Object of The Study

no role in the society while men are the only people that role the society and the men also role the women, the other purpose also the liberation of the unequal treatment betwe en men and women by changing women’s view that actually women have the same quality and rights with men, so that women can have the same opportunity with men.

C. Method of the Study

The method that supports the development process of this thesis is library research. The library research means that the sources used as the reference in this thesis writing are taken from the books and from the article in the internet. All of the sources used as the references in this thesis writing have the same role which means that the primary theory and the secondary theory are equally important, and the review about the novel and author of the novel are also important. The importance of the sources means that the sources have the significant contribution to the thesis writing development, the sources of theories have the significant contribution on identifying the definition of conflict and also the type of the conflict, while the reviews of the study is to get another point of view about the author of the novel and people’s critical thinking about the novel. Moreover, the primary source of the thesis is Nicholas Spark’s The Lucky One because it has all the information about the object of the study in order to answer the two problem formulation. There were systematic steps the writer took for the analysis, the first step was understanding the theories and the other sources which were stated in chapter two. In understanding the theories means that the writer comprehended the sources so that there was no misleading in applying the theories to the analysis. After comprehending the theories, the second step was gathering the necessary information that match to the theories from the primary source. The novel, The Lucky One, was divided into chapters and each chapter had the specific point of view from the different character which was related to the other chapter, from the chapters the information that match to the theories were revealed. Some of the information were explicitly revealed and there were also implied information. At last, the gathered theories and the gathered information that matched to the theories were united, which means that the analysis on the two problem formulation was provided with solid and detailed information. After the analysis was completed which meant the thesis came to a step closer into an end, there was one more chapter to be done. The conclusion part was the chapter that re-state the whole analysis from the findings to the unifying of the information in a brief writing. 25

CHAPTER IV ANALYSIS

In this chapter, the whole discussion of the thesis will be presented, the analysis is to discuss the theories and the evidence in The Lucky One which leads to the answer of the two problem formulation. There are two issues of discussion in this chapter as the follow up to the problem formulation, first is the discussion on the conflicts experienced by Elizabeth and the following discussion focuses on domestic violence which is revealed through the conflicts. In the discussion the writer uses the theory of conflicts and theory of domestic violence which have been written in the previous chapter, and then the writer elaborates the theories with the evidence found in the novel in order to reach a clear and systematic answer to the two problem formulations.

A. The Conflicts of Elizabeth

In this first discussion the writer is going to discuss the conflicts that were experienced by Elizabeth, the discussion is on identifying the conflicts and put the conflicts into specific category of conflict. The writer uses the theories on conflict by Wehmeier, Roberts and Jacobs, Holman and Harmon, and Koesnosoebroto, which have been cited in the previous chapter. For deeper discussion about conflict the writer uses the theory on conflict by Koesnosoebroto. According to the theory, conflict is clash of actions, ideas, or wills. Conflict is divided into two main types: external conflict which happens between a person and an external forces such as another person, society, or environment, and internal conflict which