Theme Through Character and Conflicts in Thomas Hardy's "Far from The Madding Crowd" - UDiNus Repository

CHAPTER V
CONCLUSIONAI.{D SUGGESTION
5. I

Conclusion

From the discussionof the
intrinsic aspectsin the Fqr
Front Ihe Madding
crowd' especiallyon the
characterand characterization
of Gabrieroak and arso
his
conflict with other characters
in the story incruding
the themeof the nover,
it is
concrudedthat this nover
teils abouta man,Gabrier
oak, who hasa dreamin
having

his own farmrunsby his
own.
By using somemethods
that are

dramatic,discursive,contextual,
and also

mixed methodit can be known
that Gabrieroak

is a 2g yearsord bacheror
who is

hard worker, ambitious,
smart,rerigious,kind, helpfur,
a roving personand arso
a
man who is not a resentful
person'Mostly, all those

characteristics
of Gabrieroak
aboveare found by using
discursiveand dramatic
method.From tfre.description
above'it is concruded
thathe berongs
to flat character
because
this characr.r;;:l
monotonouscharacteristic
from the beginningof the
storyto the endof the story.
rn this novel' Gabrielhas
so manyconflictswhere
it is dividedinto external
anornternalconflict' The
externalconflict happens
betweenGabrier- Bathsheba
and

Gabrier- Troy. conflict
betweenGabrierand Bathsheba
happenedwhen both of
them who havedifferentperception
aboutFarmerBordwood
and Troy. The second
conflict is internalconflict'
In this kind of conflict,
Gabrierhas a conflict with
his
own heartandthe action
that he does.For exampre,
whenhe mustpretend
to respect
Troy as his newMaster
in Bathsheba,s
farm eventhoughhe
hatesTroy.

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Basedon the descriptionsabove,it is concludedthat the therneof this novel
is aboutlove and sacrificesthat are doneto reachit. In this novel,thereare many
sacrificesthat havebeendoneby a man who really wantsto reachhis drearnwornan.
For the womanhe loves,he can give everythinghe hasand he will do anythinsro
protecther from everyoneandeverythingthat it may dangerherlife.

5.2

Suggestion

From the story Fsr From the Madding C.rowd,it suggeststhat we have to

give the best try'to reachevery dreamthat we want and have to be readyto face
anything that may cross our ways i.n making it comes true. Besidesthat" it is
importantto havestrengthof heartin reachingour drearns.