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is married to Ethel, all of his desires or dreams are totally focused on his schooling to achieve his dream as a teacher. However, he gives up his efforts. He decides to
work only for his marriage financial income. This way of life gives the readers, especially the youth, a lesson of how
getting married at young age will not be beneficial for them. It does not mean that marriage totally breaks young people’s dream, but marriage, once again, is a long
lasting relationship so people need to do it at the right age and time. Because of this, I am interested in analyzing Mr. Lewisham’s conflicts in his marriage life as
reflected in H.G Wells’ Love and Mr. Lewisham.
B. Problem Formulation
As seen in the background of the study previously, it can be drawn up some problems formulation related to the Mr. Lewisham’s conflicts in his marriage life.
There are two questions which can be analyzed: 1.
How is Mr. Lewisham described in H.G. Wells’ Love and Mr. Lewisham? 2.
How does Mr. Lewisham solve his conflicts in his marriage life as reflected in H.G. Wells’ Love and Mr. Lewisham?
C. Objectives of the Study
This study is aimed to answer the questions in the problems formulation. There are three objectives for this study which are to find out how Mr. Lewisham is
described, what Mr. Lewisham’s conflicts are, and how Mr. Lewisham solves his conflicts in his marriage life as reflected in H.G. Wells’ Love and Mr. Lewisham.
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D. Benefits of the Study
This study gives benefits to the readers of this novel. They can learn how to solve the problems in a marriage life and how young people can keep their
marriages when they are still ambitious to reach their dreams. It also presents the meaning of marriage when they want to start to begin the new life together with
someone they love. Through the characters in this novel, the readers can see that it is not easy to
build the relationship, especially to make a new family. It is because there are many things to prepare and how some couples shares what they have each other. The
readers also learn how a husband and a wife must adjust their characteristics, habits, the way of thinking, especially when they have a problem each other.
E. Definition of Terms
There are some terms in this study are defined to avoid the misunderstanding. They are:
1. Conflict
Thomas says that conflict is a process that originates when one individual perceives that another party has frustrated, or is about to frustrate some goal or
concern of his or hers” as cited in Borisoff and Victor, 1989, p. 1. It means that conflict happens in many or various situations. It depends on what kind of
problems some people face or deal. The conflict that they should solve must be some pros and cons between or among others when they interact each other or
within themselves to reach the final agreement or decision.
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2. Marriage
Marriage is “an essentially private, intimate, emotional relationship created by two people for their own personal reason to entrance their own personal being
Gallagher, 2002, p. 3. It means that marriage is a private relationship between a husband and a wife where they can express their intimacy and emotion to maintain
their relation. Through this way, their relationship becomes more intense so that they can express their feelings freely.
3. Victorian Age
The Victorian age “referring to the Queen Victoria’s reign, from 1837 to 1901, was a period of drastic political, economic, and social exchange” Schluter,
2008, p. 1. During Industrial Revolution in Victorian age, the social life in England changed. Men and women had an equal position. Women could work as
typists, secretaries, etc. They also could study until university. Some men and women, especially from the middle class, were not married at the young age but at
the older age due to the jobs that they worked.
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CHAPTER II REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE
