THE CHARACTERIZATION OF THE MAIN CHARACTER IN THE LAND OF FIVE TOWERS NOVEL

This research was focused on the method that was used by the author to develop the characterization of the main character in the Land of Five Towers Novel. The research was conducted by using descriptive qualitative method. The data were collected from the narrations and the dialogues in the novel. The findings of the thesis were 75 occurrences which telling method presented through the use of names (1), appearance (2), the author (29). And showing method presented through conversation (4), the location and the situation of the event or conversation (0), what character does (13), the intonation of sound and the vocabulary (4), and the mental quality of the character (22).The most dominant method was showing method (57,8%) because the future of the main character was unpredictable so the author develops his character by using showing method in order the readers understand how the main character become a success person with his half-decision.