Scope of the Study Significance of the Study

1. 3. Objective of the Study

The objective of this thesis is to find out and explain the sacrifices, the way she did it and the struggle which Anna faced as portrayed in the novel My Sister’s Keeper. Then the writer also explains Anna’s fight in order to get her rights over her own body as reflected in the story of the novel.

1.4. Scope of the Study

In this novel, the story showed us not only about sacrifice, but also about human struggle to get rights. Jodi Picoult’s novel My Sister’s Keeper has that part which will be analyzed in this thesis. By doing so, the writer restrict the scope of analysis in portraying the sacrifices, the way she did it and the struggle of Anna who is the leading character in the novel.

1.5. Significance of the Study

The significance of this study is to enrich literary studies especially in literature through novel as one genres of it beside drama and poetry. Another significance of this analysis is to understand about the sacrifices portrayed in the main characters, Anna. The writer also hopes that this thesis will be useful for the readers or people who need this thesis as a reference. CHAPTER II Universitas Sumatera Utara REVIEW OF LITERATURE 2.1 Intrinsic Approach Based on Theory of Literature, Wellek, 1997 intrinsic approach concern with interpretation and analysis of the works of literature itself. Rene Wellek try to explain that a literary work should be examined from the internal elements. The study of literature with intrinsic approach usually concern with the content and the form of the works itself. According to Rene Wellek 1997: 158 many novel studies not only see the relations of literature with the social structure, but also study of the artistic, perspective or point of view and narrative techniques. The basic elements to analyzing literary works are theme, point of view, plot, character, characterization, dramatic, conflict. These elements will help the student in analyzing literary works based on intrinsic approach. Not much different from Wellek, Edgar. V Robert and Henry E. Jacob in their book An Introduction to Reading and Writing About Literature says that they are some aspects of fiction novel, there are : character the people that goes along in the story, plot the development and the organization of stories, structure the way a plot is assembled, theme the meaning and the whole idea of the story, point of view the position or stance of the narrator, and style the words that tells the story. Since the title of the thesis is Anna’s Sacrifices in Jodi Picoult’s Novel My Sister’s Keeper, this thesis focuses more on the character than the other aspects.

2.2 Definition of Novel