convince the reader rather than giving ideas broadly like theme. These definitions are hope the writer to find the message from the novel.
Message in a story intended as suggestion related to practical lesson that can be taken by the readers through the story. They are closely related to the
problems in life, such as attitude and behavior. The readers can find them in real life, in the same manners as they reflected on the story through it characters.
The message is distributed through those various ways. By contrast, if readers want to understand or interpret the message, they should do it based on the
story and the character’s life.
C. Theoretical Framework
The topic that the writer wants to discuss in this thesis is the message that is reflected in character which supported by the conflict in The Chronicles of
Narnia the Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. To analyze this study, the writer uses theory of character and characterization, theory of conflict and theory of
message. The theory of character and characterization are used to answer the first
question in problem formulation, about the characteristic of the main character. Theory of character from Abram can help the writer to understand about one of
the main characters that exist in the story. To find the characterization the writer use theory of Murphy that states that there are nine ways to tell the readers about a
character to be understandable.
Theory of conflict helps the writer to see which conflict that face by the main character whether he struggle with himself or with other. These theories also
use to support what Edmund describe is. Theory of message is needed to answer the second problem formulation. It
will help the writer to reveal the message through the characteristic of the main character that support by the conflict that he faced. This theory is important for the
writer to understand the message that lay in the story.
