AN ANALYSIS OF LEADING CHARACTER’S CONFLICT IN NICHOLAS SPARKS’ NOVEL THE NOTEBOOK A THESIS BY AGRENY MELISA SIMAMORA
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AN ANALYSIS OF LEADING CHARACTER’S CONFLICT IN NICHOLAS SPARKS’ NOVEL THE NOTEBOOK A THESIS BY AGRENY MELISA SIMAMORA REG.NO. 120721008
DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH FACULTY OF CULTURAL STUDIES UNIVERSITY OF SUMATERA UTARA MEDAN 2014
AN ANALYSIS OF LEADING CHARACTER’S CONFLICT IN NICHOLAS SPARKS’ NOVEL THE NOTEBOOK A THESIS BY AGRENY MELISA SIMAMORA REG.NO. 120721008 SUPERVISOR CO-SUPERVISOR Drs. Parlindungan Purba, M.Hum Drs. Siamir Marulafau, M.Hum NIP. 19630216 198903 1 003 NIP. 19580517 198503 1 003 Submitted to Faculty of Cultural Studies University of Sumatera Utara Medan in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Sarjana Sastra from Department of English DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH FACULTY OF CULTURAL STUDIES UNIVERSITY OF SUMATERA UTARA MEDAN 2014
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Approval by the Department of E of Sumatera Utara (USU) Medan as thesis f Head, Dr. H. Muhizar Muchtar, MS Accepted by the Board of Examiners in partial fulf the degree of Sarjana Sastra from the De Cultural Studies University of Sumatera Utar The examination is held in Department of E University of Sumatera Utara Approval by the Department of English, Faculty of Cultural Studies Univer Utara (USU) Medan as thesis for The Sarjana Sastra Examination. Secretary, Muchtar, MS Rahmadsyah Rangkuti, M.A., the Board of Examiners in partial fulfillment of requirements for Sarjana Sastra from the Department of English, Faculty Cultural Studies University of Sumatera Utara, Medan. The examination is held in Department of English Faculty of Cultural University of Sumatera Utara on ....
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of Cultural Studies University Examination.
Rahmadsyah Rangkuti, M.A., Ph.D. illment of requirements for Sarjana Sastra from the Department of English, Faculty of dan. aculty of Cultural Studies
Dean of Faculty of Cultural Studies University of Sumatera Utara Dr. H. Syahron Lubis, MA NIP. 19511013 197603 1 001 Board of Examiners Dr. H. Muhizar Muchtar, MS ........................................ Rahmadsyah Rangkuti, M.A., Ph.D. ........................................ Drs. Parlindungan Purba, M.Hum ........................................ Drs. Siamir Marulafau, M.Hum ........................................
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
First I want to express my gratitude, tribute and honor to my Lord, Jesus Christ who has blessed me with health and capability to finish this thesis in order to fulfill one of the requirements to finish my study at English Department, University of Sumatera Utara.
Second, I would to thank you so much to my beloved Dad, Mom and brother because your love and your support to me so that I can finish my thesis well. All your attention is very important for this time. It is not easy to do all but because of your support, I can pass it. Your prayer is all I need right now. Thank you for loving me. I love you.
Third, I would to thank to the Dean of Faculty of Cultural Studies, Dr. H. Syahron Lubis, M.A.. The head of English Department, Dr. H. Muhizar Muchtar, M.S.. Rahmadsyah Rangkuti, M.A., Ph.D., the secretary of English Department for your advice and encouragement during my study. I also want to say thank you so much to my supervisor, Drs. Parlindungan Purba, M.Hum, for teaching me to finish this thesis, all the suggestions and kindness to me, and to my co-supervisor, Drs.
Siamir Marulafau, M.Hum, for your helping.
The last, I would to thank you so much to my bestfriends, Aditya David, Benny Arthady, Chris Binar and Khairi Azmi for your kindness, your time, and our togetherness almost 8 years. It is so powerfull crazy time. I enjoy it so much. I have found the meaning of friendship with you guys. May we succeed and always together spend all the crazy things. God always be with us. Thank you to all my extension’s iii friends that I cannot say one by one here and to all of my friends at English Department. Thank you for our time, I am so happy to know you.
So many thank you to all of the people in my life to make me a better person. I cannot say anymore, except big thank you. I cannot be like this without the people beside me, support me and love me. I do realize that this thesis is still from being perfect. Therefore, I welcome any constuctive critics and suggestions towards this thesis.
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ABSTRAK
Skripsi ini berjudul An Analysis Of Leading Character’s Conflict in
Nicholas Sparks’ The Notebook yang merupakan suatu pembahasan mengenai
konflik dalam kehidupan Allie. Dimana konfliknya tersebut terbagi menjadi tiga bagian, yaitu Allie’s internal conflict, Allie’s external conflict with Noah (her boyfriend) and Allie’s external conflict with her parents. Disini dijelaskan bahwa konflik itu bisa terjadi karena adanya pilihan yang tidak dapat terpenuhi, dimana hubungan Allie dengan Noah tidak mendapat restu dengan orang tua Allie dikarenakan oleh perbedaan status, Allie dari keluarga mampu dan Noah tidak. Sehingga keadaan tersebut menimbulkan konflik dalam hubungannya dengan orang tuanya sendiri dan Noah. Penulis mengacu kepada teori yang dikemukakan oleh Tennyson. Adapun metode yang digunakan dalam menganalisis masalah dalam skripsi ini adalah metode deskriptif kualitatif. Dari hasil analisis, penulis memperoleh kesimpulan bahwa akar permasalahan dari konflik tersebut adalah dikarenakan perbedaan status dan bentuk penyelesaiannya adalah sangat diperlukan mengikuti kata hati dalam apapun yang dilakukan. v
ABSTRACT
The title of this thesis is An Analysis of Leading Character’s Conflict In Nicholas
Sparks’ The Notebook which is a kind of Allie’s conflict in her life. The conflict is
devided into three such as Allie’s internal conflict, Allie’s external conflict with Noah (her boyfriend) and Allie’s external conflict with her parents. The conflict can happen because the choices cannot be fullfilled, where Allie’s parents do not agree with her decision because different status, Allie comes from a rich family and Noah comes from a poor family. It causes conflicts between her parents and Noah. The writer uses Tennyson’s theory for this thesis. The method of this thesis is descriptive qualitative. From the analysis, the writer finds that the conclusion of this analysis because there is a different status and to solve this conflict depends on your heart. vi
TABLE OF CONTENTS AUTHOR’S DECLARATION ................................................... i COPYRIGHT DECLARATION ................................................... ii ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ................................................... iii ABSTRAK ................................................... v ABSTRACT ................................................... vi TABLE OF CONTENT ................................................... vii
CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the Study ........................................
1 1.2 Problem of the Study ........................................
5 1.3 Objective of the Study ........................................
5 1.4 Scope of the Study ........................................
5 1.5 Significance of the Study ........................................
5 CHAPTER II REVIEW OF LITERATURE 2.1 A brief description of Novel ............................
7 2.2 A brief description of Character ............................
13 2.3 A general Concept of Conflict ............................
15 2.3.1 Basic nature of conflict ............................
16 2.3.2 Classification ............................
17 CHAPTER III METHOD OF RESEARCH 3.1 Research Design .........................................
20 3.2 Data Collection .........................................
21 3.3 Data Analysis .........................................
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CHAPTER IV ANALYSIS AND FINDING 4.1 Allie’s Internal Conflict ..........................................
23 4.2 Allie’s External Conflict ..........................................
26 4.2.1 Allie’s External Conflict with Noah.......................
26 4.2.2 Allie’s External Conflict with Her Parents.............
30 CHAPTER V CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION 5.1 Conclusion ............................................
34 5.2 Suggestion ............................................
36 REFERENCES ................................................................................
37 APPENDICES
1. BIOGRAPHY OF THE AUTHOR
2. SUMMARY OF THE NOVEL
CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background of the Study
Despite the tradition of regarding literature as a fine art, literature is imaginative writing. If literature is not simply imaginative, fictional, or poetic discourse, what then, makes a given written work literary? A common, and commonsensial, response is that literature employs a special form of language, more evocative and “connotative” than that used in other forms of writing; in this sense, literature is “fine” or creative writing, no matter what the content. Wellek (1977:94) says,”Literature is a social institution, using as its medium language, a social creation.” Literature is a term used to describe a spoken or written material anything from creative writing to more technical or scientific work.
Literature refers to compotitions that tell stories, dramatize situations, express emotions, and advocate ideas. Literature helps us grow, both personally and intellectually. It provides an objective base for knowledge and understanding. In literature is known the kinds of literature as prose fiction, poetry, drama, and non fiction prose.
Prose fiction or narrative fiction, includes myths, parables, novels, or romances and short stories. Novel is a long and fictional narrative prose, usually in the form of story that has the intrinsic and ekstrinsic elements. Wellek (1989:282) says,”Novel is a picture of real life and manners and of the time in which it is written.” The statement leads us that novel is written and presents a documentary picture of life that every scene happening in a novel is the real portrayal in the real life. A novel may be considered as a document of the history, as a story of someone’s
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