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A Description of Plot in Charles Dicken's Novel A DESCRIPTION OF PLOT IN CHARLES DICKEN’S NOVEL OLIVER TWIST A PAPER WRITTEN BY JULIANATIKA REG.NO : 152202038 DIPLOMA III ENGLISH STUDY PROGRAM FACULTY OF CULTURAL STUDIES UNIVERSITY OF NORTH SUMATERA MEDAN 2018 UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA AUTHOR’S DECLARATION I am Julianatika, declare that I am sole of the author of this paper. Except where references is made in the text of this paper, this paper contains no material published elsewhere or extracted in whole or in part from a paper by which I have qualified for a awarded degree. No other person‘s work has been used without due acknowledgement in this main text of this paper. This paper has not been submitted for the award of another degree in any tertiary education. Signed: ................... Date : November 2018 i UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA COPYRIGHT DECLARATION Name : Julianatika Title of Paper : A DESCRIPTION OF PLOT IN CHARLES DICKEN‘S NOVEL OLIVER TWIST Qualification : D-III / Ahli Madya Study Program : English I am willing that my paper should be available for reproduction at the discretion of the Librarian of the Diploma III English Study Program Faculty of Cultural Studies, University of North Sumatera the understanding that users are made aware of their obligation under law of the Republic of Indonesia. Signed: ......................... Date: November 2018 ii UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA ABSTRACT The title of this paper is A Description of Plot In Charles Dicken’s Novel “Oliver Twist”. Plot is the literary element that contains the event has cause in a story where the event has cause and effect relation. The plot itself has a structure which consists of exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution. In this novel tell about a nine years old orphan who fought for his life alone. In this research the writer uses qualitative description method to describe the plot which is presented in the novel. Keyword : Description, Plot, Novel iii UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA ABSTRAK Kertas karya ini berjudul A Description of Plot In Charles Dicken’s Novel “Oliver Twist”. Plot adalah unsur sastra yang memuat kejadian– kejadian dalam sebuah cerita dimana kejadian tersebut memiliki hubungan sebab akibat. Plot itu sendiri memiliki struktur yang terdiri dari exposisi, rising action, climax, falling action, dan resolusi. Dalam novel ini menceritakan seorang anak yatim piatu yang berusia sembilan tahun memperjuangkan untuk hidupnya sendiri. Penelitian ini, penulis menggunakan metode kualitatif untuk menggambarkan plot yang sudah terkaji dalam novel. Keyword: Deskripsi, Plot, Novel iv UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA ACKNOWLEDGEMENT First of all, I would like to thank to Allah SWT, the Almighty God for His blessing and leading me during all my life. Praise is to the prophet Muhammad SAW, the leader of messengers and guiding of faithful so that I could finish my study to fulfill one of requirements for the degree of Ahli Madya from the English Department, Faculty of Cultural Studies, University of Sumatera Utara, Medan. Then, I would like to thank the Dean of Faculty of Cultural Studies, University of Sumatera Utara, Dr. Budi Agustono, M.S., and all the staffs for their help during the period of study in this faculty. I would like to thank to Dra. Swesana Mardia Lubis, M.Hum. as the Head of English Department for giving all facilities and opportunities during my academic years and in completing this paper. I would like to express my special gratitude to my Supervisor Drs. Siamir Marulafau, M.Hum, thanks for his support and beneficial suggestion, and their willingness to share time in correcting this paper throughout the preparation of this paper and the period of doing this paper. I also would like to thank to all lecturers who have given so much knowledge throughout my academic years especially to my academic supervisor. I would like to thank to Kak Dedek who always helps me in administration process. My best, deepest appreciation and love are dedicated to my beloved mother, Aida Simarmata,who always pray, support, and advice me with their love. v UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA For my brother Ramadani, I would like to thank a lot for their love, support and time toshare and lead me. All of my big family, for their love and support. I really love them all. I hope I can make them proud of me. I would like to thank to my girls in English Fadillah A Nst, Nurul U. A, Vivi Armayani. Who always help and support me every time in every condition, thank for their love and care, thank for their having great time together and spending our three years in sweet memories, I love you all, girls. I also would like to thank to my best friends Rani, Silvia, and Tri H, thank you for filling my life with our friendship, thank for their help, support, advice and love for having great time together. To all my classmates in English Departmen‘15 whose names can‘t be mentioned one by one, thank for their help and support for spending our great times together in three years. I‘m lucky to know them all, the last thanks are dedicated to my senior and junior in SOLIDAS GROUP. Finally, may this paper be advantageous for the readers. May the grace and love of the Almighty Allah SWT be with us all forever.Amin. Medan, 23 November 2018 The Writen Julianatika Reg. No. 152202038 vi UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA TABLE OF CONTENTS Pages AUTHOR’S DECLARATION……………………………………………..…… i COPYRIGHT DECLARATION…………………………………………..…… ii ABSTRAK……………………………………………………………..……….. iii ABSTRACK……………………………………………………………..………iv ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS…………………………………………………….. v TABLE OF CONTENTS………………………………………………………vii CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the Study…………………………………..….…….1 1.2 Problem of the Study…………………………………………..…....5 1.3 Objective of the Study…………………………………………..…..5 1.4 Scope of the Study……………….……………………………..…..5 1.5 Significance of the Study………….……………………………...…5 1.6 Method of the Study……….…………………………………….......6 CHAPTER II: REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE 2.1. Defenision of Novel……………………………………………………7 2.3. Definision of Plot………………………………...……………………9 2.2.1 Exposition…………………………………………………………...10 2.2.2 Rising Action……..……….…………………………………….…..10 2.2.3 Climax…..……………..…………………………………………......11 vii UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA 2.2.4 Falling Action……………..……………………………………..…..11 2.2.5 Resolution………………..…………………………………………..11 CHAPTER III: THE DESCRIPTION OF PLOT 3.1 Exposition…………………………………………………….. ........ .....14 3.2 Rising Action…………………………………………………. ........ ….16 3.3 Climax…………………………………………………………………..19 3.4 Falling Action………………..………………………………………. ...20 3.5 Resolution……………………………………………………………....20 CHAPTER IV: CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION 4.1 Conclusion…………………………..……………………………...….22 4.2 Suggestion…...……………………….………………………………...23 BLIBIOGRAPHY…………….…………………………………………….….24 APPENDICES……………….…………………………………………………25 viii UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the Study Literature is creative expression of human imagination or wishes that it is almost impossible to create an exact definition of it. Basically, literature comes from Latin, ‖littera‖ which means the smallest element of the alphabetical, refers to written or printed words.. Literature is a kind of imaginative writing. It reflects a problem of life done by human being. This reflection gives reality of life as what happens to man; whether, it is sad or happy problem of life. This writing is truly a part of man‘s life or the summary of man‘s life. Imagination is inspired from thinking of something which relates for life, nature, and fantasy. It can be restrained as one please. Taylor (1981: 1) says that ―Literature, like other arts, is essentially an imagination in selecting, ordering and interpreting life-experience‖,beside that, not so far different from Taylor, Roberts (1993: 1) defines ―Literature refers to compositions that tell stories, dramatize situations, express emotion, and analyze and advocate ideas.‖This means literature as a reflection of life imaginatively. Literature contents of emotion expression, such as felling of sad, happy, and jealous and so on. In the story finds the expressions emotion like happy because falling in love, sad because losing money, jealous because leaved a honey. 1 UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA Monnerand Ralph (1998: 58) state that literature is written work as a collective body, thewhole sum of writings belonging to particular era, language or people. That literature cannot be studied at all.It means that, itjust can be enjoyed as anentertainment. We can only read, enjoy, and appreciate it. Literature is oftencreated as the reflection of human experiences, and aspiration, and also as adramatization of human life story. It provides the readers about some stories oflife which could be considered as containing some kind ofthe truth or a story only. It can be considered as the truth when the readers feels that literature makesso many similarities to the readers experiences or because it touches the readers‘s feelings right after reading the work of literature itself. Frequently, it helps the readers to see the beauty of the world around us. According to Wellek and Warren ( 1963: 15): Literature really opens a new world for us and a new view point of everything other than what we have done before. Moreover, literature has also its characteristics; it is looked like human being, which each work of literature has its individual characteristics; but it also shares common properties with other work of art just as every man share traits with umanity with all members of his sex, nation, class, profession, etc. The artistic quality of literature depends on the literature work itself. The more general, the more abstract and hence empty it will seem: the more concrete the work of art the easier it will elude our grasp. Literature is considered as an art because it is interesting to be read. The use of common words is very important to make literature more interesting. All words in every literary work of art are, by their very nature ‘general’ and not particular. 2 UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA It is undeniable that literature is very interesting because most of the literature can offer pleasure for everybody who loves to read it.
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