the binary opposition contained in each motif. By this point the first problem formulation was solved.
After that, the structural analysis was done in order to complete the analysis of this study. The writer tried to see how the text made meaning by applying the theory
of binary opposition as the narrative structure of a novel. The writer use Greimas’
actantial analysis to show the relationship between two opposites which explained the narrative structure of the novel so that the second problem formulation was
accomplished. In the last step, the writer withdrew the conclusions. In this part the writer stated directly the answers of the problem formulations.
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CHAPTER IV ANALYSIS
This chapter is divided into two parts. The first part is the intrinsic elements motifs analysis and binary oppositions based on the motifs found in the text. The
second part is the structuralism analysis which explains how the binary oppositions become the narrative structure of the novel.
The study is supported by the idea that one of structuralism ‘s job is to
―analyze mainly prose narratives, relating the text to some larger containing structure, such as a notion of narrative as a
complex of recurrent patterns or motifs‖ Barry, 2009: 48. By seeing the repeating theme, the underlying structure of the given work
can be fleshed out. Finally, how the text makes meaning for itself can be understood as it is supposed to be in structuralism analysis.
A. Binary Opposition Examined through the Motifs in The Catcher in the Rye
Cuddon 1998: 522 defines motif as ―one of the dominant ideas in work of
literature; a part of the main theme —it may consist of a character, a recurrent image
or a verba l pattern‖. Through close reading of the novel, four motifs are observed,
they are: 1 teacher visit, 2 physical fight, 3 rejected sexual desire, and 4 curiosity. The motifs in
J.D. Salinger‘s The Catcher in the Rye mostly deal with the repetition of plot events. The similarities of recurring events are described in the
following explanation in order to show the recurrent pattern of the novel.
