3.4. Setting
The writer will analysis the setting into three categories: setting of place, setting of time, setting of society.
3.4.1 Setting of Place
The railway child is set in villa Edgecombe. The events of the story happened in this villa. It begins from hefting, fading, and punishing. The setting of place also
shows their house as first place in the place.
“You had think, they should happy. Yes, They were happy, but did not realize how
happy they were, until one day an enjoyable life in the villa Edgecombe must be left. Want
not want it forced them to undergo a very different life and then lived in a house right
in the village, a very ordinary house from which they previously occupied”.
3.4.2. Setting of Time
The story takes time about the train: They give name at 09.15 am, the train
they called the “green-dragon”. At 10.07 pm called the “worm” from
Wantley, an express center flame. The train in the night, a shrill whistle was
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sometimes surprising and wonderful to wake them up from a dream; they
called “the ghost-night. 3.4.3.
Setting of Society
The railway children take when relationship of love was turbulent and relationship of family were so beautiful, when it was a shocking incident and never
imagine happening in the family, where they must adapt to normal life once because an event that originated from a misunderstanding and thief. When in fact, this is all a
problem arises.
The Railway Children: 227 She listened to how the two men,
who came to see father last night, it did not forget. When father repaired
Peter’s toys of train, apparently came to catch him. With fact, sell
state to the Russians and accused him of being a secret agent and
traitor to the country, the mother heard about the trial court that a
letter found on the office father’s desk who convinced the jury that
father’s guilt
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4. CONCLUSIONS AND SUGGESTIONS 4.1 Conclusions
After having described the intrinsic elements in the novel “The Railway Children” I would like to conclude that:
1. The theme of The Railway Children are about the moralities and the affection
conflict . The moralities conflict is in front of god and other people around them. They should be able to try to be honest and brave to face any trouble even though
it’s their own life. Meanwhile the affection conflict is at the time they must maintain their affection, when their high degree of dignity, well and their
miserable life.
2. The Railway Children has three plots. Firstly, the plot is based on the criterion of
times order, The Railway Children uses the progressive plot in general, because
the author tells the story chronologically, she starts the story by telling introduction, situation and climax. In introduction, the author wants to introduce
the character to the readers for receiving starting information. In situation, it means the character get conflicts with others because some characters next are
thieves and liars. The solution of the conflict in which thieves and liars can change their attitude from the courage becomes an honest one.Secondly, the plot
is based on the criterion of number. The novel uses the single plot, it means all the story focus of the conflict that happened to the main character. Lastly, the plot
is based on rthe criterion of contents, it uses plot of punitive. It means the conflict of major character are related with a penalty. Every time, they made a mistake
and they did a lie. They have to be brave telling the truth.
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