Conflicts In George Orwell's 'Burmese Days' = Conflicts In George Orwell's 'Burmese Days'

Fatimah Azzahra. The conflict in the novel "Burmese Days" by George Orwell. (Supervised by Prof. Dr. Fathu Rahman, M.Hum and A. ST. Aldilah Khaerana, S.S., M.Hum).This study analyzes George Orwell's Burmese Days. This novel tells the story of an Englishman named Flory who loses his identity as a European in Burma. His principle of worshiping natives caused many conflicts, come into his life. Moreover, his cowardly character allows him to live silently without speaking of his principles. Instead, he put his hope in a girl named Elizabeth, who also has different principles from him.This study aims to elaborate conflicts that occur to the characters in Burmese Days novel by using a structuralism approach and combining Jones' theory about the types of conflict and Thomas' theory about dealing with conflict.
There are several results of the analysis of this thesis. The conflict between Flory and the club members involves his friend Veraswami who conflicts with U Po Kyin. This conflict occurs because Flory's promise to Veraswami to propose his name to become a club member to save his pride, which U Po Kyin had damaged, causes many complaints. There is also an unhealthy love story between Flory and Elizabeth, as well as conflicts between Flory and Elizabeth involving their past and the hopes they have built so far. This analysis also includes how each character deals with the conflicts they experience in the story. All of the characters has their own way to deal with conflict as their characterization in the novel.

Keywords: Conflict, Burmese Days, George Orwell.