1. INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background of the Study
In literature is known the kinds ofliterature
as Poetry, Drama and Narrative.
Narrative concludes Novel or romance, short story and novelette (Wiyatmi. 2008: 27). In this paper the writer
would like to describe one from those
kinds of narrative that is short story. According to Wikipedia, short story is a work of fiction that is usually written in
prose, often in narrative format.
This format
tends to be more pointed than longer works of fiction, such as novellas (in the 20th and 21st century sense) and novels.
Short stories tend to be less complex than
novels. Usually a short story focuses on one incident, has a single plot, a single setting, a small number of characters,
and covers a short period of time. In this paper, the writer will discuss three
Short Stories. They are Fathers and
Sons, The Killers, andA Way You’ll Never Be. They are written by Ernest Hemingway who is an American author and
journalist. He won the Nobel Prize in Literature
in 1954. His writing style is characterized by short minimalism and understatement and it also has significant
influence in 2 th century fiction. His short
stories like poetry which full of meaning, without act and informed like a teacher. He doesn’t give conclusion which has
been done about character, background,
plot or the themes. Hemingway's short stories which featured the character Nick Adams were compiled in one
volume and republished posthumously in
1972. It includes 24 stories and sketches, 8 of which were previously unpublished.
The writer just takes three of Nick Adams
short stories because they have been
translated in Indonesian. By during the time, the works of Hemingway, especially his short stories have participated
invocabulary of Indonesian translation
literary.
In a literature there is a term which is known
as Character. Character plays a pivotal
role in a drama, novel, short story and all kind narratives writing. In short story, character as well as plot, theme,
and setting. The character guides readers
through the story, helping them to understand plots and themes.
As the focus on this paper, the
writer will analyze the main character, namely
Nick in those three of short stories. The writer also will analyze a brief of plot and setting in those short stories.
1.2 Scope of the Study In three of those short stories so many topics
can be discussed. The writer just limits
to analyze about main character, namely Nick and a brief about of plot and setting in those short stories. It is
important to limit the topic in order to make the paper easily and clearly understood for
the readers.
1.3 Purpose of the Study In writing this paper, the purpose ofthis
study is as in the following: 1. The
writer wants to find whether Nick’scharacters from three of Ernest Hemingway’s short stories; Fathers and Sons,
The Killers, andA Way You’ll Never Beare
the three different Nicks or only one Nick on those three short stories.
1.4 Significance of the Study By writing this paper, the writer hopes can
improve the information about the main
characters including the physic, status, and moral of them. By knowing literary theory, it can improve the students
to more interest in studying and enrich about
literature and also increased the habit for reading among the young people.
1.5 The Method of Research In
writing this paper the writer usessome research methods, such as library research and from the internet. The
writer has three steps in writing this paper.
First, the writer read three of short stories several times to make him understand about the story. After having
understood about it, the writer focuses to analyze the main character then the writer
makes conclusions about it from the three
short stories; Fathers and Sons, The Killers, andA Way You’ll Never Be.
Second, the writer reads and
collects some information about the literature especially the theory of analyzing character
as his references. Three, the writer browses
data from internet to look for the compliment sources and also to know the biography ofthe writer.
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