THE CONFLICTS OF HARRY POTTER AS THE MAIN CHARACTER IN J. K. ROWLING’S HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE

Abstract

Literature is a written material, which has close relationship with human experiences, thoughts, ideas, feelings, and imaginations. Literature is divided into three forms: fiction, poetry and drama. Novel, as a kind of fiction, is an invented story in prose, long enough to fill a complete book (Hornby, 1995:792). Harry Potter and the Half-blood Prince is J. K. Rowling’s sixth novel in her Harry Potter series. Harry Potter is the main character of the novel. He experiences various conflicts concerning his role as a student, a friend, as an adolescent boy and so on. Harry’s physical, social, and psychological conflicts are chosen as the topic of discussion in this thesis because they can be found throughout the story. The discussion will focus on Harry’s conflicts during his lifetime in Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. The goal of writing this thesis is to give information about Harry’s conflicts in the novel and how he faces and overcomes them. The method to use in analyzing the topic is the inductive method.