An Analysis of Conflict in Fitzgerald's Selected Short Stories = An Analysis of Conflict in Fitzgerald's Selected Short Stories

This research focuses on analyzing the conflicts in three short stories written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, namely; The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Babylon Revisited, and Bernice Bobs Her Hair. The research is about the internal and external conflicts by the main characters in the three selected stories and how the main characters in the stories face the conflicts that occur in their lives.
This research uses Teeuw’s structuralism approach that focuses on intrinsic elements; character, plot, setting and theme. This research also uses descriptive qualitative method. The main objects and data in this study are Fitzgerald’s three selected short stories, namely; The Curious Case of Benjamin Button published in 1922, Babylon Revisited and Bernice Bobs Her Hair published in 1954.
Based on data analysis using intrinsic elements in Fitzgerald’s three selected short stories, researchers found that the three main characters of the short stories experienced internal and external conflicts. Internal conflicts are faced by the three main characters, namely Benjamin Button, Charlie Wales and Bernice. And there are nine external conflicts, namely Man vs Man and Man vs Society. The three main characters face internal and external conflicts by relying on themselves.

Keywords : Fitzgerald, short story, structuralism, conflict, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Babylon Revisited, Bernice Bobs Her Hair