1. INTRODUCTION
1.1. Background of the Study
Literature is a term used to describe written or spoken material. Literature is used to describe anything from creative writing to more technical
or scientific works, but the term is most commonly used to refer to works of the creative imagination, including works of poetry, drama, fiction, and nonfiction.
Literature represents a language or a people: culture and tradition. But, literature is more important than just a historical or cultural artifact.
Literature introduces us to new worlds of experience. We learn about books and literature; we enjoy the comedies and the tragedies of poems, stories,
and plays; and we may even grow and evolve through our literary journey with books. Ultimately, we may discover meaning in literature by looking at what the
author says and how heshe says it. We may interpret the authors message. In academic circles, this decoding of the text is often carried out through the use of
literary theory, using a mythological, sociological, psychological, historical, or other approach. Whatever critical paradigm we use to discuss and analyze
literature, there is still an artistic quality to the works. Literature is important to us because it speaks to us, it is universal, and it affects us. Literature is one of the
most important things in life. Literature attempts to make sense of all the experiences that we go through
in life. It is not easy to always understand why we go through certain experiences. Every author helps readers articulate various life experiences. In fact, literature
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includes novels, short stories, poems, movies, song lyrics, and artwork. Moreover, all types of literature contain various elements that the reader and
viewer should learn to analyze in order to heighten his or her understanding of literature. Various types of literature such as story, novel and drama delight us
through the elements of literature. In literature, theme is important to reveal the story. An author depicts the ups and downs of the protagonist with the help of
characterization. The writer chooses this novel because Eat Pray Love Novel is the
masterpiece of Elizabeth Gilbert. The novel is the true story of Gilberts journey to Italy, India and Indonesia in its efforts to reinvent self. Eat Pray Love was
released on 2006 in United State of America. The novel was an international bestseller, translated into over thirty languages, with over 10 million copies sold
worldwide. The novel became so popular that, in 2008, Time Magazine named Elizabeth as one of the 100 most influential people in the world. This novel has a
common language that we can understand easily, simple plot and about true love that ends in Bali and this novel showing the beauty and make us as an Indonesian
proud because taking a setting in our country. The writer chooses the novel to improve in this paper. Therefore, by this
chance, the writer would like to describe the main characters in Elizabeth Gilbert’s Novel Eat Pray Love because the writer really interested about this
novel. That is why the writer chooses this topic to be presented in her paper.
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1.2. Problem of the Study
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