Anaphora: Journal of Language, Literary, and Cultural Studies Volume 3 Number 1 July 2020 9 Page 9- 14 Copyright © 2020 ANAPHORA E-ISSN:2656-3967 ARTICLE INFORMATION: Received: 05 May 2020 Accepted: 18 June 2020 Published: 31 July 2020 DOI: https://doi.org/10.30996/anaphora.v3i1.3563 THE INFLUENCE OF ENVIRONMENT TOWARDS JEAN LA’BARGE IN LOUIS L’AMOUR’S SITKA Laeli Nurwakhidah Universitas 17 Agustus 1945 Surabaya E-Mail: Lailinurwakhidah0993@gmail.com Mateus Rudi Supsiadji Universitas 17 Agustus 1945 Surabaya E-Mail: rudisupsiadji@untag-sby.ac.id Abstract. This study is about the influence of the environments toward Jean LaBarge's in Sitka. The novel analyzed with qualitative descriptive research method and sociological approach. The analysis shows that character of Jean LaBarge gets influences from nature and other characters in his development. Jean is influenced by the great swamp and Alaska which makes him brave, independent, and ambitious. In addition, there is some social environment influencing him. His father, Captain Hutchins, Peter Hovey, Rob J. Walker, and Princess Helena Gagarin. Jean's characteristics were formed by both nature and social environment. Keywords: environmental influence, independent, ambitious. INTRODUCTION This article discusses the development of the main character, Jean LaBargae in Sitka in the term of how the development is related to the environment where the character lives. Kraur (2019) applying Abram’s theory on character, defines characters in fiction as “ the persons resented in a dramatic or narrative work, and are interpreted by the reader as being endowed with particular moral, intellectual, and emotional quality inferences from what the person says i.e. the dialogue and from what they do-the action”. Sitka is a story about Jean LaBarge's life as the main character in the novel. In this novel Louis L' Amour tells the reader about Jean's condition since his childhood until he becomes a good role for people around him. When he was a child, Jean lived in the middle of a swamp as an orphan, but luckily he had a friend - Rob J. Walker- that support him. They grew up, supported, and helped one another. While Rob, become a successful fur trader, Jean discovered himself swept up in an epic battle in the wilds of Alaska where a tyrannical Russian seized control of the fur trade and the land. Jean never backed down from a fight, even one as bold and dangerous as a battle that will shape the future of America. The environment can be understood as everything that surrounds every individual during his or her life. The environment can be divided into two. First, it is people referring to parents, brothers, and friends. Second, it deals with a non-personal environment referring to houses, schools, and nature. Human social environments encompass the immediate physical surroundings, social relationships, and cultural milieus within which defined groups of people function and interact (Matteson. L. K, et.al :2013). The relationship between environment and human beings has become one of the people’s concerns