PROTAGONIST’S STRUGGLE IN TERE LIYE’S NOVEL ABOUT YOU

Abstract

ABSTRACT This study aims to reveal the protagonist’s struggle and describe how the protagonist struggles to survive in Tere Liye’s novel "About You’. Maizler's theory as the main theory and Ahmadi’s theory as the sub-theory. Therefore, analysis consists of the kinds of struggles faced, namely, Positive struggle, negative struggle, inevitable struggle, and chosen struggle. It also discusses the factors of struggle faced, namely, will, sympathy, encouragement, and desire. "About You" talks about the story of a woman named Sri Ningsih who faces many struggles in her life. This research adopts qualitataive design in which the data, the analysis, and the findings are presented in the form of description. The result shows that three kinds of struggle are experienced by the protagonist. They are: postivie struggle, inevitable struggle, and chosen struggle. Furthermore, four factors of struggle are experienced by the protagonist. They are: will, sympathy, encouragement, and desire. Keyword: struggle, protagonist, life