JOURNAL OF LANGUAGE
Vol 1, No 2: November 2019

FAMILY CONFLICT IN E. LOCKHART’S NOVEL WE WERE LIARS

Tri Mauli Dina (English Department, Faculty of Literature, UISU, Medan)
Andang Suhendi (English Department, Faculty of Literature, Universitas Islam Sumatera Utara (UISU), Medan, Indonesia)



Article Info

Publish Date
21 Apr 2020

Abstract

This paper discusses the causes of the conflict in the family in E. Lockhart’s novel We Were Liars. There are there causes of the conflict in the family occurred in the novel. They are different social system, different personality, and needs. The method used in analyzing the topic in this thesis is qualitative research method. The theory of the types of the causes of conflict used in this analysis is following Wirawan. The first cause is the different social system. This cause deals with different ethnicity and status which are found in the novel. The second is different personality. This cause is triggered by greed, selfishness, and anger. Those can be found in the novel. Some characters show such personalities. Then, the third is needs. The needs of treasure and inheritance result in conflict in the family in the novel. Thus, it can be found that the conflict appears in the family in the novel due to three main causes; the different social system, the different personality, and the needs.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

journaloflanguage

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Subject

Humanities Education Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media Social Sciences

Description

Journal of Language (JoL) is an open access and a peer reviewed scientific journal covering research reports in linguistics, literature or language teaching, and critical evaluations of books on the related areas published by Faculty of Literature, Islamic University of North Sumatra (UISU), Medan, ...