摘要：A novel is a very interesting book to be read. There are so many kinds of novels:detective, historical, romance, tragedy, and comedy. Reading novel can bring alot of pleasure and knowledge to the readers. When the writer reads this novel,she likes it so much because the novel not makes the writer bored and there are alot of lessons that the writer can take from this novel. The novel James and theGiant Peach is about the changing character of James which is influenced by thesocial environment. James is the main character of this novel. He is a little poororphan who has been forced to live with his two wicked aunts. Although hisaunts are really mean to him, James does not do like his aunts do. Since he hasescaped from his aunts by using the giant peach, met his nice friends, the giantcreatures and has some great adventures, James becomes the nice and happyboy. In this novel, James has some different characteristics before and after helives with his aunts. James feels lonely, sad and also has a generous spirit ofhaving friends when he lives with his two aunts. After he escaped and met hisnice friends in the different social environment, James becomes the nice boy;full of politeness, friendly, altruistic, and has a generous spirit of kindness. Helives happily ever after with many children around him. By using apsychological approach, the writer is expected find out more about thecharacteristics of James in this novel. Keyword : PSYCHOLOGICAL,CHARACTER ANALYSIS, NOVEL
