The Efforts Of Jonas To Restore His Community Become A Real Life From Fantasy Life By Lawry, L. The Giver
1. INTRODUCTION
1.1
Background of the Study
Even in the 21st century, Indonesia is one of the countries that still
believe in the supernatural life as a mystic and fantasy world. A supernatural life
is a myth or legend from the story that is circulating in the community. It can be
found in a television program and in traditional tribes such as Karonese, Javanese,
Bali. They have the ability to see invisible life. The mystical life examples that
have occurred on the television show "The Other World". It is an event that took
place in an old building. At 11.59 pm, a mediator and ustad trying to find the truth
as to why the building was very dangerous for society. The Ustad tries to bring a
mediator into the subconscious so that mediators do not realize that he was in the
unseen world. With ustad’s courage and capability, he is asking things that ever
experienced by the occupants of the building through a mediator. Then, mediator
revealed angrily that the reason why the old building become dangerous because
the murder of sadistic conducted by one of the families from the building
occupants. After learning of these ustad occupants attempting to restore the
building to the place that makes it quiet and make the building does not harm
surrounding communities. The courage and ability of an ustad for separating real
life from community under control by certain creatures; its same as an existing
character in the novel "The Giver".
The Giver is a novel by Lois lawry which tells about the life of a
community is separated from the real world. These communities are under the
control of the extreme and is controlled by an Elder of the head so that the
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community did not experience suffering, hunger, war, and also not feeling the
color, music or love. The Head elder is someone thinking positive and determined
the life of the citizens in their communities so that they do not have the freedom to
choose. However, one of the children from the community that has the capability
of seeing further so that elected a "Receiver of Memory". He is Jonas. Jonas is a
child who has the attitude of a sensitive, thoughtful and intelligent. After being
elected as the memory receiver, Jonas follows some training so that he realizes
that the community world is a lie. Later, Jonas revolted and wished to restore the
world community into the real world. With persistence and great effort that he
did, he is able to returns to Earth real communities. A world full of color and
happiness.
The story above is taken from the novel The Giver by Lois Lawry. The
novel is one of human literature creation. Wellek and Warren (1987:1) say that
the novel is a picture of real life and habits and of the time of writing. Some of
them are fiction (not real) and not fiction (real). A good novel carries a message
for readers who read it. There are two approaches in the intrinsic elements of
fiction, and ecstrinsic elements. Nurgiyantoro (1995:11) says the intrinsic
elements of the novel are elements – elements (directly) participate to build story.
In the intrinsic elements include: the plot, characters, setting, theme, point of view
and style of language. The author also uses the intrinsic approach by Wellek and
Warren which is the approach taken the data from the text itself. In writing this
paper, the author uses the library method (Library Research) that collect data from
books in the library and also get information from the internet.
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Based on the explanation above, the author is interested in discussing
about the life of Jonas and his efforts to restore his community into the real world
through its ability to look backwards and forwards.
1.2
Problem of the Study
Based on the background of the analysis , the problem of the study may
be recognized as follows:
1) What does the effort of Jonas to restore his community become a real life?
2) How does the effort of Jonas to restore his community become a real life by his
abililty?
1.3
Scope of the Study
In this paper, the writer just limit about the characteristic of Jonas and
the analysis Jonas’s effort to restore his community become a real life by his
abililty.
1.4
Purpose of the study
The purpose of this study are:
1) To explain what the effort of Jonas to restore his community become a real
life?
2) To explain how the effort of Jonas to restore his community become a real life
by his abililty.
1.5
Method of the Study
In composing this paper the writer applies library method, it is a kind of
method where researcher the data from related books in the library which has a
relationship with the topic and applies information from internet such as data are
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collected, sorted and summarized. The writer also uses intrinsic approach by
wellek and warren which is the approach taken the data from text itself.
1.6
Reason for Choosing the Topic
The writer chooses to analyze Jonas because the writer interested with
Jonas’s life. Jonas who has an ability to look back and the future . The writer
wants to inform to the reader about life of Jonas and how he does his stru ggle to
restore his community become a real world. Beside that, the writer chooses this
novel because this novel is never being analyzed before.
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1.1
Background of the Study
Even in the 21st century, Indonesia is one of the countries that still
believe in the supernatural life as a mystic and fantasy world. A supernatural life
is a myth or legend from the story that is circulating in the community. It can be
found in a television program and in traditional tribes such as Karonese, Javanese,
Bali. They have the ability to see invisible life. The mystical life examples that
have occurred on the television show "The Other World". It is an event that took
place in an old building. At 11.59 pm, a mediator and ustad trying to find the truth
as to why the building was very dangerous for society. The Ustad tries to bring a
mediator into the subconscious so that mediators do not realize that he was in the
unseen world. With ustad’s courage and capability, he is asking things that ever
experienced by the occupants of the building through a mediator. Then, mediator
revealed angrily that the reason why the old building become dangerous because
the murder of sadistic conducted by one of the families from the building
occupants. After learning of these ustad occupants attempting to restore the
building to the place that makes it quiet and make the building does not harm
surrounding communities. The courage and ability of an ustad for separating real
life from community under control by certain creatures; its same as an existing
character in the novel "The Giver".
The Giver is a novel by Lois lawry which tells about the life of a
community is separated from the real world. These communities are under the
control of the extreme and is controlled by an Elder of the head so that the
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community did not experience suffering, hunger, war, and also not feeling the
color, music or love. The Head elder is someone thinking positive and determined
the life of the citizens in their communities so that they do not have the freedom to
choose. However, one of the children from the community that has the capability
of seeing further so that elected a "Receiver of Memory". He is Jonas. Jonas is a
child who has the attitude of a sensitive, thoughtful and intelligent. After being
elected as the memory receiver, Jonas follows some training so that he realizes
that the community world is a lie. Later, Jonas revolted and wished to restore the
world community into the real world. With persistence and great effort that he
did, he is able to returns to Earth real communities. A world full of color and
happiness.
The story above is taken from the novel The Giver by Lois Lawry. The
novel is one of human literature creation. Wellek and Warren (1987:1) say that
the novel is a picture of real life and habits and of the time of writing. Some of
them are fiction (not real) and not fiction (real). A good novel carries a message
for readers who read it. There are two approaches in the intrinsic elements of
fiction, and ecstrinsic elements. Nurgiyantoro (1995:11) says the intrinsic
elements of the novel are elements – elements (directly) participate to build story.
In the intrinsic elements include: the plot, characters, setting, theme, point of view
and style of language. The author also uses the intrinsic approach by Wellek and
Warren which is the approach taken the data from the text itself. In writing this
paper, the author uses the library method (Library Research) that collect data from
books in the library and also get information from the internet.
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Based on the explanation above, the author is interested in discussing
about the life of Jonas and his efforts to restore his community into the real world
through its ability to look backwards and forwards.
1.2
Problem of the Study
Based on the background of the analysis , the problem of the study may
be recognized as follows:
1) What does the effort of Jonas to restore his community become a real life?
2) How does the effort of Jonas to restore his community become a real life by his
abililty?
1.3
Scope of the Study
In this paper, the writer just limit about the characteristic of Jonas and
the analysis Jonas’s effort to restore his community become a real life by his
abililty.
1.4
Purpose of the study
The purpose of this study are:
1) To explain what the effort of Jonas to restore his community become a real
life?
2) To explain how the effort of Jonas to restore his community become a real life
by his abililty.
1.5
Method of the Study
In composing this paper the writer applies library method, it is a kind of
method where researcher the data from related books in the library which has a
relationship with the topic and applies information from internet such as data are
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collected, sorted and summarized. The writer also uses intrinsic approach by
wellek and warren which is the approach taken the data from text itself.
1.6
Reason for Choosing the Topic
The writer chooses to analyze Jonas because the writer interested with
Jonas’s life. Jonas who has an ability to look back and the future . The writer
wants to inform to the reader about life of Jonas and how he does his stru ggle to
restore his community become a real world. Beside that, the writer chooses this
novel because this novel is never being analyzed before.
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