THE STUDY OF CONFLICT OF THE MAIN CHARACTER AS SEEN IN JOHN GRISHAM’S A TIME TO KILL

Abstract

In this paper, the writer analyzes conflict as seen in the novel A Time to Kill by John Grisham. A Time to Kill tells a story of a white lawyer who helps an African American father whose daughter was kidnapped and raped. As the lawyer who struggles to bring justice for his client, he was faced with many problems and conflict. The purpose of this study is to describe the traits and setting that affected the main character’s conflict. The theory applied for this study is structuralism. The precept of structuralism stems from the attempt to find relationships and connections among factors that appear like separate and discrete [1]. Thus, the significance of the study is analyzing intrinsic elements, which will also examine how and from what elements the conflict is formed. This study will reveal that intrinsic elements are interrelated to each other.