The Effect of The Cunning Website Wish List in Buddy‟s Life in The Novel “Wish List” By John Locke

THE EFFECT OF THE CUNNING WEBSITE WISH LIST IN BUDDY’S LIFE IN THE NOVEL WISH LIST BY JOHN LOCKE

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UNIVERSITY OF NORTH SUMATERA MEDAN

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ABSTRACT

This work paper titled: THE EFFECT OF THE CUNNING WISH LIST IN BUDDY‟S LIFE. This novel tells the story of Buddy Pancake who must go through his miserable life after being stuck in a criminal action that comes from a website called 'Wish List'. Buddy found a website that can grant his four wishes. Neglected to read the content of the agreement that stated, Buddy directly typing his four wishes in column of the website. Buddy‟s carelessness made he must undergo some extreme things as paid what he asked for accordance with the contents of the agreement stated. One by one, his wishes has granted but Buddy must be willing to do actions that endanger himself and even his wife. At the end of the story, Buddy managed to throw his ego to protect his wife, Lissie, from the cruel action of Wish List‟s agents. In writing this work paper, the writer uses the method of descriptive research and intrinsic approach.

ABSTRAK

Kertas karya ini berjudul : THE EFFECT OF THE CUNNING WISH LIST IN BUDDY‟S LIFE. Novel ini bercerita tentang Buddy Pancake yang harus menjalani hidup dengan sengsara setelah terjebak dalam sebuah praktek kriminal yang berasal dari sebuah website bernama „Wish List‟. Buddy menemukan sebuah website yang dapat mengabulkan empat permintaannya. Tanpa menghiraukan isi kesepakatan yang tertera, Buddy langsung mengetik keempat permintaannya dalam kolom website tersebut. Ketidakhati-hatian Buddy membuatnya harus menjalani hal-hal yang ekstrem sebagai bayaran apa yang telah dia minta sesuai dengan isi kesepakatan yang ada. Satu per satu permintaannya terkabulkan namun Buddy harus rela melakukan aksi-aksi yang membahayakan diriny abahkan istrinya .Diakhir cerita, Buddy berhasil membuang egonya demi melindungi istrinya, Lissie, dari perbuatan kejam agen Wish List. Dalam penulisan kertas karya ini, penulis menggunakan metode penelitian deskriptif dan pendekatan intrinsik.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

First of all, I would like to thank to my Father, Jesus Christ, for all the blessing and gives me health, strength, and inspiration to finish this paper as one of the requirements to get Diploma III certificate from English Diploma Study Program, University of Sumatera Utara.

Then, I would like to express a deep gratitude, love, and appreciation to the dean Faculty of Culture Studies, Drs. Syahron Lubis, M.A and the head of Diploma III English Study Program, Dr. Matius C.A. Sembiring, M.A who gives me a lot of knowledge about doing in a paper. I also wish to thank all of the lecturers in English Diploma Study Program for giving me the instruction and knowledge especially to Dra. Redita Lubis, Dip.Ling.,M.Hum. as my supervisor. The writer can work with this paper well through of her guidance. I also would like to thank toDrs. Siamir Marulafau, M.Hum. as reader of my paper. Thank you for your time, care, patience in completing this paper.

Special thanks go to my amazing parents, my beloved father W. Pasaribu and my lovely mother T. Sihombing who always supporting, loving, caring, praying and believing in me. I also thanks to my beloved siblings (Andre Pasaribu, Nora Pasaribu, and Maruli Pasaribu) and my cousins (Agnes Sihombing and Togar Sihombing), thank you for supporting me until this time. I also do not forget to

you for always support me from Vietnam and send me love, care, and advice through email everytime.

I would like to say thank to my High School friends and also my best friends (Wirna Sihite, Teresa Sirait, Tri Natalia, Nita Manalu, Ernita Sirait, Dewi Itaria and Yesika Sidabutar) who always cheer on me everytime I need.

Last but not least, I would like to thanks to all my beloved friends SOLIDAS‟ 011, from a warm friendship and also to my best friends (Nurmanna Dewi, Fitria Ramadhani, Hifna Sitepu, Nelly Oktaviana, Melda Zalukhu, Nina Barus, Ike Teresya,M.Sahuri, and etc), thank you for being my friends since we met in the class three years ago. We have spending much time in this college and made good memory. I will never forget you all.

And finally, I realize that this paper is far from being perfect, I hope that those who read this paper may give critics and suggestions for making it better.

Medan, July 2014

The writer

Wika Marisi Pasaribu REG.NO :112202065

TABLE OF CONTENTS

AUTHOR’S DECLARATION ……… i

COPYRIGHT DECLARATION ……… ii

ABSTRACT ……… iii

ABSTRAK ……… iv

ACKNOWLEDGMENT ……… v

TABLE OF CONTENTS ……… vii

1. INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the Study ………. 1

1.2 Problem of Study ………. 3

1.3 Scope of Study ………. 3

1.4 Purposeof the Study ………. 3

1.5 Method of Research ………... 4

1.6 Reason for Choosing the Topic ………. 4

2. REVIEW AND RELATED OF LITERATURE 2.1 Novel ……… 5

2.2 Character ……… 6

2.3 Plot ……… 6

2.4 Setting ……… 7

2.5 Intrinsic Approach ………. 8

2.6 Descriptive Research ………. 9

3. THE ANALYSIS OF THE EFFECT OF THE CUNNING WEBSITE WISH LISTIN BUDDY’S LIFE 3.1 Wish List ……….. 10

3.2 Buddy Pancake ………... 12

3.3 The Effect of The Cunning Website Wish ListIn Buddy‟s Life ……….. 14

4. CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION 4.1 Conclusion ……….. 24

4.2 Suggestion ……….. 24

REFERENCES……….. 26 ……….

ABSTRACT

This work paper titled: THE EFFECT OF THE CUNNING WISH LIST IN BUDDY‟S LIFE. This novel tells the story of Buddy Pancake who must go through his miserable life after being stuck in a criminal action that comes from a website called 'Wish List'. Buddy found a website that can grant his four wishes. Neglected to read the content of the agreement that stated, Buddy directly typing his four wishes in column of the website. Buddy‟s carelessness made he must undergo some extreme things as paid what he asked for accordance with the contents of the agreement stated. One by one, his wishes has granted but Buddy must be willing to do actions that endanger himself and even his wife. At the end of the story, Buddy managed to throw his ego to protect his wife, Lissie, from the cruel action of Wish List‟s agents. In writing this work paper, the writer uses the method of descriptive research and intrinsic approach.

ABSTRAK

Kertas karya ini berjudul : THE EFFECT OF THE CUNNING WISH LIST IN BUDDY‟S LIFE. Novel ini bercerita tentang Buddy Pancake yang harus menjalani hidup dengan sengsara setelah terjebak dalam sebuah praktek kriminal yang berasal dari sebuah website bernama „Wish List‟. Buddy menemukan sebuah website yang dapat mengabulkan empat permintaannya. Tanpa menghiraukan isi kesepakatan yang tertera, Buddy langsung mengetik keempat permintaannya dalam kolom website tersebut. Ketidakhati-hatian Buddy membuatnya harus menjalani hal-hal yang ekstrem sebagai bayaran apa yang telah dia minta sesuai dengan isi kesepakatan yang ada. Satu per satu permintaannya terkabulkan namun Buddy harus rela melakukan aksi-aksi yang membahayakan diriny abahkan istrinya .Diakhir cerita, Buddy berhasil membuang egonya demi melindungi istrinya, Lissie, dari perbuatan kejam agen Wish List. Dalam penulisan kertas karya ini, penulis menggunakan metode penelitian deskriptif dan pendekatan intrinsik.

1. INTRODUCTION

1.1 Background of the Study

Wellek and Warren (1971 : 3) says, “Literature is the mirror of human life that portrays human feeling, thought, imagination and perception which can be viewed based on personal judgment”. In other word, literature constitutes the imaginative act from the human‟s imagination and interpreting life-experiences. Literature transforms and intensifies ordinary language, deviates systematically from everyday speech. Eagleton (1983 : 9) also says “Literature in the sense of a set of works of assured and unalterable value, distinguished by certain shared inherent properties, does not exist”.In other word, literature work has value of sense that can not be changed.

Based on excerpts of critics above can be concluded that literature can give us new ways of looking the world and finding significance which the daily use of language in its more commonplace way has concealed.

Novel is one of literary forms. Gray (1984 : 141) says, “Novels are long prose fictions, including every kind of plot, all style and manners of dealing with their material and showing a capability to cover every imaginable subject matter from all points of view”.In other word, a novel is a long prose fiction almost always concentrating on character and incident, and usually containing a plot. The intrinsic elements are truly seen from the novel. Novel has some intrinsic elements, such as theme, plot, character, setting, point of view and style.

Along with the development of internet technology, this causes to the rise of crime called Cybercrime. Cybercrime is criminal activity done using computers and the Internet which to take opportunities from the victims such as theft and use of an Internet account belonging to someone else, website hijacked, deception through social media accounts with a motive for kidnapping, rape and Murder and etc. The appearance of several cases of cybercrime that often happen and the existence of cybercrime has become a threat to internet users who are victims, not only in the material, but also their lives. This situation also present in the novel Wish List by John Locke. The Wish List is a website that is controlled by multiple agents where they were granted four wishes of an ordinary man named Buddy Pancake. When Buddy Pancake and his drinking friends stumbles across Website Wish List and they jokingly type their impossible wishes. Then, one by one of their wishes start coming true. But Buddy neglected to read the fine print explaining the price they must pay for the wishes they‟ve been granted. The result is they ask Buddy to perform criminal acts as a payment of four of his wishes.

To analyze the story, the writer uses „intrinsic approach‟. Wellek and Warren (1972 : 139) said that retrieve data only from the text, such as read the text carefully, sort information of plot, character, theme, background, action and make summary and conclusion. The writer also uses the library method as the method of study. Library method based on finding sources and appropriate information from the books or internet.

The writer interested to analysis this novel as subject of this paper because the story is about Website Wish List which can granted four wishes of their visitors but then asked to perform criminal acts as a payment of four of visitors‟ wishes. As the focus of this paper, the writer will analysis the Wish List Website and how this website give big affect to Buddy‟s fate.

1.2 Problem of Study

The problems of study are as follow:

1. What is Website Wish List?

2. Why did Wish List website give affect on Buddy Pancake‟s life?

1.3 Scope of Study

The writer will analyze through the element of the novel, such as plot, character, setting and theme to analyze the novel.

1.4 Purpose of Study

The purpose of writer in making this paper is :

The writer wants to find out why the Website Wish List works and operates in Buddy Pancake‟s life.

1.5 Method of Study

The writer uses the method of „library research‟ in writing this paper. The first stage is the writer reading the whole story in this novel to understand the story. After understand the whole story of the novel, the writer reading and search data in the library to get information about the plot. The second stage is to sort the data that has been collected. The final stage is to analyze such data. To analyze the story, the writer uses „intrinsic approach‟. Wellek and Warren (1972 : 139) said that retrieve data only from the text, such as read the text carefully, sort information of plot, character, theme, background, action and make summary and conclusion.

1.6 Reason for Choosing the Topic

The writer has chosen John Locke‟s novel Wish List as the subject of this paper because the story tells about Website Wish List which can granted four wishes of their visitors but then asked to perform criminal acts as a payment of four of visitor‟s wishes.

2. REVIEW AND RELATED LITERATURE

2.1 Novel

Peck and Coyle (1984 : 102) say, “Novel reflects a move away from an essentially religious view of life towards a new interest in the complexities of everyday experience”. In other word, they say that most novel are concerned with ordinary people and their problems in the societies in which they find themselves. Peck and Coyle also say, “Most people are concerned with ordinary people and their problems in the societies in which they find themselves”. The novels are entertained and also give meaning messages to the readers. It also can impress the readers.

About twentieth-century novels, Peck and Coyle (1984: 123) also states “modern novelists can be divided into those who continue within a board tradition of realism and those who experiment far more with the form of the novel. They are less intrusive than nineteenth-century realists, presenting a credible picture in which we are not particularly aware of the narrator‟s presence. They deal with social, personal and ethical problems, and offer us an entertaining yet at the same time instructive look at how people cope with life in the twentieth century. “It means the novel is concerned with presenting the picture of how people related to society. Novel has many elements, which contain character, plot, theme, setting, point of view and style. These elements are related to each other and will construct a story in the novel.

2.2 Characters

Peck and Coyle (1986 :105) says, “The people in the novel are referred to as characters. We asses them on the basis of what author tell us about them and on the basis of what they do and say.” It means that character is also the personality which described by the actors or actress in a story. The characters in a story are the characters involved from the beginning until the end part of story. William Whitla (2010 : 160) says, “Character in the novel is conventionally discussed in terms of exposition and dialog. Characters can also be either flat or on-dimensional, having a simple function, or round, with complexity built up through multiple players of description and action.”

Based on the three excerpts above can be concluded that defines a character is a actors who hold events in the story so that is establish a narrative events. The character is the part of intrinsic element in the novel that is firstly explored by the writer because it takes essential role to display any behavior of each character in the novel.

2.3 Plot

Abrams (1981:137) says “Plot is series of stories which formed by stages of events to build a story that is presented by the actors in a story.” In other word, plot is a series of events that invented and built carefully, which move the plot through complexity towards the climax and resolution.

William Whitla (2010 : 43) says “In a narrative, information often answers the question, “What happened?” and the answer or themes, the arrangement of the action in a specific sequence of events, is called plot.” It means that plot is a literary term defined as the event that make up the story ,particularly as they relate to each other in a sequence, through cause and effect, how the reader views the story. According to Gray (1984 : 159), “Plot is the plan of literary work, especially of drama and novels. To reveal the plot of a novel involves something more than simply explaining the sequence of events.” In other word, plot suggests a pattern of relationship between events.

Based on the excerpts of critics above can be concluded that the plot serves as a guiding outline in developing the overall content of the story and also building and resolving the conflict is a primary focus of the plot.

2.4 Setting

William Whitla (2010 : 161) says, “setting means the location of narrative in time and space-in history or the particularities of place.” In simple terms, setting is the time, place and social reality within which a story takes place. Whitla also said that the location of narrative in time and space-in history can change quickly or slowly throughout a novel, as we shall see later. We have to understand where we are, in which period of time, in which society and at which level in that society if we are to interpret correctly the other elements in the story.

Based on the problems of study in this paper, the writer will analyze the novel enough through the three elements in novel such as character, plot and setting.

2.5 Intrinsic Approach

Wellek and Warren (1977:157) state the literature research starting from the interpretation and analysis of literary work itself. Modern literary history evolved shortly after the birth of romanticism movement. In the 19th century, literature research that was popular at the time is the research about explanations and origins of a literary work. The old methods such as classic rhetoric, poetical, and the dimensions must be learned again and re-elaborated in modern terms, while the new methods have been widely introduced.

In many countries there are also examples of intrinsic research. In France there is a method that is known with Explication de textes. There is also a formal analysis pioneered by Walzel that developed based on the alignment between the work of art and art history. In Czechoslovakia and Poland also have the Russian formalists. A literary critic and rethorican from England named I. A. Richard has more focused on the text of the poem. The analysis of the drama that aims to mix diffuse the drama with empirical reality, while the study of the novel look of artistic methods, perspectives and narrative techniques.

Based on the explanations above so that can be concluded that according to Wellek and Warren, intrinsic approach is the analysis that based of the text itself.

2.6 Descriptive Research

According to John W.Best (1977 : 42) , different from historical research that aim to describe the things that occurred in past, the purpose of descriptive research is to describe the things that happen in the present. In descriptive research be found the efforts of describe, recording, analysis, and interpretation of the conditions of ongoing or exist. In this descriptive research also contained different types of comparisons are possible through the effort to find the relationship between the variables with one condition that the variables do not undergo the process of manipulation as is done in experimental research.

3. THE ANALYSIS OF THE EFFECT OF THE CUNNING WISH LIST IN BUDDY’S LIFE

3.1 Wish List

In this novel, the website Wish List is the main object in this story and also as the mover of story. Wish List is a website which wishes are typed by visitors will be collected, surveyed and gives an update list of the most popular wishes every day. Wish List is a website that was created by Hugo and Victor, billionaire little people who obsessed to conquer the world. Victor is the brains of the organization and also as financier there and Hugo is the general of their international army of little people. Wish List is a project of "social experiment" and another Victor‟s and Hugo's project. The latest project of Victor‟s and Hugo‟s social experiment few years ago was giving offers to people who have financial difficulties as much as one hundred thousand dollars if they agree to let them kill a villain who never want to pay for their crimes.

Considering the magnitude of evil, they've unleashed upon the world, Victor and Hugo have somehow to managed and without pardon theykeep operating in the criminal world. (Locke, 2011: 186)

In the excerpt above shown that in Victor‟s and Hugo‟s evil mind, they only think how to take advantages from their victims with all of their criminal actions. With all their experiences in criminal world, that is not difficult to trap people to willing do what their want. Their victims are only become display for them and take all their money is the main goal of their social experiment.

Behind of Wish List website there are agents who work to filter out the wishes that will be granted. Typically, Wish List will grant the request which sound unusual, has criminal actions and almost impossible to be granted.

When visitor wants to type their wishes on the Wish List page, there are some simple steps that should be through. Firstly, click the internet icon and wait for the welcome page. Next, type www.wishlist.bz in the address bar and wait for a moment to load. After that, the survey will appear and the visitor must type their email address there. Then, a small box fine print will appear. The fine print contains the approval where the life is guaranteed. After the visitor click „Agree‟ button in fine print, they can type their wishes there. Some of website Wish List‟s victims are those who neglect to read the contents of the box approval.

Through the analysis above can be concluded that the motive of Wish List is to make someone‟s life miserable and to control their life under them. Wish List never forces their victims to type their wishes because they always show the fine print contains the agreement before the victim type their wish. They can not do anything if the person reject to press the agree button on fine print. But, the victims are the one who careless and neglect to read the contents of fine print so that they are the one who enter and unfortunately trapped on Wish List operation.

3.2 Buddy Pancake

Buddy Pancake is typical American guy of a middle class who works as a loan officer in one of bank office in Louisville downtown. Because his last name is the same with the name of the type of cake, new people who know him would make jokes about his last name, but now he got used to it. With all his weakness, the one who can make him proud is only his wife, Melissa or he usually called her Lissie. According to Buddy, Lissie is very beautiful, nice and perfect for him. But although Buddy already had Lissie, in fact he often daydreaming about a movie star named Jinny Kidwell. Jinny is an ideal type of woman for Buddy.

There's no way he can hide his contempt. But I stand behind my belief that few men on earth would have turned down an afternoon delight with Jinny Kidwell, with or without the money (Locke, 2011: 81)

In excerpt above, Buddy thought every men would knelt down in front of Jinny Kidwell and can do anything to get along with her. He really admired on Jinny but he could not tell about his obsession on Jinny to his wife because that was only on his imagination. Due to his obsession with the movie star, sometimes under his conscious, Buddy often thought that Lissie was Jinny. Buddy ever caught calling Jinny name when he was with Lissie that made her suspicious and mad on him.

Despite his obsession with Jinny Kidwell so huge but Buddy is also a type of husband who really loves his wife. He always feels guilty after he realized had daydreaming about Lissie as Jinny. Sometimes he also feels like cheating on Lissie

Hugo asks “What‟s the most important thing in the world to you?” Then He sees my expression.“That‟s right, Buddy. We can do whatever we want to your precious Lissie. Anytime we want. And don‟t forget it.” (Locke, 2011 : 113)

Lissie is the biggest weakness and most important thing in the world to Buddy. He will do anything to protect Lissie from Wish List agent and does not want Lissie involved because of him. Buddy immediately accepted the offer from Wish List agents after they threatened to endanger Lissie‟s life if their demands were not granted. After escaping from the Wish List, Buddy also wanted to come clean and confess his sins to Lissie. And for the sake of his wife, Buddy disappeared from Lissie‟s life so Lissie no longer involved with Wish List agents.

Buddy‟s professional life is not that good.Buddy worked under the leadership of Mr. Oglethorpe which he is a boss who does not have a heart. He works always like a nightmare every time Mr. Oglethorpe treated him unfairly. Buddy always complain with the results that he got for not comparable to what he did.

"It's early March, and we're three underachievers, soft, wimpy, mind-management worker bee, sitting in the basement of my split-level ranch, in the room I like to call my office." (Lock, 2011: 9)

In this excerpt clearly seen that Buddy never satisfied with his job. He complained about his work office, his workmates who only can silent when they treated unfair by their boss and also because he always will be a worker bee for his boss, Mr. Oglethorpe. He wondered why his boss always treats him bad and also

threatened to fire Buddy every time like it is a joke for him. That reasons enough makes Buddy hates his boss so much.

Buddy is kind of spiteful guy. The cunning of Mr. Oglethorpe that Buddy hates the most is when his boss is always stealing the customers that have been painstakingly acquired by his employees. He will take over all the customers after his employees completing half of their work. His frustration reached the top when the day Mr. Oglethorpe gave command to Buddy to find customers who want the keep their money as much as three million dollars. Buddy assumes it is an oppression to him because his boss threatened to fire him from his job if he can not get the customer immediately.

Buddy has drinking friends name Mike and Richie. When they gather, they always talk about girls because Buddy‟s friends do not marry yet. Mike is so envy with him because the careless man like Buddy can marry a woman who is pretty and kind like Lissie. Buddy is a man who open and believe in his friends. It was shown when Buddy told only to Mike and Richie about his obsession with Jinny Kidwell.

From the analysis of character above can be concluded that Buddy is kind of careless guy who really love and care with his wife but also has obsesses with a movie star named Jinny Kidwell. He is the type who works half-hearted in his job just because he is really hates his boss. He was really proud when he succeed made his boss ashamed because of Buddy‟s arrogant attitude.

3.3 The Effect of Wish List in Buddy’s Life

Buddy with his two friends were drinking together and talking about women. Richie and Mike told to Buddy that they found a website called Wish List and they invited Buddy to participate in typing his wishes on Wish List page. Buddy initially did not believe what just his friends said and rejected to join with them because it sounds impossible, but he remembered his obsession with Jinny Kidwell that made him wondered and then began to consider his friends suggestion. In middle of the night, Buddy sneaked out from his room without the knowledge of his wife and quietly opened the Wish List website and typed his 4 wishes. Then, he typed his wishes quickly. First, he wanted to sleep with Jinny Kidwell. He thought this was the only chance for him to meet her if this Wish List was true. Then, he typed his second wish, that is a million dollar. He thinks money is never left when people want something to get. In his third wish, he wanted his boss died horrible death. After that, he paused and thought what should be he type on his fourth wish. He thought that the first three of his wishes does notmake a sense. Then he thought to put something plausible and decided to do something special for his wife, Lissie. Wish number four become to get two front row seats, Springsteen Concert, Louisville, Kentucky, Friday, March 12, 2010.

Buddy‟s boss, Mr. Oglethorpe gave command to Buddy to find customers who want to keep their money as much as three million dollarsand threatening Buddy fired from his job if he does not get a client. Buddy went to Tokyo Blue restaurant and

there he accidentally met a middle-aged woman named Mrs. Blankenship who was waiting for her granddaughter. Mrs. Blankenship told that she was looking for a loan from the bank for her granddaughter. Instantly, Buddy immediately volunteered to be a loan for Mrs. Blankenship‟s granddaughter. With a variety of considerations, finally Mrs. Blankenship accepted Buddy‟s offer.

Buddy‟s life slowly began showered by luck. Buddy and Chelsea, the granddaughter of Mrs. Blankenship began collaborating. In other place, Buddy's wife, Lissie, got a Springsteen concert tickets front row seats. These all successes made Buddy arrogant in front of Mr. Oglethorpe and his secretary, Hilda.

All afternoon I refuse to answer questions, saying only, "At nine o'clock tomorrow morning, you'll see. I'm going to own this bank. "(Locke, 2011: 42-43)

In this excerpt shown that Buddy was really proud because he could show and prove to his boss, Mr. Oglethorpe that he could finish his work really fast and made his boss irritated. He came late, did not give attention to his boss and played a loud song in his office room like he is the owner of the bank. Mr. Oglethorpe gave Buddy a warn but Buddy did not really care of it.

Mr. Oglethorpe did not approve Buddy‟s report about his new client and fired Buddy immediately. But not that long, a customer named Thomas Jefferson came. He was looking for Buddy because he want to save his money, a quarter of a billion dollars, if Buddy would be the one who handle it. Because of that, Buddy was not

Mr. Jefferson brought Buddy to Hannibal to take a million dollars for Buddy. Afterwards, he realized that Mr. Jefferson was part of the Wish List. They went to Riverview Park and took his money in the trailer. Mr. Jefferson said that to get a suitcase containing one million dollars, Buddy should sleep with Jinny Kidwell. In the trailer, Buddy met with Jinny who already knew the motive of Buddy‟s arrival because she also involved with Wish List. But she was reluctant to tell the real reason why Jinny willing to sleep with Buddy and just gave a little glimpse about Wish List.

Jinny says "I'll tell you this much: I've been given the opportunity of a lifetime, and it's good karma to give back. My wish was very important to me, and yours is very flattering. "(Locke, 2011: 69)

In this excerpt shown that Jinny Kidwell involved with Wish List because there is something important that related with her life. Because her status as a celebrity, she could not tell the detail of her intention with Wish List again because it can endanger her career. She said that Buddy‟s wish not that as important as her because his wish is kind of a joke while her wish is really important to her. She is willing to do everything for her wish and does not really care if karma will back to her.

After sleeping with Buddy, Jinny gave Buddy suitcase containing one million dollars. Buddy back to the limo and met again with Mr. Jefferson. In the way back home, Mr. Jefferson reminded Buddy about the Fine Print in Wish List website. Buddy did not know what the Fine Print that Mr. Jefferson was talking about. Mr.Jefferson explained that Fine Print contained the approval where the life is guaranteed. Buddy remembered on the night when he accessed the website Wish List,

he did been rushing and worried his wife night walk and caught him and neglected to read the Fine Print.

After parting with Mr. Jefferson, Buddy met with other strangers in limo named Rudy. Rudy began to instruct Buddy to pay all Buddy‟s wishes that he had received in accordance with the agreement in Fine Print. Buddy had to bury the bodies of his boss, Mr. Oglethorpe, according to Buddy third wish.

But I was just kidding around! I did not expect someone to actually kill my boss. (Locke, 2011 :84 )

Buddy did not expect his ridiculous wish wouldreally be granted. He thought Wish List was the one who killed his boss but Rudy said that Buddy killed his boss by his wish. Although Buddy hates his boss, but he did not really intend to make Mr. Oglethorpe die tragically, moreover the reason his boss was killed because of him.

Buddy finally was able to enjoy his fourth wish that was having fun with his wife at the Springsteen concert. Back home from the concert, Buddy had met again with Rudy who told him that Thomas Jefferson, whose real name is Pete Rossman actually the husband of Jinny Kidwell. As instructed from Rudy, Buddy managed to make Lissie asleep by mixing her drink with capsule given by Perkins, the limo driver. Buddy met Rudy back and found his friend, Richie, be a prisoner of Rudy. They moved to Cincinnati in countryside area. Buddy and Richie proceeded to dig the grave while Rudy recorded them with his camera. Rudy said that his wife is Buddy„s

biggest weakness so ifBuddy refuses to pay all his wishes, then they will endanger Lissie‟s life.

Buddy went on his third mission, which was to fight in a boxing match. In the porch, Rudy played video where Mike was raping Lissie who was unconscious when Buddy buried his boss. Rudy said that it was one of Mike's wish in the Wish List and Buddy has paid his second wish to allow that to happen. Rudy continued to provoke Buddy how Mike had stole his wife from him. Buddy was very angry, and released his anger when he saw Mike in the ring. Through fierce battle, Buddy finally won the battle. At the end of the fight Buddy realized that his wife, Lissie, should bear all the sins that Buddy did.

In the porch, with the help from Gus, someone who worked there, Buddy successfully contacted Donovan Creed and asked for help without the knowledge of Rudy. Donovan is a friend of Buddy's sister who is a former CIA Assassin and the only one who pleased to help him.

Donovan thinks, "I try not to judge people. I really do try. But if you're a loser recruit army, Buddy Pancake is the first guy you want." (Locke, 2011:149)

Donovan actually did not really like Buddy because he thinks Buddy is a loser guy who always involved in many problems. He only calls Donovan when he meets problems and Donovan is the one who clean it up. The only reason why he wants to help Buddy is because he promised to Buddy‟s sister that he willing to protect and

help his brother anytime and also Buddy‟s place is in the same town with Donovan‟s girlfriend so beside helping Buddy, he also can visits his girlfriend more often.

After hearing the explanation from Buddy, Donovan began to track where Jinny Kidwell was with the help of his friend, Lou Kelly. After knowing the position of Jinny, Donovan moved into that place then quietly muffle over Jinny‟s mouth. Donovan asked the reason why Jinny was willing to sleep with Buddy but she still gave an explanation that contained nonsense like she said with Buddy before. Donovan hostages Jinny and Harrison and tied them in a tree located in a countryside areain Crawford, Indiana.

Donovan went to Buddy‟s house and saw some suspicious people around his house. Donovan called to Buddy‟s house to make sure that Lissie is not in danger at home. In her house, Lissie began to worry and wait for a call from Buddy. With all the effort Donovan could go into Buddy's garage and then spraying some camera lenses are made by agents of Wish List. Could not find the suitcase containing Buddy‟s money, Donovan rushed out of the Buddy‟s house and made another plan to save Lissie.

Victor and Hugo, the creator and agent of website Wish List contacted Donovan through his computer. Donovan knew them but pretended to ask their intention why they called him. They knew each other because Donovan ever once worked for them. Without hesitant, they directly asked about Jinny‟s condition .Want

each other, then they started exchange information about Jinny location and where Buddy was. Danovan back to where Jinny and Harison tied. Danovan released Harrison while Jinny brought to Nashville to given for Hugo. In there, Donovan saw Buddy „s face from the window glass. Victor said that Jinny has AIDS disease and Buddy have been infected. The reason why Wish List wanted to keep Jinny was because Jinny is pubic figure. If people know Jinny infected AIDS disease, people will suspect their organization and tried to find their operation. Donovan and Victor finally made a deal. Victor wanted Buddy to did not come back to Lissie because Lissie would have many questions about the AIDS disease that has been infected Buddy and tried to call police to investigate about Wish List operation. Donovan understood about the deal and agreed with it as long as they did not give bad affect on Lissie‟s life. Then, they traded Buddy to Donovan and gave Jinny to Wish List agent. Donovan brought out Buddy from the Wish List agents‟ residence.

Donovan ordered Buddy to not return to Lissie after explaining to Buddy that he infected AIDS virus because of Jinny Kidwell and his life is no longer. Buddy refused because he wanted to tell the real situation to Lissie. Buddy believed he will receive amnesty from Lissie because his wife is a good person.

Donovan still warned Buddy and asked him to not be selfish because it would make Buddy endangering Lissie‟s life because Donovan‟s deal with Wish List. With a heavy heart, Buddy finally agreed with Donovan‟s suggestion. Buddy brought to

special Resources, a branch of Homeland Security, Richmond, Virginia. In there, Buddy would receive treatment and be isolated until the end of his life.

A few weeks after the death of Buddy, Lissie got check contained Buddy‟s money obtained from a lawyer that actually engineered from Donovan. At the same time, all various media reported that Jinny died because of AIDS and remembered by the public as the face of AIDS. Jinny has known as a movie star that really had bad reputation. After the death of Buddy, Donovan felt responsible for continuing to protect Lissie of agents Wish List.

Donovan thinks, "How Buddy managed to win her (Lissie) is beyond my ability to comprehend, but it puts me in mind of something my grandfather once said: Only a woman can look at a sack of shit and see a husband inside." (Locke, 2011: 215)

Donovan was amazed with Lissie who willing to accept any weakness of Buddy. Donovan thought someone like Lissie deserves a better guy than careless guy like Buddy. During oversee Lissie, Donovan felt pity for seeing Lissie who cries every night because of Buddy, which Donovan thought her tears was precious and too wasted on people who are useless like Buddy. After left by Buddy for 6 months, finally Lissie decided to extent her life after she met with a man named Matt Pike. Donovan finding out the background of the life of Matt Pike and ensure Lissie did not fall into wrong people and until then Donovan continued to oversee and protect Lissie because Donovan thought Lissie deserves a better life.

From the all excerpts and through of analysis above can be concluded that Wish List is a social experiment project created by Victor and Hugo in order to rule the world. Wish List has destroyed many people‟s life, including Buddy Pancake. Buddy Pancake is a careless American guy who really hated his job. Buddy caught in Wish List‟s trap after two of his friends invited him to participate. Wish List is a website which can grant four wishes typed by Buddy but they want Buddy to repay them by doing what they order. Since then, Wish List really gave a big effect in Buddy's life. Buddy had to face all odds to escape the cruelty of Wish List. Buddy also must be willing to leave his beloved wife, Lissie, so that she does not experience the same thing as him. Due to Wish List, Buddy had to die without giving a message to his wife.

4. CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION

4.1CONCLUSION

After analyze the novel, it is provable that the effect of the cunning website Wish List in Buddy‟s life shown in novel “Wish List”. Wish List created to make people suffering because their four wishes they made. Wish List is a website that was created by Hugo and Victor, billionaire little people who obsessed to conquer the world. Buddy Pancake is one of Wish List‟s victims. Wish List is granting Buddy‟s four wishes and then pulling him under them. Firstly, they kindly granting one by one Buddy‟s wishes to become true even the wishes sound impossible to do. But after they granted all four wishes, they order Buddy to do unrealistic actions, such as killing his boss, satisfying other people‟s wishes, and hurting himself even his wife, Lissie. And Buddy ended died without leaving a message for his wife. Although a former team of Wish List ever caught their action and helped Buddy‟s escaped from Wish list agents but Hugo and Victor still manage to operating their organization behind Website Wish List and caught another victims.

4.2SUGGESTION

The writer hopes this work paper can help the readers who want to know about the tricky Wish List website in novel Wish List. The writer hopes the reader of the novel not only sit silently and read the whole story, but also can understand the story in the novel. In this work paper, the writer hopes the readers know that the Wish List

website created to make people suffering is author‟s imagination and perspective only. This is not a right thing to make a fun with somebody‟s life and lead them to do inappropriate action. In the novel, there are some elements such as plot, character and setting. These elements are very important because it can be construct the whole story to be more interested. The writer hopes the readers can understand these elements well. The writer realizes this paper about website Wish List still need corrections. Therefore, the writer accepts useful critics and comments to improve this paper. I expect this paper would be useful for the readers in future.

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APPENDICES

THE BIOGRAPHY OF JOHN LOCKE

John Locke was born in Puerto Rico, which is a USA dependent territory and has the status of “an organized unincorporated territory”. His father is a Canadian military and his mother is American. He attended boarding school in Pennsylvania. One day when he elementary school pupil he was bitten by ant. He has got angry, and he decided to write about it in a very special way, and he wrote a sarcastic short story titled “Ants Aren‟t Very Nice”. His teacher enjoyed this story so much, and she read it to all his class and after to a higher class. John enjoyed his fame. After that, John‟s favorite time pass was a process of creating a stories and writings. He was very

talented in writings, but he did not become a professional writer in his youth. He started career selling insurance and investing in real estate.

He attended college at Northwestern state University, where he specialized in journalism, but he always has many other interests. John had many hobbies in his youth, he played guitar and made songs for a rock band, he worked as an insurance salesmen. John became a vice president of insurance company by the time he was just 21 years old. He shows his talent in a marketing area and his deep knowledge of his clients' psychology. Later he moved to Louisville, where at the age of 35 he founded his own insurance company called Freedom Life Insurance. In the services of agency were included all comprehensive Healthcare Coverage, Fixed Indemnity Health Insurance, Critical Illness, Life, Dental Coverage, Accident, Short-Term Accident Disability Income Insurance etc. The mission of this agency is to protect customers from financial hardship due to unforeseen illness or injury. The company proclaimed itself as flexible, affordable and secure organization. His company grew up very quickly, because he was smart and hardworking manager. His company employed nearly 7000 insurance agents in 34 states of USA. He was currently an influential owner of two insurance agencies and thirteen shopping centers. Despite of all this, his success did not seem enough for him. He was looking for opportunities to find the kind of business that can provide him not just money, but also more free time to devote his energy to his passion to creative writings. In 1995 he sold the company to become a private real-estate investor.

JOHN LOCKE’S CAREER

John Locke is well known self-published writer who sold one million eBooks. It is his best renowned achievement. He is one of only eight authors, who have sold one million eBooks. He releases his novels as eBooks via Amazon‟s Kindle Direct Publishing. Artwork and design of the books is done by Telemachus Press. Since he began publishing in 2010, Locke keeps his reputation as an author of the bestsellers. He has sold more than two million eBooks! Most of his bestsellers are from Donovan Creed series. His success provoked interest of many different people. How could he able to sell so many books? What he think about marketing in book selling business? Author decided to answer for these questions in his book titled “How I Sold One Million eBooks in Five Months”. In this work, Locke uses the term “Loyalty Transference” to describe the act of transferring a reader‟s loyalty from one concept or idea to another. He was smart using the social media and blogging and he created large amounts of publicity through his core group of loyal readers, around 100,000 by his estimate. Noticeable, that John Locke never aimed to make a good publishing contract with traditional publishers, he worked out a mass-market paperback distribution agreement with Simon & Schuster, who controlled design, content and pricing. Those true partners could sell physical copies of his novels at large retailers. Publisher Simon & Schuster was founded in the early 1920s by Richard Simon and Lincoln “Max” Schuster. In 1924, it published the first collection of crossword puzzles. Nowadays the company Simon & Schuster is a division of CBS (Columbia

Broadcasting System Corporation). This is one of the four largest English-language publishers, with Random House, Penguin, Harper Collins. In the current period, Simon & Schuster published two thousand titles annually! All books of John Locke contain dark and depressive destructive feelings, which reflect a dark side of the soul of typical American people of the medium classes and of the low class audience. The feelings of instability, jealous and cruelty are very common in a greedy capitalist society with gangsters, bandits, prostitutes and narcotics. Peoples in USA downtowns are struggling for quick easy money, which lead them to make a crime. It leads them to become mad and behave cruel. Many blood, murders, kidnappings, police and horrors are normal attributes of contemporary American literature and films. John is a good businessman and he knows well, what the clients of his country want. He feels the demand in the book market. He knows that most of his readers - are from the darkest places such as New York's Bronx. Most of them are not educated and unable to earn an honest way. Cruelty, heartlessness, greed, greed and crimes are reign there. Murderers and robbers - are the main characters of this American world. Many young people in USA have a passion for first-class hotels, fancy restaurants, and expensive women. They want all these things, they don‟t have moral and religious principles and they easy can decide to become professional killers or drug dealers. The more blood, assassins, cruel intrigues would be in the text of book, the more American readers would be interested in reading it. John Locke understands this is very good and he makes a perfect marketing idea. Locke‟s books have plenty of narrative push,

It is well known, that every ten seconds, twenty-four hours a day, a John Locke‟s novel is downloaded somewhere in the world! Authors, book reviewers, bloggers and fans across the globe agree: John Locke is one of the most creative contemporary talents in America today. But it is obviously, that he is a genius businessmen, he know, how to make a perfect marketing scheme, but his literature is not true literature, his language is very poor and his themes very concise and similar with depressive reality of American society today. His works have intricate and sophisticated storylines, but they don't have humanistic ideas, moral and ideological values for high spiritual and intelligent society and humanity.

THE SUMMARY OF THE NOVEL

Buddy Pancake is a typical American guy of a middle class who works as a loan officer in one of bank offices in Louisville downtown. His professional life is not that good, because he always will be a worker bee for his boss, Mr. Oglethorpe, who threatened to fire Buddy, that makes Buddy really hates his boss. Although Buddy's circumstances in his workplace are not perfect, he feels really lucky to have a good and beautiful wife who really loves him named Lissie.

On a Sunday and Monday, Buddy and his few friends were spending time together, and his friends persuaded him to type four his wishes on a website named Wish List. At first, Buddy does not really interested with the website, but the more he thinks about it, the more his curious increases, so he also join on Wish List website

and does not really pay attention about what is written in the fine print by Wish List. He puts in his Wish List his top wishes, namely: to make love with movie star Jinny Kidwell, to get a million dollars, to see his boss dead, and to have a change of his luck. But his troubles started when his wishes began to come true. Buddy's life slowly changes after his wishes came true one by one. A strange guy named Mr. Jefferson appears and helps Buddy to escape from being fired by Mr. Oglethorpe. Mr. Jefferson encouraged Buddy to grant his wishes. Buddy thought to become the happiest man ever, but Buddy's life turns immediately to the worst, after Mr. Jefferson demanded him to pay four wishes to other wishes.

In urgent condition, Buddy asked Donovan Creed, the best friend of his sister, who is also a former of CIA Assassin, to help him to escape from the Wish List agents. After receiving offer from Buddy, Donovan started to collect the information of Wish List and chase people who were involved with Wish List. Because of Donovan's experience in intelligence service, his success knocks down the Wish List agents one by one. Jinny Kidwell, the actress who slept with Buddy, is one of the Wish List's agent's weakness, because Jinny is a public figure and they don't want Wish List operation spread outside to other people who doesn't involve. So, Donovan changes Jinny with Buddy to the Wish List agents.

After escape from the Wish List, Donovan tells Buddy, that he infected virus of AIDS after he slept with Jinny Kidwell and that he is going to die. Donovan tells

List. At first, Buddy refused Donovan's offer because he really wants. But after he learned about the harmful effects that may be detrimental to the Lissie's health and may put her life in a danger, he agreed and he finally obeys Donovan's offer. He left Lissie without letting her to know.

After Buddy died, Donovan still keeps his eyes on Lissie and protects her from Wish List agents.

talented in writings, but he did not become a professional writer in his youth. He started career selling insurance and investing in real estate.

He attended college at Northwestern state University, where he specialized in journalism, but he always has many other interests. John had many hobbies in his youth, he played guitar and made songs for a rock band, he worked as an insurance salesmen. John became a vice president of insurance company by the time he was just 21 years old. He shows his talent in a marketing area and his deep knowledge of his clients' psychology. Later he moved to Louisville, where at the age of 35 he founded his own insurance company called Freedom Life Insurance. In the services of agency were included all comprehensive Healthcare Coverage, Fixed Indemnity Health Insurance, Critical Illness, Life, Dental Coverage, Accident, Short-Term Accident Disability Income Insurance etc. The mission of this agency is to protect customers from financial hardship due to unforeseen illness or injury. The company proclaimed itself as flexible, affordable and secure organization. His company grew up very quickly, because he was smart and hardworking manager. His company employed nearly 7000 insurance agents in 34 states of USA. He was currently an influential owner of two insurance agencies and thirteen shopping centers. Despite of all this, his success did not seem enough for him. He was looking for opportunities to find the kind of business that can provide him not just money, but also more free time to devote his energy to his passion to creative writings. In 1995 he sold the company to become a private real-estate investor.

JOHN LOCKE’S CAREER

John Locke is well known self-published writer who sold one million eBooks. It is his best renowned achievement. He is one of only eight authors, who have sold one million eBooks. He releases his novels as eBooks via Amazon‟s Kindle Direct Publishing. Artwork and design of the books is done by Telemachus Press. Since he began publishing in 2010, Locke keeps his reputation as an author of the bestsellers. He has sold more than two million eBooks! Most of his bestsellers are from Donovan Creed series. His success provoked interest of many different people. How could he able to sell so many books? What he think about marketing in book selling business? Author decided to answer for these questions in his book titled “How I Sold One Million eBooks in Five Months”. In this work, Locke uses the term “Loyalty Transference” to describe the act of transferring a reader‟s loyalty from one concept or idea to another. He was smart using the social media and blogging and he created large amounts of publicity through his core group of loyal readers, around 100,000 by his estimate. Noticeable, that John Locke never aimed to make a good publishing contract with traditional publishers, he worked out a mass-market paperback distribution agreement with Simon & Schuster, who controlled design, content and pricing. Those true partners could sell physical copies of his novels at large retailers. Publisher Simon & Schuster was founded in the early 1920s by Richard Simon and Lincoln “Max” Schuster. In 1924, it published the first collection of crossword puzzles. Nowadays the company Simon & Schuster is a division of CBS (Columbia

Broadcasting System Corporation). This is one of the four largest English-language publishers, with Random House, Penguin, Harper Collins. In the current period, Simon & Schuster published two thousand titles annually! All books of John Locke contain dark and depressive destructive feelings, which reflect a dark side of the soul of typical American people of the medium classes and of the low class audience. The feelings of instability, jealous and cruelty are very common in a greedy capitalist society with gangsters, bandits, prostitutes and narcotics. Peoples in USA downtowns are struggling for quick easy money, which lead them to make a crime. It leads them to become mad and behave cruel. Many blood, murders, kidnappings, police and horrors are normal attributes of contemporary American literature and films. John is a good businessman and he knows well, what the clients of his country want. He feels the demand in the book market. He knows that most of his readers - are from the darkest places such as New York's Bronx. Most of them are not educated and unable to earn an honest way. Cruelty, heartlessness, greed, greed and crimes are reign there. Murderers and robbers - are the main characters of this American world. Many young people in USA have a passion for first-class hotels, fancy restaurants, and expensive women. They want all these things, they don‟t have moral and religious principles and they easy can decide to become professional killers or drug dealers. The more blood, assassins, cruel intrigues would be in the text of book, the more American readers would be interested in reading it. John Locke understands this is very good and he makes a perfect marketing idea. Locke‟s books have plenty of narrative push, but little true suspense, as nothing significant is at stake.

It is well known, that every ten seconds, twenty-four hours a day, a John Locke‟s novel is downloaded somewhere in the world! Authors, book reviewers, bloggers and fans across the globe agree: John Locke is one of the most creative contemporary talents in America today. But it is obviously, that he is a genius businessmen, he know, how to make a perfect marketing scheme, but his literature is not true literature, his language is very poor and his themes very concise and similar with depressive reality of American society today. His works have intricate and sophisticated storylines, but they don't have humanistic ideas, moral and ideological values for high spiritual and intelligent society and humanity.

THE SUMMARY OF THE NOVEL

Buddy Pancake is a typical American guy of a middle class who works as a loan officer in one of bank offices in Louisville downtown. His professional life is not that good, because he always will be a worker bee for his boss, Mr. Oglethorpe, who threatened to fire Buddy, that makes Buddy really hates his boss. Although Buddy's circumstances in his workplace are not perfect, he feels really lucky to have a good and beautiful wife who really loves him named Lissie.

On a Sunday and Monday, Buddy and his few friends were spending time together, and his friends persuaded him to type four his wishes on a website named Wish List. At first, Buddy does not really interested with the website, but the more he thinks about it, the more his curious increases, so he also join on Wish List website

and does not really pay attention about what is written in the fine print by Wish List. He puts in his Wish List his top wishes, namely: to make love with movie star Jinny Kidwell, to get a million dollars, to see his boss dead, and to have a change of his luck. But his troubles started when his wishes began to come true. Buddy's life slowly changes after his wishes came true one by one. A strange guy named Mr. Jefferson appears and helps Buddy to escape from being fired by Mr. Oglethorpe. Mr. Jefferson encouraged Buddy to grant his wishes. Buddy thought to become the happiest man ever, but Buddy's life turns immediately to the worst, after Mr. Jefferson demanded him to pay four wishes to other wishes.

In urgent condition, Buddy asked Donovan Creed, the best friend of his sister, who is also a former of CIA Assassin, to help him to escape from the Wish List agents. After receiving offer from Buddy, Donovan started to collect the information of Wish List and chase people who were involved with Wish List. Because of Donovan's experience in intelligence service, his success knocks down the Wish List agents one by one. Jinny Kidwell, the actress who slept with Buddy, is one of the Wish List's agent's weakness, because Jinny is a public figure and they don't want Wish List operation spread outside to other people who doesn't involve. So, Donovan changes Jinny with Buddy to the Wish List agents.

After escape from the Wish List, Donovan tells Buddy, that he infected virus of AIDS after he slept with Jinny Kidwell and that he is going to die. Donovan tells Buddy to not meet with Lissie anymore because Donovan has promised this on Wish

List. At first, Buddy refused Donovan's offer because he really wants. But after he learned about the harmful effects that may be detrimental to the Lissie's health and may put her life in a danger, he agreed and he finally obeys Donovan's offer. He left Lissie without letting her to know.

After Buddy died, Donovan still keeps his eyes on Lissie and protects her from Wish List agents.