Theme Plot A Brief Description Of Novel “Man On Fire” By Brian Helgeland.

III DESCRIPTION OF ELEMENTS OF MAN ON FIRE

3.1 Theme

The theme implied in “Man on Fire” tells about the responsibility. It tells about a man name Creasy who has work as bodyguard for the girl names Pinta. She is the child of the rich businessman in Mexico. Creasy is the alcoholic man, and he is pension from military. “Creasy sets up his room with meticulous precision that comes from years in the military. Front and center he arranges his shrine: an almost empty bottle of scotch and a glass engraved from an earlier encounter next to a pack Marlboros and his weathered Zippo. Then his beaten up gun and holster. A well-traveled New Testament is placed in the drawer” Man on Fire, 2003:12 For the first time Creasy to be a bodyguard for Pinta, he unfriendly with Pinta. But Pinta like Creasy, and she always try to be friendly with Creasy. “Pinta rides shotgun alongside. She looks out the window, realizes…Pinta thinks about it, realizes what he’s doing, smiles. No answer for Creasy. It’s hard not to feel foolish Universitas Sumatera Utara around this kid. Creasy’s hoping she’ll just shut up.” Man on Fire, 2003:26 Creasy is trying to like Pinta. And the result, he like Pinta, he is friendly to Pinta, and he always help Pinta doing her homework. “Creasy and Pinta sit on the floor, pencils, papers, and a book spread out before them. Doing her history homework.” Man on Fire, 2003:47 When the kidnapping grab Pinta, Creasy kill the kidnapping one by one, because everyone tell him that Pinta dead, killed by the kidnapping. But the fact, Pinta still alive. Creasy negotiate with the kidnapping. He changes his life for save Pinta. “Creasy’s left with Manzano’s right. A strong grip. Then, no response. Manzano pulls to the curb. Manzano reaches Creasy’s wrist. Takes his pulse. Creasy’s gone.” Man on Fire, 2003:125 Universitas Sumatera Utara

3.2 Plot

There is only one kind of plot that appears in this novel. It is based on the criterion of times order, the author uses progressive plot which introduce the main character Creasy, about his life and his career. Start from Creasy to be a bodyguard for pinta’s family. “As a747 is towed by in the background, a MAN strides at us. CREASY. Even in movement, he has a stillness, an air of isolation. He’s set apart from other living things. He wears dark sunglass, carries a well-worn leather bag. Inscrutable. Disconnected. A bit frightening. The discipline of a soldier. The independence of a gunslinger. Automatic baggage teller Red light, Green light. Creasy feeds the machine with his perforated customs card light flashes RED.” Man on Fire, 2003:6 Creasy know how he responsibility to his job, how he protect Pinta very well, and how he save Pinta from the kidnapping. One day, after delivering Pinta to a piano audition, Creasy notices a suspicious vehicle driving past and a pair of a police cars blocking off the surrounding street. As Pinta emerges from the Universitas Sumatera Utara building and freezes, Creasy pulls out his gun and fires a shot into the air, similar to a starting gun, starling her to running away. During the ensuing gun battle, four of the attackers are fatally shot, including two corrupt police officers. Spectacle by the police while unconscious in his hospital bed, claiming he has murdered two judicial police officer. “Creasy leaning against the Mercedes. Traffic pounding by. The dandelion is stuck in a button hole of his shirt. And then suddenly traffic thins out. Reminiscent of the previous two kidnappings. It’s a process. Creasy straightens up. A judicial POLICE CAR cruises by, slowly. Creasy makes eye contact with the two cops up front. The same guys who were at Zona Rosa. Creasy starts across the street toward the apartment building. At the same time as. . . . The bangs open. Pinta exiting. She spots Creasy, a huge grin on her face. She was not accepted. And a while TOYOTA COROLLA coming the other way. Universitas Sumatera Utara The police car reverses back, cutting Creasy off from Pinta. The COPS getting out, big smiles on their faces. THE COROLLA Slides to a stop in front of Pinta, blocking her path to Creasy. And as TWO MEN leap out from the backseat. . . . . Man on Fire,2003:62 Then based on the criterion of number, Man on Fire has a sub plot. The author does not only tell one character but also another character, he tells about Samuel and Lisa, the parents of Pinta. Rayburn, Creasy’s friend, Manzano and Mariana, police and journalist who helped Creasy to grab the kidnapper. Daniel Sanchez, the boss of the kidnapper. Finally based on the criterion of content, Man on Fire has a plot of thought because the author tells the story than focus on the struggle of the main character Creasy in facing all problems on his life and always trust in God, and finally he met his purpose of life. “Suitcase being stripped and ripped MIDNIGHT EXPRESS, pack of Marlboro, bottle of Jack Daniels, glimpse a weathered Bible New Testament, intercut with seven pieces of blue still separated in different parts of the bag, ie. Toiletries, underwear, lining of suitcase. Universitas Sumatera Utara The seven pieces laid together look remarkably like a well travelled Sig Sauer 226. Creasy smiles” Man on Fir, 2003:7 Universitas Sumatera Utara

3.3 Character