The title of this paper is The Conflict of Protagonist in Sidney Sheldon’s “If
Tomorrow Come”. The matters relevant to the conflicts of the protagonist
examined in this paper are the protagonist’s social conflict, psychological
conflicts, and physical conflicts. The theory which is used to analyze the data is
the theory about conflict. The theoretical concepts about the conflict are primarily
taken from Bill Whiters and Keami’s ‘The Conflict and Communication Activity
Book’ (2003).In this book, conflict is described as the conflict happen when what
we want is different from what we can have. The theory used the concepts about
the conflict are also taken from Kenney. He says the conflict is a fiction concern
itself involve many kinds of conflict.
Based on the finding, it can be concluded that the conflicts of the protagonist
found to be described in this novel are, first, social conflicts. The social conflicts
of the protagonist found are the protagonist external social conflicts. The external
social conflicts of the protagonist are due to his conflict with other persons or
characters. The protagonist’s external social conflict is for instance, their disputes
of a misunderstanding. In addition to his external social conflicts, the
protagonist’s internal social conflicts are also found to be narrated in this novel.
The protagonist’s social conflicts found is conflict of within ourselves, for
instance, the protagonist conflict caused by his social condition, for instance
feeling to become a poor man and single bad man. The protagonist’s conflicts
which are also described in this novel is his psychological conflicts. His
psychological conflict described in this novel are , for instance, his conflicts of
feeling shy, trauma, and avangeful, and becoming easily angr
