@thesis{thesis, author={Elfiondri Elfiondri and Mariati Mariati and SARI OKTAVIA}, title ={AN ANALYSIS OF CHARACTERS AND SETTING AS REFLECTED IN THE NOVELTHE NOTEBOOK BY NICHOLAS SPARKS}, year={2018}, url={http://repo.bunghatta.ac.id/13698/}, abstract={The research aims to analyze of Characters and setting as reflected in the novel The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks. In analyzing the characters and setting the writer uses structuralism theory to find the reflected in this research. This research was done by doing close reading technique. Based on the result of the research, the writer found the characters their names are Allie, Noah, and Lon. Their characters have reflected with setting. setting as reflected are family, education, girlfriend, boyfriend, and working environtment. setting in here give big influences to each other. Key words : characters, setting, structuralism, reflected in the novel} }