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CHAPTER II REVIEW OF LITERATURE
A. Review of Related Studies
In this study, the writer summarizes some papers which are related to this study. The first study is
The Messages as Revealed by the Characters’ Series of Tragedy in Lemony Snicket’s a Series of Unfortunate Events: The Bad Beginning
written by Natasha Godeliva 2011 from Sanata Dharma University. She explains that
It is important for any works of literature, especially novel to communicate the messages that are intended by the author, so that the reader can
understand what is intended and gain some good points and better perspective in their life. Godeliva, 2011: 17.
In Godeliva‘s undergraduate thesis, she has three purposes in writing her thesis. First, she wants to find the childr
en‘s characters and characterizations. Second, she wants to describe the tragedy which happens in the story. Third, she wants to
know the moral message which is revealed by the characters. It is the same with this study which also wants to find the messages of the
story. However, the difference of this study to Godeliva‘s is that this study is more focusing on theory of conflict in order to find out the message inside of the story.
The writer also found another thesis from Sanata Dharma University entitled The Messages Revealed Through Hasari Pal and His Conflicts in
Dominique Lapierre’s the City of Joy by Agustinus Damar Priyanugraha. He explains that
Message in a story is intended as suggestion related to practical lesson that can be taken by the readers through the story. They are closely related to
the problems in life, such as attitude, and behavior. The readers can find them in a real life, in the same manners as they are reflected on the story
through its characters. Priyanugraha, 2013: 13
Another explanation from him is that The message is distributed through those various ways. By contrast, if the
readers want to understand or interpret the message, they should do it based on the story and the character‘s life. Priyanugraha, 2013:13
The previous study has similarities with this study which discusses about
messages. Priyanugraha also wants to find out the messages of the story from Hasari Pal‘s characterization and also his conflict. Even though the approaches of
the studies are the same, it differs with this study because this study uses The Maze Runner
as the object of the study. The other thesis is from Chintia Arlita Eka Wijaya entitiled The Messages
Revealed Through the Way the Main Characters Solve the Conflicts in Anne Schraff’s Lost and Found
Message in literary work can be taken from the way the main character solve the conflicts. Message can be taken when the readers interpret the
conflicts in the story. Wijaya, 2015:21
The study above also has similarities with this study which also discusses about messages. Wijaya wants to find out the message through the way main characters
solve the conflicts. Then, the message can be revealed when all of their conflicts have been solved.
However, it is different with this study because this study does not concern on whether Thomas solves his conflicts or not, but on the way he develops his
mind when he faces his conflicts are the messages that the writer wants to express. PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI
B. Review of Related Theories
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