31 When in camp after war in Vietnam, Gump meet with a Lieutenant. He is
Dan. “They was a guy nex to my cot name of Dan, who had been blowed up
inside a tank. He was all burnt an had tubes goin in an out of him everplace, but I never heard him holler. He talk real low an quiet, an
after a day or so, him an me got to be friends. I tole him bout Bubba an all, an he nod his head very sadly an say they will be a lot more
Bubbas to die afore this thing is over.” Winston Groom :30
Gump and Lt.Dan become friends, they often have conversation together although sometimes Gump does not understand what is being said by Lt. Dan. But he remains
a friend Lt. Dan. Until eventually Lt. And transferred to a hospital for treatment of his leg, and they did not meet again for a long time. But one day Gump meet Lt.Dan
who does not have the legs anymore. Motion they know each other and they are happy to meet you again. Their friendship still exists even though they had long been
separated. Friendship is the good conduct, to make good relation with another with good
purpose. Making relation is not enough if there isn’t friendship in there. Friendship also bring the happiness for everyone, having friend like we are rich man which we
can share anything with others. Friendship can make people feel like they have each other and think there is someone who care about himher.
4.3 Disloyalty
Beside there are some action which can bring the happiness in life, there are also some action or behavior bring the pain come to life. One of the behavior bring
the pain which found in this novel is disloyalty. Disloyalty is conduct of someone who can keep their relation with another and the condition or an instance of being
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factors. In this novel, the conduct of disloyalty described in character of Jenny
Curran. Jenny Curran is one of main character in this novel. Groom describes Jenny as the girl who lives with broken home. She lives with her father who always forces
her to do many things and also hit her. She hates her father because her father is never good to her. She want to be famous person, she has big ambition to be great
woman. She went to many places, to continue her study and also to continue her life. In many places, she met many men and make special relation with the men. She
makes relation with man in where she lives as the couple, but the relation did not work. She went to another place and left the man, she had done it to many men who
ever have relation with her. Gump is one of the men who are falling in love with Jenny Curran. So Gump always looking for the existence of Jenny Curran, Gump can
found her where she lives. She knew that Gump really loves her but she always go away from Gump.
At first, she agreed to have relation with Gump as the couple. They live in same place and do many things together. But later Jenny though Gump is not really good
for her, so she gone and left Gump. “Naturally, things are a bit different between Jenny an me after that.
We commenced to sleep in the same bed together, which was also kind of strange for me at first, but I sure got used to it.When we was
doin our act at the Hodaddy Club, ever so often Jenny would pass by me an muss up my hair, or run her fingers down the back of my neck.
All of a sudden things start to change for me— like my whole life jus begun, an I am the happiest feller in the world.”Winston Groom: 45
From above quotation can be seen that Gump is really loves her, and Jenny also love him. Because of they love each other, they decide to live together and they are
making love. The case can be seen from the sentence ‘All of a sudden things start to
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world”. Gump really loves Jenny, he said that he was the happiest person in the world because he with Jenny. Jenny is the woman who has change Gump’s life, she
can make Gump happy. But at the end Jenny gone, she decided to leave Gump again. We get to the apartment an lo an behole, Jenny is gone too. All her
things is gone, cept she lef us some clean sheets an towels an some pots an pans an stuff. On the table in the livin room is a note. Dan
foun it first, an he read it out loud to me. Winston Groom: 89
From the quotation above showed that Jenny gone and leave Gump. Gump did not know why Jenny left him, whether they love each other and always happy if
together. The words ‘Jenny is gone too’ prove that there is no loyalty in Jenny to make serious relation with Gump.
In one day, Gump met back with Jenny in city named Savannah, in this moment Gump knew the reason why Jenny left him.
Your son. Little Forrest. I looked over an there he was, gigglin an clappin cause Sue was now doin han-stands. I
guess I should of tole you, Jenny say, but when I lef Indianapolis, you see, I was
pregnant. I didnt want to say anything, I dont know just why. I felt like, well, there you was, callin yourself The
Dunce an all, an I was gonna have this baby. An I was worried, sort of, bout how hed turn out.Winston Groom:
113
Jenny and Gump have making love together before they desperate, and they have a son. But Jenny got married with another man, she didn’t married with Gump
because she won’t her son has father like Gump, idiot man. Can be seen from the sentence ‘I felt like, well, there you was, callin yourself The Dunce an all, an I was
gonna have this baby. An I was worried, sort of, bout how hed turn out’. This is the reason why Jenny had left Gump. She got pregnant and she won’t her son has an
idiot daddy like Gump. Jenny can accept Gump as what Gump is. Disloyalty of
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disloyalty in relation with Gump, she gone and got married with another man whereas she knew Gump really love her.
Disloyalty is bad behavior which can make another people got suffer and sad. When people ever decide for one commitment, they have to loyal with that
commitment. The commitment that ever made, people have to keep it even there are many situation or reason that make us to be disloyalty.
4.4 Despair
