positive thinking and emotionally supportive person and his goal will be the return of his estranged wife, Nikki.
Quick’ describes this story clearly. The novel is quite famous because it has become the major film directed by David O. Russell. In this brilliantly written
debut novel, Matthew Quick takes us inside Pat’s mind which show the world from his distorted perspective. The author of this novel tries to tell the readers
how Pat find his happy ending in his life. The author also describes Pat’s appearance is for physic condition in his social life. This description allows the
readers to examine and explore Pat’s judgment towards people around him. The author also pictures the change of his perspective about life after he meets Tiffany
Maxwell, a physically fit but clinically depressed widower at a dinner party. Therefore, the issues above make the writer interested in examining the
personality of the major character and the minor character as seen Matthew Quick, The Silver Linings Playbook. The writer wants to explore deeper about
Pat’s and Tiffany’s personalities from the beginning of their struggle to face their conflicts until they find his silver linings.
B. Problem Formulation
From the explanation above, there are three questions that can be discussed: 1. How are Pat Solitano and Tiffany Maxwell characterized in the novel ?
2. What is the conflict faced by Pat Solitano ? 3. How does Tiffany’s character influence Pat Solitano in facing his
conflicts ?
C. Objectives of the Study
Human is a unique creature. They have mind and consideration to share, feeling to other human beings. As a human we need to interact with other people
to learn about life, problems and problem solving. They also can share their feelings, thinking, problems, advice through literary work. Through literature,
people express the way they think and feel about the world, society, dilemma, relationship and life. The other words, there is a relationship between literature
and human life. This state’s meaning is supported by Wellek and Warren, a literary work may
presents a real life since literature ‘represents’ ‘life’, in large measure, a social reality, even though the natural work and the inner or subjective world of the
individual have also been objects of literary ‘imitation’ Wellek Warren1956: 54.
The study aims to answer the writer questions which have been stated before. Therefore, the first objectives of this study is to understand the characteristics of
Pat and Tiffany characters in the novel. The second objective is to examine the conflict that is faced by Pat Solitano. The last objective is to analyze how
Tiffany’s character influences Pat Solitano in facing his conflict and how both of them find their goal of life together.
D. Definition of Terms
In this part of study, the writer would like to explain the meanings of some important terms in this research that are used as ‘the keys’ in this research.
First is character, there are two characters that are defined in literary works. The first is called as major character. It is a character that always appears more often than
the other characters. The story focuses on major character’s experience in this case, such as problems, and conflicts that can be found in the story. The second is minor
character. It is a character that appears in the story to make the story more interesting and to help the major character to reach the goals.
Second is influence, the word “influence” means any past or present condition, experienced as or actually playing a part in determining one behavior, or course of
thought in the present. The term “influence” also means “the effect of one thing or person on another, a power to affect or events especially power based on prestige”
Drever, 1958: 134. Every character has influence to the other character. It makes the story of the novel become interesting.
Third is conflict, as a human being we always face conflicts. Conflicts may happen in social life, in the family, in relationship with others. Human beings are
different from one to another. According to Redman, the meaning of conflict is the
struggle between two opposing forces, ideas, or beliefs, which is the basis of the plot 1964: 363.
Conflict does not always mean hate, hatred, or distrust. Conflict also can happen just through the limit of differences of opinion, perspectives, judgments,
and opposing arguments Hunt, 1955: 33.
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CHAPTER II
REVIEW OF LITERATURE
A. Review of Related Studies
