THE INTRINSIC ANALYSIS IN NICHOLAS SPARKS’ NOVEL
MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE
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ABSTRACT
Literature is a kind of imaginative writing. It reflects a problem of life done by human being. Novel is one of literary work that has intrinsic elements. Studying intrinsic elements in a novel, it means to study life experience of group human being through a novel. The writer analyzes the intrinsic elements in novel
Message in a Bottle by Nicholas Sparks. Therefore, this paper is entitled become:
THE INTRINSIC ANALYSIS IN NICHOLAS SPARKS’ NOVEL MESSAGE IN
A BOTTLE. The writer is interested in analyzing this novel, because the intrinsic
elements in this novel are solid and support each others. The method of study, the writer uses intrinsic method of analysis technique to write this paper. The writer describes the intrinsic elements especially theme, plot, character and setting of the novel while the significances of study in this paper are as theoretically, the reader and the writer will understand about intrinsic elements in this novel and practically, as reference for learning about intrinsic elements in a novel. The conclusion of analysis in this paper is to find intrinsic element in novel Message
in a Bottle, they are: theme is about two people who are looking for true love,
ABSTRAK
Sastra adalah sebuah karangan fiksi dalam bentuk tulisan, dalam tulisan itu menggambarkan masalah yang dialami oleh manusia. Novel adalah salah satu karaya sastra yang memiliki unsur intrinsik (unsur dalaman). Mempelajari unsur intrinsic dalam sebuah novel sama dengan mempelajari pengalaman hidup dari sekelompok manusia melalui novel. Penulis menganalisi unsur intrinsic dalam novel berjudul Message in a Bottle oleh Nicholas sparks. Oleh karena itu, Tugas Akir ini Berjudul: THE INTRINSIC ANALYSIS IN NICHOLAS SPARKS’ NOVEL MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE. Penulis tertarik untuk menganalisis novel tersebut karena unsur intrinsik dalam novel tersebut padu dan saling mendunkung satu dengan lain. Penulis menggunakan teknik metode analisis intrinsik dalam Tugas Akhir ini. Penulis menganalisis unsur intrinsik dalam novel tersebut khususnya thema, plot, tokoh dan tempat selain itu, paper ini bemanfaat untuk membuat pembaca mengerti tentang unsur intrinsic dalam novel dan sebagai bahan acuan tentang unsur intrinsic dalam novel. Kesimpulan dari analisis dalam Tugas Akir ini adalah menemukan unsur intrinsik dalam novel Message in a
Bottle sebagai berikut: themanya adalah tentang dua insan yang mencari cinta
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
First of all, the writer would like to give thank and praise to God Jesus Christ for the blessing and mercy. God gives the writer health, strength and wisdom to complte this paper. God is there for the writer in working this paper. Then, the writer would like to express a deep gratitude to Dr. Syahron Lubis,
M.A., as the Dean of Faculty of Culture Science, University of Sumatera Utara
and Dr. Matius C.A. Sembiring, MA as the Head of English Diploma Study Program, who gives the writer a lot of knowledge and help to complte all of administrations.
The witer would like to thank gratitude to Drs. Parlindungan Purba, M.Hum as supervisor. The writer can work this paper through of his help and the writer would like to thank to Mahmud Arief Albar, S.S., M.A as the reader of this paper.
The writer wold like to thank to his beloved father T. Simanjuntak and his mother S. br Harianja, who have given support, care and great love in the writer’s life. The writer thanks to the writer’s brother Hotman Simanjutak, Helena Simanjuntak as young sister, and Dakkana Simanjuntak as young brother.
The writer thanks to his beloved friends in his cell group: his siter Meity, Erwin, Johenro, Dina and Mastora, who always support, help to complete this paper, and always pray to the writer. The writer also thanks to his beloved friends in his church (GPT Simalingkar B Medan).
Finally, the writer will accept the suggestions from the readers because this paper is not perfect, Thanks to all the readers this paper who appresiate this paper.
Medan, 2011
The writer,
Hotden
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1.4 The Significance of Study………... 3
1.5 The Method of Study………... 3
2. REVIEW AND RELATED OF LITERATURE 2.1 What is novel?………... 5
3. INTRINSIC ELEMENTS IN NICHOLAS SPARKS’ MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE 3.1 Its theme ………... 16
3.2 Its Plot ………... 16
3.3 Its character ………... 19
3.3.1 Main Character ………... 19
3.3.2 Supporting Character ………... 29
3.4 Its setting ………... 31
A. Biography of Nicholas Sparks………... 38
ABSTRACT
Literature is a kind of imaginative writing. It reflects a problem of life done by human being. Novel is one of literary work that has intrinsic elements. Studying intrinsic elements in a novel, it means to study life experience of group human being through a novel. The writer analyzes the intrinsic elements in novel
Message in a Bottle by Nicholas Sparks. Therefore, this paper is entitled become:
THE INTRINSIC ANALYSIS IN NICHOLAS SPARKS’ NOVEL MESSAGE IN
A BOTTLE. The writer is interested in analyzing this novel, because the intrinsic
elements in this novel are solid and support each others. The method of study, the writer uses intrinsic method of analysis technique to write this paper. The writer describes the intrinsic elements especially theme, plot, character and setting of the novel while the significances of study in this paper are as theoretically, the reader and the writer will understand about intrinsic elements in this novel and practically, as reference for learning about intrinsic elements in a novel. The conclusion of analysis in this paper is to find intrinsic element in novel Message
in a Bottle, they are: theme is about two people who are looking for true love,
ABSTRAK
Sastra adalah sebuah karangan fiksi dalam bentuk tulisan, dalam tulisan itu menggambarkan masalah yang dialami oleh manusia. Novel adalah salah satu karaya sastra yang memiliki unsur intrinsik (unsur dalaman). Mempelajari unsur intrinsic dalam sebuah novel sama dengan mempelajari pengalaman hidup dari sekelompok manusia melalui novel. Penulis menganalisi unsur intrinsic dalam novel berjudul Message in a Bottle oleh Nicholas sparks. Oleh karena itu, Tugas Akir ini Berjudul: THE INTRINSIC ANALYSIS IN NICHOLAS SPARKS’ NOVEL MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE. Penulis tertarik untuk menganalisis novel tersebut karena unsur intrinsik dalam novel tersebut padu dan saling mendunkung satu dengan lain. Penulis menggunakan teknik metode analisis intrinsik dalam Tugas Akhir ini. Penulis menganalisis unsur intrinsik dalam novel tersebut khususnya thema, plot, tokoh dan tempat selain itu, paper ini bemanfaat untuk membuat pembaca mengerti tentang unsur intrinsic dalam novel dan sebagai bahan acuan tentang unsur intrinsic dalam novel. Kesimpulan dari analisis dalam Tugas Akir ini adalah menemukan unsur intrinsik dalam novel Message in a
Bottle sebagai berikut: themanya adalah tentang dua insan yang mencari cinta
CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background of study
Literature is a kind of imaginative writing. It reflects a problem of life done by human being. This reflection gives reality of life as what happens to man; whether, it is sad or happy problem of life. This writing is truly a part of man’s life or the summary of man’s life. Imagination is inspired from thinking of something which relates for life, nature, and fantasy. It can be restrained as one please. Taylor (1981: 1) says that “Literature, like other arts, is essentially an
imagination in selecting, ordering and interpreting life-experience”, beside that,
not so far different from Taylor, Roberts (1993: 1) defines “Literature refers to
compositions that tell stories, dramatize situations, express emotion, and analyze
and advocate ideas.” This means literature as a reflection of life imaginatively.
Literature contents of emotion expression, such as felling of sad, happy, and jealous and so on. In the story finds the expressions emotion like happy because falling in love, sad because losing money, jealous because leaved a honey.
novel. Character is human being that plays actions in a novel. Setting is the place and time in a novel. Plot is sequence of events that content conflict in a novel. All of them are essentially in a novel; it makes the writer interested to analyze because without the intrinsic elements, novel can not be writing.
In this paper, the writer chooses the novel entitled Message in a bottle by
Nicholas Sparks because the intrinsic elements of the novel are solid and support
each others. In addition, this novel tells the power of love through message in a bottle for example, in this Novel has a main character Theresa. She is fall in love through a message which sent a man. Theresa doesn’t know the man but she is interested through his message. This means, we can fall in love to some one who matches to our characteristic.
Finally, the writer decides to write this paper entitled THE INTRINSIC ANALYSIS IN NICHOLAS SPARKS’ NOVEL MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE.
1.2 Scope of Study
1.3 Objective of study
The objectives of study in this paper are:
1. To describe the theme of the novel. Finding the idea and analyze it in novel Message in a bottle by sparks
2. To describe the plot of the novel. The writer shows the sequence of events that contents conflict, then presents it in the right order.
3. To describe the setting of the novel. The writer shows the places of events in the novel, and then it is described such as atmosphere of the event, where the event is happen, when the event is happen.
4. To describe the characters of the novel. The writer describes the character who play in a novel for example, the back ground of the character, and the role of character, the characteristic of character and activities of character.
1.4 Significance of study
The significances in this paper are:
1. Theoretically, the significance of this study is the reader will understand about intrinsic elements in a novel as literary work in addition to add study of literature of a novel particularly about intrinsic elements.
1.5 Method of study
Writing this paper needed some data which relevant to the paper. Without data in writing paper is going to be difficult to finish moreover it is going to be error. To complte this paper the author applies two methods to collect the data, they are library research and internet research. Method of library research for finding data is collection some book which relevant with the analysis of this paper and copy part of material in the book to be reference. Method of Internet research is inviting the website that relevant to this paper to find the material then the data is copied to be reference.
CHAPTER II
REVIEW AND RELATED LITERATURE
2.1 What is novel?
Novel is a length story which tells about life experience of human being. It can be made base on imagination. The imagination is not really life experience, it is impossible in real life.
“The novel is an impossible history, for history has become impossible. It is powerd by a negative utopianism: it creats an image of an artificial reality, but not of a better one as a prophet would. Modern novel are Dystopias, the sting in the tail of the earlier desire to leave this world and so was unable to return to it. This means.” (Coates, 1983: 17)
According to George Watson (1979: 3) “Novel is the name of a literary kind, and
there is a story to tell about how, over the centuries, its substance has widened
and its conventions changed.” So it means novel is literary work, narrate about
the life in centuries ago. Of course, novel is a way to send message in social, such as in novel find character that plays role hero and felon. Hero in novel will be success but not felon will be loser. From this message the reader can get inspiration that hero is good but felon is bad.
Novel can also content the knowledge, such as in novel message in novel
by Sparks there is found technical of diving and sail. This technical is important to
Reading a novel can help reader to think the conversation of character, it makes the imagination improved became more criticism. Because the reader thinks what thing is good to support. In the beginning of novel is not interesting in the ending, because it takes the attention the reader to read the whole story. Watson (1979) said that:
“A novel is a way of learning about how things were or are-cognitive instrument; and those who distrust stories as evidence should consider how often in conversation we use them to make points or answer questions.”
“The end of the novel, like the end of children’s dinner-party, must be made up of sweetmeats and sugar plums. That is a plain directive from Trollope to the reader that is novel is a novel, and not record of real events.”(P. 3-4)
According to Watson (1979: 6) defines that “The novel is always subject
to a comparison with reality, a critic has remarked of social fiction, and therefore
found to be illusion.” It means to reflect the life experience can interpret in a
novel. Novel is also picturing of social life in fiction.
Novel is usually written in the past tense because the author tells story that happens in the past, the author imagine the story firstly then interpret it in writing so the imagination first then writing in the past tense. In addition novel is written in past tense because it is a heritage of senior novelist, like saying of Watson (1979) that:
“Why most novels are mainly composed in the past tense? And why is it that when readers or critics recount the plot of a novel, or any part of one, they commonly translate it into the present?
it is worth nothing, anecdotes are usually in the past tense, even when they are offered as fictitious.” (P. 6-9)
2.2 Intrinsic Elements
2.2.1 Theme
The writer would like to show definitions of theme according to literary scholars. Theme is central idea of the novel. It is simple thing that means the reader of novel can be understand about the novel story from theme.
“The theme of a play is its message, its central concern-in short, what is about. It is by no means a simple thing to decide what the theme of a play is, and many plays contain several rather than just a single theme. Often, the search for a theme tempts us to oversimplify and to reduce a complex play to a relatively simple catchphrase.”(Jacobus, 1993:18)
Beside that, theme must be related to other elements in a novel, because from theme story is developed. Elements in a novel is base on theme so it should be solid each others. Frederick R. Karl (1967:323) said that:
“Theme is a kind of composite statement which requires our comprehension of numerous other elements. The theme can’t be anything you choose to make it. Every interpretation must be consistent with what the author has provided. If you defend a particular meaning that you feel deeply about, remember that it must coincide with every element of the story.” This means.”
of short story, but it is also the most dangerous, and the most open to wild error. If you want to find meaning, you must put yourself in the writer’s hands and efface part of yourself. Otherwise every story, regrettably, will sound exactly like you.”
2.2.2Plot
Plot is sequence of events which contents conflict in a story. It tells the story be short without omit the sequence of incidence
“Plot may be defined as a story’s sequence of incidents, arranged in dramatic order. One is tempted to insert the word “chronological.” But doing so would exclude many stories that depart from this strict ordering of event. In opposite fashion, writers sometimes use foreshadowing to provide hints of future actions in the story an effective use of foreshowing prevents stories out come from seeming haphazard or contrived. Of course, the manner in which stories handle time is largely illusory. During scene with dialogue and action, time is slowed down by descriptive and explanatory phrase.” (R.S. GWYNN, 2002: 7)
Plot is to unite the events in the novel. Event though the story happens one day or more than, no matter it can be sequenced in the plot. In the plot can appear the new plot, it is additional plot so that the story became length. The term is episodic plot for example, a story should be happen in ending but it is not end because adding another event.
this dramatic structure is the exposition, which provides the reader with essential information-who, what, when, where-he or she needs to know before continuing.”
After introduction about the characters, show the “trouble” in the novel. The trouble is conflict either to him self or to another character and to nature. For example the characters get conflict one to other like hate, angry and also fighting.
“That state of affairs might have gone on indefinitely. The appearance of “trouble” constitutes the second part of a plot, the complication, and the appearance of some circumstance or event that shakes up the stable situation and begins the rising action of the story. Complication in a story may be either external or internal, or a combination of the two. A stroke of fortune such as illness or accident which affects a character is a typical example of an external complication, a problem that the characters cannot ignore, while an internal complication might not be immediately apparent, the result of a character’s deep-seated uncertainties, dissatisfaction, and fears. Typically, the complication of a plot is heightened by conflict between two characters that have different personalities and goals.” (Gwynn, 2002: 9)
Plot show the climax of event that is high point the story. In this part determines the ending of story. Gwynn (2002:9) defines that, “the central moment of crisis in a plot is the climax, or moment of greatest tension, which inaugurates the falling action of the story, in which the built-up tension is finally released.”
melodramatic writer incident on sentimental happy ending. (R. S. GWYNN, 2002: 8-10)
According to Karl (1967:168) that: “Plot is only one element. Is the story bare (that is, limited in events), or is it crowed (panoramic)? How are the parts connected? Or does the author disguise his “seams” so well that elements blend imperceptibly. Plot and plotting are no longer so important. The question now is one of meaning, and meaning often comes to us through devious methods, chiefly through atmosphere and character.” This means, plot is unity of events become one sequence or more but not too length. It is only events which content conflict shown in plot.
2.2.3 Character
Character is human being in fiction who plays action in the novel. The character does action like making conversation or doing activities. Character divides two kind, these are protagonist and antagonist. Protagonist is character who craved and doing the good action but antagonist is character that is not desired in life experience because it does the bad attitude.
Every story hinges on the actions undertaken by its main character, or protagonist, a term drawn from ancient Greek tragedy (literally “first debater”) that is more useful in discussions of fiction than such misleading term as hero or heroine. Additionally, stories may contain an opposing character, or antagonist, with whom the protagonist is drawn into conflict. (G. R. S. GWYNN, 2003: 11)
“Development and motivation are also important in any consideration of a story’s characters. Characters can be termed either static or dynamic, depending on the degree to which they change in the course of the story. If a character is usually clear in a story, then motivation, the reason the reader is given for character’s action, may not be so obvious. In many cases, an author will simply tell us what is going on in a character’s mind, but in others we are denied access to this level of understanding.”
The reflection of human life in a novel is played by character. The reader can imitate the good thing from actions of character. Karl (1967: 238) defines that: “character is of interest for the very personal reason that we want to see how other people live, how they make decision and react to responsibility, how they pursue their goal. We measure ourselves by them. Think of characters in stories and novels as real people, and then your imagination go.” It means, novel can give effect to reader either good thing or bad thing.
In fiction, a character may be defined as verbal representation of a human being. Through action, speech, description, and commentary, authors portray characters that are worth caring about, rooting for, and even loving, although there are also characters you may laugh at, dislike, or even hate. (Edgar V. Roberts, 1995: 131)
Types of characters: round and flat.
novelist and critic E. M. Forster, in his critical work Aspects of the Novel, calls the two major types “round” and “flat”.
Round Characters. The basic trait of round character is that they recognize,
change with, or adjust to circumstances. The round character-usually the main
figure in a story-profits from experience and undergoes a change or alteration, which may be shown in (1) an action or actions, (2) the realization of new strength and therefore the affirmation of previous decision, (3) the acceptance of a new condition, or (4) the discovery of unrecognized truth. (Edgar V. Roberts, 1995: 133)
Flat Characters. In contrast, flat characters don’t grow. They remain the same because they may be stupid or insensitive or lacking in knowledge or insight. Usually, flat characters are minor (e.g. relative, acquaintance, functionaries), although not all minor character are necessarily flat. (Edgar V. Roberts, 1995: 134)
How is character disclosed in fiction?
Authors use five ways to present their characters. Remember that you must use your own knowledge and experience to make judgments about the qualities of the characters being revealed.
1. Action. What characters do is our best way to understand what they are.
2. Description, both personal and environmental. Appearance and
environment reveal much about a character’s social and economic status, of course, but they also tell us more about character trait.
3. Dramatic statements and thoughts. Although the speeches of most
characters are functional-essential to keep the story moving along-they provide material from which you can draw conclusions.
Often, characters use speech to hide their motives, though
2.2.4 Setting
For safe’s sake, we can say that setting encompasses not only the usual quantities of time and place, as well as the element loosely called background, but also aspect of atmosphere, a series of details, nuances, and gestures, which give a certain shape to theme and plot.(Hamalian and Karl,1967:59)
The setting of an play includes many things. first, it refers to the time and place in which the action occurs. Second, it refers to the scenery, the physical elements that appear onstage to vivify the author’s stage directions.
2.2.5 Point of view
The writer would like to show the theory of Point of view in a novel. This theory is defined by Gwynn. The essential in point of view is who is the narrator? It may the author as narrator (first-person), another people (third-person) and about himself but use the name of another people (third –person).
action. He or she may be either a major character (which is the case with Charlie in “Reunion”) or a minor character and may be close to the event in time or distant from it. In generally, first-person stories may seem more immediate than third-person stories, but the are limited by the simple fact that the narrator must be present at all times and must also have some knowledge of what is going on.
According to Gwynn (2003: 14) states third-person narration, by definition, employs a nonparticipant narrator, a voice of authority which never reveals its source and is capable of moving from place to place to describe action and report dialogue. In third-person stories, the question of reliability is rarely and is sue, but the matter of omniscience, the degree to which the “all-knowing” narrator can reveal the thoughts of characters, is. Total omniscience means just that-the narrator knows everything about the characters’ lives, their pasts, presents, and futures-and may reveal the thoughts of anyone in the story. An editorial point of view goes even farther, allowing the god-like author to comment directly on the action (also called authorial intrusion).
CHAPTER III
INTRINSIC ELEMENTS IN NICHOLAS SPARKS’ MESSAGE IN A
BOTTLE
3.1 Its theme
The theme in this novel is two persons who are looking for true love. In this novel, Theresa looking for a man who will be her husband after divorced. She meets with Garret through Garret Message which found by Theresa in a beach. The message is amazing because it can touch in heart because of that Theresa likes it.
The entire story in this novel dominant presents about Theresa looking for a true love. The beginning of the story she finds messages of garret and she wishes to meet with Garret. They meet at Wilmington where Garret lives in. The ending of the story they separate because Garret is death when He goes to sail on the sea at Wilmington. Theresa makes a message in a bottle and throws to the sea at Cape Cod where she finds Garret’s message firstly. She hopes Garret will read her message as Garret does before.
3.2 Its Plot
Theresa is anxious to Garret because she is touched of Garret’s message which is beautiful about love to a woman. She reads the message repeatedly and thinks that Garret is a good man. Then she publish it in news paper, and so many people response the message and send letter to Theresa because they is interested in the message but not few of people want to get benefit with be a liar as the writer of the original message because Theresa doesn’t make the name of original writer in news paper.
Theresa connects to a woman who has another message of Garret and asks to the woman to send the copy of the message. She thinks to search another message in internet and she is success to get it from a Professor. Theresa says to Deana about her feeling hooked with the messages; Deana knows that Theresa likes to Garret who writes the messages because it’s content about true love and sincere to Catherine Garret’s wife. Theresa needs a man who loves her after divorced by David her husband.
Theresa wishes to meet with Garret but she doesn’t know where he lives in. Theresa searches in internet and get some information about Garret that he lives in Wilmington. She makes decision to go to meet Garret in Wilmington even though she never goes there.
the shop gives information where Garret is working, and Theresa goes to dock base on information from the worker. That place is not far from the shop.
She arrives at the dock but no body found there. There are found ships that takes a rest then suddenly, Garret calls Theresa and they talk one to the other. In their conversation either Garret or Theresa is intersted in, so Garret asks her to have sail. After make an appoinment, they sails on the sea. Begining of that moment they are falling in love.
The resolution of this novel, Garret thinks she is compatible to him, so no problem if he expresses his hart wants to be her husband. It can not realize, because Garret thinks it is not time to say. They make a good relationship, sometime Theresa comes to wilmington to meet with Garret but if she has a leaveday.
After Garret arrives in Wilmington, he goes to sail on the sea by Happanten his ship. Even though he knows that it’s foul weather he doesn’t care because he is frustrated after get dispute with Theresa. On the sea, she get trouble to face stiff breeze. It rammes in to his ship so the ship is sink and Garret is death.
3.3 Its Characters
3.3.1 Main Characters
In this chapter the author will show the main characters that play important role in this novel. The main characters in the novel are Theresa Osborne and Garret Blake. The author would like to analyze the aspects that found in Theresa Osborne and Garret Blake such as characteristics, habitual, and action.
First, Theresa Osborne is a single parent after divorced her husband
David. Most of her activities are at office working as writer in Boston Time. She has a son that helps her to work many things at home. As a single parent, she is very busy both at home and the office where she works even though she is so busy Theresa is a famous in the Boston because she shows her photo in the column which she writes. It makes her happy to forget her status as single parent.
“Their lunch was interrupted twist by people who recognized her from her picture in the paper.” (P.273)
influence to negative. The negative thing is like people don’t want make relationship to her because the perception of people is bed for her. In this novel, Theresa tells about her dark side, she is proud saying it; on the other hand, she is honest person because she tells her condition that is true. Because of her honesty, Garret doesn’t think bad perception to her. Garret thinks her saying is not same with her treatment; Theresa is kind person according to Garret.
“I’m stubborn, and I can get mean when I’m angry. I tend to lash out and the first thing that pops in my head” (P.275)
Theresa is not enjoyable to her life because she feels not as exciting Garret’s life. She thinks that her life is not special, because she knows that experiences of Garret are various in Wilmington. That entire of Garret’s experiences make him be happy. Theresa has ability in jogging that is not exciting like Garret’s hobby in diving. Jogging is easy to do but diving is not easy to do. Theresa is humble to Garret.
“My life isn’t quite as exciting as yours. I grew up in Omaha, Nebraska, and went to school at brown.” (P.122)
Theresa has a hobby in jogging. She will find time for jogging if she goes on vacation because since she is student in senior high school until she is columnist, jogging as behaviour for her, for lose her problem, she gets jogging therefore it is a meditation according to her.
school. Though she wasn’t competitive anymore” (P.8)
Because of jogging, Theresa becomes a energise person and has a good body, her feet is tall and also slim. Because of her body many men like to her but she doesn’t’ care; she thinks, man is same as David. In spite of energise, she is not like previous when she is teenager that is fit, because she is 36 years old. It’s true that jogging makes her energise because she can handle her job in office and at home. As a writer and reporter she needs more strength to finish the working, so she must be thinking and doing with more strength, she still likes jogging to help her body to be fit.
Event at work, she was regarded as the type who was always on the go. If she wasn’t writing her weekly column, she was working on the column for the Sunday editions, or researching on the internet, or poring over child development journalist. (P.38) At thirty-six, she didn’t recover as fast as she once had. (P.10)
Single parent may be free to make decision or activities that is enjoying but in sociality it will be gossip, because many negative things can be happen like sexual acts outside of marriage. In addition making activities at home alone without helping some one evokes stress because many things will be handled. From explanation above is happen with Theresa, she doesn’t like go to a party, she is shame because a single parent. If she goes to the party alone; it will shame herself because people will ask her about her husband or her condition, she doesn’t like that.
longer part of a couple, she seemed to be out of place at friends’ Charismas parties or backyard barbecues.” (P.14)
Theresa is still interested in David her former husband, because David cares to Kevin Theresa’s son. It is enough satisfying for her, rarely a couple that divorce taking care. Although divorced, Theresa doesn’t hate to David because her son is David’s son too. David asks Kevin to take adventure without banishment moreover David does it special to his son. Because of his caring to Kevin, Theresa’s interested to him.
“She didn’t hate David for what he had done, but her respect for him had been shattered. She was simply glad that he still took an interest in his son.” (P.14)
Theresa is jealous of Annette who is new wife of David because Annette is not respect for Theresa in evidence Annette speaks like humiliating. Annette should be polite to Theresa either speaking or attitude but it is not realize because they are not enemies. It is normal because Theresa is David’s wife first that is not success in household so Annette considers Theresa is guilty. Theresa can hold her emotion to not make noisy to Annette, it is good attitude, and it is just detriment to her. If she makes noisy to Annette automatically her son can not come to David; it can make Kevin and his Father separate.
Sometimes Theresa wishes happiness as jennet her younger sister who doesn’t work to provide her family. Jennet has a husband who honest and work hard to provide for their family well enough. It is impossible to Theresa because she is a single parent so she must work to provide for her family needs. Theresa is sad if she look at her condition. The way of this problem is Theresa must get merry with a man who can be hero in her household. If it is realize, she is happy and must not work hard.
“There were time when Theresa though she might like a life like that, even if it meant giving up her career.” (P.14)
She is separate of David, it is happen for 3 years so Theresa lives with her son but she still misses David sometimes. She wishes falling in love with some one who appropriate with her. It’s impossible together with David because he has a new wife in another hand Theresa is looking for a man who can be her new husband.
“The unfair thing about the whole situation was that she still missed him some time. She missed having another adult presence in the apartment.” (P.17)
“Have you been crying?” Deanna asked as Theresa stepped onto the back deck,... Theresa felt embarrassed and wipe her eyes... (P.28)
Theresa likes to reach for a strand of her hair when ever she is thinking about something; it is a habit since childhood. To concentrate her mind, she makes a reflection. It’s natural from childhood.
“Theresa absently reached for a strand of hair and began to twist it. A habit since childhood, it was what she did whenever she was thinking about something.” (P.48)
Theresa wants to know more about Garret who sends message in a bottle in the sea. When Theresa finds one letter of Garret then she finds again another letters of Garret from a woman who doesn’t know, the messages is written on paper which have similarity, the paper which is found Theresa firstly has a ship’s logo up corner of paper same as paper which sent the woman. It makes her wants to know more about Garret because how faithful he is to her wife.
“Taking a deep breath, she lifted the cover page. A quick glance at the ship’s logo proved to her that it was indeed the same writer.” (P.58)
“As-a girl, she had come to believe in the ideal man-the prince or knight of her childhood stories.” (P.63)
The time is run, after Theresa reads repeatedly garret’s message that she found at Cape Cod; it makes her like to Garret moreover she wants to a man like Garret to be her new husband. She finds a true love in the message of Garret so she can not avoid it. The message has meaning true love to a woman who passes a way. Theresa wishes true love like Garret does to his wife.
“It’s been really strange. I mean, I can’t stop thinking about him, and I don’t know why. It’s like I’m in high school again and I have a crush on someone I’ve never met.” (P.76)
She is still committed to her planning to meet with Garret; she doesn’t want to give up even though she doesn’t know what should be discussed to Garret if they meet. She is brief to go to Wilmington to invite Garret
“But she hadn’t come this far to give up now, despite the fact she didn’t know what to say. Besides, as Deanna had said, if it didn’t work out, she would simply return to Boston.” (P.88)
Theresa arrives in Wilmington where Garret lives in. It is a wonderful working; she is a woman who has ambition to find her longing for a man. Theresa is interested in Garret because he is a romantic man.
“She leaned over kiss him. “I’ll tell you what I see. I see the man that I love, the man who makes me happy...someone I want to continue to see for along time.” (P.274)
are take a rest. Her nervous can be solved because she has the reasons to answer Garret’s questions if Garret asks her about what will she does there. And why she wants to meet him? one of the reasons is looking for a ship which is names happenstance, it is beautiful and interesting.
“Although she felt nervous as she started down the ramp, the article in the shop had given her a couple ideas of what to talk about.” (P.94)
Theresa hesitates to comments the word of ‘we’ because it will disturb their conversation about their business. Theresa doesn’t like if Garret remains of Catherine because Theresa is falling in love to Garret so should be not anyone loves to Garret.
“Though she noticed the word “we” in his answer, she decided not to comment on it.” (P.98)
.Theresa has similarity impression with Catherine according to Garret. The similarity is not the face but the expression, Theresa can make Garret memorize his wife with action such as eyesight which is honest to Garret.
“In a way, when he looked at her, he was remained of Catherine, Especially her expression. She looked as though she were daydreaming as she watched the water, and he felt his thoughts wandering back to the last time they had sailed together.” (P.115)
Knowing he could enter the house at anytime, she left his bedroom, feeling a little guilty about poking around in the first place. “Did you take all the photos on the walls? She asked. (P.169)
Theresa likes to David when she is a student at university, because David is smart man and also charming. This is a moment of their meeting at beginning, so Theresa is interested to him because not suspicion and problem found.
“We met in college, and I was overwhelmed by how much he had going for him. He was smart and charming, and I was flattered that he was interested in someone like me.” (P.178)
Theresa doesn’t like to a man who is super dependent but she likes a man who can make decision exactly and can do anything. It is right that man must be strength and can be a leader either in household or as protector of women in addition a man should be more active in working than women.
“I’m not into those super dependent guys, you know. I like my men to be men.” (P.216)
Theresa likes to roses, it is commonly that women likes to roses but it is different because it is given as a prize by Garret. She is happy because caring of Garret for her.
Second, Garret Blake is a man who writes the messages in a bottle for
Catherine. He looks to be thirties year old. He is a lean face and short brown hair because he lives in a beach and work under the sun.
“He looked to be in his thirties, with a lean face and short brown hair that seemed to have bleached a little from hours spent in the sun.” (P.90)
Garret is a masculine man, it is different of the other man that Theresa knows, he shows himself such as working as instructor of diving, having a sail with happenstance and so on. All the his activities make him to be strong in addition he is friendly for example he is welcome to Theresa and response to what Theresa is talking about him so Theresa is interested in him.
Garret doesn’t like to travel so much but he likes to live in Wilmington and according to him no place out side more beautiful than Wilmington. He says that because Wilmington is the beautiful place which has beautiful beach in another hand he has a business as instructor of diving and shop of diving instrument that must be managed.
“I like it here and couldn’t imagine a prettier place. There’s no place I’d rather be.” (P.155)
“It happened three years ago. Ever since then, I haven’t been interested in dating, or even looking.” (P.158)
Garret doesn’t want his relationship with Theresa end because she makes him happiness to him. His feeling is interested in Theresa because they do activities together some days in a week. His feeling is same as losing Catharine his wife he doesn’t want it happen again to him.
“I just don’t want it to end, “he said, looking down. I don’t us to end. I don’t want this week to end.”(P.202)
Garret construes his dreaming with Catherine, He thinks that his relationship with Theresa is not approved but he doesn’t trust it because it is just a dreaming Garret is confusing when he must make two decisions Theresa comes to Wilmington or Garret goes to Boston. He doesn’t want to Boston. It is a problem which needs to solve.
“I meant, how we can build a relationship if we don’t see each other very often?”“If she lived here and I could see her every day, I think I’d feel differently. But with her being gone...” (p.259)
Garret is not easy forgotten to people whom are known. Garret can not forget either Theresa or Catherine; they make him happy in addition Theresa can treat his heart of despondent. Theresa is a woman whom Garret likes, because beautiful, smart and conforms to Garret. Catherine is wife of Garret but she is death, so many memories which he experiences with her.
at the moment the dream would rush forward with crystal clarity. (P.264)
Garret is fed up with Theresa because she is not consistent with her promise to come to Garret’ party. He is angry with her tone of speaking. The tone should be normal but he changes it, like the tone of speaking is high to say that is no problem.
She knew by his tone that he wasn’t telling the truth, but she didn’t think there was anything she could say that would make him feel any better. (P.289)
3.3.2 Supporting Character
This novel consists of many characters but the author analyzes only characters that are dominant to participant in the story because to limit the analyzing so that not be superfluous. The supporting characters are Deana, Kevin, and Jeb Blake.
First, Deana is the best friend of Theresa, she is older than Theresa. She associates
to Theresa closely even though she is a Manager at where Theresa works. She is humble person because not differentiate Theresa to herself.
“...Deana was the best friend she had... the managing editor at the news paper where Theresa worked.” (P.9)
Deana helps Theresa to find Garret, gives motivation to not give up face the problem. She supports Theresa Go to Wilmington without think take leave from the working; she gives opportunity leave to Theresa. She is very kind, helps the people who need the help.
then set the paper on the desk. She picked up the phone one more time. (P.85)
Deana told her take her rest of that day and the following off,... (P.86)
Second, Kevin is son of Theresa. He is smart boy according to his mother.
He is together with her mother to do activities at home such as watching TV, to finish assignment from school and so on. He is also support her mother to marry with Garret, and aware to have a new father to help them. Kevin likes to practice the new thing like diving which touch by Garret. From the conversation bellow, Kevin helps her mother to love Garret because no problem anymore from Theresa about Kevin.
Kevin suddenly turned to her and asked: “Mom, do you like Garret?”
“Yes, I do. But more important, do you like him?” “I think he’s cool. For a grownup, I mean.”
“Mom, can I ask you something?” “Anything”
“Are you gonna marry Garret?” “I don’t know. Why?”
“Do you want to?”
Third, Jeb Blake is father of Garret. He is old man but can do his job. He is
“If you like her, if she makes you happy, and if you feel like you know her-then don’t let her go.” (P.226)
3.4 Its Setting
When Theresa and Deana her friend get leave from the office, they choose a beach as an interesting place. Usually, the beach is a tourism location because there are so many things can do or feel such as swimming at the beach, dry the body, jogging, fishing and so on. Theresa likes to jogging, so they choose the beach as to waste their leave. There is place of the event that Theresa finds a message a bottle, the name is Cape Cod, New England. In the beach invited people in the summer, activities like dry under the sun, jogging, swimming and diving and so on.
She’d been jogging at daybreak, she remembered, and she could picture that summer morning clearly. It was beautiful day. As she took in the world around her, she listened to the high-pitched squawking of terns and gentle lapping of the weaves as they rolled up on the sand. Cape cod was always crowed at the time of year…(P.7)
Theresa lives in Boston, at house near the street so hard of noisy. It’s good place according to Theresa because there are so many store, restaurant, entertainment place and so on. She can buys some thing easily and go to anywhere where she wants to go.
She works as a writer at Boston Time. In her office she always gets a letter from people who read her articles, because the topic of article is about human being and parenting not few of people interested. At her work space is found a computer and fax machine to receive letters.
The mail on her desk Monday morning was over whelming. There were two hundred letters there when she arrived…(P.53). She chose a program that allowed her to access the internet (P.62)
Wilmington is a place where Garret live in, there is a beautiful place in diving, shooting film, sunbathe, swimming, and shipping. There are So many ships; the beach is beautiful with arm water, Especially at Carolina beach where Garret’s house. So many people get sunbathe because far from the city besides the water is clear, there is good for diving because the people can see in the water in addition the people can observance the life of the sea.
“I bet you don’t have a view like this from where you live in Boston,… “You are right,” she said, “I don’t. (177)
“It’s beautiful.” “Is it like the beaches up north?” “Some of them, but the water’s a lot warmer here. (P.155)
Theresa arrives in Wilmington to meet garret. She goes to garret’s shop but she doesn’t meet him there. The shop is older wooden building. From the condition of the shop, it is famous because the shop is of the shops older.
Theresa meets with Garret at dock there is a place where Garret is working, the dock is not far from the dock is not far from the shop of the Garret. In this place Garret repairs his ship, the name of the ship is Happenstance, father there is so many ships repaired and take a rest. After they meet, they take sail by Happenstance on the sea. On the ship, they share one to the other about their experiences. They are happy because the whether is good with wind and the view of the sea which is beautiful in afternoon in addition it is calm far from crown. It’s good to refresh the mind.
The boat was locked down, the sail covered, and nothing seemed out of place. (P.94)
She looked as though she were daydreaming as she watched the water, and he felt his thoughts wandering back to the last time they had sailed together. (116)
In the shop of Garret, Theresa wants to take her jacket which left at the ship of Garret when they get sail. Actually it is just trick of Theresa so that she can meet to Garret even though garret is working but he is welcome to her.
When she entered the shop, both Ian and Garret stared at her as she glanced around. (P. 145)
“Theresa looked at the house for the first time. It was relatively small- one story and rectangular shaped-with painted wooden siding that was peeling badly more than one place.” (166)
Garret sails to the sea by Happenstance even though he knows that the sea is foul weather, he forces himself to get sail because he wants to refresh his mind from the problem; he clashes with Theresa. On the sea, he gets troubles stiff breeze so Happenstance can not hold it and then sink. Garret tries to save himself but the stiff breeze is stronger than him.
“A gale-force wind suddenly began to blow from the opposite direction, stopping his progress cold and rocking Happenstance like a toy.” (P.350)
At Cape Cod beach dibble at atmosphere, Theresa stands up at edge of the beach; it’s going to rain, it’s not leave day for Theresa. She feels sad because Garret is death. The beach is quiet no body there. According to Theresa the weave is angry to her and still moves. When the rain falls, she throws the bottle which contents Theresa’s message to the sea and hopes garret will read it.
She feels as garret’s feeling when sails to the sea. Garret knows that weather is not good but she forces himself to go. Theresa knows that it is not leave day but she goes to cap cod which is far from her office, and walking in the rain. Theresa still loves garret with waste her time just remise about her sweet memory with Garret. She finds garret’s message first time in cap cod beach and she sends message to Garret in the same place.
CHAPTER IV
CONCLUSIONS AND SUGGESTIONS
4.1 Conclusions
The writer analyzes the intrinsic elements in a novel because it is essentially in elements of novel. Intrinsic elements are main elements to create a novel if one of them is not shown it will be error so all of them must be solid and support each others.
The writer chooses a novel entitled Message in a bottle by Sparks because the intrinsic in the novel is solid and support each others. The writer shows the conclusions intrinsic elements from the novel below.
1. Theme in this novel is two people who are looking for true love. Most of the story narrates both Theresa and Garret. Theresa is a single parent after divorced by her husband so she needs a man who will be her new husband. Garret is a widower after his wife is death. He needs a woman to become her new wife.
2. The plot in this novel is progressive from beginning until ending. In the beginning is narrated about Theresa finds messages of Garret so Theresa is interested in Garret. The climax is conflict both Theresa and Garret. The ending, Garret is death because he is disappointed in decision of Theresa.
- The main characters are Theresa Osborne and Garret Blake - The supporting characters are Kevin, Deana, and Jeb Blake
4. Setting in this novel is in North Carolina and Boston. In this novel shows places of events where the characters do the actions: at beach, at home and on the sea. The cities of events are in Boston and the beach in North Carolina. Setting determines atmosphere in a novel such as in Boston rarely found the beach because there is in the city. In the North Carolina especially at Wilmington is nearest to the sea so easy to find the beach.
4.2 Suggestions
Analyzing intrinsic elements in literary work are important to understand to whole story and its problem completely.
This novel can be studied from extrinsic elements so this can be used to bridge the intrinsic and extrinsic all together.
Reading literary work will direct us to understand man’s life experience. Therefore, to study it means to understand ourselves
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APPANDIC
A. Biography of Nicholas Sparks
Nicholas Charles Sparks was born in Omaha, Nebraska, on December 31, 1965, the second son of Patrick Michael (1942-1996) and Jill Emma Marie (Thoene) Sparks (1942-1989). His siblings are Michael Earl Sparks (December 1964), and Danielle Sparks (December 1966-june2000). As a child, he lived in Minnesota, Los Angels, and Grand Island, Nebraska, finally setting in Fair Oaks, California, at the age of eight. His father was a professor, his mother a homemaker, then an optometrist’s assistant. He lived in Fair Oaks through high school, Graduated valedictorian in 1984, and received a full track scholarship to the University of Notre Dame.
After breaking the Notre Dame School record as part of a relay team in 1985 as freshman (a record which still stands), he was injured and spent the summer recovering. During that summer, he wrote his first novel, though it was never published. He majored in business Finance and graduated with high honor in 1988.
later being picked up by Random House. Though it received scant publicity, sales topped 50.000 copies in the first year of release. He began selling pharmaceuticals and moved from Sacramento, California to North Carolina in 1992. In 1994, at the age of 28, he wrote The Notebook over a period of six months. In October 1995, rights to The Notebook were sold to Warner Books. It was published in October 1996, and he followed that with Message in a Bottle (1998), A walk to Remember (1999), The Rescue (2000), A Bend in the Road (2001), Night in Rodanthe (2002),
The Guardian (2003), The wedding (2003), True Believer (2005), At first Sight (a
sequel to True Believer) (2005), Dear John (2006), The Choice (2007), The Lucky
One (2008) and non-fiction memoir, Three Weeks With My Brother (2004),
written with his brother, Micah. All of his books published with Warner Books/ Grand Central Publishing. All were domestic and international best sellers, and his work has been translated into more than 35 languages. The Last Song was released in September 2009.
Sparks was raised Roman Catholic and is of German, Czech, English and Irish ancestry. He and his wife are devout Catholic, and are raising their children in the Catholic faith. “I was raised Catholic, baptized, confirmed, Sunday school, went to Notre Dame, go to confession, go to church weekly, “the author says. “My oldest son is an altar boy. All my children go to the Catholic school. My wife Catherine was raised Catholic. We were married in the Catholic Church… God is the most important thing in our lives. I suppose that’s true of every body’s lives, whether or not they want to believe it.
national charities, and is a major contributor to the Creative Writing Program (MFA) at the University of Notre Dame, where he provides scholarship, internship, and a fellowship annually. Along with his wife, he founded the Epiphany School in New Bern, North Carolina, and he spent five years coaching track and field athletes at the local public high school.
B.Summarry of the Novel
The story in this novel shows touching heart, happiness, conflict and tragedy. Touching heart related with the message of Garret. Theresa finds message in a bottle in fact it is Garret’s, Theresa is touched when she reads it, so she admire to garret because it contents true love to a woman. She is never seeing like that for long time.
The happiness is relationship both Theresa and Garret. Theresa invites Garret to Wilmington and they meet unpredicted. They fall in love; Theresa likes to Garret because he is kind. Garret accompanies her wherever she wants to go. In their relationship when in Wilmington always is happiness.
working all of about diving and on the sea as at Wilmington. They maintain their desire each other, so it continues to quarrel.
Garret is disappointed because his desire is not realize. He goes to the sea to sail with Happenstance even though it is foul weather so he gets trouble on the sea. His ship is trampled by stiff freeze and the ship sinks. Garret can not survive in the situation then he is death. Actually he knows the trouble will come to him but he doesn’t care because disappointment.
