The Analysis Of Conflicts In The Novel “For One More Day” By Mitch Albom

  

THE ANALYSIS OF CONFLICTS IN THE NOVEL “FOR ONE MORE

DAY” BY MITCH ALBOM A PAPER BY ANNISA RISMA KHAIRANI LUBIS REG NO. 112202070

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  Submitted of Faculty Of Culture Studies, University of Sumatera Utara In partial fulfillment of the requirements for Diploma (D-III) in English.

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  Faculty of Culture Studies, University of Sumatera Utara As a paper for the Diploma (D-III) Examination

  Accepted by: The Board of Examiners in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Diploma

  III (D-III) of English Study Program, Faculty of Culture Studies, University of Sumatera Utara.

  The Examination is held on June 2014

  Faculty of Culture Studies, University of Sumatera Utara Dr. Syahron Lubis, M.A. NIP. 19511013197603 1 001 Board of Examiners Examiners :

  1. Dr. Matius C.A. Sembiring, M.A. (Head of ESP)

  2. Dra. Syahyar Hanum, DPFE. (Supervisor)

  3. Mahmud Arief Albar, S.S., M.A. (Reader)

  

AUTHOR’S DECLARATION

  I am, ANNISA RISMA KHAIRANI LUBIS, declare that I am the sole author of this paper. Expert where the reference is made in the text of this paper, this paper contains no material published elsewhere or extracted another degree. No other person’s work has been used without due acknowledgements in the main text of this paper. This paper has not been submitted for award of another degree in any tertiary education.

  Date : June 2014

  Name : ANNISA RISMA KHAIRANI LUBIS Title of Paper : THE ANALYSIS OF CONFLICTS IN THE NOVEL

  “FOR ONE MORE DAY” BY MITCH ALBOM Qualification : D-III / Ahli Madya Study Program : English 1.

  I am willing that my paper should be available for reproduction at the discretion of the Librarian of the Diploma III English Department Faculty of Culture Studies University of Sumatera Utara on the understanding that users are made aware of their obligation under law of the Republic of Indonesia.

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  ABSTRACT

  The paper entitled “The Analysis of Conflicts in the novel “For One More Day” by Mitch Albom” . For One More Day is a philosophical novel by Mitch Albom. The novel tells about the story of a troubled man and his mother and explores how people might use the opportunity to spend a day with the family who has passed away. Charley “Chick” Benetto is a former baseball player who encouters a myriad of problems with his career, financial, family and alcohol abuse. It supports him to commit suicide. But the suicide attempt he wants to do is a failure and takes him back to meet with his long-dead mother who has died eight years ago. The meeting is reminded Chick on a conflict that he experienced when he is young. Chick must choose to be a mama's boy or a daddy’s boy. These options make him being a dilemma throughout his life. The reason for choosing this topic is to analyze the conflict either how the process of conflicts happened that contained in the story by Mitch Albom entitled For One More Day. The method used in writing this paper is descriptive method, that is reading the novel For One

  

More Day and studying based on literature books. In addition, the writer also

searches the data from the internet.

  

ABSTRAK

  Kertas karya yang berjudul “The Analysis of Conflicts in The Novel “For One

  More Day” by Mitch Albom ”. For One More Day adalah novel fiksi filosopikal

  yang ditulis oleh Mitch Albom. Novel ini bercerita tentang permasalahan seorang anak dan ibunya, dan menjelajah bagaimana orang mungkin menggunakan kesempatan untuk menghabiskan sehari dengan keluarga yang telah tiada. Charley “Chick” Benetto adalah seorang mantan pemain bisbol yang menghadapi banyak sekali masalah dengan karirnya, keuangan, keluarga dan penyalahgunaan alkohol. Hal tersebut mendukungnya untuk melakukan bunuh diri. Akan tetapi percobaan bunuh diri yang ingin dia lakukan ternyata gagal dan mempertemukan dia kembali bertemu dengan ibunya yang telah meninggal delapan tahun lalu. Pertemuan tersebut mengingatkan Chick pada konflik yang dia alami sewaktu dia kecil. Chick harus memilih menjadi anak ibu atau anak ayah. Pilihan tersebut membuatnya bimbang sepanjang hidupnya. Alasan untuk memilih kertas karya ini adalah untuk menganalisis konflik baik proses bagaimana terjadinya konflik yang terdapat pada cerita karangan Mitch Albom yang berjudul For One More Day. Adapun metode yang digunakan dalam penulisan kertas karya ini adalah metode deskriptif, yaitu membaca novel For One More Day dan mempelajarinya berdasarkan buku-buku teori kesusteraan. Disamping itu, penulis juga mengambil beberapa data dari internet.

  ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

  Bismillahirrahmanirrahim, First of all, the writer would like to express her grateful to the Almighty

  Allah SWT who has given her health and capability to finish this paper as her last assignment to finish her study at Diploma III English Study Program, University of Sumatera Utara.

  For the occasion the writer says thank you very much for everyone who have led, directed, helped and gave support to the writer in finishing this paper.

  The writer would like to express her deepest gratitude, love, and appreciation to: 1)

  Dr. Syahron Lubis, M.A. as the dean of Faculty of Culture Studies, 2)

  Dr. Matius C.A Sembiring, M.A. as the Head of Diploma III English Study Program.

  3)

Dra. Syahyar Hanum, DPFE. as the writer’s supervisor and Mahmud Arief

  

Albar, S.S., M.A. as the writer’s reader. Thank you for the valuable time for

leading, directing, correcting, completing and finishing this paper.

  4) All lectures in Diploma III English Diploma Study Program for all the facilities, advices, knowledges and opportunities given to the writer during the study.

  5) The writer’s beloved parents, Mhd. Ayyub Lubis, Ph.D and Almh. Dr. Lely

  

Risnawaty Daulay, M.Si, who have given love, patience, support morally,

spiritually, and financially to the writer in completing this paper.

  6) The writer’s beloved sister, Aishah Risma Sari Lubis and her beloved brother, Jabbar Muhammad Lubis who have given the writer support and attention.

  7) The writer’s bestfriends, Febri Wulandari, Amelia Septya Rini, Rahma

  Yuliani and Alemina Br. Kaban, who have given the togetherness in

  friendship. Thank you so much for the smile, laugh, tears, and also the spirit in completing this paper.

  8) All the writer’s friends in Diploma III English Study Program especially for Class B 2011.

  However, the writer realizes that this paper is still far from being perfect because it is not easy to finish it to her satisfaction. Therefore, the writer In the last the writer conveys that hopefully this paper can benefit for everyone and for the writer too. Amin.

  Medan, June 2014

   The Writer, Annisa Risma Khairani Lubis Reg. No. 112202070

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