Conflicts Definition of Terms

Godeliva has three purposes in writing her thesis. First, Godeliva wants to find the children ’s characters and characterization. Second, Godeliva wants to describe the tragedy which happens in that story. Third, Godeliva wants to know the moral message which is revealed by the characters. Godeliva ’s research inspires the writer to apply the theory of characterization to get the messages of the literary work. The differences of this study to G odeliva’s is that this study explores theory of conflicts more to explain clearly about the conflicts that is experienced by the characters in Lost and Found. In her thesis, Godeliva wrote about messages which revealed by the characters. Godeliva said that People may see the children characters in this novel as the reflection of their life. There must be something that people can learn from tragedy and the moral messages that will be concluded. The writer of this thesis intends to show the moral messages revealed by the series of tragedy in the story Godeliva, 2011:5. The writer also reads a thesis entitled Revealing Moral Messages through the Characters of Li ttle Bee in Chris Cleave’s the Other Hand by Pawestri Sukmajati from Sanata Dharma University. The study analyzes Little Bee’s struggle against bad man’s treatment toward her. Sukmajati analyzes the positive characteristics of Little Bee and takes the moral messages from Little Bee actions against the abuse. Sukmajati explained her arguments as follows: Little Bee is described as a strong willed person to face her life. It can be shown through her strong will to escape from the bad men, strong will in learning English, and the last, strong will to meet Sarah. She faces many obstacles in her life but she refuses to give up. 2010.59 The character of Little Bee can reflect the moral messages of the story. This undergraduate thesis has similarity in terms of messages through the characters and the way the character acts to get a solution. It reflects moral messages based on the characters, the way the characters solve the problem and find the solution. This thesis describes two of main characters who have different characteristics and different conflicts but related to one another. The main characters also have same conflicts which they struggle against to solve their problem. Then, the writer also found the thesis entitled Messages as Seen through the Way Gracie Responds to Her Conflicts in Dyan Sheldon’s My Worst Best Friend by Melissa Anggun Hapsari from Sanata Dharma University. In this study Hapsari explains the conflicts which happen to the main character, Gracie. Gracie is an honest girl but she has a best friend who influences her to tell a lie. Her name is Savanna. Hapsari said that Savanna often forces Gracie to support her life toward her environment. Actually Gracie does not like to do it and she feels uncomfortable if she has to talk a l ie, but she often follows Savanna’s words. p.46 The internal conflict is that Gracie does not want to lie to everyone. But the external conflict, Gracie always tells a lie about everything, for example she covers Savanna’s attitude by lying to Savanna’s boyfriend. In the end of the story Gracie finally can talk to Savanna about her feelings.