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The element of character is one of the important elements in narrative as well as other elements. The character term is usually used in two contexts. The
first context, character refers to individuals who appear in the story. The second context, character refers to the mixing of different interest, desired, emotions, and
moral principles of those individuals. Abrahams 1981:20 says that character is presented in a narrative or
dramatic work that is interpreted by the reader ha s a certain moral qualities and tendencies as expressed in speech and what is done in action.
In the terms of role or level of importance of character in a story, there are two types of characters. They are main characters and peripheral characters.
Nugriyantoro 1995:165 said the characters are people who appear in a work of narrative, or drama, which is interpreted by the readers has a certain moral
qualities and tendencies as expressed in speech and what is done in action. In this case a figure closely associated with his personal qualities in admissions readers.
Character in fiction has always had personality traits, attitudes, behaviors or certain temperamental.
Taylor 1981:62 says that a character in a novel or play is not real human being and has no life outside the literary compositions; however well the
illusions of reality has been created by the author.
2.3 Theme
Theme is the common idea based that sustains a work of literature and are contained in the text as a semantic structure and related equations or
differences. The theme is filtered from the important things determines the presence of conflict, events, and situations.
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Peek and Coyle 1984:141 says, “theme of work is the large of idea or
concept it is dealing with. In order to grasp the theme of work, we have to stand back from the text and see what sort of general experience or subject links all its
detail together.” It means that theme is a large idea, to be able to understand a theme, we must to see from the next or general experience of the author.
Staton 2007:7 stated that theme gives a strong explained about the unity of what is happening in the story, and tell about the story of life in a common
context. The purpose of theme is to give a shape and effect in our mind, so make the story to remember.
Theme must be related to other elements in a novel to build a good story, because frome theme story is developed. Elements in a novel is based on theme so
it should be solid each other. Karl 1967:323 said, “Theme is a kind of composite statement which requires our comprehension of numerous other elements. The
theme can not be anything you choose to make it. Every interpretation must be consistent with what the author has provided. If you defend a particular meaning
that you feel deeply about, remember that it must coincide with every element of the story.
2.4 Plot
Yelland 1983 defines this plot by a story or series of events. In other words, the plot is a story or sequence of events that regular and organized. Plots in
this sense can be found in the novel rather than in a reasonable life. Life has a story, but the novel has a story and plot. As said by E.M. Forster, the story is a
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narrative of events arranged in order of time, while the plot is the narration of events with emphasis on quality.
Plot is literary term defined as the events that make up a story, particulary as they relate to one another in a pattern, in a sequence, through cause
and effect, how the reader views the story, or simply by coincidence. According to Robers and Jacobs 1993:52 says, “The plot is based on the interactions causes
and effect as they as develop sequentially or chronologically.” It means that the plot is relation between causes and effects that develop into well organized. Plot is
really related to the conflict. Plot will be organized if the causes and effect are connected to become the conflict.
Plot is series of stories. Abrams in Siswanto 2008:159 says, “that the plot is a series of stories that formed by the stage of events that weave a story
presented by actors in a story. Goodman 2003:19 says, “The plot important even stahtaccour in a story, the narrator makes the plot.
The plot is a story that contains the sequence of events, but each event is only connected by cause and effect, and event which caused or led to other
events. Stanton 1965:14 says that the plot is a story that contains the sequence
of events, but each incident was only connected in cause and effect, the events that caused one and also cause the occurrence of other events. Appearance of
events for events that only based on the order of times is not necessarily a plot. To be a plot, the events must be processed and made creatively, so that the results of
processing and making itself is something beautiful and interesting, particularly in relation to the relevant works of fiction as a whole.
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2.5 Setting
