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INTRODUCTION

1.1 Background of the Study

Literature is a term used to describe written or spoken material. Broadly

speaking, "literature" is used to describe anything from creative writing to more

technical or scientific works. Literature refers to compotitions that tell stories,

dramatize situations, express emotions, and analyze and advocate ideas. Literature

helps us grow, both personally and intellectually. It provides an objective base for

knowledge and understanding. In literature is known the kinds of literature as

Prose fiction, Poetry, Drama and Non Fiction Prose.

Prose fiction or narrative fiction, includes myths, parables, novels or

romances, and short stories. According to Wikipedia, novel is a book of long

narrative in literary prose. The genre has historical roots both in the fields of the

medieval and early modern romance and in the tradition of the novella. The latter

supplied the present generic term in the late 18th century. In a literature there is a

term which is known as character. Character plays a pivotal role in a drama,

novel, short story and all kind narratives writing. The character guides readers

through the story, helping them to understand plots and themes. In characters

there are two basic types of characters, their qualities, functions, and importance

for the development of the novel: flat characters and round characters. Flat

characters are two-dimensional, in that they are relatively uncomplicated and do

not change throughout the course of a work. By contrast, round characters are

complex and undergo development, sometimes sufficiently to surprise the reader

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In this paper, the writer will analyze about novel The Notebook who

written by Nicholas Sparks who is an American author most noted for his

romance novels, based on true story. The novel was later adapted into a popular

romance film. The protagonists in the story are Noah and Allie. They live in a

different status, it makes them separated by Allie’s mother. But it does not make

Allie stop loving Noah. Their love is so strong. That is why the writer really

interested to analyze this story. It teaches about a sincere love and how to fight it.

The author, Nicholas Charles Sparks can make the readers appreciate all

events written in the novel. He was born in Omaha, Nebraska Dec 31, 1965.

When he was 28 years of age in 1994, he wrote The Notebook over a six month

period. It was published by Warner Books in October of 1996 and is currently

only the third novel in recent history to spend over a year as a hardcover best

seller and 7 others novel which were domestic and international best-sellers which

have been translated into more than 35 languages, and 2 others which were

unpublished.

1.2 Objective of the Study

Many readers will not understand the propose of the author without

knowing the elements pictured on the main and major characters. Therefore, the

problem of this study are the elements presented on the events done by the

characters.

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1.3 Scope of the Study

The writer just limits to analyze about main characters in novel The

Notebook, and a brief about of plot in those novel. It is important to limit the topic

in order to make the paper easily and clearly understood for the readers. The

analysis is to throw ideas pictures through the characters.

1.4 Significance of the Study

By writing this paper, the writer hopes can finish the study at Diploma 3

English literature and improve the information about the main characters

including the status and moral of them. By knowing this, it can improve the

readers to increase the habit for reading among the young people.

1.5 The Method of Research

In writing this paper the writer uses some research methods, such as

library research, field research, and experiment. The writer has three steps in

writing this paper. First, the writer read the novel in several times to make her

understand about the story. After having understood about it, the writer focuses to

analyze the main character. Second, the writer watched the film twice to make

more understood the story. The last, the writer browsed data from internet to look

for the compliment sources and also to know the biography of the writer, then the

writer makes conclusions about it.

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