29 in this novel begins when Alif and friends of the school will hold its
final examination conducted by final year students in Madani Pesantren MP.
3. Character in this novel a divided in two kinds they are main and
supporting character. The limitation of this characters intended to focuses only for the characters that has a necessary role in their
participation in this story. -
The main characters are Alif Fikri, Amak Alif’s mother and Father.
- The supporting characters are Baso Salahuddin, Raja Lubis, Atang
Dulmajid, and Said. 4.
Setting in this novel is in ManinjauWest Sumatera, East Java, and London. In this novel show place of event where characters do the
action: at School Madani Pesantren, at home and at office. 5.
The point of view of this novel is first person narrator using personal pronoun I who tells the story. I narrator becomes the central of the
story in the novel.
4.2 Suggestion
1. Ahmad Fuadi’s novel The Land of Five Towers is an interesting novel.
The novel is about the journey of life of the author of the novel for success. This novel provides the motivation and the mirror of nature writer
who never gave up his dream to realize.
Universitas Sumatera Utara
30 2.
This study is limited in the intrinsic elements of novel. The study can be more than this because it is open for large understanding to be known
about. 3.
This novel makes us aware of what and who are. It summarizes here and now. So, reading this novel is a way of knowing ourselves for literature is
a reflection or mirror of life.
Universitas Sumatera Utara
5
CHAPTER II REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE
2.1 Definition of Novel
The definition of the novel according to Abrams 1999:190, the term “novel” is now applied to great variety of writing that have in common only the
attribute of being extended works of fiction written in prose. As an extended narrative, the novel is distinguished from the short story and form the work of
middle length called the novelette; its magnitude permits a greater variety of characters, greater complication of plot or plots ampler development of milieu,
and more sustained exploration of character and motives than do the shorter, more concentrated modes.
Novels don’t present a documentary picture of life. Alongside the fact that novel look at people in society the other major characteristic of the genre is novel
tell a story. In fact, novel to tell the same few stories repeatedly. Robert defines novel have many elements, which contain character, plot, theme, setting, point of
view, and style. These elements are related to each other and will construct a story in the novel.
Besides that, the novel usually focuses a small number of characters, although in a novel the cast of secondary characters is often large and the number
of incidents is multiplied Robert,1988:4. There are some divisions of novel according to Peck and Coyle 1989:106-120, they are comic novels, romance
novel and utopian novel.
Universitas Sumatera Utara
6
2.2 Intrinsic Elements
