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Kamis, 08 Mei 2008

CONFLICTS IN C.S. LEWIS’S THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: THE LION, THE WITCH, AND THE WARDROBE: AN OBJECTIVE STUDY

By
Fitriya Ashfiyani
02004132

ABSTRACT



The writer in this thesis chooses a novel entitled The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis as the subject of his writing. The writer analyzes the intrinsic elements of the novel, especially the conflicts happening among the main characters.

The type of this study is a library research which consists of main data and supporting data. The main data of this research is taken from the novel The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe, while the supporting data are taken from other sources like books, lecturers’ explanations, internet, etc. The subject of the research is the novel entitles The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe. Meanwhile, the object of the research focuses on the character and characterization of the main characters and the conflicts among them in the novel. Since the study uses the library research, it uses a descriptive qualitative method. The writer tries to provide clearer information and describe the kind of conflicts among the main characters by analyzing and employing conflict theory and objective approach.

The results of the research shows that the main characters in this novel are: Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy. In this novel, the researcher found the characters and the characterizations of the main characters. Peter is a sportive boy, a decision maker, a fighter, a king. Susan is a moderator, a critical girl, a queen. Edmund is a temperament boy, greedy, liar, a king; Lucy is a confidence girl, a kind heart girl, truthful, smart, a leader, a queen. There are several kinds of conflicts happening to the main characters such as: disputing about what will be done, disputing about an animal’s name, coming back from wardrobe, a conflict inside Edmund, Peter and Edmund’s conflict, discussing with the professor, asking for going home from Susan, trusting a robin, losing Edmund, to save Edmund.

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