STRUKTUR ALUR DALAM NOVEL “PAK TUA YANG MEMBACA KISAH CINTA” KARYA LUIS SEPULVEDA

Abstract

"The Structure of the Plot in the Novel The Old Man Who Read Love Stories by Luis Sepulveda" is the title of this thesis.  The goal of this study is to ascertain how Luis Sepulveda's novel "The Old Man Who Reads Love Stories" is structured.  The qualitative descriptive method is the approach taken.  Tasrif's Stages of Plot theory is the one used in this study.  When describing or illustrating data or facts, the qualitative descriptive method is employed.  'The Old Man Who Reads Love Stories' has five stages of story structure, according to the study's findings. The stage of exposition introduces the setting, characters, atmosphere, and characterization. Then the stage of conflict emergence, which involves the discovery of a corpse by the Shuar people, the quarrel between the Mayor and the Shuar people, and the arrival of Elder Antonio Jose Bolivar to mediate. The stage of conflict escalation presents the conflicts experienced by Elder Antonio Jose Bolivar and his wife Dolores Encarnacion, who is not pregnant, and the conflicts that arise when they move to a new home, facing life in an unfamiliar jungle, leading to his wife's inability to survive the outbreaks of fever and malaria, and his return from the Shuar people after a quarrel with the white people that led him to violate the traditions of the Shuar people, resulting in his expulsion from their community. The climax stage, which is the increasing number of murder victims by the jaguar, led to an expedition organized by the Mayor to capture the animal, followed by a fierce battle between the old man Antonio Jose Bolivar and the jaguar, resulting in the death of the animal. The resolution stage involves feelings of sadness, disappointment, and guilt haunting old man Antonio Jose Bolivar for killing an animal that should not have been guilty, and his return to his romance novels to forget all those events.