A PSYCHO ANALYSIS ON THE MAIN CHARACTERS’S DILEMMA IN RICHARD PRESCOTT’S NOVEL “OFFICIALLY DEAD” A THESIS BY: RYANI JUNISHA AYULIN
A PSYCHO ANALYSIS ON THE MAIN CHARACTERS’S DILEMMA IN RICHARD PRESCOTT’S NOVEL “OFFICIALLY DEAD” A THESIS BY: RYANI JUNISHA AYULIN REG. NO. 100705104
A PSYCHO ANALYSIS ON THE MAIN CHARACTERS’S DILEMMA IN RICHARD PRESCOTT’S NOVEL “OFFICIALLY DEAD” A THESIS BY RYANI JUNISHA AYULIN REG.NO. 100705104 SUPERVISOR Dr. Martha Pardede, M.S NIP. 19521229 197903 2 001 CO-SUPERVISOR Drs. SiamirMarulafau, M. Hum NIP. 19580517 198503 1 003 Submitted to Faculty of Cultural Studies University of Sumatera Utara Medan in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of SarjanaSastra from Department of English. DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH FACULTY OF CULTURAL STUDIES UNIVERSITY OF SUMATERA UTARA MEDAN 2017
Approved by the Department of English, Faculty of Cultural Studies University of Sumatera Utara (USU) Medan as thesis for The SarjanaSastra Examination. Head, Secretary, Dr. H. MuhizarMuchtar, M.S
RahmadsyahRangkuti, M.A., Ph.D NIP. 19541117 198003 1 002 NIP. 19750209 200812 1 002
Accepted by the Board of Examiners in partial fulfillment of requirements for the degree of SarjanaSastra from the Department of English, Faculty of Cultural Studies University of Sumatera Utara, Medan. The examination is held in Department of English Faculty of Cultural
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Studies University of Sumatera Utara on 09 February 2017 Dean of Faculty of Cultural Studies University of Sumatera Utara Dr. Budi Agustono, M.S NIP. 19600805 198703 1 001 Board of Examiners Dr. H. MuhizarMuchtar,M. S ___________________ RahmadsyahRangkuti, M. A., Ph. D ___________________ Dr. Martha Pardede, M. S ___________________ Dra. SwesanaMardiaLubis, M. Hum ___________________
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Bismillaahirrahmaanirrahiim.
First of all, I would like to thank and praise to the Almighty God, Allah SWT for blessing and giving me health, strength and ease to accomplish this thesis as one of the requirements to get certificate from Department of English Faculty of Cultural Studies, University of Sumatera Utara. And I present shalawat to Prophet Muhammad SAW as my good example in my life and I hope his blessing in the beyond.
My great gratitude to my beloved parents, H. Adlin, S.E. and Hj. YudiAgustiniSiregar, S.H.,M.H. who always give prayers, supports, advices, and loves to me so I could be in this greatest situation. Because so far, the biggest thing I've ever made in my life is to become a bachelor’s degree, and I hope this will make you both to be quite proud of me. Thanks to my brothers, Addhie Y.P. Putra, Muhammad Iman, Ryan Junianda, Thondi, and Muhammad Raihanwho have made me realize that life is not easy to live. Thanks to my sister-in-law, Cut RiniAdriaty who has become a faithful sister and always loves me sincerely and to my dear nephew AndraYuandhika. No matter happens, there will always be a lot of loves for you all. Because I do love you, and I know you guys love me too. You are my everything, guys.
I would like to thank the Dean of Faculty of Cultural Studies, University of Sumatra Utara, Dr. Budi Agustono, M.S. Also, thank to the Head of English Department Dr. H. MuhizarMuchtar, M.S, and the Secretary of English Department RahmadsyahRangkuti, M.A., Ph.D. I also would like to express my sincere gratitude to my Supervisor, Dr. Martha Pardede, M.S. and my Co-Supervisor, Drs.
SiamirMarulafau, M.Hum. who have contributed and given the valuable evaluations, comments, suggestions, attentions, and supports during the completion and accomplishing of this thesis. Thank you for the guidance, motivation, and knowledge that you have given to me. I never imagined to have the superb Supervisors in my study. And also my gratitude to all the lecturers in English Department who have taught me during my study with the knowledge in their respective fields.
Big thanks to those friends who has been giving me the helps, joy, laughter and many other things, FiraMauliani Shanti, SS, JulisaMasita, SS, NistiFindriani, SS, and KhairunnisaNst, SS. And I also thank you to my dearest friend MustikaDewi, S.Pd, M.Si, Vera NofitaSebayang, SH, and Martina Permata Sari Girsang, SH for always give me support to finish my thesis. Thank you for sticking with me for all these years. Hope our friendship can last for many more years. Next, thank you for every person whom I cannot mention one by one in this limited space, who has given and contributed their ideas and excellent knowledge, before, during and after writing on this thesis. May Allah SWT compensate whatever you have given to me.
Medan, 09 February 2017 RyaniJunishaAyulin
ABSTRAK SkripsiiniberjudulA PSYCHO ANALYSIS IN THE MAIN CHARACTERS IN RICHARD PRESCOTT’S NOVEL “OFFICIALLY DEAD”. Skrispiinimembahastentangaspekpsikologispadaduatokohutamadalammenghadapidil emamerekamasing-masing. Teori yang digunakandalammenganalisakeduatokohutamatersebutadalahteoripsikoanalisis yang dikemukakanoleh Sigmund Freud. Teoriinimenyatakanbahwadalamkepribadianmanusiaterdapattigasktrukturpentingyak ni id, ego, dan superego. Id cenderungberusahamemuaskandorongan libido. Ego berfungsimenjadipenyeimbangantara id dan superego. Superego berusahamengutamakannilai-nilai moral. Metode yang digunakanadalahmetodedeskriptifdimana data dalamskripsiiniberupapaparanbahasa yang mengandungpikiran, sikap, danperilakukeduatokohutamadalambentuk dialog sertanarasi yang terjadiantarakeduatokohutamadantokohlainnya. Dari analisisditemukanbahwa ego dalamkepribadiankeduatokohutamamengalahkandorongan id dan superego dalammenghadapidilemamerekamasing-masing.
Kata kunci : psikoanalisis, id, ego, dan superego.
ABSTRACT This thesis titled ”A PSYCHO ANALYSIS IN THE MAIN CHARACTERS
IN RICHARD PRESCOTT'S NOVEL "Officially DEAD". This thesis discusses about the psychological aspects of the two main characters in the face of their respective dilemmas. The theory used in analyzing both the main characters is a psychoanalytic theory proposed by Sigmund Freud. This theory states that the human personality, there are three important structures namely id, ego, and superego. Id tend to try to satisfy the libido boost. Ego serves to balance between id and superego. Superego trying prioritizing moral values. The method used is descriptive method where the data in this paper in the form of exposure to language that carries thoughts, attitudes, and behaviors of the two main characters in the form of dialogue and narration that occurs between the two main characters and other figures. From the analysis it was found that personality ego in both the main characters beat encouragement id and superego in the face of their dilemma.
Key words : psychoanalysis, id, ego, and superego
TABLE OF CONTENT AUTHOR’S DELARATION ............................................................................... v COPYRIGHT DECLARATION ......................................................................... vi ACKNOLEDGEMENT ........................................................................................ vii ABSTRAK ............................................................................................................. ix ABSTRACT ........................................................................................................... x TABLE OF CONTENTS ...................................................................................... xi
CHAPTER I: INTRODUCTION 1.1Background of the Study .......................................................
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1.2 Problem of the Study ............................................................ 4
1.3 Objective of the Study .......................................................... 4
1.4 Scope of the Study ............................................................... 4 1.5 Significance of the Study .....................................................
5 CHAPTER II: REVIEW OF LITERATURE 2.1 A Brief Description of Dilemma .........................................
6 2.2 A Brief Description of Character .........................................
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2.3 Literature and Psychology ................................................... 12
2.4 Freudian Psychoanalysis Theory ......................................... 15
CHAPTER III: METHOD OF RESEARCH
3.1 Research Method .................................................................. 22
3.2 Data and Data Source .......................................................... 23
3.3 Data Collection ..................................................................... 23
3.4 Data Analysis ........................................................................ 24
CHAPTER IV: ANALYSIS AND FINDING
4.1 The main characters’s dilemma .......................................... 35
4.1.1 Colin Fenton ....................................................... ....... 35
4.1.2 John Bentley ............. ................................................. 38
4.2 The way of solving their dilemma ...................................... 45
CHAPTER V: CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION
5.1 Conclusion ............................................................................ 47
5.2 Suggestion ............................................................................. 48 REFERENCES ...................................................................................................... 49 APPENDICES i. The Summary of Officially Dead ii. Richard Prescott’s Biography