A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF NOVEL “MAN ON FIRE”
BY BRIAN HELGELAND
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First of all, I would like to express my special thank to God Almighty, my power, for blessing me in completing this paper since the beginning up to its completion.
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1. My dearest parents, my father Azwar and my mother Nurcahaya, for all of their suppo rt, either in material or spiritual, and their prayers during my study in the University of North Sumatera, so that I can finish my study in Diploma III well.
2. Prof. Syaifuddin, M.A, Ph.D, the Dean of Faculty of Letters, University of North Sumatera.
3. Dra. Syahyar Hanum,D.P.F.E. the Head of English Study Program, Diploma III, who has helped me with her kindness and leadership so that I can finish my study.
4. Drs. Ridwan Hanafiah, M.A, who has guided me in completing my paper with all of her patience and time in reading my paper.
5. Rudy Sofyan,S.S as my reader, who has devoted his time to give me some suggestions in completing this paper.
Malahayati, Elan,Wulan, and all my friends in Diploma III English study program of the University of North Sumatra, thanks to being my friends, you all are my best friend.
7. Special Thank to Julia, Thanks for your support without you I can’t finish my Paper.
8. Thanks to my lovely person, Risla Syahputra, for your support and your love.
In writing this paper, I actually got many difficulties. Without any helps and supports from all sides, this study would not be completed. Finally, I expect that this paper would be useful for the readers in the future.
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REFERENCES
APPENDIX
ABSTRAK
INTRODUCTION
1.1
The Background of Study
Literature is a kind of art, usually written offer pleasure and illumination. Literature is also composition that tells us stories, dramatize situations, express emotions, and analyze advocate ideas. Literature can help us to grow both personally and intellectually. Literature enables us to recognize human dreams and struggle in different places and times that would never know. Roberts (1993:68)
According to Jacobs (1993:1-3) literature provides the comparative basic from which we can see worthiness in the aims of all people, and it helps us to see the beauty of the world around us. Literature may be classified into four categories or genres 1) prose fiction, 2) poetry, 3) drama, 4) non fiction.
Among the forms of prose fiction, in completing her study the writer chose novel to be description. Prose fiction is narration, relating or recounting of a sequence of events or action. Work of fiction usually focuses on one or a few major characters who and deal with problems. While fiction like an imaginative literature may introduce true historical details, it is not real history.
Novel is a story that communicates silently at whatever moment and whatever pace whether quickly or slowly and meditative the readers desire.
plot, character, and setting. In this paper the writer would like to explain about these elements in the novel entitled Man on Fire by Brian Helgeland.
1.2 The Objective of Study
The writer has purposes when the writer decided to write this paper. The writer wants to explain about the elements of literature that consist of: theme, plot, character, and setting.
1.3 The Scope of Study
To avoid the readers getting confused in writing this paper, the writer would like to limit the study only in description of the elements of literature in Man on
Fire novel that contain of theme, plot, character, and setting.
1.4 The Significance of Study
Obviously, the significance of the study in this paper is to improve the research in literary works, especially in novel. The writer also expects that this paper will be significant to understand of the element of literature of the novel
Man on Fire. There are theme, plot, character, and setting.
1.5 The Method of Study
II
UNDERSTANDING OF THE ELEMENTS
OF LITERATURE
2.1
Theme
William Kenney (1966:88) was stated that to put the matter simply, theme is the meaning of the story. But any experienced reader of fiction will realize that this is not a very informative definition, and even less experienced readers, upon thinking it over, may begin to wonder in what sense a story can mean anything. Our definition, then, is only a first step towards understanding what theme is. According to Burton Goodman (1968:12), theme is the main idea or the main point in a story. A theme must represent the whole part of the story, because theme is a basic development of a whole story. Actually it is not easy to find out the theme in a novel. The reader has to read the novel and understand what the story tells about.
2.2
PLOT
Plot is an important in element of literary work, because the plot tells the important event that occurs in a story. Plot of the structure of action is used to indicate almost any kind of action that found in a story, including the closed plot, the open plot, and the straight narrative with little or no serious complication, Bocker (1963:91).
Staton (2007:26) was stated that plot is a series of the event in a story. How a certain event affecting another event that can not be ignore, since the event will be effecting for all story. Plot is very close to the existence of the character. If the story only has a little in character, there will be more close and simple to plot; in contrast a novel that has many characters in the story the plot will be more complicated. Plot also helps the reader in understanding the story of the novel. The clarity of the plot makes the reader easier in understanding the story. Usually a good or popular novels uses simple plot, so, the strength of the novel also depends on the plot.
reaction. Conflict brings out the extremes of human energy, causing characters engage in the decision, action responses, and interactions that make up most stories. Nearly all fiction focuses on conflict.
Judith was stated (2003:20) that conflict is a struggle between opposing forces. It is usually reflected or accompanied by the external and internal action. In addition to conflict inside the mind, literary works may focus on conflicts between individuals, between individual and a social force and between individual and a natural force. It is important to note that conflicts do not necessary just belong in one category. The conflict is often forces character to make a decision: to act or not to act, to compromise or to refuse. The points of these character make these choices are usually lead the story to the climatic moment, and the effect or implication of this choice usually represents the conclusion of the story. The second event is climax; climax is the highest point of interest, the moment when the conflict is most intense. The time when the consequences of a character’s action become inevitable and the main points of the plot merge. In literary work plot is classified in to three major parts: plot based on the criterion of times order, plot based on the criterion of number, plot based on the criterion of content.
2.2.1
Plot Based on The Criterion of Times Order
of the times order the plot is differentiate in to three parts: progressive plot, flashback plot, and mixed plot.
First, the progressive plot, is a plot in a story when the events are shown chronologically, the first event is followed by the next events. In other word the story starts from the earlier step (situation, introduction, and conflict) then the middle step (rising, conflict, and climax) and finally the last step (solution).
Second, flashback plot is the plot in a story when the time order of the event is regressive or not chronologically. It means that the story is not started from the earlier step but from the middle or from the last step and then back to the beginning before reach the final. This plot serve conflict directly, event the conflict that almost reach climax, while the readers have not known the situation and the problem yet.
Third, the mixed plot is the mixture between progressive plot and flashback plot. Because mixed plot have two kinds of plot, so it is difficult be done, and almost none novel use mixed plot. Judith (2003:26)
2.2.2
Plot Based on The Criterion of Number
Beside the plot has a criterion of times order, plot also has a criterion of number. It refers to the number of plot. Perhaps a novel has only one plot, and it is called single plot, but in many cases can also has more than one plot as well and it is called sub-plot.
and conflicts that he/she got. Usually this kind of plot is used in biographic novel. Of course this plot also shows other characters in the story that involves conflicts too, but this character only appear to support the main characters.
The other plot is called sub plot, it develops a story by giving more than one plot and character in it. Its structure contains a main plot, some additional plots (sub-plots) based on the order of importance and the role of characters in the story. Sub plot means the series of event that is related and become a part of the main or the first plot but still have a distinctive feature it self. It is possible in a sub-plot has parallel with another sub-plot. This term is a kind of efforts to stick out of the show the significance of the story. Staton (2007:27)
2.2.3
Plot Based on the Criterion of Content
Nurgiyantoro (1998:152-156) differentiated this plot in three majorities. They are plot of fortune, plot of character, and plot of thought.
Plot of fortune characters connects to a story that tells about the luck and the fortune of the main character’s destiny in a novel. He divided this plot in to six kinds, they are: action plot, platonic, tragic plot, punitive plot, sentimental plot, and admiration plot.
Plot of character refers to the importance of the character which becomes the focuses of attention. Plot of character is more attentive with the characters condition than the events that related to the plot, reform plot, testing plot and the generation plot.
2.3
CHARACTER
According to Harahap (2007:23), character is the aggregate of traits and features that form the nature of some person or animal. Character also refers to moral qualities and ethical standard and principles. Character is one of the interesting things for personal opinions that the readers want to see how is the other people life and how they effort to pursue the goals. Character also a vehicle for the author in order to convey to the reader about her/his view of the world. The reader can learn about individual characters from their own words and action, from what other characters said about them and the way others act towards them. Character in a novel can be categorized in to several at once, for example as main character protagonist and character antagonist.
Foster (1990:73) distinguished two kind of characters antagonist, those are:
1. Flat Character
Flat character is constructed a single idea or quality, he is unchanging, static and at the end of the novel he is essential what he has been thought. All his responses are predictable; so readers can anticipate exactly how the character will reach.
2. Round Character
of character according to the existence of characters and the appearance of characters in a novel.
2.3.1
Main Character and Peripheral Characters
Based on the character existence in a novel, the character can be differentiated in to main characters and peripheral character.
Main characters are the character that is emphasized in a story. This character always appears in almost each event, so it seems dominated in that story, either as subject or object. It also always has connection with another actor and in a certain novel main character can be found in each page of the novel.
Other characters called peripheral character is a character that exist once or some times in the story, and maybe relatively in short portion. The existence of peripheral characters are limited and usually only related to the main character, but this character held an important role in creating a good story in a novel. Foster (1990:74-76)
2.3.2 Protagonist and Antagonist
2.4
SETTING
The setting of the story can mean many things besides the obvious where it takes place include the location, the background, and the regional aspect. It can designate a particular time, and historical era, a political situation. From the setting or the story we know the beginning of the story set and setting also affects what the characters do.
Setting is not only a particular time and a particular place, or a very substance of a region, but also how the people things, how they react, their prejudices, their insanities, and their lifestyle with all elements that related indirectly. Setting also includes the background: aspect of atmosphere, a series of details, nuances which give a certain shape to theme and plot. In other word we can say that setting is usually integrated into other aspects in a story, into plot, theme, character, and philosophical implication.
Setting in literary work is important because it may stir the reader’s imagination as well as reveal the significance of the action. The element of setting can be differentiated into three principle element: setting of place, setting of time, and setting of society. Although each of these elements offer situations but actually they are close influence each other. Hamalian (1967:59)
2.4.1 Setting of Place
should reflect geographical condition of the place. Each place must have their own characters which differentiate with the others. The description of place is important to give impression to the readers, so the readers can consider which one that really happen or made up event (imagination) from the place in the story. The setting of place in a novel usually consist of several locations, and it moves more from one place to another place, because there is a development of plot and character. Setting of place is decided by the accuracy of description, function of unity with another setting element. Hamalian (1967:63)
2.4.2
Setting of Time
2.4.3
Setting of Society
III
DESCRIPTION OF ELEMENTS OF MAN ON FIRE
3.1
Theme
The theme implied in “Man on Fire” tells about the responsibility. It tells about a man name Creasy who has work as bodyguard for the girl names Pinta. She is the child of the rich businessman in Mexico. Creasy is the alcoholic man, and he is pension from military.
“Creasy sets up his room with meticulous precision that comes from years in the military. Front and center he arranges his shrine: an almost empty bottle of scotch and a glass (engraved from an earlier encounter) next to a pack Marlboros and his weathered Zippo. Then his beaten up gun and holster. A well-traveled New Testament is placed in the drawer” (Man on Fire, 2003:12)
For the first time Creasy to be a bodyguard for Pinta, he unfriendly with Pinta. But Pinta like Creasy, and she always try to be friendly with Creasy.
around this kid. Creasy’s hoping she’ll just shut up.” (Man on Fire, 2003:26)
Creasy is trying to like Pinta. And the result, he like Pinta, he is friendly to Pinta, and he always help Pinta doing her homework.
“Creasy and Pinta sit on the floor, pencils, papers, and a book spread out before them. Doing her history homework.” (Man on Fire,
2003:47)
When the kidnapping grab Pinta, Creasy kill the kidnapping one by one, because everyone tell him that Pinta dead, killed by the kidnapping. But the fact, Pinta still alive. Creasy negotiate with the kidnapping. He changes his life for save Pinta.
“Creasy’s left with Manzano’s right. A strong grip. Then, no response. Manzano pulls to the curb. Manzano reaches Creasy’s wrist. Takes his pulse. Creasy’s gone.” (Man on Fire,
2003:125)
3.2
Plot
There is only one kind of plot that appears in this novel. It is based on the criterion of times order, the author uses progressive plot which introduce the main character Creasy, about his life and his career. Start from Creasy to be a bodyguard for pinta’s family.
“As a747 is towed by in the background, a MAN strides at us. CREASY. Even in movement, he has a stillness, an air of isolation. He’s set apart from other living things.
He wears dark sunglass, carries a well-worn leather bag. Inscrutable. Disconnected. A bit frightening. The discipline of a soldier. The independence of a gunslinger.
Automatic baggage teller (Red light, Green light).
Creasy feeds the machine with his perforated customs card light flashes RED.” (Man on Fire,
2003:6)
building and freezes, Creasy pulls out his gun and fires a shot into the air, similar to a starting gun, starling her to running away. During the ensuing gun battle, four of the attackers are fatally shot, including two corrupt police officers. Spectacle by the police while unconscious in his hospital bed, claiming he has murdered two judicial police officer.
“Creasy leaning against the Mercedes. Traffic pounding by. The dandelion is stuck in a button hole of his shirt.
And then suddenly traffic thins out. Reminiscent of the previous two kidnappings. It’s a process. Creasy straightens up.
A judicial POLICE CAR cruises by, slowly. Creasy makes eye contact with the two cops up front. The same guys who were at Zona Rosa. Creasy starts across the street toward the apartment building. At the same time as. . . . The bangs open. Pinta exiting. She spots Creasy, a huge grin on her face. She was not accepted.
The police car reverses back, cutting Creasy off from Pinta. The COPS getting out, big smiles on their faces.
THE COROLLA
Slides to a stop in front of Pinta, blocking her path to Creasy. And as TWO MEN leap out from the backseat. . . (Man on Fire,2003:62)
Then based on the criterion of number, Man on Fire has a sub plot. The author does not only tell one character but also another character, he tells about Samuel and Lisa, the parents of Pinta. Rayburn, Creasy’s friend, Manzano and Mariana, police and journalist who helped Creasy to grab the kidnapper. Daniel Sanchez, the boss of the kidnapper. Finally based on the criterion of content, Man
on Fire has a plot of thought because the author tells the story than focus on the
struggle of the main character Creasy in facing all problems on his life and always trust in God, and finally he met his purpose of life.
3.3
Character
Man on Fire novel there are some characters. In this part, the writer will
describe the main characters and peripheral characters.
3.3.1
Main Character
There are two main characters that appear in this novel. The first main character is Creasy. He is an American people. He has a short hair and black skin. He is former mercenary, he is ever in counter terrorism activities for 15 years, and he likes history. He is uninterested in life, he is alcoholic, and he does not have family.
“Creasy sets up his room with meticulous precision that comes from years in the ilitary. Front and center he arranges his shrine: an almost empty bottle of scotch and a glass (engraved from an earlier encounter) next to a pack Marlboros and his weathered Zippo. Then his beaten up gun and holster. A well-traveled New Testament is placed in the drawer” (Man on Fire, 2003:12)
slowly Pinta makes a change for Creasy’s life. Creasy’s initial impatience slowly fades as he finds himself opening up to the child, he does not like to drink alcohol anymore, he becomes friend to Pinta, he becomes care about Pinta and he looks like a father for Pinta.
“Pinta watches Creasy a moment, trying to figure a way in. She looks at his scarred right hand on the wheel.” (Man on Fire,
2003:27)
He also calls as a protagonist because he makes the reader admiring him, about his responsibility, and about his attitude.
The second main character is Pinta. Pinta is a child of Samuel and Lisa. She is nine years old. She is from Houston, Texas. She is beautiful with white skin and short hair. She is pure, friendly, smart, compassionate, and respectful and her teacher likes her. She always has many questions in her mind. She likes bear doll, dog, music, and swimming.
“Pinta’s name called. An elderly gray-haired NUN walks over from the entrance. Pinta runs over, kisses her warmly on both cheeks, then leads her toward Creasy” (Man
She loves her bodyguard, Creasy. She wants to be his friend and she wants to know all about Creasy. Creasy likes a father for her. She is always together with Creasy, and she always asks Creasy if she has difficulty in her lesson.
“As the song repeats, Creasy chambers yet another round. Feels like he misses a beat as he loads one shell into the chamber. Pinta sings along oblivious. Suddenly the barrel is at his forehead and the trigger has been pulled. No gun shot. A click. Hammer against shell. Creasy is confused. He eject the shell and catches it in the palm of his hand. Macro photograph/a small dimple on the back of the shell is the only evidence of his actions. Pinta still dance” (Man on Fire,
2003:31)
She called as a main character because she also has an important role in the story, and very related with Creasy. She is a nice girl who makes Creasy find his purpose life, and she inspires his life. At the end of the story, Creasy like Pinta, and protect him very well by save her from the kidnapper.
3.3.2
Peripheral Character
The first peripheral character is Samuel, Pinta’s father, a Mexican businessman. He needs bodyguard to protect his daughter, Pinta, because he cares about his daughter, and he wants to be the best for his daughter. But Samuel is a busy man, and he never has too much time for his wife and daughter. He always forces his desire to his daughter.
“Samuel Valencia Ramos and his lawyer Jordan Kalfus in the privacy of an alcove table. Jordan is well heeled, well connected and well oiled. In that order. Samuel, at 40, already has the patrician look that has served the male members of his family for generation. They discus the kidnapping, a headline on the paper Jordan tosses aside”
(Man on Fire,2003:4)
The second peripheral character is Lisa, Pinta’s mother, a beautiful woman, a good wife and a good mother. She is friendly, respectful, care woman, she loves her daughter, and she wants the bodyguard always protect her daughter. Lisa loves her daughter very much and she does not like if someone hurts her daughter. So, Lisa is angry and she is so sad when she knows that her daughter is dead. She cries everyday since her daughter is grabbing by the kidnappers, and she revenges them. She requires Creasy to kill them.
Pinta lets it sink in. Lisa kisses her goodnight” (Man on Fire, 2003:11)
The third peripheral character is Rayburn, Creasy’s friend. He loves Mexico. He is a good man, he loves his friend, cares to his friend, and he always supports his friend.
“Rayburn studies his friend a beat, just seeing the cracks that weren’t there last time they met” (Man on Fire,
2003:10)
The fourth peripheral character is Manzano, an honest policeman. He helps Creasy to grab the kidnappers, he gives some information about the kidnappers to Creasy, he believes that Creasy does not join with the kidnappers to kidnap Pinta, he save Creasy and he interrogates Creasy through Rayburn.
“All units. Commence the operation.
Repeat. Commence”(Man on Fire,2003:125)
The fifth peripheral character is Mariana, a journalist. She tries to expose the problem about corrupt police gang called La Hermandad, she helps Creasy to kidnap the kidnappers and she believes that Creasy shots the corrupt police to protect Pinta. Mariana desires to expose the problem about the corrupt police, because she joins with Creasy. She desires to write all of the incident in her newspaper article.
brotherhood called Le Hermanidad which protects both high ranking Government official, corrupt police” (Man on
Fir,2003:78)
The last peripheral character is Daniel Sanchez. He is the voice or the boss of the kidnappers. He loves his family and he is a professional. Daniel Sanchez is dead, killed by Manzano.
3.4
Setting
In this paper the writer will describe the setting of Man on Fire into two parts; Setting of Time and Setting of Society.
3.4.1
Setting of Place
The novelist chooses two places in Mexico as a place for his novel they are a Grand Marquis and City Square. The first place is Grand Marquis, it is a small town. There are many events of the story happened in this place. This is the place of Pinta’s kidnap and also family Pinta stayed. The story begins in this place.
“Squeals around the corner, lurches to a stop alongside the Mercedes. FOUR MEN get out flashing badges. In a moment they’re hustling Eighteen toward a car, stiff arming the chauffeur.
(Man on Fire, 2003:1)
The second place is City Square the place of Creasy killed the kidnappers and also the place of he meet the kidnapper to save Pinta. City Square also the place of Creasy dead.
position. The driver turns and lock back wanting to escape. He has a blacked out AFI armored van right on his rear bumper. Nowhere to go” (Man
on Fire, 2003:125)
3.4.2 Setting of time
Man on Fire has so many setting of time, such as Sunday morning and
also at night. It can be seen from this quotation:
“High over the city on a bright Sunday morning, the sun pounding its way through the orange haze of smog. As we descend toward the clots of traffic blocking the streets : the sounds of a Mass being sung.” (Man on
Fire,2003:1)
3.4.3 Setting of Society
Man on Fire takes a social setting of a town that the rich and popular
“Criminal gangs are kidnapping rich people and their families for the lucrative ransom money”(Man on
3.5 The Summary of Man on Fire
A wave of kidnappings has swept through Mexico, feeding a growing sense of panic among its wealthier citizens, especially parents. In one six-day period, there were twenty-four abductions, leading many to hire bodyguards for their children. Into this world enters John Creasy, a burned-out ex-CIA operative/assassin, who has given up on life. Creasy's friend Rayburn brings him to Mexico City to be a bodyguard to nine-year-old Pita Ramos, daughter of industrialist Samuel Ramos and his wife Lisa. Creasy is not interested in being a bodyguard, especially to a youngster, but for lack of something better to do, he accepts the assignment. Creasy barely tolerates the precocious child and her pestering questions about him and his life. But slowly, she chips away at his seemingly impenetrable exterior, his defenses drop, and he opens up to her. Creasy's new-found purpose in life is shattered when Pinta is kidnapped. Despite being seriously wounded during the kidnapping, he vows to kill anyone involved in or profiting from the kidnapping. And no one can stop him. Written by Sujit R.
Varma
IV
CONCLOSIONS AND SUGGESTIONS
4.1
Conclusions
The theme of Man on Fire tells about the responsibility. It tells about a man name Creasy who has work as bodyguard for the girl names Pinta. Creasy protect Pinta very well. Creasy and Pinta friendly each other. Gang leader Daniel Sanchez admits setting the whole kidnapping up in order to get insurance as he was bankrupt. He then commits suicide with a gun provided by Creasy. Sanchez wants to change Creasy to save Pinta’s life. Creasy agrees, and travels with pinta’s mother to a remote rural area to make the exchange. After pinta runs to her mother, Creasy is hustled into a car, which speeds of. As Creasy succumbs to his gunshot wounds, he drops the emblem of St. Jude that Pinta gave him. An epilogue reveals that Sanchez was killed during a police raid that same day, his location discovered by special operations police who were electronically following Creasy’s movements and action.
Man on Fire has a progressive plot at the beginning until at the end the
author use progressive plot.
4.2
Suggestions
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APPENDIX
Biography of Brian Helgeland
Full name, Brian Thomas Helgeland. Helgeland was born in Providence, Rhode Island, the son of Norwegian-born parents Karin and Thomas. His surname is Norwegian, named after a landscape in Northern Norway. A graduate of Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, he received his undergraduate degree at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth.
In 1998 , Helgeland became the first person to win both an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay (for L.A. Confidential) and Razzie (for The
Postman) in the same year. He accepted the Razzie and became only the fourth
person in its history to0 be personally presented with the statuette.
Helgeland wrote and directed the films A Knight’s (2001) The Order (2003). He has worked with director Clint Eastwood twice, in 2002 on Blood Work, and in 2003 on MysticRiver., for which he was Oscar nominated for Best Adapted
Screenplay, and has also written an as of yet unproduced adaptation of Moby-Dick. In 2004, Helgeland also co-wrote the screenplay for the major motion
picture The Bourne Supremacy, for which he was unaccredited. In early 2008, Helgeland was attached to shape the script of the Thriller Green Zone after
screenwriter Tom Stoppard had to drop out, once again collaborating with director
Paul Greengrass, whom he worked with on The Bourne Supermacy, as well as
reunting with actor Matt Damon, who played the Bourne trilogy’s main protagonist, Jason Bourne. Helgeland also wrote the remake of The Taking of
Pelham 1 2 3, starring Denzel Washington and John Travolta. The film was
