34 “I don’t know if that’s my destiny,” I told my superior. ‘Peace came into
my heart when I entered this seminary.’ Coelho, 2004, p. 92. He also experiences uncertain feeling. The Young Priest battles with two
choices in his life. According to Worchel and Coopers’ approach-approach theory, both of the Young Priest’s choices are positive goal. Meanwhile, they have
different way to be lived. Both of them need a commitment and it is impossible to divide. He only can choose one of them. It is either he wants to live in the outside
world or inside the seminary. Either he wants to be a loving husband and father or a devoted priest.
E. Breaking Glass
1. The Meaning
The last symbol is an action when the Young Priest is asked to break a glass in a restaurant. A glass usually looks transparent or translucent and the
typical characteristic is fragile or easily broken. A glass is typically consisting of a mixture silicates or sometimes borates or phosphates formed by fusion of sand
or some other forms of silica. It is also can be formed by fusion of oxides of boron or phosphorus with a flux as soda, potash and a stabilizer as lime, alumina and
sometimes metallic oxides or other coloring agents so that a mass is produced that cools to rigid condition without crystallization so that it can be blown, cast,
pressed, rolled, drawn, or cut into various forms “Glass”. Meanwhile, in Coelho’s By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept, the
action when the Young Priest breaks the glass purposely symbolizes a final decision that he has taken. This symbol appears in a form of action. He decides to
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35 leave seminary to start a new life with Pilar. The Young Priest has resolved his
doubts. This is the moment when he stops battling with his biggest conflict. He finally confesses that Pilar is what he wants most in the world Coelho, 2004, p.
166. This type of symbol is private symbol Robert Jacob, 1987, p. 280. He stared at me. Then slowly, he slid his hand along the tablecloth to the
glass. And with the sudden movement, he pushed it to the floor. The sound of the breaking glass caught the writer’s attention. Rather than
apologize for having the broken glass, he looked at me, smiling-and I smiled back.
“Doesn’t matter,” shouted the waiter. But he wasn’t listening. He had stood, seized my hair in his hands, and
was kissing me Coelho, 2004, p. 148.
The action of breaking a glass becomes a moment when he freed himself from his doubt. That is the moment when finally he chooses to remain out there in the
world with Pilar.
2. The Contribution
He feels surprised when Pilar asks him to break the glass purposely. He still feels afraid to do it. He keeps asking Pilar in order to make sure the reason to
break the glass. However, conflict will make him just like the glass character, fragile. Experiencing a conflict too long is like when he stands in a crossroad
because he is unable to choose which road he will be taken. Consequently, he only stands in the same place. He might feel secure but he does not experience other
roads. It is Pilar who finally convinces him that he will be forgiven even though, the glass breaks. He is lack of confidence to take a risk. This type of conflicts are
approach-avoidance.and non-zero-sum
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36 I took one of my hands from his and placed my glass of wine at the edge
of the table. “It’s going to fall,” he said.
“Exactly, I want you to tip it over the edge.” “Break the glass?”
“Break the glass?” he repeated. “Why?” The Young Priest asks Pilar twice why he must purposely break the glass.
The question is like he tries to emphasize other questions, such as, “is it ok?”, “will it hurt me or someone else?”, “is somebody angry?”, and so on. He feels
worry. He eyed the glass on the edge of the table-worried that it might fall.
I bumped the table. The glass shook but didn’t fall. “Careful” he said, instinctively Coelho, 2004, p. 146-147.
Starting over a new life is not easy. The Young Priest is a well-known person. Many people adore and need him. Soon after choosing to live with Pilar, he
realizes that his life also changes. That is the reason why he hesitates to break the glass at first.
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CHAPTER V CONCLUSIONS AND SUGGESTIONS
This chapter will be divided into two main parts. The first part is conclusion of the analysis. The second part consists of suggestion for further
researchers and suggestion for using literary works in English teaching. It is particularly focused on Basic Reading II.
A. Conclusions
In this study, the research question is stated in one problem formulation. It is about the analysis of the symbols to reveal the Young Priest’s conflicts.
Although there is only one research question in problem formulation, there are two conclusions drawn from the answer of the problem formulation. The first is
the symbols and their meanings in Coelho’s By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept. The second is to find the Young Priest’s conflict through the contribution of
the symbols. The first stage is the writer using the theory of symbol by Barnet, Breman
and Burton, Myers and Simms, Stanton, Robert and Jacob to analyze the symbols. The theory is divided into definition of symbol and types of symbol. In Coelho’s
By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept, the symbols appear in a form of the medal, seminary, breaking into the closed-chapel, the house in Saint-Savin, and
breaking the glass. Those symbols have their own meaning. By finding the meaning of each symbol, the writer takes from literal and lateral meaning. The
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