THE PHENOMENON OF MORALITY AND CONFLICT OF CHARACTERS IN THE NOVEL GODLY SINNER WORKS OF ROYYAN JULIAN

Abstract

Literary works can be created from various elements, one of which is imagination expressed in language media. Literature not only provides beauty but is able to give birth to many works that are full of meaning. This happens because the author certainly cannot be separated from real life in social society. A novel literary work is a fictional prose story, and also has a certain length, and provides a real life story. Novels are also said to be a view of human life that is bound by the rules and values inherent in every sphere of society. Morality is a sign in society, an individual can be said to have good morals if all of that person's actions are in accordance with the moral rules that apply in society. Conflict is disagreement, disagreement in life. The aims of this research are (1) to describe the phenomenon of character morality in the novel which includes: the relationship between humans and God; praying to God, having faith, giving thanks, praying, blaming fate, and shirk. Man's relationship with himself; self-esteem that must be maintained, and express honesty, individualism, despair, and envy. Human relations with fellow humans; responsibility of parents to children, love of parents to children, advice from parents to children, advice between siblings, advice between friends, caring for others, mutual cooperation, lying, and anger. Human relationship with the universe; natural beauty (2) describes the phenomenon of character conflict in the novel which includes external conflict and internal conflict. External conflicts namely; arguing, bullying, bickering, and teasing. Internal conflicts namely; sadness, depression, confusion, and regret. To achieve the research objectives, the researcher used a qualitative approach. The data collection technique was carried out using reading and note-taking techniques. Checking the validity of the data used in this research was the adequacy of references, peer examination through discussion, and triangulation. Based on the results of the research carried out, it can be concluded that the data obtained was taken from the novelThe Righteous Sinner Royyan Julian's work and is a direct quote from the novel, about morals and character conflicts. The morals and conflicts that can be realized in this research include (1) Describing the phenomenon of morality as reflected through the behavior and character of the characters in the novel.The Righteous Sinner by Royyan Julian (2) Describes the phenomenon of character conflict in the novelThe Righteous Sinner by Royyan Julian.