Plural Society Portrayed In Paulo Coelho's The Alchemist

• Main Authors: WARSO, WARSO (Author), , Dr. M. Thoyibi, M.S (Author), , Dewi Candraningrum, Ph.D (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: 2015.
• Subjects: Thesis; NonPeerReviewed
• Online Access: Connect to this object online
• Notes: https://eprints.ums.ac.id/33883/1/HALAMAN%20DEPAN.pdf; https://eprints.ums.ac.id/33883/2/CHAPTER%20I.pdf; https://eprints.ums.ac.id/33883/3/CHAPTER%20II.pdf; https://eprints.ums.ac.id/33883/4/CHAPTER%20III.pdf; https://eprints.ums.ac.id/33883/5/CHAPTER%20IV.pdf; https://eprints.ums.ac.id/33883/6/CHAPTER%20V.pdf; https://eprints.ums.ac.id/33883/8/BIBLIOGRAPHY.pdf; https://eprints.ums.ac.id/33883/11/NASKAH%20PUBLIKASI.pdf; https://eprints.ums.ac.id/33883/18/SURAT%20PERNYATAAN%20PUBLIKASI.pdf
• Keywords: L Education (General); P Philology. Linguistics

The highlight of characters in a novel is really important to be understood to reach a comprehensive understanding, because, "learning literature is the same way as to overcome our problems" (Wellek and Warren, 1965: 23). The Alchemist novel has many positive appreciations from the readers. This novel is full of symbols, wise words, motivation, cultural aspects and human values. Many researches are done to analyze this novel. Intrinsic and extrinsic elements are already done by some previous researcher. The study about plural society that are clearly portrayed in this novel, has not been analyzed yet. This study is aimed to describe the characteristics of plural society portrayed in Paulo Coelho's The Alchemist and to explain the attitudes of both main and supporting characters toward the plural society in this novel. This research is classified as a descriptive qualitative method. The primary data source of this study is the novel The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho (1986) translated from Spain to English by Alan R. Clarke (1992). This novel consists of 88 pages. The collecting data process is note-taking technique. So, this study is also categorized as library research. Based on the findings and discussion in the previous chapters, the researcher draws the conclusions such follows. There are twelve aspects or characteristics that becomes the portrayal or reflection of the plural society found in this novel. They are the condition of multi-races or ethnics, religion, language, social organization, knowledge system, economic system, technology, arts, symbols, value and belief, norms, custom and tradition. Furthermore, it is found that the main character's attitudes (Santiago's) toward the plural society are: assimilation, acculturation, pluralism, cultural change, cultural integration, and accommodation. It is also found that the supporting character's attitudes toward the plural society are: assimilation, cultural continuity, cultural change, cultural integration, cultural conflict, and pluralism.