an analysis on intrinsic elements of agatha christie's

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AN ANALYSIS ON INTRINSIC ELEMENTS OF
AGATHA CHRISTIE’S ” THE PALE HORSE”
A Thesis
Submitted to Adab and Humanities Faculty
In Partial Fulfillment of One of The Requirements
For The Strata 1 Degree
By :
ETI KUSUMAWATI
203026002097
ENGLISH LETTERS DEPARTEMENT
FACULTY OF ADAB AND HUMANITIES
STATE ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY OF JAKARTA
SYARIF HIDAYATULLAH
2007
DECLARATION
I hereby declare that this submission is my own work and that, to the best of my
knowledge and belief, it contains no material previously published or written by
another person nor material which to a substantial extent has been accepted for the
award of any other degree or diploma of the university or other institute of higher
learning, except where due acknowledgment has been made in the text.
Jakarta, May 31 2007
Eti Kusumawati
LEGALIZATION
This thesis entitled “An Analysis on intrinsic Elements of Agatha Christie’s “The
Pale Horse” has been defended before the Adab and Humanities Faculty’s
examination Committee on May, 31 2007. The paper has already been accepted as
a partial fulfillment of the requirement for the Strata 1 Degree.
Jakarta, May 31, 2007
Examinition Committee
Chair Person, Secretary,
Dr. M. Farkhan, M.Pd. Drs.Saefuddin, M. Pd.
NIP. 150 299 480 NIP. 150 261 902
Members:
Elve Oktafiyani,M.Hum. M.Supardi,M.Hum
NIP. 150 317 725
APPROVEMENT
AN ANALYSIS ON INTRINSIC ELEMENTS OF AGATHA CHRISTIE’S
“THE PALE HORSE”
A Thesis
Submitted to Adab and Humanities Faculty
in Partial Fulfillment of One of the Requirement
for the Strata1 Degree
Eti Kusumawati
NIM. 203026002097
Approved by:
Dr. M. Farkhan, M. Pd.
Supervisor
ENGLISH LETTERS DEPARTMENT
ADAB AND HUMANITIES FACULTY
STATE ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY
“SYARIF HIDAYATULLAH” JAKARTA
2007
ABSTRACT
Eti Kusumawati, An Analysis on Intrinsic Elements of Agatha Christie’s “The
Pale Horse”. A thesis. Jakarta: Adab and Humanities Faculty. State Islamic
University Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta, September 2007.
The purpose of this research is to analyze the intrinsic elements of the
novel. By doing this, the writer will find out how Agatha Christie develop the plot
of the novel. In this research, the writer uses descriptive analysis method where the
writer describes the data that have relation to the method and the research
questions based on the relevant theory.
As the conclusion, the writer ascertains the relationship among the intrinsic
elements in the novel. However, the intrinsic elements cannot be separated each
other because plot, theme, character and characterization, point of view and setting
are the unity that built a novel from inside. Agatha Christie through her novel The
Pale Horse shows that wealthy can make a human become cruel even kill
someone to reach the wealth. Moreover, something evil must loose against the
truth. And through Mark Easterbrook, a main character of this novel, this murder
can reveal.
TABLE OFCONTENT
ABSTRACT ………………………………………………………………. i
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT………………………………………………….. ii
TABLE OF CONTENT ……………………………………………………. iv
CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION
A. Background of The Study ………………………………….. 1
B. Focus ofThe Research ……………………………………... 4
C. The Research Questions …………………………………….. 4
D. Objective and Significant of The research ………………….. 5
E. Methodology of The Research ……………………………… 5
1. Method ……………………………………....... 5
2. Instrument of research …………………………………… 5
3. Technique of Analysis …………………………………… 5
4. Unit of Analysis ………………………………………... 5
5. Time andPlace of Research………………………………. 6
CHAPTER II THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK……………………….. 7
A. Plot ………………………………………………………… 7
1. Exposition ………………………………………………... 9
2. Rising Action …………………………………………….. 9
3. Climax …………………………………………………. 10
4. Falling Action ………………………………………….. 10
5. Resolution ……………………………………………… 10
B. Character ……………………………………………… 10
C. Theme ……………………………………………… 13
CHAPTER III THE ANALYSIS OF PLOT, CHARACTER
AND THEME ………………………………………….. 16
A. Summary of The Pale Horse ……………………………… 16
B. Intrinsic Element …………………………………………… 19
1. Plot ………………………………………………. 19
a. Exposition…………………………………………… 19
b. RisingAction……………………………………….. 19
c. Climax ……………………………………………… 35
d. Falling Action……………………………………...... 37
e. Resolution ………………………………………….. 39
C. Character ………………………………………………. 40
1. Main Character ………………………………………….. 40
2. Characterization ………………………………………….. 41
a. Mark Easterbrook ………………………………. 41
b. Ginger ………………………………………. 42
c. Detective Lejeune………………………………. 43
D. Theme…………………………………………………........... 45
CHAPTER IV CONCLUSION & SUGGESTION…………………… … 47
A. Conclusion…………………………………………………...... 47
B. Suggestion ………………………………………............... 49
REFERENCES …………………………………………………………….. 50
CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION
A. Background of The Study
Literary works can be differentiated into two parts, fiction and
nonfiction. And novel is one of the most well known fiction. The
word “ Novel” is taken from Italian word, novella, Spanish novella,
French Nouvelle means “new”, or “short story of something new.”1
Novel is fictions prose narrative or table of considerable length (now
usually long enough to fill one or more volumes) in which characters
and actions representative of the real life of past or present time are
portrayed in a plot of more or less complexity.2
Novel is a kind of media that is used to express the idea of an
author. The idea might come from many resources such as
experiences either from the author, one’s experience or the condition
when the book was written at the time. Usually the author will do it
selectively and
1www.wikipedia.org
2Jeremi Hawthorn, ”Studying The Novel” ,(New York: Oxford University,2001),P.102
from the story based on the purpose while on the same time the
author will also include the element of entertainment information
3
such as the human’s life to make novel looks interesting.
Novel offers various problems of human being and humanity
because novel usually based on a true story, myth or even religious
belief of the culture. Novel has many sub plot, therefore novel could
not be read in one time but it’s need time even days to read for good
understanding.
In addition, studying a text novel, readers would know several
aspects that built a novel. They are intrinsic and extrinsic elements.
Intrinsic elements are the elements which develop the literary work
from inside such as plot, theme, setting, character and
characterization, and of course point of view. All of this make a story
come to life. Beside the intrinsic elements that built a novel from
inside, readers who want to analyze the novel also have to understand
the background of the author, the social background where the novel
has been created, the psychology of the characters of the novel, the
world view about the novel itself and those called extrinsic elements.
3Patrick Swiden, “The English Novel of History and Society”,(London:Macmillan Press
Ltd,1997).