STORY FACTS IN SHOPAHOLIC TIES THE KNOT NOVEL

Herdini, Annisa. 2024. Story Facts In Shopaholic Ties The Knot Novel. Final
Project, English Education Study Program, Faculty of Language and Arts
Education, Universitas PGRI Semarang. Advisor I: Faiza Hawa, S.Pd., M.Hum.
Advisor II: Indri Kustantinah, S.S., M.Hum.
The evolution of literary works creation is based on life’s reality. This study aims
on two objectives, there are to find the story facts and to find the theme of the story
on Shopaholic Ties the Knot Novel. The design of the study uses descriptive
qualitative research design, which the researcher implements documentation
method to collect the data with variables in the Shopaholic Ties the Knot Novel. The
researcher analyzes that Shopaholic Ties the Knot Novel’s contained the 5 story
facts, there are title, plot, characters, setting, and symbolization. This study also
found that the story mainly uses Wedding as the major theme and society
expectation as the minor theme because the whole plot tells the journey of Becky
Bloomwood to plan her dream wedding and her struggles with the idea of settling
down Luke Brandon. This study is expected to contribute in literary works and to
add some knowledge on literary theories the readers and the next researchers about
determining the story facts and theme used in certain stories.
Keywords: Literary works, Novel, Story facts, Theme