Plot REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE 1 Novel

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2.2 Plot

Plot is a literary term defined as the events that make up a story, particularly as they relate to one another in a pattern, in a sequence, through cause and effect, how the reader views the story, or simply by coincidence. A plot insures that you get your character from point A to point Z. Plot according to Roberts and Jacobs in their book literature 1995;88 said that plot is all the actions or incidents, speeches, thoughts, and observations are linked together to make up an entirety, sometimes called an organic unity. The essence of this unity is the development and resolution of a conflict in hich protagonist, or central character. The plot is interactions of causes and effects as they develop sequentially or chronologically. Plot is stories are made up mostly of actions or incidents that follow each other sequentially. Finding a sequential or narrative order, however, is only the first step toward the more important consideration. The plot is the controls governing the development of the actions. In a well- plotted story , things precede or follow each other not simply because time ticks away, but more importantly because effects follow causes. Plot is a series of stories. Abrams in Siswanto 2008:159 say, “that the plot is a series of stories that formed by the stage of events that weave a story presented by actors in a story. Goodman 2003:19 says, “The plot important eventstahtaccour in a story, and plot is the series of incidents in the order which they take place. Most of the story, the narrator makes the plot . Shaw 1972:211 says, “That plot is a plan sheme to accomplish a purpose. In literature, plot refres to argument of events to achieve an intended effect. A plot 7 is a series of carefully devised and interrelated actions that progresses through a struggle of opposing forces conflict to a climax and denouement. A plot is different from story line the order or events as they accur. Based on quotation from three critics, that plot is artistic, arrangement of those events. It means the most important element among other elements of fiction because a structure events arising out of conflict. In literature, plot refers to arrangement of events to achieve an intended effect. A plot is a series of carefully devised and interrelated actions that progresses through a struggle of opposing forces conflict to a climax.

2.3 Character