An Analysis of the Main Characters’ Hatred Depicted in Sandra Brown’s Novel, “Where There’s Smoke”
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
First of all, the writer like to
thank Almighty God, Who has blessed and guided him so that he is able to
accomplish this thesis as a partial fulfillment of the requirements for the
degree of Sarjana Sastra at the faculty of literature, Islamic University of
north Sumatra, medan.
In
this very special occasion he would like to express his deep gratitude and
appreciation to the Prof. Dr. H.
Efendi Barus, M.A, the Dean of the
Faculty of Literature, Islamic University of North Sumatra. Moreover,
he is his supervisor, who has given his valuable time, advice, criticism and
correction to this thesis from the beginning up to the end of the writing. He
also wants to thank all of the lecturers of the faculty who have thought and
guided him during the years of his study at the faculty.
In this very special moment, he
would like to express his deepest thanks to his beloved parents, Alm.Drs.Nurdin and Hafsah for
their love encouragement and supports both financially and mentally that made
him possible to finish his study. His thanks are also addressed to his oldest
sisters, Rusmidah, and Nurhayati,Fatmawati,And Asmi Fahmi for their supports and
encouragement.
Finally, he wants to thank his
best friend, Safi’I sitepu for their
mentally supports to rise up his spirit in finishing this writing and all his
friend in faculty of literature.
Medan,31
January 2007
The Writer
ABDUL MUIS
ABSTRACT
This is the result of An Analysis of the Main Characters’
Hatred Depicted in Sandra Brown’s Novel, “Where There’s Smoke”. This
analysis shows that Jody hates Lara because she knows Lara is the woman who
makes her son’s carrier, Clark, in political
down. Jody also hates her son, Key, because Keyis the same as her husband who
always makes love adventure to all women whom he like, so it is makes her hate
Key so much.
Lara’s hatred to her husband
occurred as her husband is the cause of their daughter’s death. Her husband is
too ambitious to be a hero for his country, America.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS....................................
ABSTRACT............................................
TABLE
OF CONTENTS...................................
CHAPTERI: INTRODUCTION...........................
1.1
General
Remarks................... 1
1.2
Reasons
for Choosing the Topic.... 3
1.3
Purposes
of the Analysis.......... 3
1.4
Scope of
the Analysis............. 4
1.5
Method
of the Analysis............ 4
CHAPTER II: BIOGRAPHY OF THE AUTHORESS AND HER LITERARY
WORKS...........................
2.1 Biography
of the Authoress........ 5
2.2 Her
Literary Works................ 10
CHAPTER
III:..... SUMMARY AND
CHARACTERS OF THE NOVEL....
3.1.. Summary of the
Novel.............. 11
3.2.. Characters of
the Novel........... 17
CHAPTER
IV: AN ANALYSIS OF THE CAUSE OF THE
PROTAGONIST’S SUFFERING DEPICTED IN THE NOVEL..................................
1.1
Jodi’s
Hated to Lara.............. 18
1.2
Jodi’s
Hated to Key............... 23
1.3
Lara’s
Hated to her Husband....... 30
CHAPTER
V: CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTIONS..............
5.1 Conclusion........................
31
5.2 Suggestions.......................
32
BIBLIOGRAPHY........................................ 33
CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION
1.1 General Remarks
Human being is god’s creature,
since born he or she has given thought and mind that they use in their
interaction in their environment to each other. The thought and mind appear the
human’s emotion. The emotion is coming to response anything which derives from
outside.
The emotion that owned by human
being consists of two kinds. They are good and bad emotion. Good emotion
usually fulfills someone’s life dominating with love, kindness etc. however,
the people in bad emotion, his or her life will be dominated by hatred. This
emotion commonly makes the people in trouble as well as in the big
disappointment. Hatred in very bad to be owned. To get the clear understanding
on hatred, Webster English language dictionary define :
Strong aversion detestion coupled
with ill, either the simple emotion or emotional state of aversion abhorrence.
(Webster, 1974 : 1144)
From the
quotation above can be said that hatred is the feeling of dislike to someone
because of one or some, reason. The reasons can be caused by disapointed,
betrayed etc.
The
quotation above shows that hatred is the feeling of dislike to someone because
of one or some reason. At least it can be said that hatred is a response
towards someone’s bad behavior or attitude. Dealing with the analysis has taken
hatred as the subject matter on this study.
The
character’s behavior or attitude in the novel “Where there’s Smoke” written by
Sandra Brown shows the way and the cause of hatred. The character’s behavior are
being interesting to discuss as it may give us a good moral lesson in enduring
the life.
1.2
Reasons for choosing the Topic
There are some reasons why the topic is
chosen to be analyzed. There are as follows:
1. Hatred in interested to be analyzed as it
often appears based on many factors and reasons dealing with the human being’s
behavior.
2. Hatred influences someone’s behavior very
much
3. Hatred which is found in the novel can
contribute a very good moral aspect to run the daily life.
1.3
Purposes of the Analysis
The purpose of the analysis are
as follows:
1. To analyze
the min character’s hatred in the novel “Where there’s Smoke” by Sandra
Brown’s.
2. To shows
the affect of the hatred.
3. To prove
the moral lesson that can be found in studying the main character’s hatred.
1.4.
Scope of the Analysis
The analysis is limited on the
main character’s hatred. Specifically it is focused on Jody’s hatred to Lara
Mallory, Jody’s hatred to Key Tackett and her husband, Randal Porter, and those
will be discussed in chapter four of the analysis.
1.5.
Method of the Analysis
This analysis is
the result of a research conducted by
collecting the data from various sources. They are collected from
several books. The main data are taken from Sandra Brown’s novel “Where there’s
Smoke”. The supporting data and are taken then form some books and references.
Those data are then form of description. Then if is presented as a final task
which the consider as her thesis.
CHAPTER II
BIOGRAPHY
OF THE AUTHORESS
AND HER
LITERARY WORKS
2.1 Her Biography
Sandra Brown was born in Waco, Texas.
When she was five years old, her family relocated to Ft. Worth,
where she spent her childhood. Reading
was a hobby encouraged by her parents. English was an easy choice for a major
when she entered Texas
Christian University.
Sandra Brown is the authoress of
more than 50 “New York Times “best sellers”. She began her writing career in
1981 and since then has published 65 novels. There are seventy million copies
of her books in print worldwide and her works have been translated into thirty
languages.
In 1968, she got married to
Michael Brown, a former television anchorman who produced the award wining
documentary film “Dust to Dust“. They lived in Ft. worth, Texas. Then, she continued her education at Oklahoma State
University and the University of Texas
at Arlington.
Before embarking on her writing
carrier, she worked as a model at the Dallas Apparel Mart, and in television,
including weather casting for WFAA-TV in Dallas
and feature reporting on the national syndicated program “PM Magazine”. Taking the advice of a published writer who
had appeared on Michael Brown’s morning TV talk show, Sandra attended a
writers’ conference at the University
of Houston where she met
authors, literary agents, and publishers.
Inspired by the ideas exchanged at the conference, she tried her hand at
writing for the lucrative romance market. She sold her first two books within
thirteen days of each other. “Love’s Encore” and ”Love Beyond Reason” where
published in 1981.
In 1987, brown decided to move
away from bonafide romance into the main steam fiction market. The gamble paid
off in 1990 when the “Mirror Image” made The New York Times best seller list. Since
then, all her novels had been the best seller, including reprints of the early
romance. In 1992, “France Silk” was made into ABC-TV movie.
For five consecutive years she
received award from Waldenbooks for having the best selling contemporary
romance. She was given two similar Awards from B. Dalton. In 1992 the American
Business Women’s association honored her with a Distinguish Circle of Success. She served
as keynote speaker at romance writers of America’s annual convention in
1985, and in 1998 that organization recognized her with their Lifetime
Achievement Award.
She is a member of Author’s
Guild, Mystery Writers of America, International Association of Crime Writers,
novelist, Inc and Literary Partner.
2.2
Her literary works
Sandra Brown’s
literary works may chronologically be listed as follow:
1. Love Beyond Reason..........................
1981
2. Love’s Encore...............................
1981
3. A treasure Worth Seeking....................
1982
4. Eloquent Silence............................
1982
5. Hidden Fires................................
1982
6. Not even for Love...........................
1982
7. The Silk Web................................
1982
8. A kiss Remembered...........................
1983
9. A Secret Splendor...........................
1983
- Breakfast
in Bed............................ 1983
- Heaven’s
Price.............................. 1983
- Prime
Time.................................. 1983
- Relentless
Desire........................... 1983
- Seduction
by Design........................ 1983
- Tempest
in Eden............................
1983
- Temptations
Kiss........................... 1983
- Tomorrow
‘s Promise........................ 1983
- Bittersweet
Rain........................... 1984
- In
a class by Itself....................... 1984
- Send
No Flowers............................ 1984
- Tiger
Prince .............................. 1984
- Word
of Silk .............................. 1984
- Another
Dawn .............................. 1985
- Led
Astray................................. 1985
- Riley
in the Morning....................... 1985
- Sunset
Embrace............................. 1985
- Sweet
Anger................................ 1985
- Thursday’s
Child........................... 1985
- Above
and Beyond........................... 1986
- Honor
Bound................................ 1986
- The
Rana Look.............................. 1986
- 22 Indigo Place............................ 1986
- Demon
Rumm................................. 1987
- Fanta
C.................................... 1987
- Sunny
Chandler’s
Return.................... 1987
- The
Devil’s Own............................ 1987
- Two Alone.................................. 1987
38.
Adam’s
Fall................................ 1988
- Hawk
O’ Toole’s Hostage.................... 1988
- Slow
Heat in Heaven........................ 1988
41. Tiding of Great Joy..........................
1988
42. A Whole New Light ...........................
1989
43. Best Keep Secret.............................
1989
44. Long Time Coming ............................
1989
45. Temperatures Rising..........................
1989
46. The Thrill of Victory........................
1989
47. Mirror Image.................................
1990
48. Texas! Lucky................................. 1990
49. Breath of Scandal ...........................
1990
50. Texas! Chase................................. 1991
51. Texas! Sage ................................. 1991
52. French Silk .................................
1992
53. Shadow of Yesterday –
Reprint
of relentless desire................. 1992
54. Where There’s Smoke..........................
1993
55. Charade .....................................
1993
56. The Witness..................................
1995
57. Exclusive....................................
1996
58. Fat Tuesday..................................
1997
59. Unspeakable..................................
1998
60. The Alibi....................................
1999
61. Standoff.....................................
2000
62. The Switch...................................
2000
63. Envy.........................................
2001
64. The Crush....................................
2002
65. Hello, Darkness..............................
2003
66. White Hot....................................
2004
CHAPTER III
SUMMARY AND CHARACTERS OF THE NOVEL
3.1
Summary of the Novel.
Lara Mallory was a beautiful,
brilliant, smart, and talented woman. She was a doctor. Her husband, Randall
Porter worked in abroad institution in Texas.
Lara’s parent encouraged her to marry Randall. They thought that Randall was a
perfect man for their daughter.
For her marriage life, Lara felt
unhappy until finally they had a daughter named Ashley Porter. Their house hold
conflict began when Lara was trapped in a big scandal that involved Clark
Tackett, a decedent of Clark Junior who heritage a big company of Tackett Oil
in Eden Pass,
a small town in Texas.
Clark Tackett is the first son of
Clark Junior and Jody Tackett. He had a young brother named Key Tackett and
young sister named Janellen. After the death of Tackett Junior, the company was
lead by Jody Tackett, a bad tempered, unpleasant, smart and proud person.
She handled this company helped
by Janellen. Janellen was an obedient daughter. She would do what Jody wanted
to do. She was a shy person. It was contrast with her brother’s characters,
Key. Key was a handsome man, drunkard who always opposed her mother. He liked
to work as pilot than in his own company.
The Tackett family had great power in Eden pass. Many people in Eden Pass
worked to them.
The scandal which involved Clark
and Lara made Jody angry. Jody would do everything to get rid Lara and her
family from Eden Pass. That scandal extremely influenced
reputation, mental and carrier of Clark.
Finally, Clark died in a lake when he went
boating.
Before the death of Clark, Randall and his family had moved to Montesangre as
ambassador. This place was full of conflict. Clark and his family had big role
to move Randall’s family. At that time, Lara was in pregnant a few months
later, after they moved to Montesangre, Randall and his family were going to
attend the government invitation. In the cross road, their car was stopped by a
group of gun man. Act brutally, they shot the car. Ashley died in the incident,
but she did not know the condition of her husband because she was faint.
The death of her daughter and her
husband made Lara extremely sad. This was the worst experience which happened
in her life. Lara finally went back to Eden Pass.
In Eden Pass, she lived and opened a clinic.
This clinic was a gift of Clark Tackett which was bought from Dr. Patton. Clark gave this clinic to Lara which was written in a
testament before he died.
One night, when Lara was
sleeping, she heard that there was someone who knocked her clinic. She then
wake up and opened the door. She looked a man with blood body, named Key
Tackett. She helped Key by wrapping his injury. Key got surprise when he knew
that her named was Dr. Lara Mallory, Randall’s wife. He knew that she had made
his brother broken.
Jody Tackett knew that Lara had
returned to Eden Pass and opened a clinic. Jody hated
Lara so much. She would do everything to get away Lara. Jody had a big power in
Eden Pass because most of people worked in
her company, Tackett Oil. Although Jody was the leader of Tackett Oil and had a
power, Lara was not afraid of her. She
would stay in Eden
Pass patiently. She
realized that she would face many problems.
The relation between Lara and Key
was quite good because they often met. Key felt pity when Lara told that her
husband and her daughter were died in an incident in Montesangre. Lara did not
know where Ashley was buried. Lara used this opportunity to persuade Key to fly
to Montesangre for searching the grave of her daughter. Key was a good aviator and
had flown everywhere, but he had never flown to Montesangre.
Lara and Key finally flew to
Montesangre. At that place, Lara and Key met a pastor, named Geraldo, and asked
him to help them. Father Geraldo then brought Lara and Key to Dr. Soto. Dr.
Soto knew where Ashley was buried. Dr. Soto refused their request because it
would make his life dangerous. Key threatened to kill him if he didn’t want to
help them. Under pressure, Dr. Soto then was ready to show the grave.
In an area, Dr. Soto said that
Ashley was buried together with a thousand other victims. Spontaneously, Lara
cried and fell dawn to the ground. She was extremely sad to know that Ashley
was buried improper place. At the same time, a group of rebels came and shot
Father Geraldo and Dr. Soto. Then they arrested and brought Lara and Key to
their leader, Elcorazon Del Diablo. Elcorazon was Emillio Sanchez Peron. He had
ever worked with Randall in embassy of America in Montesangre. Elcorazon
brought Lara and Key in a hotel.
In the hotel, Lara got surprise
when he met Randall. She thought that Randall was dead. Randall told a falls
story to Lara that Elcorazon arrested him for three years. Elcorazon let him go
because he could help the independent of Montesangre.
Finally they returned to America.
Elcorazon conspired with Randall to make diplomatic relationship between America
and Montesangre. The returned of Randall from Montesangre made his name well
known. Randall made himself to be respectable person, but it was not for Lara.
Lara regarded that Randall was a very bad man. It was because Randall had told
the true story. Randall said that this was his plan even when he went to
Montesangre for the first time. He also said that the incident that made Ashley
died was his idea. But he did not mean to kill his daughter. It was only
accident. Lara was very angry.
Suddenly she took her gun and
wanted to shoot Randall. Before shooting Randall, Lara heard a great explosion
outside. She ran out approaching the explosion. Lara looked and helped many
victims because of the explosion from a motel near her house. After that, Lara
and Key went back to Lara’s house. They found Randall died. Jody Tackett killed
Randall by shooting him. Jody worried that everyone would know about her son’s
love affair with Randall. Key was confused and asked Jody to tell everything.
Jody told that Clark was Randall’s sweetheart.
Randall blamed Lara that she had made love affair with Clark
in order to save his carrier. Lara obeyed what Randall said because she was
pregnant at that time. She did not want to look his daughter got suffered
because of Randall’s scandal. She chose to go to Montesangre with Randall to
hide this secret. After taking the true story, Jody Tackett died because of
heart attack.
Lara and Key finally made
decision to live together. They love each other and nobody could prevent their
effort to marry.
3.2
Characters of the Novel
Lara
Mallory
Lara
Mallory, the protagonist of the novel, is a beautiful, smart, and talent. She
is a doctor. Her parents encourage her to marry Randall Porter, a husband who
brings her many problems until the death of her daughter. She has mission to
look for and find the grave of her daughter in Montesangre.
Key
Tackett
Key
Tackett is Jody Tackett’s second son who always opposes what his mother wants.
He is a pilot who flies Lara to Montesangre in looking for Ashley’s grave. He
is a handsome, drunkard, womanizer, and adventure, but in the end of the novel
she loves and is interested to marry Lara Mallory.
Randall
Porter
Randall
Porter is Lara’s husband. He is charming, urban, and cosmopolitan who holds a
promoting position in State Department. He has broken his house hold owing to
the fact that he makes love affair with Clark Tackett. Randall makes false
story that Lara has made love affair with Clark Tackett.
Clark
Tackett
Clark
Tackett is Randall’s sweet heart. He is Jody Tackett’s first son. He is smart
and prestigious. His position in government as senator breaks down after he has
big scandal with Lara. Clark finally dies when
he goes boating which makes speculation that it is not an accident at all but a
suicide.
Jody
Tackett
Jody
Tackett is a bad tempered, unpleasant, smart, and proud person. She comes from
poverty but her intelligence makes her as high class person who marries Tackett
Junior, the owner of Tackett Oil. Jody leads the company helped by Janellene
after the death of her husband.
CHAPTER IV
THE ANALYSIS OF THE MAIN
CHARACTERS’ HATRED DEPICTED IN SANDRA BROWN’S NOVEL,
WHERE THERE’S SMOKE
Someone in his or her own life has the feeling of
happines, love, longing, angry and hate. It is felt because of some reasons.
This analysis discusses about the main
characters’ hatred depicted in Sandra brown’s novel, “Where there’s Smoke”. The
main characters that discusses here is Jody and Lara. Jody hates Lara and her son, Key. Lara also hates her
husband for some reasons since the death of their daugthe, Ashley. She think
her husband is too ambitious. Both Jody and Lara have the same characteristics.
They hate their family.
4.1
Jody’s Hatred to Lara
Jody Tackett is the mother of
Clark Tackett, Key Tackett and Janellen Tackett who own the Tackett oil in Eden Pass.
She is well known in Eden Pass
because of her influenced in the small town in Texas.
She hates Lara Mallory, Randal’s
wife so much. She hates her because Lara has known by American’s society as a
bad woman who has broken down Clark Tackett’s carrier in political as a senator
in America representative
from Texas.
All mothers in this world are
wished their son to be a good and successful person. They are willing to do
every thing for the success of their son and also protection. That is the pure
love from a mother. See the following quotation.
“The only thing Jody loved better than
Tackett Oil was her boy,Clark. She thought the sun rose and set in him. I guess
he never crossed her. Anyway, she had his future all mapped out, including a
stint in the White House”
“Clark was Eden Pass
favorite
(Sandra Brown, 1993: 51, 67)
The quotation above shows that
Clark has become a favorite son in Eden
Pass. It is Jody’s plan
on him. Jody is happy because her plan becomes true
In her eyes, Clark
was a golden boy in the family because he always follows whatever she said to
him. So that she also loves him very much more the others her son and daughter,
are Key and Janellen.
However, it is not too long. Her
happiness changes into a sadness, hatred, disappointed and revenge. Clark catches red-hand with a woman who has a husband,
named Lara Porter. The scandal becomes
the hot news in America.
It makes Jody hates to Lara
because she thinks that the good name of Clark and his politic carrier is going
to be down because of Lara. Moreover Americans do not like him anymore. See the
following quotation:
“He had no future, period. You cost him his
carrier in politics. He didn’t even embarrass his political party by running
again. He knew that American had had their fill of statement getting caught in
compromising position with bimbos.
(Sandra Brown, 1993: 63)
The quotation above shows Jody’s
sadness on Clark and her hatred to Lara is the cause of her failure in getting
a good future for Clark. Of course all mothers
do not want their sons’ future broken by someone whoever they are. The mothers
will really get angry to them, even they do not want to see them.
Jody’s hatred to Lara has made
her leaving Eden Pass. She worries that Lara will find
out the scandal. Clark tells his mother he
does not let Lara knows about the scandal. In fact she knows it herself when
she comes to her husbands room where he and her husband are making love. This
is the condition that makes Jody feels worry if Lara stays in Eden Pass.
Jody worries if Lara will tell the truth about Clark.
If Lara tells the truth about Clark to the
public, it surely makes her family’s good name downed. Thus, Jody think the
problem solving for this case is to get Lara out of Eden Pass.
Thus she makes some tricks to move Lara from Eden Pass,
see the following quotation “
“Just stating the fact, Doc. Nobody in Eden Pass
will dare offend Jody by becoming your patient. You can count on that. Too may
families depend on Tackett oil for their livelihoods. They’ll drive forty miles
for an aspirin before they’ll darken your door.”
Sandra Brown, 1993: 67)
The quotation above shows Jody’s
trick to move Lara away from Eden
Pass. As a woman who has
a big power and ownes everything, she
can influence the people in Eden
Pass not to come to Lara
as her patient. Her influence is felt by Lara. Although she is a competent
doctor, no many people come as her patient for they afraid of Jody’s
intimidation. All the people in the town
drive out of the town only to get an aspirin moreover, they afraid of
Jody because they can be fired from her company if they don’t listen to
her.
Jody really hates Lara. She does
not want to be helped by Lara thought she needs the help very much. Examine the
following quotation.
“Ge’ ‘er away from me. Don’ want ‘er to touch
me.” Her speech was slurred, but her message was clear.
“Dr. Mallory saved your life, mama,” Janellen
said gently.
Jody tried to sit up but couldn’t. She fixed
a murderous stare on Dr Mallory. Although she couldn’t articulate her
animosity, it was effectively conveyed.
Key made a swift motion with his head. “Take
off, Doc. She doesn’t want you near her. You’re only making matter worse.”
(Sandra Brown, 1993: 252-253)
The quotation above shows Jody’s
hatred to Lara. Even she is dying she still rejects Lara’s help to save her
life. Her hatred to Lara is also the reason to forbid Key, her son, to be close
with her. She does not like Key makes a relationship with Lara. She really
wants to drive Lara away from Eden
Pass. She even says that
she will not die in peace before she knows Lara goes out from Eden Pass.
See the following quotation:
“Lara ignored him. “Primarily, I’m backing
down because I’m afraid the fight might kill you.”
Jody focused on her for the first time since
entering the room. “Well, you’re wrong. I won’t die until I see you on your way
out of town. My town. Clark’s town. I won’t
rest until you’re gone and the air is fit to breathe again.”
(Sandra Brown, 1993: 288)
The above
quotation shows Jody’s hatred to Lara. It has become her principle that she
does not want to stay in the same town as Lara. Moreover, Lara stays in the
town where Jody is the most influence person, Jody says that she will never die
until she is able to get Lara out of her town, Eden Pass.
Her worry is
on climax when Randal comes from Montesangre and stays in Eden Pass.
She is afraid if Randall tells the truth about her Clark
to the public. So she comes to Randall and shoots him to make him silent
forever. See the following quotation:
“Oh, God, Key! I did not shot him. I
couldn’t. I didn’t!”
“No, I did.”
The husky confession came from behind the
wedge of space between the partially open door and the paneled the wall. Key
reached past Lara and closed the door in order to see who was hiding behind it.
“Jody”
(Sandra Brown, 1993: 487-488)
It shows that
Jody really wants to cover the scandal. She does not want the Eden Pass
citizens know that her son, Clark is a gay. After killing Randal, the trouble
makes in her family. She dies in peaace in Key’s embrace.
4.2
Jody’s Hatred to Key.
Jody is a kind of mother who does not make a fair
decision children. To her children, she always makes a differentiation in
giving her love. Especially between Clark and Key. She always makes comparation
between Clark and Key. In fact, it makes Key a bit dissapoint.
The relationship between Jody and her son is not
good. Since Key’s born, she never gives him her love as a mother. Her husband
causes her hatred to Key. Her husband makes a fatal mistake, when Clark born he gives Jody six dozens of yellow rose and
when Key is born he does not give her anything. It makes Jody hates because she
thinks that her husband does not love her, and as the effect of her hatred to
her husband, she hates Key. See the following quotation:
“Your father is captivating”. Her face is
calming. “When Clark was born, he had gave me
six dozens of yellow rose. I angry with him because of his waste, but he said
that there is not in every day a man gets a son”
“How when Key was born?”
Jodi’s eyes, which are red
because of tear changes in into lightening. “I have got nothing.”
(Sandra Brown 1993: 214)
The quotation
above clearly shows that the cause of Jody’s hatred to her husband who does not
give her presents when Key is born. Even at the time, Tackett junior, Jody’s
husband does not at home when Key is born. He is going out side with a woman.
That is the cause of the problem.
In this case,
Jody makes a fatal mistake to her husband. Her hatred to her husband also
happens to her son, Key. Of course it is
a big mistake of a mother. Even though her hatred to her husband ends up with a
divorce, as a good mother, she still has to love her son.
The
relationship between Jodi’s and Key is no fixing for thirty-six years or since
Key was born. Their relationship is the same as west and east. See the
following quotation:
Jody and her son
look each other. Between them there is a deep gap, which for thirty-six years
is never ended. Key is doubted whether the gap between him and her mother can
be ended.
(Sandra Brown,
1993: 51)
The quotation
above shows that Jody’s relationship with her son, Key is not harmony. It is
because Jody never appreciates each Key’s presents to her. She always compares
Key with her gold son, Clark. Of course between two people there are some
differences.
Key feels
doubt on the relation between him and his mother will change. If it changes it
means that the power of angel has came to change her mother’s heart and mind.
Her hatred to
Key is making her treating him unlovely. Whenever she meets Key there is always
debate among them. It even happens on the dining room. Moreover, Key always
closes to Lara to find out a secret of Lara’s daughter, Ashley. Key guesses
that Lara’s daughter is his brother’s
daughter because he thinks Lara has made a love affair with his brother. He
doesn’t know the true of the story about his brother’s scandal. He does not
know that his brother has the affair with Lara’s husband. So that, Jody is
angry to her son, Key. She doesn’t want to accept a member of her family makes
a relation with Lara. See the following quotation:
“I’ve not going to hospital. I’ve
going Dr. Patton’s clinic. There is I was served by a beautiful doctor. She was
who treated me.”
“Of course,” Jodi’s words were
the expression of her angry.
“What the hell kind of the word?”
“The doctor. Do you know her name
is? She is used Lara Mallory. Her name after married is Lara Porter.”
(Sandra brown, 1993: 55)
The quotation
above explains clearly that Jodi really won’t let her family have a relation
with Lara Porter. However, Key ignores her order. Thus she says to Key that he
does not appreciate her brother by having a relation with Lara, the woman who
makes Clark’ carrier in political broken down.
At the end of
Jody’s life, she dies in Key’s embrace. Key realizes that even her mother shows
hatred to him however, in her deepest heart she still loves him. As the wife word that says the wild of
tiger never eats her child.
4.3 Lara’s Hatred to Her Husband.
Lara is
Randal’s wife, the ambassador of America in Montesange. Lara hates
her husband because of two reasons, firstly Randal is the person who makes love
affair with Clark, but to protect his carrier he sacrifices his wife and says
that Lara is the woman who makes the scandal with Clark.
And secondly Randal sacrifices their daughter, Ashley for his ambition in
carrer.
As narrated in
the novel by the author that Randal and Clark
have a scandal. Lara catches red-hand them; however, to protect his carrier,
Randal composes a story that actually Clark
has the scandal with Lara. Examine the following quotation:
“Tell me, Jody,”
Key asks her mother. “try, please. Tell me. I must to know”
“Randal Porter
is….”
“Yes, Jody.
What?”
“”No, Key.
Don’t. Don’t, please.”
“Shut up, Lara.
Randal Porter what, Jody?
“He is Clark’s love.”
(Sandra brown,
1993: 489)
The quotation
above explains that Randal is a selfish
to protect his carrier, he sacrifices his wife, Lara. It makes Lara
suffers and she hates him.
Actually,
their marriage cannot stand and Lara asks him to divorce her. However to keep
his performance, Randal does not allow her moreover Lara is pregnant of her
first daughter. So Lara just follows him because she doesn’t want if her child will face problems in her
growing up. After the scandal known by America
society,the government of America
sends them to Montesange in order to calm down the situation.
In this
country, Randal has a plan; he wants to come back to America as a hero of the country
which is involved in conflict. Then he makes a plan to pretend that he has
found the revolution. He joins the rebel to make him be captured
The capture is
done on his way to attend a party. At the party he brings his wife and his
daughter. The rebels stop his car on traffic jam. The rebels do their action.
Unfortunately, his daughter dies in his play and his wife is shooting and the
rebels bring them . See the following quotation:
“When arrived at my new duty, as
son as possible, I make a plan. I make it in order I can come back to Washington as a hero.
Emilio is a clever youth, and owned his ambition in his self. It is fulfill
after the death of Perez.
….
She is playing with Ashley at the
back of the car. Their car arrives near of a crossroad. When the car slow down,
a group of people who have gun come their car. Their driver is shooting and his
body falls down on the driver chair.
She is crying. Randal look at
back, looks at her. “Good by, Lara.” He looks unfrightened, however, he laugh.
“So you have known! You and
Emilio composed the attacked! You kill our daughter”.
(Sandra Brown, 1993: 556)
The quotation above shows Lara’s hatred to her husband. She has known
that the cause of their daughter’s death is her husband. Because of her husband
ambition, their daughter, Ashley who does not know anything dies. Her father
sacrifices her to get his ambition.
Lara’s hatred to Randal cannot be resisted. She wants Randal is death
because Randal, as the head of family should protect his family but on the
contrary, he sacrifies his daugther to get his ambition.
A good mother will protect her children fromany person who want to hurt
them. Lara also does it; even the person who kills her daughter is her husband.
So that she wants to kill Randal as seen in the following quotation:
“Your betrayed killed our
daughter’s life.” Lara’s sound calm and on her hand is a magnum gun 357. “Fuck
you! You kill my daughter. Now I will kill you.”
(Sandra Brown, 1993: 648)
The quotation above shows that Lara won’t forgive her husband as he is
the cause of her child’s death. Her mind does not work normally, but there is
emotion that masteres her soul. His hatred to Randal almost comes into climax
as she is ready to kill her husband. Fortunately when she is ready to shoot she
hears an explotion close to her place. Then her attention goes to the
explosion. She goes there to help any victims. It mean Randal is saved.
CHAPTER V
CONCLUSION
AND SUGGESTIONS
5.1
Conclusion
After doing the analysis about
the main characters’ hatred depicted in Sandra brown’s novel, it can be
concluded that hatred can be occur whenever, wherever and for whomever even to
our family. Hatred sometimes brings us to express our hatered to the very close
person to us.
It is shown in this analysis, Lara, one of the
main characters in this novel, wants to shoot Randal because her hatred to him.
She wants to shoot him because her daughter has died as the effect of Randal’s
plan to come back to America
as the hero. While Jody, the mother of Key, she never shows her love to Key
because when Key is born, her husband does not give her presents, and besides
it, Key is the same as her husband who always makes adventure of love to many
girl. Every Key’s present to her, she never accepts.
5.2 Suggestions
Based on the analysis of the
novel, the writer wants to give suggestion to the readers, they are:
- It is
suggested that the reader should not hate our family because they are the
part of our life. To solve the problem it is better to makes share about
what the problem is.
- It is
suggested that the readers should find as soon as possible the cause of
the problem that makes us hate to them and how to solve it immediately
because hatered will bring us into disaster.
- It is
suggested that the readers should calm down or patient when someone hurts
us in order to control our because when it is happened everything can be
uncontrolled.
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