THE STUDY OF THE MOTHER’S PERSONALITY IN NURTURING HER FIRST CHILD IN “FOR ONE MORE DAY” NOVEL BY MITCH ALBOM
THE STUDY OF THE MOTHER’S PERSONALITY IN
NURTURING HER FIRST CHILD IN “FOR ONE
MORE DAY” NOVEL BY MITCH ALBOM
THESIS
By:
Yuvita Dini Sandiningtyas
201110100311171
ENGLISH LANGUAGE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT
FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF MUHAMMADIYAH MALANG
2016
THE STUDY OF THE MOTHER’S PERSONALITY IN
NURTURING HER FIRST CHILD IN “FOR ONE
MORE DAY” NOVEL BY MITCH ALBOM
THESIS
This thesis is submitted to fulfill one of the requirements to achieve Sarjana
Degree in English Education
By:
Yuvita Dini Sandiningtyas
201110100311171
ENGLISH LANGUAGE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT
FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF MUHAMMADIYAH MALANG
2016
ii
v
MOTTO AND DEDICATION
My mother is my angel and my father is my hero.
Without them, I’ll be nothing in this world.
Mom and Dad, I always love you.
Einid Shandy
Don’t be regret to be born, although you were born imperfect because perfection belongs
to God. Einid Shandy
I dedicated this thesis to:
1. My beloved parents
2. My beloved sisters
3. My beloved brother
4. My beloved lecturers
5. My beloved friends
vi
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
In the name of Allah, the most gracious and the most merciful, all praises
given to Allah SWT for the uncountable blessing given to the researcher during
this study in English Department of Muhammadiyah University Malang and
especially in completing this thesis.
The researcher would like to show her deep gratitude to Dra. Thathit
Manon A, M. Hum as the first advisor and Rinjani Bonavidi, M.Ed., Ph.D as the
second advisor, for their patience, kindness, and invaluable advice in guiding the
researcher until she could finish her thesis.
Furthermore a special gratitude to my beloved family, especially my
parents that always give the researcher motivation, support, care, and prayer for
the finishing of this thesis.
The last, many thanks to the lecturers and my beloved friends who
always give their supports.
Malang, August 10, 2016
Yuvita Dini Sandiningtyas
vii
TABLE OF CONTENTS
TITLE ............................................................................................................... ii
APPROVAL ..................................................................................................... iii
LEGALIZATION ............................................................................................ iv
ORIGINALITY DECLARATION ................................................................. v
ABSTRACT ...................................................................................................... vi
MOTTO AND DEDICATION ........................................................................ vii
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ............................................................................. viii
TABLE OF CONTENTS ................................................................................. ix
CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION ..................................................................... 1
1.1 Background of the Study ................................................................... 1
1.2 Statements of the Problems ............................................................... 4
1.3 Objectives of the Study ..................................................................... 4
1.4 Scope and Limitation of the Study .................................................... 4
1.5 Definition of the Key Terms .............................................................. 5
CHAPTER II REVIEW OF THE RELATED LITERATURE ................... 6
2.1 Novel as a Literary Work .................................................................. 6
2.2 Kinds of Novel .................................................................................. 7
2.3 Elements of Novel ............................................................................. 9
2.3.1 Character and Characterization ................................................ 9
2.3.2 Characteristics .......................................................................... 10
2.3.3 Point of View ........................................................................... 11
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2.3.4 Setting ...................................................................................... 12
2.3.5 Theme ....................................................................................... 13
2.3.6 Conflict ..................................................................................... 13
2.3.7 Plot ........................................................................................... 13
2.4 Personality ......................................................................................... 16
2.4.1 The Dimensions of Personality ................................................. 16
2.4.2 Nurturing Children ................................................................... 20
2.4.3 The Effects of One’s Personality ............................................. 21
CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHODOLOGY ......................................... 23
3.1 Research Design ................................................................................ 23
3.2 Approach ........................................................................................... 24
3.2.1 Mimetic Approach .................................................................... 25
3.2.2 Pragmatic Approach ................................................................. 25
3.2.3 Expressive Approach ............................................................... 25
5.1
Objective Approach
25
3.3 Object of the Study ............................................................................ 26
3.4 Data Collection .................................................................................. 27
3.5 Data Analysis ..................................................................................... 27
CHAPTER IV RESEARCH FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION ..................... 28
4.1 Research Findings .............................................................................. 28
4.1.1 The Mother’s Personality in Nurturing Children ..................... 28
4.1.2 The Effects of the Mother’s Personality in Nurturing
Children toward her Child ........................................................ 42
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4.2 Discussion .......................................................................................... 50
CHAPTER V CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTIONS .................................. 52
5.1 Conclusion ......................................................................................... 52
5.2 Suggestions ........................................................................................ 52
5.2.1 Suggestions for the Students of UMM ..................................... 52
5.2.2 Suggestions for the Teachers and Lecturers ............................. 53
5.2.3 Suggestions for the Reserchers ................................................ 53
REFERENCES ................................................................................................. xii
APPENDIX ....................................................................................................... xiv
x
REFERENCES
Abrams, M.H. 1999. A Glossary of Literary Terms. Seventh Edition. Publisher:
Earl McPeek. Heinle & Heinle, a division of Thomson Learning, Inc.
Albom, Mitch. 2006. For One More Day. Hatchette Books.
Ary, Donald; Lucy Cheser Jacobs; Chris Sorensen. 2010. Introduction to
Research in Education. Eight Edition. Wadsworth, Cengage Learning
Casper, Virginia and Rachel Theilheimer. 2010. Early Childhood Education.
Published by McGraw-Hill, an imprint of The McGraw-Hill Companies,
Inc.
Culler, Jonathan. 1997. Literary Theory A Very Short Introduction. New York:
United States by Oxford University Press Inc.
D., Ross Parke and Mary Gauvain. 2009. Child Psychology A Contemporary
Viewpoint. Seventh Edition. Published by McGraw-Hill, an imprint of
The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
Feist, Jess and Gregory J. Feist. 2002. Theories of Personality, Fifth Edition. A
Division of the McGraw-Hill Comapanies
Hetherington, E.Mavis and Ross D. Parke. 1979. Child Psychology: A
Contemporary Viewpoint. Second Edition. McGraw-Hill, Inc.
Jerry,
E. Phares. 1989. Introduction
HarperCollinsPublishers.
to
Personality,
Third
Edition.
John, nama dpn. 1966. An Introduction to Literature. Edited by Ralph Singleton
H. and Stanton Millet Cleveland and New York: The World Publishing
Company.
Kearns, George. 1984. American Literature. New York: Macmillan Publishing
Company, a division of Macmillan, Inc.
Kothari, C.R. 2004. Research Methodology (Methods and Techniques). Second
Revised Edition. Published by New Age International (P) Limited,
Publishers.
Pervin, Lawrence A. and Oliver P. John. 2001. Personality Theory and Research.
Eighth Edition. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
xii
Pervin, Lawrence A.; Daniel Cervone; Oliver P. John. 2005. Personality Theory
and Research. Ninth Edition. USA: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Ryckman, Richard M. 2000. Theories of Personality. Seventh edition. USA:
Wardsworth/Thomson Learning
Watt, Ian. 1957. The Rise of the Novel. Berkeley: University of California Press.
Zlotnik, Jan Schmidt and Carley Rees Bograd. 2006. Legacies. Michael
Rosenberg. Thomson Wadsworth.
xiii
CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION
This chapter contains the introduction of the study, problems of the study,
objective of the study, scope and limitation, and definitions of key terms.
1.1
Background of the Study
“Mothers hold their children’s hand for moment and their heart for
lifetime”. From the quotation, it can be understood that parents have the good role
to nurture their children, especially a mother. The parents nurture children with
their actions and their feelings. In order for children to develop in all aspects, the
parents must have supported in all areas.
Mother is a unique position in influencing her children’s growth. From this
adaptation, the children’s growth depends on their mother’s personality. The
mother’s personality in nurturing their children can change how the children face
their life. The children know how to express their feeling, thought, and emotion
because they are nurtured by their parents.
According to John literature is ideas, feelings, views, reasoning, and other
thoughts in language (1966:573). Another statement says that literature is a
language in which the various elements and components of the text are brought
into a complex relation (Jonathan, 1997). It means that literature is related to our
life. It describes cases and the things that can happen in societies’ life, humans’
experiences, or world’s reality.
1
Generally, most readers have their own ideas of what literature is. Some of
them say that literature is an imaginative thing that gives enjoyment, experience,
and knowledge. Besides they get enjoyment when they read, they get some
experiences like understanding other people’s cultures. Sometimes, it is possible
to get knowledge from reading because as the readers know the readers get
knowledge while they read a book. It also occurs in reading literary works to
understand or to get knowledge. The readers can read literature in some ways
because there are many kinds of literature such as prose, drama, and poems. The
author can make character freely as she or he wants and every character has
personality which makes it different from others.
Everyone has a different personality. The person with a “good” personality
is one who impresses others with his or her ability to get along well with people.
However, someone who has a “bad” personality will not be like that. Personality
is the dynamic and organized set of characteristics possessed by a person that
uniquely influences his or her cognitions, motivations, and behaviors in various
situations (Richard, 2000).
By over time, parents’ personality in nurturing children can affect their
children’s behaviors. It depends on how the parents nurture their children. There
are a lot of environmental factors which will be faced by children; social-class
environment, school environment, family environment, etc. “One of the most
important environmental factors is the influence of the family (Collins et al.,
2000; Halverson & Wampler, 1997; Maccoby, 2000).” It means that parents’
personality in nurturing children will affect how the children grow in the society.
2
Thus, the parents’ personality in nurturing children plays an important role in
children’s behaviors.
Nurturing children is important because the parents serve as the social
relationship to shape the children’s socialization. However, the parents’
personality is important to mold children especially for single parent. In a singleparent family only one parental figure serves as the agent of socialization through
discipline or direct tuition or by acting as a model (E.Mavis & Ross, 1979). Thus,
the single mother’s personality in nurturing children may affect the development
of children.
The previous study related with personality was done by Rizal
Septendrianto (2007) An Analysis of Miss Marple’s Personality in “They Do It
with Mirrors” Novel by Agatha Christie. In his study, he describes the
characteristic of main character which also deals with personality of main
character focus on Miss Marple’s personality influences toward her life.
There are many potential factors that are involved in shaping a personality.
These factors are usually seen as coming from heredity and the environment. Both
of them give contribution to personality so as a result of social interaction in
which people live. And also there are always unique situations and interpersonal
events that help to shape our personality.
As a student of English Department who is interested in literature, the writer
choose “For One More Day” Novel, written by Mitch Albom, the story is centered
on the relationship between mother and children because she assumes that the
main character has a unique personality in nurturing children so the writer
3
arranges this thesis. The writer hopes, the readers reveal how the main character
get change her personality in detail.
1.2
Statements of the Problems
Based on the background of the study in the preceding discussion, the
following research questions are formulated:
a.
What are the mother’s personality in nurturing her children in “For One More
Day” Novel by Mitch Albom?
b.
What are the effects of mother’s personality in nurturing children toward her
child in “For One More Day” Novel by Mitch Albom?
1.3
Objectives of the Study
In line with research question stated previously, the objectives of this study
are to find out what the mother’s personality is and the effects of mother’s
personality in nurturing her child in “For One More Day” Novel by Mitch Albom.
1.4
Scope and Limitations of the Study
This study is centered on the personality of the main character because the
personality is the basic of the writer’s idea. Therefore, she limits the problem on
the personality of mother in nurturing her second child.
1.5
Definition of the Key Terms
To make the study clear and to avoid confusions in understanding this study,
the writer presents several definitions of key terms:
1.
Personality refers to an individual’s relatively permanent character.
2.
Novel is an extended fictional prose narrative.
3.
Character is the person (people) presented by the author.
4
4.
Nurturing Children means the care and attention given to children that are
growing or developing by their parents.
5.
Mitch Albom is the author of “For One More Day” Novel.
5
NURTURING HER FIRST CHILD IN “FOR ONE
MORE DAY” NOVEL BY MITCH ALBOM
THESIS
By:
Yuvita Dini Sandiningtyas
201110100311171
ENGLISH LANGUAGE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT
FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF MUHAMMADIYAH MALANG
2016
THE STUDY OF THE MOTHER’S PERSONALITY IN
NURTURING HER FIRST CHILD IN “FOR ONE
MORE DAY” NOVEL BY MITCH ALBOM
THESIS
This thesis is submitted to fulfill one of the requirements to achieve Sarjana
Degree in English Education
By:
Yuvita Dini Sandiningtyas
201110100311171
ENGLISH LANGUAGE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT
FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF MUHAMMADIYAH MALANG
2016
ii
v
MOTTO AND DEDICATION
My mother is my angel and my father is my hero.
Without them, I’ll be nothing in this world.
Mom and Dad, I always love you.
Einid Shandy
Don’t be regret to be born, although you were born imperfect because perfection belongs
to God. Einid Shandy
I dedicated this thesis to:
1. My beloved parents
2. My beloved sisters
3. My beloved brother
4. My beloved lecturers
5. My beloved friends
vi
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
In the name of Allah, the most gracious and the most merciful, all praises
given to Allah SWT for the uncountable blessing given to the researcher during
this study in English Department of Muhammadiyah University Malang and
especially in completing this thesis.
The researcher would like to show her deep gratitude to Dra. Thathit
Manon A, M. Hum as the first advisor and Rinjani Bonavidi, M.Ed., Ph.D as the
second advisor, for their patience, kindness, and invaluable advice in guiding the
researcher until she could finish her thesis.
Furthermore a special gratitude to my beloved family, especially my
parents that always give the researcher motivation, support, care, and prayer for
the finishing of this thesis.
The last, many thanks to the lecturers and my beloved friends who
always give their supports.
Malang, August 10, 2016
Yuvita Dini Sandiningtyas
vii
TABLE OF CONTENTS
TITLE ............................................................................................................... ii
APPROVAL ..................................................................................................... iii
LEGALIZATION ............................................................................................ iv
ORIGINALITY DECLARATION ................................................................. v
ABSTRACT ...................................................................................................... vi
MOTTO AND DEDICATION ........................................................................ vii
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ............................................................................. viii
TABLE OF CONTENTS ................................................................................. ix
CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION ..................................................................... 1
1.1 Background of the Study ................................................................... 1
1.2 Statements of the Problems ............................................................... 4
1.3 Objectives of the Study ..................................................................... 4
1.4 Scope and Limitation of the Study .................................................... 4
1.5 Definition of the Key Terms .............................................................. 5
CHAPTER II REVIEW OF THE RELATED LITERATURE ................... 6
2.1 Novel as a Literary Work .................................................................. 6
2.2 Kinds of Novel .................................................................................. 7
2.3 Elements of Novel ............................................................................. 9
2.3.1 Character and Characterization ................................................ 9
2.3.2 Characteristics .......................................................................... 10
2.3.3 Point of View ........................................................................... 11
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2.3.4 Setting ...................................................................................... 12
2.3.5 Theme ....................................................................................... 13
2.3.6 Conflict ..................................................................................... 13
2.3.7 Plot ........................................................................................... 13
2.4 Personality ......................................................................................... 16
2.4.1 The Dimensions of Personality ................................................. 16
2.4.2 Nurturing Children ................................................................... 20
2.4.3 The Effects of One’s Personality ............................................. 21
CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHODOLOGY ......................................... 23
3.1 Research Design ................................................................................ 23
3.2 Approach ........................................................................................... 24
3.2.1 Mimetic Approach .................................................................... 25
3.2.2 Pragmatic Approach ................................................................. 25
3.2.3 Expressive Approach ............................................................... 25
5.1
Objective Approach
25
3.3 Object of the Study ............................................................................ 26
3.4 Data Collection .................................................................................. 27
3.5 Data Analysis ..................................................................................... 27
CHAPTER IV RESEARCH FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION ..................... 28
4.1 Research Findings .............................................................................. 28
4.1.1 The Mother’s Personality in Nurturing Children ..................... 28
4.1.2 The Effects of the Mother’s Personality in Nurturing
Children toward her Child ........................................................ 42
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4.2 Discussion .......................................................................................... 50
CHAPTER V CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTIONS .................................. 52
5.1 Conclusion ......................................................................................... 52
5.2 Suggestions ........................................................................................ 52
5.2.1 Suggestions for the Students of UMM ..................................... 52
5.2.2 Suggestions for the Teachers and Lecturers ............................. 53
5.2.3 Suggestions for the Reserchers ................................................ 53
REFERENCES ................................................................................................. xii
APPENDIX ....................................................................................................... xiv
x
REFERENCES
Abrams, M.H. 1999. A Glossary of Literary Terms. Seventh Edition. Publisher:
Earl McPeek. Heinle & Heinle, a division of Thomson Learning, Inc.
Albom, Mitch. 2006. For One More Day. Hatchette Books.
Ary, Donald; Lucy Cheser Jacobs; Chris Sorensen. 2010. Introduction to
Research in Education. Eight Edition. Wadsworth, Cengage Learning
Casper, Virginia and Rachel Theilheimer. 2010. Early Childhood Education.
Published by McGraw-Hill, an imprint of The McGraw-Hill Companies,
Inc.
Culler, Jonathan. 1997. Literary Theory A Very Short Introduction. New York:
United States by Oxford University Press Inc.
D., Ross Parke and Mary Gauvain. 2009. Child Psychology A Contemporary
Viewpoint. Seventh Edition. Published by McGraw-Hill, an imprint of
The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
Feist, Jess and Gregory J. Feist. 2002. Theories of Personality, Fifth Edition. A
Division of the McGraw-Hill Comapanies
Hetherington, E.Mavis and Ross D. Parke. 1979. Child Psychology: A
Contemporary Viewpoint. Second Edition. McGraw-Hill, Inc.
Jerry,
E. Phares. 1989. Introduction
HarperCollinsPublishers.
to
Personality,
Third
Edition.
John, nama dpn. 1966. An Introduction to Literature. Edited by Ralph Singleton
H. and Stanton Millet Cleveland and New York: The World Publishing
Company.
Kearns, George. 1984. American Literature. New York: Macmillan Publishing
Company, a division of Macmillan, Inc.
Kothari, C.R. 2004. Research Methodology (Methods and Techniques). Second
Revised Edition. Published by New Age International (P) Limited,
Publishers.
Pervin, Lawrence A. and Oliver P. John. 2001. Personality Theory and Research.
Eighth Edition. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
xii
Pervin, Lawrence A.; Daniel Cervone; Oliver P. John. 2005. Personality Theory
and Research. Ninth Edition. USA: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Ryckman, Richard M. 2000. Theories of Personality. Seventh edition. USA:
Wardsworth/Thomson Learning
Watt, Ian. 1957. The Rise of the Novel. Berkeley: University of California Press.
Zlotnik, Jan Schmidt and Carley Rees Bograd. 2006. Legacies. Michael
Rosenberg. Thomson Wadsworth.
xiii
CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION
This chapter contains the introduction of the study, problems of the study,
objective of the study, scope and limitation, and definitions of key terms.
1.1
Background of the Study
“Mothers hold their children’s hand for moment and their heart for
lifetime”. From the quotation, it can be understood that parents have the good role
to nurture their children, especially a mother. The parents nurture children with
their actions and their feelings. In order for children to develop in all aspects, the
parents must have supported in all areas.
Mother is a unique position in influencing her children’s growth. From this
adaptation, the children’s growth depends on their mother’s personality. The
mother’s personality in nurturing their children can change how the children face
their life. The children know how to express their feeling, thought, and emotion
because they are nurtured by their parents.
According to John literature is ideas, feelings, views, reasoning, and other
thoughts in language (1966:573). Another statement says that literature is a
language in which the various elements and components of the text are brought
into a complex relation (Jonathan, 1997). It means that literature is related to our
life. It describes cases and the things that can happen in societies’ life, humans’
experiences, or world’s reality.
1
Generally, most readers have their own ideas of what literature is. Some of
them say that literature is an imaginative thing that gives enjoyment, experience,
and knowledge. Besides they get enjoyment when they read, they get some
experiences like understanding other people’s cultures. Sometimes, it is possible
to get knowledge from reading because as the readers know the readers get
knowledge while they read a book. It also occurs in reading literary works to
understand or to get knowledge. The readers can read literature in some ways
because there are many kinds of literature such as prose, drama, and poems. The
author can make character freely as she or he wants and every character has
personality which makes it different from others.
Everyone has a different personality. The person with a “good” personality
is one who impresses others with his or her ability to get along well with people.
However, someone who has a “bad” personality will not be like that. Personality
is the dynamic and organized set of characteristics possessed by a person that
uniquely influences his or her cognitions, motivations, and behaviors in various
situations (Richard, 2000).
By over time, parents’ personality in nurturing children can affect their
children’s behaviors. It depends on how the parents nurture their children. There
are a lot of environmental factors which will be faced by children; social-class
environment, school environment, family environment, etc. “One of the most
important environmental factors is the influence of the family (Collins et al.,
2000; Halverson & Wampler, 1997; Maccoby, 2000).” It means that parents’
personality in nurturing children will affect how the children grow in the society.
2
Thus, the parents’ personality in nurturing children plays an important role in
children’s behaviors.
Nurturing children is important because the parents serve as the social
relationship to shape the children’s socialization. However, the parents’
personality is important to mold children especially for single parent. In a singleparent family only one parental figure serves as the agent of socialization through
discipline or direct tuition or by acting as a model (E.Mavis & Ross, 1979). Thus,
the single mother’s personality in nurturing children may affect the development
of children.
The previous study related with personality was done by Rizal
Septendrianto (2007) An Analysis of Miss Marple’s Personality in “They Do It
with Mirrors” Novel by Agatha Christie. In his study, he describes the
characteristic of main character which also deals with personality of main
character focus on Miss Marple’s personality influences toward her life.
There are many potential factors that are involved in shaping a personality.
These factors are usually seen as coming from heredity and the environment. Both
of them give contribution to personality so as a result of social interaction in
which people live. And also there are always unique situations and interpersonal
events that help to shape our personality.
As a student of English Department who is interested in literature, the writer
choose “For One More Day” Novel, written by Mitch Albom, the story is centered
on the relationship between mother and children because she assumes that the
main character has a unique personality in nurturing children so the writer
3
arranges this thesis. The writer hopes, the readers reveal how the main character
get change her personality in detail.
1.2
Statements of the Problems
Based on the background of the study in the preceding discussion, the
following research questions are formulated:
a.
What are the mother’s personality in nurturing her children in “For One More
Day” Novel by Mitch Albom?
b.
What are the effects of mother’s personality in nurturing children toward her
child in “For One More Day” Novel by Mitch Albom?
1.3
Objectives of the Study
In line with research question stated previously, the objectives of this study
are to find out what the mother’s personality is and the effects of mother’s
personality in nurturing her child in “For One More Day” Novel by Mitch Albom.
1.4
Scope and Limitations of the Study
This study is centered on the personality of the main character because the
personality is the basic of the writer’s idea. Therefore, she limits the problem on
the personality of mother in nurturing her second child.
1.5
Definition of the Key Terms
To make the study clear and to avoid confusions in understanding this study,
the writer presents several definitions of key terms:
1.
Personality refers to an individual’s relatively permanent character.
2.
Novel is an extended fictional prose narrative.
3.
Character is the person (people) presented by the author.
4
4.
Nurturing Children means the care and attention given to children that are
growing or developing by their parents.
5.
Mitch Albom is the author of “For One More Day” Novel.
5