THE ANALYSIS ON THE INTRINSIC FEATURES OF SHORT STORY HOW MY BROTHER LEON BROUHGT HOME A WIFE BY MANUEL E. ARGUILLA THESIS

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1 THE ANALYSIS ON THE INTRINSIC FEATURES OF SHORT STORY HOW MY BROTHER LEON BROUHGT HOME A WIFE BY MANUEL E. ARGUILLA THESIS Presented in the Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Sarjana Pendidikan STEVANY FLORENTINA BUMA Reg. Number: ENGLISH EDUCATION STUDY PROGRAM LANGUAGE AND ART DEPARTMENT FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATIONAL SCIENCE WIDYA MANDIRA CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY KUPANG 2011

2 THE ANALYSIS ON THE INTRINSIC FEATURES OF SHORT STORY HOW MY BROTHER LEON BROUGHT HOME A WIFE BY MANUEL E. ARGUILLA THESIS Approved by Advisor I Advisor II Drs. Thomas Ola Dosinaeng, MA Dr. Drs. Kletus Erom, M. Hum Acknowledged by Head of English Study Program Drs. Aleksius Madar, M. Ed This thesis was presented in 22 nd July 2011 Before Examination Board

3 Team of examiners No Name Position Signature 1 Drs. Thomas Ola Dosinaeng, MA Chairman 2 DR.Drs. Kletus Erom, M.Hum Secretary 3 Dr. Damianus Talok,MA Examiner I 4 Drs. Aleksius Madar, M.Ed Examiner II 5 Drs. Thomas Ola Dosinaeng, MA Examiner III Acknowledged by Dean FKIP UNWIRA Head of English Study Program (Drs. Alfons Bunga Naen, M.Pd) (Drs. Aleksius Madar, M.Ed)

4 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT First of all the writer would like to express her great gratitude and praise to the Almighty God for His providence and guidance during the writing of this thesis. The writer is aware that she is nothing if God does not lead her in doing this thesis as the important task to finish her study this in university. The writer also realizes that without the contribution and support of other hands, this thesis could not have been finished. Therefore, she is really indebted to the following persons. 1. Drs. Thomas Ola Dosinaeng, MA, as the first advisor and DR.Drs. Kletus Erom, M. Hum as second advisor, for their dedication, valuable suggestions and comments for the writer since the beginning of writing the proposal until the end of writing this thesis. 2. Dr. Damianus Talok, MA and Drs. Aleksius Madar, M.Ed as the panelists during the proposal seminar for their suggestions and corrections for the improvement of this writing. 3. Drs. Alfons Bunga Naen M.Pd, as the Dean of Teacher Training and Educational Science Faculty who helps the writer with all administrative affairs, so this study could done. 4. Drs. Aleksius Madar M.Ed, as the Head of English Education Program of Widya Mandira Catholic University Kupang who helps the writer with all the administrative affairs 5. All lecturers of the English Education Program of UNWIRA Kupang for their attention, dedication, guidance, and their knowledge shared with him. 6. Pater Drs. Emanuel Sangu,SVD, M.Ed as the coordinator of Widya Mandira Catholic University in Campus Weetebula and his staffs, Pater John Mite, SVD and Orfin for their support and administration affairs.

5 7. Her beloved family for their help and prayer during the process of writing this thesis. 8. All her best friends, Anis, Ocha, Allin, Ima, Yoton, Nita, Yeni, Tina, Anggres, Gusti, Oje, Umbu, Pinglo,Alex, Ino, Elias, Okta Lodong, Jack from Lembata and all friends whose names are not mentioned here who helped her in their own way in writing this thesis. May God bless them all! Kupang, July 2011 The writer

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7 DEDICATION This thesis is dedicated to: 1. Her beloved parents, Theresia K. Lado and Frans Ngongo Buma who have taken care for her since childhood up to now, and for their love in giving both financial and spiritual support to the writer during the study in UNWIRA 2. Her beloved sister, Maria Novliana Buma and her brother, Alexander Edwin Meza who always support her in finishing the study. 3. Her beloved brother Arianto Aries Buma (Late). 4. Her Grandmothers, Katharina Dairo and Kristina Wini for their advice and prayer. 5. Her beloved uncle and aunt, Michael Dowa and Veronika Duma 6. Her beloved brother, Yohanes Kalumbang 7. Her almamater Widya Mandira Catholic University

8 ABSTRACT This study is entitled THE ANALYSIS ON INSTRINSIC FEATURES OF SHORT STORY HOW MY BROTHER LEON BROUGHT HOME A WIFE BY MANUEL E. ARGUILLA. It was conducted to answer the following questions; (1) what are the intrinsic features of the short story how my brother Leon brought home a wife by Manuel E. Arguilla. (2) How are these features portrayed by the author? The method used in this study was documentary method and descriptive method. The aim of these methods are to analyze the intrinsic features of short story How My Brother Leon Brought Home A Wife the object of this study is the short story text entitled How My Brother Leon Brought Home A wife written by Manuel E. Arguilla. The instruments of this study to analyze the short story are the guidelines proposed by Find Your Creative Muse. Based on the result of data analysis the writer found that the intrinsic features of short story How My Brother Leon Brought Home A Wife are plot, it consists of the beginning action when Baldo Pick up his brother Leon and Leon from the edge of Nagrebcan, the rising action happen when Maria held the wrist of Labang while Labang never stopped chewing his cud. The conflict becomes complicated when Baldo ask Maria to scratch Labang forehead but Baldo feels afraid whether Labang will calmly even Labang was touched by Maria. While the climax of the story occurs when Baldo assumes that Maria is a romantic woman. Regarding the falling action, it happens when Baldo ask Leon whether Maria afraid with Labang or not and Leon says that Maria is not afraid with Labang and the resolution happens when Baldo tells to his father that Maria is a beautiful woman and she can sing their traditional song, Baldo admires Maria not to love her but he just admire Maria as a good woman to become Leon s wife. While the setting in the story is a small town namely Nagrebcan located in Philippine and time when the story happens is in the afternoon and the night. The character of the story included the main character namely, Baldo and there are some supporting characters, they are Leon, Maria, Baldos Father, Baldos Mother, Aurelia, CaCelin. The theme given by the author is about love, it refers to love of motherland and culture. The readers are expected to be able to preserve the culture of their motherlands by avoiding the negative effects of other culture which destroy the nature of their culture beside that the writer also hopes that the readers will learn through the story how to love each other in their family. The writer also hopes other researchers to do this analysis on the other elements which are not yet analyzed such as figurative language, style, and point of view.

9 TABLE OF CONTENTS Pages ACKNOWLEDGMENT... i MOTTO... ii DEDICATION.... iii ABSTRACT... v TABLE OF CONTENTS... vi CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION Background of the Study Statement of the Problem Objective of the Study Significance of the Study Scope and Limitation Definition of Terms... 7 CHAPTER II REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE Definition of Term Character of the Short Story The element of the Short Story Biography of the Author CHAPTER III METHODOLOGY Research Design The Object of Study Instrument The Procedures of the Analysis CHAPTER IV THE ANALYSIS Plot Settings Characters Theme CHAPTER V CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION Conclusion Suggestion... 40

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