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1. INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background of the study
Novel is one of written works in literature, especially those considered of
superior or lasting artistic. According to Merriam Webster, literature is written
works such as poems, plays, and novels that are considered to be very good and
to have lasting importance. Basic genre of literature are poetry, drama, and prose.
Novel is a literary prose shaped like a short story. It generally tells all problems
that occurring human life. So distinguish between the novel of the short story is
the scope of the problem presented. The novel has the broader scope, not only
focused on one incident / problem alone. Even allowed to reveal the whole
episode a novel way of life story characters. The problems that had not had a
strong enough connection with the characters or the story can be include in the
novel. The purpose of the problem that is not too strong to do with character or
subject matter that is the problem or incident that if the issue / incident is not
included in this story will not effect or interrupt the cohesiveness of the story. A
side issue is commonly referred to as digress. By understanding the above can be
concluded that the novel is a prose literary works that tell the human life episodes
or characters that give freedom to the emergence of degrees or not should always
be centered on the main story. By the digress, this novel is generally divided into
fragments. From that sense we can know that a novel does not have a specific
reference in terms of quantity of writing.The novel does generally have a long
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In this paper, the writer in interested to analyze the Intrinsic Elements of
the novel such as Theme, Plot, Character, Setting and point of view . Little
Woman tells about murch family that have four children but they have different
character. Jo, Meg, Beth, and Amy March are four sisters living with their mother
in New England. Their father is away serving as a chaplain in the Civil War, and
the sisters struggle to support themselves and keep their household running
despite the fact that the family recently lost its fortune. In the process, they
become close friends with their wealthy neighbor, Theodore Laurence, known as
"Laurie."
As the girls grow older, each faces her own personal demons and moral
challenges. Jo, our beloved protagonist, must tame her tomboyish ways and learn
to be more ladylike while pursuing her ambition to be a great writer. Meg, the
oldest, must put aside her love of wealth and finery in order to follow her heart.
Beth, the shy one, must conquer her bashfulness, while Amy, the youngest, has to
sacrifice her aristocratic pride. The girls are guided in their personal growth by
their mother, "Marmee," and by their religious faith.
1.2 Problem of the study
1. What are intrinsic elements found in the novel?
1.3 Scope of the study
In analyzing this novel the writer would like give limitation.
they are finding out the theme and the plot, describing the setting of the novel, and
3 1.4 The Purpose of The Study
The purpose of this study is to find out the theme and the plot of the
novel, to describe the setting of the novel, and the last is to explain the character
and the point of view of the novel.
1.5 Method of the study
There are two method for getting the data of this paper They are
qualitative and quantitative but on this circumstances, she applies qualitative
because all the data are taken from the novel.
1.6 Review of Related Literature
Novel Intrinsic Elements are the elements that build up in the literary
works of literature itself. The purpose of the elements that is included in the
literary work itself. In general, the intrinsic elements of literary works including
novels such as theme, plot, character and setting.
Abrahams (1981:119) says that novel which means a work of prose fiction
which moderately long, not too long, but also too short
Suharianto ( 2005) says that The theme is the basic story that dominated
the subject matter of literary work. The theme was the staring point in compiling
the work of literary authors. This theme is to be conveyed and solved by the
author through his stor. The theme became the basis of development of the whole
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Characterization is one of main element in a story which tells the story of
human life with all the miscellaneous life. With that understanding there would
have been required as a manifestation of the human figure and his life to be told.
The characters in this story will do its job to be a source story. Figure is a living
thing ( humans ) who have physical and temperament. Characterizations often
called disposition, which is depiction of the characters. This depiction includes a
state of physical and spiritual leaders. The situation is a form of birth figures and
who the characters, characters attitudes, beliefs, costumes.atc.
All events that occur in human life certainly will not escape from the
bondage of space and time. So also, in the short story or novel in which it is the
telling of human life and all problem. The scene and will continue to establish the
timing behavior of the life of every character in the story. Thus it can be
interpreted that background is a place and time of occurrence or the story.
Background or setting is often called in literature prose (short stories and novels)
not only serves as a pointer place and time of the story. Background in literary
prose is also used as a place of extraction of these values to express the author of
the story. According Nurgiyantoro ( 2004:227-233) background can divided into