tells that Sobri and Taripol

always watch film at Sinar Malam cinema, in spite

of going to school. So, finally Sobri and Taripol

drop-out from junior high school. Actually, Sobri

knows that Taripol always steals to buy the movie

tickets. But, Sobri lets himself affected by Taripol.

Hirata reveals the character of Sobri as an

innocent man. Hirata portrays the characterization of

Sobri through self-talk. This is seen when Sobri is

asked to give a TOA to Soridin Kebul. Taripol states

that he will ask him watching film. Without any

doubt, he walks slowly as two policemen gaze him

bringing TOA.

Aku tak menaruh curiga. Pertama, aku tidak

tahu semua barang Taripol hasil colongan.

Kedua, tak mungkin dia menjerumuskanku,

kawan dekatnya. Ketiga, sudah lama aku tak

nonton pelem.

As an innocent man, Sobri has never had a doubt

with Taripol. He thinks that Taripol is his friend who

will not give him any harm.

One day, when Sobri watches a volley ball

competition, he sees Dinda. It is the first time he s

heser and he has fallen in love with her at the first

sight.

Sejak pertama melihatnya di pertandingan voli

karyawan Timah vs LLAJ tempo hari, hatiku

telah tertambat pada Dinda. Saban malam

perasaanku tak karuan dibuat sipu malunya

itu. Lewat kawan-kawannya, aku berkirim

salam kepadanya, …. (Hirata, SP: 41)

At that time, Dinda is shy and Sobri says hello to

her through her friends. Finally, Sobri knows that

Dinda works as a shopkeeper. He goes there to keep

in touch and Dinda takes their friendship.

Akan tetapi, ternyata cerita menjadi lain

Dipandanginya aku dengan cara tidak seperti

orang lain memandangku. Pandangan matanya

itu seperti air es yang disiramkan ke sekujur

tubuhku. Dia menyambut tanganku, kami

bersalaman, aku menggigil. (Hirata, SP: 42)

In every meeting, Sobri does not forget bringing

pomegranate for Dinda because Dinda likes them.

Then, Sobri wants to propose Dinda.

“Aku ada maksud denganmu, Dinda,” kataku

berhati-hati.

“Maksud apa?”

Aih, semua orang Melayu tahu apa arti kata

ada maksud itu.

“Aku mau melamarmu.” (Hirata, SP: 44)

Hirata portrays the characterization of Sobri as a

gentleman who wants to make a friend with a

woman. He makes a strategy to know her well. At

first, he says hello through her friends and then he

meets her in her leisure time at the shop. Finally, he

makes a statement that he wants to marry her.

Sobri works as a coolie in many places, like a

salesman in terminal, a cleaner in a company, a lifter

of loud-speaker in the sound system company, and

so on. But, his sister, Azizah, tells him that all his

jobs are not permanent. Then, Dinda asks him to get

a permanent job before they marry. For some

months, he searches for a work, a permanent work.

When he is accepted as a clown in Glacia circus, he

is very happy.

Menumpang truk timah, bergegas aku ke

Stadion Belantik untuk memberi tahu Ayah

bahwa aku sudah dapat kerja tetap. Setelah

memberitahu Azizah dan Instalatur, tiga hari

tiga malam kusimpan kabar baik ini karena

aku sendiri yang ingin menyampaikannya

kepada Ayah. Ayah gembira. (Hirata, SP: 60)

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Sobri shares his happiness of having a permanent

job with the family. Sobri has a good relationship

with his family. All the family feels happy.

Sobri is also humble. He thinks that it is because

of Dinda, he may be hired as a clown in Gracia

circus.

…. Setelah sekian lama, seakan sepanjang

hidup aku mencoba mencari kerja tetap dan

gagal, akhirnya berhasil. Itu pasti rezeki Dinda

dan rezeki mahligai rumah tangga yang akan

kami bina nanti, hopeless romantic.

Kusampaikan kepadanya aku sudah dapat

kerja tetap sebagai badut sirkus. Dinda

membekap kedua tangan di dada, wajahnya

kagum tak terkira. (Hirata, SP: 61)

The characterization of Sobri as a humble man is

also seen from Tara, a junior high school student,

who becomes his instructor. He seriously takes some

instructions like how to wear a clown shirt and how

to have a tidy make-up.

Tara-lah yang membuka pintu alam ajaib itu

untukku. Usianya belia, tapi pengetahuannya

tentang sirkus amat luas. Koleksi buku-buku

dan dokumentasi sirkusnya lengkap. Dia lahir

dalam kelurgasirkus dan digadang-gadang

orang tuanya untuk suatu hari meneruskan

tradisi sirkus keliling. (Hirata, SP: 85)

Sobri is also as a faithful man. As a lover, finally

he asks his father and his sister to come to Dinda’s

house to propose.

Minggu berikutnya keluargaku mengunjungi

keluarga Dinda dengan membawa kue bulat

yang sangat besar. Demikian adat melamar

orang Melayu. (Hirata, SP: 109)

In Malay community, it is common that when

someone wants to propose a woman, he asks his

family to come to her house by bringing a big cake.

Then, they will determine the wedding day. The two

families agree to marry Sobri and Dinda after

Sobri’s house has been built completely. But a bad

condition happens. It is not known why suddenly

Dinda loses her memory. But Sobri keeps to marry

her. Dinda’s father feels surprised when Sobri tells

that he wants to marry her even she is sick. It can be

seen in the quotation below.

Pada minggu sore yang tenang itu, aku

menikahi Dinda. Aku berpakaian Melayu

lengkap persis seperti waktu aku melamarnya

dahulu. Dinda berpakaian muslimah Melayu

serba hijau. Bajunya berwarna hijau lumut,

jilbabnya hijau daun. Dia memang pencinta

lingkungan. Itulah hari terindah dalam

hidupku. (Hirata, SP: 315)

The readers feel sympathy to his

characterization. He is kind, innocent, having good

relationship with his family, faithful and a good

lover.

4.2 Dinda

Dinda is a woman who is not like other women. It is

portrayed by Hirata in Sirkus Pohon.

Gadis Melayu lain suka menjahit, menyulam,

membuat penganan, meronce bunga, menjalin

janur, menabuh rebana, ikut kursus sepuluh

jari, tapi Dinda suka buah delima. Apakah ini

perbandingan yang selaras? Aih, Kawan,

usahlah kau persoalkan itu. Namun,

dengarlah, dengarlah baik-baik, Dinda dan

delima, bukankah suatu paduan nan

memesona? (Hirata, SP: 44)

The quotation above is Sobri’s sentences who

say that it does not matter Dinda is different from

other women in their village. In her leisure time, she

just eats pomegranates. It is told that she has no

skills like other women.

Dinda always supports Sobri’s work as a clown.

One day, when Sobri takes his first performance,

Dinda encourages him.

Seketika demam panggungku lenyap waktu

kulihat Dinda dan Azizah tak henti bertepuk

tangan, Instalatur ternganga sampai tak bisa

mengangalagi, Pipit dan Yubi menunjuk-

nunjukku, paman mereka yang hebat ini.

It is his first performance as a clown in the

Glasia circus. He wants his family and especially

Dinda, to watch how good his action as a hero in the

Belitung legend story Raja Berekor.

A week after Sobri has lived in his own house,

their marriage is determined. Then, suddenly

Dinda’s uncle comes telling that Dinda goes for

work and does not come home. She is lost for 24

hours. All people in Ketumbi village seek her. Sobri

gets panic as he thinks Dinda gets an accident, or

becomes a victim of crime. And suddenly, someone

tells that there is a woman sitting beneath a cherry

tree in Belantik market since yesterday morning.

Bak bohlam yang bersinar terang, sekonyong-

konyong putus, gelap, begitu pula Dinda, tiba-

tiba dia padam, diam, dia seribu bahasa.

Mantra didatangkan dan dengan cepat

menyimpulkan Dinda sehat walafiat. Tekanan

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darah, detak jantung, suhu, napas, semua

normal. Tak ada flu, demam, pening kepala,

gangguan pencernaan, atau benjolan-benjolan

aneh di perut, dada, atau leher.

Tak ada bekas cedera yang menimbulkan

gegar otak atau trauma. (Hirata, 2017: 126)

Hirata does not portray to the readers why Dinda

gets shock and loses her memory. After the incident,

Dinda has lost her memory. It is not known exactly

why she could lose her memory. The writers

conclude that Dinda is a static character who does

not change in any significant ways during the

course of the story.

4.3 Tara

Tara is a dynamic character. The dynamic character

is a character that changes in some significant way

during the course of the story. Tara is changed, from

a simple girl to a beautiful lady. When Tara is a girl,

a fifth-grade student, she meets Tegar in religious

court as their parents get divorced. Tara likes Tegar

because he helps her to have a chance to play a

game. Then, they are separated from each other.

Tara is a strong kid. When her parents get

divorced, she does not cry.

Ayah dan ibu Tara juga berpisah baik-baik.

Tak ada suara tinggi, taka da rusuh, taka da

tuduh-menuduh, taka da rebut-ribut. Ibu

menerima cobaan ini secara elegan. Tara

berusaha keras agar tak menangis. Perceraian

berlangsung lancar dan penuh penyesalan.

Penyesalan yang disimpan masing-masing

orang sebagai rahasia hati mereka. (Hirata,

SP: 29)

Tara is also a talented girl. This comes from her

mother’s blood. she is able to draw some decoration

for gipsy’s bikes, making some lamps, and tents.

Orang-orang bilang dia menuruni bakat seni

ibunya. Ibunya itu tamatan sekolah menengah

seni rupa di Yogyakarta, dan mengaku, dalam

usia yang sama dengan Tara sekarang

kemampuan anaknya jauh melampauinya.

Anaknya menggambar dekorasi kereta-kereta

gipsi, merancang lampu-lampu hias, tenda-

tenda, dan panggung utama. (Hirata, SP: 62)

As a girl of circus, she is very creative. She

knows the names of all circus properties and their

uses. She draws the decoration, plans the position of

the lamps and tents. When Tara is in junior high

school, she becomes Sobri’s instructor. She teaches

Sobri how to wear the clown shirt and how to make

a clown’s make-up. Sobri always feels comfortable

with Tara.

“Tara”.

Suaranya mungil seperti siul kutilang. Kata Ibu

Bos, ikut saja perintah anak itukarena dialah

mandorku.

Sore itu juga Tara mengajariku cara memakai

baju seragamku itu dan cara merias wajah

karena aku adalah badut sirkus. (Hirata, SP:

59)

Sobri thinks that Tara is very talented. She learns

how to draw face from her mother. She spends hours

to draw.

Di dalam kepala Tara ada penggaris, busur

derajat, jangka alami, perpustakaan warna,

dan perbendaharaan yang kaya akan pola-pola

hiasan sirkus. Minat dan keahlian utamanya

adalah melukis wajah. Dia belajar dengan

serius dari ibunya bagaimana melukis wajah.

(Hirata, SP: 62)

Tara has planned to paint the face of a boy whom

she knows in religious court. Then, Tara paints one

face in one month. For 10 years, Tara has painted

119 faces. Each of the face makes her remember

him. As the time goes by, Tara could find Tegar,

until one day she decides to stop coming to the park

of religious court.

Tara terpana melihat Tegar menyentuh

perosotan itu seakan sedang mengenang

kejadian pada masa lalu. Seketika waktu

membeku dan Tara dilanda déjà vu. Dilihatnya

Tegar menjelma menjadi anak lelaki kecil yang

membelanya itu dan dia terlempar ke pagi itu,

10 tahun yang lalu, … (Hirata, SP: 370)

The above quotation shows that Tara finally

decides that she will not come again to the park of

religious court. But unexpectedly, she meets Tegar.

Tara is a faithful lover. Tara’s love to Tegar is

great. She keeps on seeking Tegar whose face she

cannot remember well as they are separated when in

their childhood.

4.4 Tegar

Tegar is a child of a broken-home family. His

parents get divorced at the time of Tara’s parents

also get divorced. It is in the park of religious court

that Tegar meest Tara at the age of ten. Like Tara,

Tegar should also substitute his mother’s works,

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because after gettingdivorced his mother always

cries and does not do anything.

Gara-gara pecah kongsi sama suami, ibu

Tegar mengerang, meradang, lalu patah hati,

lalu melamun sepanjang hari. Hobi membuat

kue dan menanam bunga dinoaktifkan. Dapur

sunyi senyap, pekarangan merana. (Hirata,

SP: 65)

Like Tara, Tegar also seeks Tara by his own

way. Tegar asks his friend, Adun, to accompany him

to find Tara by means of smelling.

Sebenarnya Adun telah bertugas dengan baik.

Dia mampu mengendus bermacam-macam

jenis parfum yang dipakai para pelajar.

Termasuk pelajar yang tak mandi pagi, tapi tak

ditemuinya seorang pun beraroma vanili.

(Hirata, SP: 132)

Tegar gets a mistake. He thinks that it is vanili,

but it is kenanga flower. So, Tegar gets some

difficulty.

Tegar is a good son for his family. He always

helps his mother and his sisters. Tegar also works

bike garage.

Karena ibu banyak melamun, Tegar harus pula

mengambil alih pekerjaan dapur. Dibantu adik

perempuannya yang telah beranjak remaja, dia

belanja, bersih-bersih, mencuci pakaian, dan

memasak. Setelag menyiapkan adik-adiknya

untuk sekolah, setiap pagi dia sendiri terbirit-

birit ke sekolah. Pulang dari sekolah, dia tak

bermain-main seperti remaja seusianya. Dia

makan siang sebentar, berganti pakaian, lalu

bergegas ke pinggir kota, ke bengkel sepeda

Masa Depan, demikian nama bengkel sepeda

peninggalan ayahnya itu. (Hirata, SP: 67)

Tegar is a dynamic character. Tegar’s character

always changes from time to time. One time, he

becomes a father for his family, another time he

becomes a brother for his siblings so he should help

his sisters in doing homework, and sometimes he

should become a son for his mother to listen to all

his mother’s nags.

4.5 Taripol

Taripol drops out of school in his early age. He

always steals something like candy and others from

the shop. All the people in the village know that he

is a thief.

Kondanglah dia sebagai bramacorah, maling

kambuhan. Setiap terjadi pencurian di

kampong, tak pernah luput namanya disebut-

sebut. Hilang sepeda, Taripol; hilang jemuran,

Taripol; hilang antenna tipi, Taripol; hilang di

kota, Taripol; hilang di kampong, Taripol.

Pokoknya setiap ada barang hilang, orang

bergunjing: Taripol maling. (Hirata, SP: 16)

Taripol always persuades his friends to follow

him. One day, Taripol asks Sobri to delivers TOA to

his friend, Soridin Kebul. Sobri does not know that

Taripol has stolen the TOA from a government

office. So, the police arrest them.

…. Maka, pencurian TOA itu dianggap Yang

Mulia Hakim tak lain sebagai suatu perbuatan

yang keterlaluan. Taripol kena kurung setahun.

Selaku penadah barang colongan, Soridin

Kebul kena enam bulan. Keduanya dioperkan

ke hotel prodeo kabupaten. Tinggallah aku

sendiri menekuri nasib yang sial. Sudah kena

kecoh Taripol, kena usir keluarga, plus dituduh

nyolong TOA, plus dicurigai khalayak sebagai

anggota mafia geng Granat. (Hirata, SP: 41)

When Taripol gets out of the jail, he becomes

gambler in Belantik night market.

Taripol menarik napas panjang, mencium

cincin batu satamnya, lalu pelan-pelan

membuka cangkir tengah dan sontak penonton

terbelalak karena tak tampak sebutir pun dadu

di situ. Kini malah si gendut pucat pias. Tak

percaya dia dengan pandangan matanya

sendiri. Dia merasa yakin telah menebak

dengan benar. Dibantingnya duit sepuluh ribu

di depan Taripol. (Hirata, SP: 213-214)

Taripol names the gambling as dadu cangkir. He

uses 3 cups and a dice. The player should guess

where the dice is. There are so many people standing

around him to play the game. At the end, Taripol

win much money from the gambling.

When there is an election campaign for village

head, Taripol also takes a part in this occasion. He

says to the people that pomegranate tree is sacred.

When Ngasbulah becomes village head, a

pomegranate tree is planted in the yard of his house.

Delima diangkut ke Pulau Menguang naik

perahu. Sampai di sana langsung ditanam di

pekarangan rumah Ngasbulah dan ditempeli

foto-fotonya. Dia terpilih menjadi kepala desa.

(Hirata, SP: 329)

Knowing about the intension of the

pomegranate tree, some people come, asking for

some blessings from the tree.

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Sejak itu delima punya nama baru: delima

keramat. Karena status baru itu, pamornya

makin kondang. Pengunjungnya makin ramai

dan setiap hariberdiri di situ seorang lelaki

bertopi jerami bernama Taripol sambil

memegang karton bertulisan “Pohon delima

keramat, sekali peluk Rp 2.000,00. Berfoto Rp

1.500,00.” (Hirata, SP: 298)

Taripol has some plans to make people doing

something though it is harmful in our religion. He

makes people believe what he says. And there are so

many people who do not know what is true and what

is false. So, they follow what Taripol says blindly.

5 CONCLUSION

The writers conclude that there are some types of

characters found in the novel as stated by Stanford

(2003). The protagonist in the novel is Sobri.

Through his characterization, the readers understand

that Sobri has a good personality and an innocent

man.

Dinda is a static character. She is a shy woman

who works as a shop-keeper. Sobri loves her so

much and she accepts his love. But, one day, without

knowing the reason, she loses her memory and does

not know amything.

Tara and Tegar are the dynamic characters who

always change in some significant ways in the novel.

They fall in love while they are in young age and

they always seek each other using a various way till

they meet again. Their characterization is dynamic:

they are very busy in helping their mothers doing all

works but they do not forget to preserve their love.

Taripol is the antagonist in the novel. He is like a

bandit in cowboy film. He has some bad habits

influencing others and he always disturbs other

people.

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