Volume 21 Number 2 (2022) Copyright© 2022 Faraditha et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribute License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. LIFE 130 ISSN 0216 – 809X (Print) ISSN 2685 – 4112 (Online) An Analysis Of The Main Character’s Personality Development In Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix Uzla Aulia Faraditha Corresponding Authors’ Email: f1022161062@student.untan.ac.id Universitas Tanjungpura, Indonesia Yanti Sri Rezeki Email: yanti.sri.rezeki@fkip.untan.ac.id Universitas Tanjungpura, Indonesia Wardah Email: wardah@fkip.untan.ac.id Universitas Tanjungpura, Indonesia Eni Rosnija Email: eni.rosnija@fkip.untan.ac.id Universitas Tanjungpura, Indonesia Surmiyati Email: surmiyati@fkip.untan.ac.id Universitas Tanjungpura, Indonesia Abstract This study aims to describe the personality development of a character in a novel. The object of this research is Harry Potter from the novel written by J.K. Rowling's, ‘Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix’. This study uses a descriptive method and data is collected by reading and taking important things from the novel that can be used as research material. Harry Potter's characteristic is described as brave, caring, curious, bad-tempered, insolent, and stubborn through personal description, speech, reactions, and character as seen by others. The results show that the character's personality development occurs slowly during the story. Character’s personality development can be observed by comparing the character's personality at the beginning of the story to the end. It can be observed in each chapter through the character's ways of talking, character's behaviour, character's emotions, and character's actions. From this research, it can be concluded that Harry experiences a series of external and internal events that affects his feelings and emotions, which could also affect the development of his personality. Keywords: descriptive analysis, main character, personality development, Harry Potter, the order of the phoenix INTRODUCTION Literary work is a creative artwork, a branch of literature dealing with words to create an idea, a picture, or a story in a meaningful pattern. Eagleton (2008) said literature is imaginative writing which is not really true. Literature is a body of written works and a form of human expression (Rexroth, 2020). Literary work is imaginative, aesthetic, and please the reader. Literary work had elements of beauty in writing words as fiction. Kennedy and Gioia (2009) said literature is about anything written, kind of art, which offers pleasure and illumination. Literature is the art-form of language and words are its tools. The terms used in literary work have a profound meaning that can make someone who reads them feel the emotions. Literature DOI: 10.33096/tamaddun.v21i2.160 Received: October 2022 Accepted: November 2022 Published: December 2022