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ABSTRACT

Dalam tugas akhir ini saya membahas elements of plot dalam novel yang berjudul Angels and Demons, karangan penulis berkebangsaan Amerika Serikat, Dan Brown. Saya memilih untuk menganalisis buku ini karena menurut saya novel ini merupakan contoh novel bergenre thriller yang baik, yang mengandung unsur-unsur suspense, surprise dan artistic unity yang baik pula.

Angels and Demons bercerita tentang Robert Langdon, seorang profesor

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

TABLE OF CONTENTS ... i

ABSTRACT ... ii

CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION Background of the Study ... 1

Statements of the Problem ... 3

Purpose of the Study ... 3

Method of Research ... 4

Organization of the Thesis ... 4

CHAPTER TWO: DISCUSSION OF ELEMENTS OF PLOT IN ANGELS AND DEMONS ... 5

CHAPTER THREE: CONCLUSION ... 24

BIBLIOGRAPHY ... 27

APPENDICES Synopsis of Angels and Demons ... 29

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CHAPTER ONE

INTRODUCTION

Background of the Study

Thriller is a genre of fiction in which “though, resourceful, but essentially ordinary heroes are pitted against villains determined to destroy them, their country or the stability of the free world” (Bennet). Thriller deals with “tales of excitement, suspense, and high melodrama. It often overlaps with other genres of literature and film, such as crime, adventure, and espionage” (“What are the Characteristic of the thriller genre”). Thriller has many subgenres such as techno thriller, crime thriller, religious thriller, and mystery thriller. Angels and Demons is categorized as mystery thriller genre. Mystery thriller “relates a lot to crime thrillers. It focuses mostly on the efforts of the detective or private investigator in order to solve the mystery. This sub-genre looks at the circumstances of the mystery or crime itself in order to try to figure out what the clues are, audiences usually take part in trying to uncover the crime”(Koshi).

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readers don’t realize how much they are learning along the way” (Olson). One of

his novels, entitled The Da Vinci Code, became a bestselling novel in 2003 which sold 40 million copies around the world (“Angels and Demons”). Before that, Brown also published another novel entitled “Angels and Demons”. Brown receives a negative response from a Catholic newspaper that creates a controversy due to the content of Angels and Demons. These two novels share similarities in content, so people say, “structurally of course, the plots and characters of the two novels are kissing cousins” (Olson). Angels and Demons novel is “well plotted and explosively paced! Crammed with Vatican intrigue and hi-tech drama. Laced with enough twists and shocks to keep the reader wired right up until the final revelation” (“Angels and Demons”).

In this thesis, I choose to analyze one of Dan Brown’s novels entitled Angels and Demons. Angels and Demons is the prequel novel of The Da Vinci

Code and The Lost Symbol in which Robert Langdon is the protagonist of the

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describe the person and the places in a very detailed manner. Therefore, when the readers read the novel, they can feel the suspense as if they experienced the event themselves.

As this novel contains a lot of thrilling events, I will analyze the elements of plot, which consist of suspense, surprise, and artistic unity. Suspense is “the quality in a story that makes the reader ask ‘what’s going to happen next?’ or ‘how will this turn out?’ and impels him to read on to find the answers to these questions” (Perrine 45). Surprise is “proportional to the unexpectedness of what happens; it becomes pronounced when the story departs radically from the reader’s expectation” (47). The Artistic Unity is defined as:

“The condition of a successful literary work whereby all its elements work together for the achievement of its central purpose. In an artistically unified work nothing is included that is irrelevant to the central, nothing is omitted that is essential to it, and the parts are arranged in the most

effective order for the achievement of that purpose” (“Artistic Unity”).

Statement of the Problem

The problems I am going to discuss are stated as follows: 1. What are the suspenses in the novel?

2. What are the surprises in the novel?

3. How is the artistic unity presented in the novel?

Purpose of the Study

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4 1. To show the suspenses in the novel. 2. To show the surprises in the novel.

3. To show how the artistic unity is presented in the novel.

Method of Research

I use library research in writing the analysis of the novel. After reading Dan Brown’s Angels and Demons as the primary text, I collected data from various Internet sites and other references from the library. Then, I analyzed the elements of plot in the novel. In the end, I drew a conclusion of what I had analyzed.

Organization of the Thesis

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CHAPTER THREE

CONCLUSION

After analysing Dan Brown’s Angels and Demons, I come to the conclusion that the novel is an exciting thriller novel because the elements of plot in the novel are well presented. The suspense in the novel makes the readers tricked while reading the novel. Furthermore, the events in the plot are closely connected, so that the readers can understand the story better. The element of surprise also makes the readers really feel surprised because what happens in the novel is beyond the readers’ expectation. The story is well arranged because every event in the novel is not only plausible but also makes sense according to the element of artistic unity.

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about why the antimatter is stolen, the real purpose of stealing the antimatter, as well as the reason for doing it. Later in the story, the readers are made curious whether Langdon can help Kohler to solve the case, knowing that Robert Langdon is just a professor who has no experience in investigating a murder case. Dan Brown makes the readers keep reading the story because of the intense plot of the novel. Likewise, Dan Brown creates a great tension that makes the readers feel thrilled while reading the story.

The element of surprise is also well presented. Dan Brown makes the reader feel surprised because of the element of unexpectedness in the novel. This element can be seen from the third surprise when the readers find out that the four cardinals are murdered. At first, the readers expect Langdon to find the four altars of science, to save the four missing cardinals and to locate the antimatter. However, the readers feel surprised because Langdon actually fails to save the four cardinals or locate the antimatter. Later, the camerlengo, who suddenly gets a vision, succeeds in finding the location of the antimatter and then takes it as far away as possible. This incident is beyond the reader’s expectation. Dan Brown is very impressive in delivering the element of surprise to the readers. He has successfully given the readers an unexpected surprise at the end of the story.

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surprise when the readers are questioning about the camerlengo’s attempted murder, and the real identity of Janus or 11th hour Samaritan. Later, in the seventh surprise Langdon finds out that Maximilian Kohler is actually not Janus. From the camcorder that Kohler has given to Langdon before his death, it is revealed that Kohler comes to the Vatican City to seek for the truth and ask the camerlengo, the mastermind of all the crimes that happen in the CERN office and Vatican Church, to confess his sin. It is plausible because the truth will not be revealed if Kohler does not camcord the event and give it to Robert Langdon. The readers would expect that Maximilian Kohler is the Illuminati leader because he arrives at the Vatican City at the same time as mentioned by the Hassassin. The way Dan Brown explains the suspenses and surprises to the readers is very impressive. He has succesfully given the readers an intense suspense with an unexpected surprise at the end of the story, which is plausible and makes sense.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Primary Text

Brown, Dan. Angels and Demons. New York : Pocket Star Books, 2000. Print. References

“Angels and Demons” bestsellers.about.com. 2012. Web. 18 Dec. 2012. “Angels and Demons” bookbrowse.com. 2014. Web. 8 Jun. 2014. “Artistic Unity” humanitiesweb.org. 2012. Web. 12 Dec. 2012.

Bennet, Steve. “Thriller/Suspenses Subgenres.” cuebon.com. 2012. Web. 18 Dec. 2012.

“Books by Dan Brown” goodreads.com 2014. Web. 27 Apr. 2014.

“Boston: New England’s Gateway City” discovernewengland.com. n.d. Web. 24 Mar. 2014.

“Dan Brown” age-of-the-sage.org.2012. Web. 20 Dec. 2012.

“Dan Brown- Biography.” biography.com. 2012. Web. 12. Dec. 2012.

Koshi, Agon. “Thriller sub genres.” Slideshare.com. n.d. Web. 27 Mar. 2014. Olson, Carl. “Dan Brown Rushes In Where Angels (and Demons)” Fear to

Tread.com. n.d. Web. 23 Mar. 2014.

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