World War I in Christmas Crib in a Great Cathedral. It also has good plot, conflicts, characterization and other elements of fiction. The plot is unpredictable
because it is quite complicated to read. The characterization is good because the author gives much information about each character in the novel.
This study analyzes conflicts because conflicts always appear in daily human’s life. Conflicts could make doubts about making decision of some
choices, it also makes someone forced to do something whether he likes it or not. Conflicts can make unpredictable story of human’s life.
B. Problem Formulation
Based on background of the study, there are three problems that will be discussed in this study:
1. How is Peter Lane described in Francis Cardinal Spellman’s The
Foundling ?
2. What are the conflicts faced by Peter Lane?
3. What are the resolutions of the conflicts?
C. Objectives of the Study
There are some objectives of this study. The first objective is to find out how Peter Lane is characterized in Francis Cardinal Spellman’s The Foundling.
The second objective is to know the conflicts faced by Peter Lane. And the third objective is to find out the resolutions for Peter Lane’s conflicts.
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D. Benefits of the Study
There are some benefits of this study. They are the benefits for educational institution, for students, and for readers. For educational institution, hopefully, this
study can help any institution of education in their development in literature area, for example in their research of any novel or literary works.
For students of English Education Study Program and readers, this study is expected to help them understand Peter Lane’s conflicts in Francis Cardinal
Spellman’s The Foundling. Then, hopefully they can take many positive things from this study to help them in their study and to gain more knowledge.
E. Definition of Terms
To avoid misunderstanding, some terms are used in this study: 1.
Conflict According to Roberts and Jacobs 87 – 88, conflict is defined as an
opposition between two individual, between an individual and bigger forces, for example war, and between individual and himself, for example difficult
choices in individual’s mind. In this study, conflict refers to the opposition between main character and some things that oppose him.
2. Personality
According to Horby 982, personality is defined as the variety aspects of a person’s character that merge to make them dissimilar from other people. In
this study, personality refers to the variety aspects of a main character that combine to make him different from other characters.
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3. Resolution
According to Roberts and Jacobs 90, resolution is defined as the set of actions that bring the story to a conclusion from the conflict. In this study,
resolution refers to the set of actions that bring the story to a conclusion from the conflicts that main character faced in his life in the novel.
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CHAPTER II REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE
