The Journey of Lleshi Family to Get Freedom from War Reflected in The Day of the Pelican by Katherine Paterson.

The study analyzes the plot of the life of a group of Albanian Muslims in the novel The Day of the Pelican, written by Katherine Paterson. It tells the story of the Lleshi family as Albanian Muslims who live in Kosovo. The Serbs are fighting over the country. After that, the Lleshi family moved many times in order to have a peaceful life. In the end, there was a group of church people from the city of Vermont, America, who sponsored the Lleshi family to bring them to live in America. The purpose of this research is to describe to readers the struggles of Albanian Muslims who want to keep the family alive in times of war. The method used in this research is qualitative because this research analyzes the natural storyline in this novel. This research uses the theory of Gustav Freytag's plot to discuss five elements, namely exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution. The result of the study showed the exposition was the killings committed by Serbs against Adem Jashari's family and 70 other Albanian Muslims. The rising action was when they moved to the hill camp. The climax occurred when all Albanian Muslims were expelled from the country of Kosovo. The falling action was that they got sponsorship from a church group that brought them to live in Vermont, America. The resolution was a peaceful life, respect the beliefs (religion) of each person, and freedom from war.