The Validity of Love a Actans

Obligation Love Lata Supriya Lata Parents and Indian custom The obligation sender which is from Lata’s parents makes Lata subject trying to get her love object with American man, Luke O’Maley, return. But in trying to get her object, Lata gets the obstacle from her parents and her tradition opponent, and then Supriya helper helps her by realizing her to build her braveness and her conviction becomes mature. b Functional Structure The Beginning Situation: Lata and Supriya live together at the apartment in the South End, then Supriya’s father sends the letter to Supriya about an arrange her marriage with Sameer Murthy, a smart Indian man. Supriya’s problem remembers Lata about her past time when her parents obligated her to get married with Santosh, a success Indian man, but she refused him so her parents never told again with her. Then in the meeting Supriya and Sameer, Supriya successfully refuses him and she gets supports from Lata. But after the meeting, Sameer calls her with the reason that he wants to return Supriya’s sweater which left in café. Sameer’s calling makes Supriya happy and every night they are in calling so that they fall in love and decide to get married. Lata does not agree with Supriya’s decision and then they are in quarrel and Supriya returns to her parents’ home. Transformation, the first is qualifying test . Supriya’s departure makes Lata feeling lonely and makes Lata nostalgic about Luke, her American boyfriend. She wants to repair her attitudes in the past time when she cannot keep her love with Luke and she also want to apologize to Supriya. The second is main test. Lata is afraid to tell about Luke to her parents because her parents want to marry her with Indian man in accordance with Indian marriage tradition. Lata is also afraid to face her parents in the Supriya’s engagement because she and her parents never talks again after she refused her arrange marriage. The third is glorifying test. Supriya’s comments makes Lata realized that she must brave to face all her problem in order that she can get her object. Then, Lata decides to attend Supriya’s engagement ceremony, whereas her parents and her appearance make her feeling self- conscious. A month after Supriya’s engagement ceremony, Lata meets unconsciously with Luke in the grocery store. The Ending situation: Lata says sorry to Luke and then Luke gives her response which means regret or hopes to rebuild their relationship again. Look at appendix 8

2. Bangles a Actants

The correlation between actants to form the main actant started from sender which is in the schema of actant 2, is to take care of grandson because Arundhati as a grandmother has a duty to take care of her grandchildren after Venu has worked his duty to care of her in his home. Object in the schema of actant 2 relates with object and helper in the schema of actant 4, when Arundhati gets a help from Venu. But, Arundahti’s effort to take care of her grandchildren has failed and she has a second object, that is go back to India, as describes in the schema of actant 5. In this case relates with opponent in the schema of actant 4 and becomes a sender in the schema of actant 5. And then, Venu’s role changes in the schema of actant 5, he becomes an opponent when Arundhati wants to get her second object. Arudhati’s effort to get her second object relates with helper in the schema of actant 3 and 5, as she met with Rukmini and introduced her closely, so she considers Rukmini as her friends. The main schema of actant in Bangles story, can described as follows: Venu and Kamlesh Rahul and Kamlesh Take care of grandchildren Go back to India Arundhati Venu Rukmini Arundhati Rahul and Kamlesh Venu Venu and Kamlesh 1 st sender request Arundhati to take care of Rahul, her grandson 1 st object. Arundhati subject agrees with that request, she stars to be able accustomed with her grandchildren. To get her object, she has a problem from Rahul and Kamlesh 1 st opponent. But her son, Venu helps her to take care of Rahul 1 st helper. After that, she fails to take care of Rahul. Rahul is more disrespectful with her and Kamlesh starts to dislike with her 2 nd sender, so she decides to go back to India 2 nd object. When she declares her purpose to Venu 2 nd opponent, he forbids her. After that, she gets a help from Rukmini 2 nd helper by asking to sell her bangles. b Functional Structures The Beginning story: Arundhati lives with his son’s family in Lexington after she has been a widow. Transformation, the first is the qualifying test. Venu