The
analysis of short story girl by o henry
1.
the point of view
The
point of view that used in this short story is the 3rd person point of view and
the dramatic. The third point of view because the writer mention the name of
the characters in the short stories like:
“......... robbins, fifty, something of
an overweight beau, and addicted to first nights.... and Hartley, twenty-nine,
serious, thin, good-looking, nervous.......”
Beside that, the writer also using a noun
and pronoun to tell the story to the reader like :
“.... a man with an air of mistery came
in the door and went up to Hartley....”
Beside
that the dramatic point of view, we can see that from the way the writer tells the
story and using the scene of the story like the real situation in life. On the
other hand, the writer also tells us abt the problem taht might be always found
in our life, like looking for the nany or the cook for their house. Which is
not always easy to find the good person to handle this problem. In addition,
the writer also put the household problem like miscommunication beetween the characters
that i’ll prove in this bellow:
“...... vivianne, you didnt answer my
last letter. It was only by nearly a week’s search that i found where you had
move to. Why have you kept me in suspense when u knew how anxiously i was
waiting to see u and hear from u?”
2.
method of writing
The
method of writing that used in the short story is the stream of coniousness and
the conversational method. This is because we can see that by the way the
writer brings the characters like in the real life. Beside that, the characters
seems alive, cause the writer also bring the daily problems that might be
happen in our daily life. Like when Mr. Hartley and Hloise looking for the new
chef for their house to cooks for them.
The
conversational method is known by the way the writer write the story in the
conversational style. Such as :
“his name?” demanded Hartley, sternly.
“townsend”.
“rafford townsend!” exclaimed Hartley,
with a grim tightening of his jaw. “how did that man come to know you? After all
i’ve done for him”
Beside
that, it can be seen in the other conversation beetween the Hartley and the
Townsend like:
“go back”, said Hartley, firmly, pointing
downstair with his forefinger.
“hullo!” said townsend, feigning
surprise. “whatsap? What are u doin’ here old man?”
“go back” repeated Hartley, inflexibly.
3.
conflict
The
conflicts that happened in this story are:
a.
psychologycal conflict :
that
is happened when Vivianne confused to choose the right person to take her home.
She confused when Hartley and Townsend try to persude her to go home.
“tell me vivienne,” he asked, regarding
his keenly “is there another—is there someone else?”
“you shoudlnt ask that, Mr. Hartley” she
said, in some confusion. “but i will tell u. There is other—but he has no right—i
have promised him nothing”
............................ “his auto
has just stopped below” said vivienne, bending over the window-sill. “he’s
coming for his answer. Oh i dont know what to do!”
b.
social conflict
this
is happened when Hloise is a drunk woman who always get drunk whole the day,
and Hartley looking for someone to be a chef and cook for his family. But unfortunately,
vivianne, whom looked for by Hartley was disappear and umm Hartley just get
help from the investigator and the detective to seek the girl.
Beside
that, the other conflict is happened again when vivianne was looked for by
another man beside Hartley. And then both of them competed each other to get
vivianne back home.
“go back”, said Hartley, firmly, pointing
downstair with his forefinger.
“hullo!” said townsend, feigning
surprise. “whatsap? What are u doin’ here old man?”
“go back” repeated Hartley, inflexibly.
....................................................................................
“alright,” said Hartley “you shall have
that lying plaster to stick upon your traitorous soul. But go back”..............
But
finally vivianne go with Hartley with a condition that she just wanna go home when
his drunk wife is not home.
4.
message
The
message in this story is we have to choose the right person to take care of the
house and giving a food for the family. Because when the person is bad, how
could the family get the nutritions well, and get a best food. And for those
who has a family, they had to be fulfill their role in the family, to be a god
wife and a husband. This is support the harmony of the family to get better
life.
5.
characters
a. Hartley : Responsible
it
can be seen when he tried to get the house assistant as their chef, regarding
to the fact that his wife can’t cook well meanwhile she just drunk whole the
day. Beside that, he also tried hard to get vivienne (the house asst) by
compete with his competitor, that is Townsend who tried to get vivianne back
home with him also. He did it because he wants to make his family happy, to get
the best chef and get a better nutrition than before.
b. Hloise : unresponsible
Hloise
is Hartley’s wife that is always drunk whole day along. Beside that, she never
care abt the family, because she used to drunk all the time. So i guess she
doing nothing in her house, and let the house messed up. That’s why Hartley
trying to find the house asst to fix the mess in their house.
c. Vivianne : downful person
this
is can be seen when she told Hartley
that she’s afraid to living work in his faily. She just born and grew up in the
small city and being used to be a simply person. And just can’t imagine that
how she could live with the urban family.
..........“i hardly know what to say to
u. I realize all the advantages of your offer, and sometimes i feel sure that i
could be contented with you. But again, i am doubtful. I was born in a city girl, and i am afraid to bind
myself to a quite eub-urban life.”...........
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