CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background of the Study Despite the
tradition of regarding
literature as a
fine art, literature
is imaginative writing.
If literature is not simply
imaginative, fictional, or
poetic discourse, what
then, makes a
given written work
literary? A common,
and commonsensial, response is
that literature employs a special form of language, more evocative and “connotative” than that used in
other forms of writing; in this sense, literature
is “fine” or creative writing, no matter what the content. Wellek (1977:94) says,”Literature is
a social institution,
using as its
medium language, a
social creation.” Literature is a
term used to describe a spoken or written material anything from creative writing to more technical or
scientific work.
Literature refers to compotitions
that tell stories, dramatize situations, express emotions,
and advocate ideas.
Literature helps us
grow, both personally
and intellectually. It
provides an objective
base for knowledge
and understanding. In literature is
known the kinds of
literature as prose
fiction, poetry, drama,
and non fiction prose.
Prose fiction
or narrative fiction,
includes myths, parables,
novels, or romances and short stories. Novel is a long
and fictional narrative prose, ally in the form
of story that has
the intrinsic and ekstrinsic
elements. Wellek (1989:282) says,”Novel
is a picture
of real life
and manners and
of the time
in which it is written.”
The statement leads
us that novel
is written and
presents a documentary picture of life that every scene happening in
a novel is the real portrayal in the real life. A novel may be considered as a document
of the history, as a story of someone’s real life, or a history of someone’s life in
his/her age, which means it tells the readers about a true story.
Elements of
novel is devided
into five elements.
They are character,
plot, setting, theme, and style
of writing. Gregory (2007:117) says,”The level of action is dominated
by character, which
is not a
“being” in the
psychological sense, but a “participant”
enacting a function
within a specific
sequence.” Character is any
person, personal, identity, or entity
whose existence originate from a fictional work or performance. Character can
not be separated from literature,
because the author always
uses character as
the main point
and participant in the story.
Character is revealed by how a character responds to
conflict, by his or her dialogue, and through descriptions.
In literature,
characters guide readers
through their stories,
helping them to understand
plots and ponder themes. Edgar (1995:51) says, ”Stories, like plays, are about
characters, characters who,
though not real
people, are drawn
from life.” A character
is a reasonable facsimile of a human being, with all the good and bad traits of being human. Characters are the most
analyzed elements in literature because they provide the richest analysis of the author’s intent. As with ordinary human beings, fictional characters do not necessarily
understand how they may be changing or why they
do the things
they do. Nevertheless,
their actions express
their characters.
Actions may
also signal qualities
such as naivete,
weakness, deceit, strong
inner conflicts, or a realization
or growth of some sort.
Some of
authors tend to
use main characters,
minor characters, or
leading character. Leading
character is there is only one person as the central character, no other central character in the novel. Leading
character is the centered individual who is very
dominant. As
an individual, the
leading is focused
personality. Leading character is such opening quotation marks,
opening parentheses, and currency signs that
should not be separated from succeeding characters.
The author,
Nicholas Charles Sparks
can make the
readers appreciate all events
written in the novel well with the interesting story. He was born in Omaha, Nebraska
Dec 31, 1965.
When he was
28 years of
age in 1994,
he wrote the Notebook
over a six month period. It was published by Warner Books in October of 1996 and is currently only the third novel in
recent history to spend over a year as a hardcover best seller and 7 others novel were
domestic and international best-sellers which
have been translated into more
than 35 langauges, and 2 others which were unpublished.
In this
thesis, the writer
will analyze about
novel The Notebookwritten by Nicholas Sparks
who is an
American author most
noted for his romance novels, based on true story. The novel was later
adapted into a popular romance film. The writer
would like to
discuss about the
conflict from the
leading character in
this novel. As we know conflict
is the part of the basic elements of novel. Conflict also can involve a character’s struggle against
another person, against the environment, or against herself or himself and conflict is
very important, because conflict needed to move the plot.
Conflict is
an actual or perceived
opposition of needs, value
and interest. A conflict can
be internal (within
oneself) and external
(out oneself). Conflict
as a concept can explain many aspects of social
life such as social disagreement, conflicts of
interests and fight between
individuals, groups or
organization. When an interpersonal conflict
does occur, its
effect can be
involved more than
two individuals and can affect
many associate individuals and relationship in some case.
The leading character
in the novel
is Allie. She
has many conflicts
with another, such as her
parents, her boyfriend, and herself. She comes from a privileged family. Since childhood she had been
accustomed to living in luxury and not allowed out of the house without the consent of her
parents. That conditions make her did not know what she must do for herself. She felt
remorse born of a wealthy family. It is the
conflict between Allie and herself.
When she was growing up, she knew
Noah, a man who lived simply and fell in
love with him. But their relationship is not sanctioned by her parents caused
by difference in
status. That condition makes
her and Noah
separate for a
long time.
Noah could not do anything for
their relationship anymore. The difference status is the conflict between Allie and Noah, her
boyfriend.
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