This study aims to analyzing the type of external conflict faced by Anne Shirley in Anne of Green Gables novel and to know how Anne resolve the conflicts.This study focuses on the main character Anne Shirley who faced the external conflict . It explains and analyzing the external conflict faced by Anne using William Kenney theory and how Anne resolve the conflict using Johnson theory.
This study used a descriptive qualitative method. Somesteps were used to collect the data were reading a novel,identifying the data, classifying the data, and reducing the data.
This study finds the type of external conflict faced by Anne Shirley as a main character and how Anne resolve the conflict. Based on the references used in this study, there are three type of external conflict faced by Anne, they are man vs. man, man vs. sociaty and man vs. nature. Then there are five ways to resolve conflict, they are problem solving negotiations, smoothing, forcing or win-lose negotiations, compromising, and withdrawing.
Keywords: external conflict, conflict resolution, anne of green gables, anne shirley.