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Library's collection Library's IT development CancelBy The River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept is a novel written by Brazilian author,
Paulo Coelho. He use lots of wisdom in the novel, expresses the main character?s
emotion after she got left by her childhood friend. The novel tells a story about
two people that were childhood friends, realizing that they fell in love to each
other since they were a little kid but then they got separated, and lived their own
life. In this study, I am interested in analyzing the development of the main
character from a weak person to a tough person. In the analysis, I use literary
approach consisting of the theories of characterization and conflict. From the
analysis, I find out that the main character?s previous experience makes her
become a weak person. In solving her problem, the main character faces several
conflicts, both external conflict and internal conflict, which eventually help her to
develop from a weak person into a tough person. Her internal conflict can be seen
when the main character, Pilar gets confused whether she is willing to take risk or
not. Also, her external conflict can be shown when Pilar defends her decision to
serve God together with her childhood friend to the padre. After going through
these conflicts, Pilar has changed from a weak person into a tough person. This
novel gives a picture about how human beings deal with their problem and how
they overcome it.