Background of the Study Problem of the Study

1. INTRODUCTION

1.1 Background of the Study

Roberts and Hendry E. Jacobs 1995:1 stated that literature refers to compositions that tell stories, dramatize situations, express emotions, and analyze and advocate ideas. Literature enables us to recognize human morality, dream and struggle in difference ways, time and situations that we would never otherwise know. There are so mainly three important branches of literature, novel, poetry, and drama. One of the important branches is novel. Rees’ 1973:106 stated that novel is a fictitious prose narrative of considerate length in which characters and action representative of real life are portrayed in a plot of more or less complexity. Abrams 1981:20 stated that characters are the persons in a narrative of dramatic work of art such as novel, play, or film. Who are interpreted by reader as being enclosed with moral and dispositional qualities that are expressed in what they say – the dialogue – and what they do – the action. The gerunds in a character’s temperament and moral nature for his speech and action constitute his motivations. Based on the explanation, the characters expression through the attitude and every dialogue has a moral value. Morality of the characters can be positive or negative side. Through the character, the reader could see the great moral value in the novel. It can be concluded characters and morality is related. Universitas Suamtera Utara

1.2 Problem of the Study

Jodi Picoult is the author of sixteen novels, including One New York Times Bestsellers. In her novel Picoults tells the emotionally riveting story of a family torn, apart by conflicting needs and passionate love those triumphs over human weakness. My Sister’s Keeper is the one of her fascinating novel and this novel be come the bestseller book. My Sister’s Keeper examines what it means to be a good parent, good sister, and a good person. Picoult is portraying the characters in such wonderful ways through the great story about the Fitzgerald families and their lawyer with their central conflict; and their life that have changed in to worse. Its fascinating character study framed by a complex, griping story; told in alternating perspective by engaging, fascinating cast characters. This is a beautiful, hard braking, controversial, and honest book. It is difficult to find a book combining a timely moral dilemma with well- drawn characters for which one cares. This novel shows a morality of each character. Morality in this novel can be showed through their attitude, and how the characters facing their problem in their life. Therefore, by this chance, the writer will be described the main characters’ morality in Jodi Pcoult’s novel, My Sister’s Keeper. Universitas Suamtera Utara

1.3 Objective of the Study