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Library's collection Library's IT development CancelRickie Elliot, the main character in E. M Forster's The Longest Journey, is a
handicapped man who experiences a long and dark life. His life is tragic, full of sorrow
and disappointment from he was born until he died. Through this study, the writer of this
thesis wants to know the factors that lead Rickie to experience such a tragic life. In
discussing Rickie's tragic life, the thesis writer intends to prove that there are external
and internal factors that lead Rickie to experience a tragic life. The thesis writer hopes
this study can give a better understanding about Forster's autobiographical novel to face
life which is hard and difficult from Rickie's experience. The thesis writer uses literary
approach to analyze Rickie's tragic life. By doing the analysis, she finds that people
surround him, such as his father, mother, wife and his half-brother actually have to give
him more love and affection, but instead they make him disappointed. Some of his
character traits as a handicapped man, such as sensitiveness, being inferior and expecting
too much from people he loves also make his life more tragic.