The Analysis of Moral Found in John Steinbeck‟s Novel The Grapes of Wrath

THE ANALYSIS OF MORAL FOUND IN JOHN STEINBECK ’S NOVEL

  THE GRAPES OF WRATH A PAPER WRITTEN BY SOFIE ARINA SIREGAR REG. NO. : 112202041 UNIVERSITY OF NORTH SUMATERA FACULTY OF CULTURE STUDIES DIPLOMA III ENGLISH STUDY PROGRAM MEDAN 2014

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AUTHOR’S DECLARATION

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  Date : 21 October, 2014

  Name : SOFIE ARINA SIREGAR Title of Paper : The Analysis of Moral Found in John Steinbeck

  ‟s Novel

  The Grapes of Wrath

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ABSTRAK

  Judul kertas karya ini adalah The Analysis of Moral Found in John Steinbeck

  ‟s Novel The Grapes of Wrath. Moral adalah suatu sistem nilai tentang perilaku manusia yang baik dan perilaku manusia yang buruk. Sistem nilai ini juga terkandung dalam ajaran agama dan kebudayaan. Moral di gunakan untuk memberi peraturan dan petunjuk bagaimana manusia harus hidup, bertindak sebagai manusia yang baik dan bagaimana cara manusia menghindari perilaku buruk. Novel ini di jadikan wadah bagi John Steinbeck untuk meluapkan emosinya terhadap krisis ekonomi di Amerika pada saat itu. Krisis ekonomi tersebut membawa dampak buruk bagi masyarakat Amerika. Dan dampak buruk itu berhubungan dengan moral. Langkah-langkah yang digunakan untuk mengumpulkan data adalah menggunakan studi kepustakaan, yaitu semua data yang diperlukan diambil dari bahan tertulis.

  ABSTRACT

  The title of this paper is The Analysis of Moral Found in John Steinbeck ‟s Novel

  The Grapes of Wrath. Moral is a system of human behavior values that contained the good and the bad. This value system also contained in religion and culture.

  Moral are used to provide the rules and instructions of how human should live, act as a good human and how humans avoid bad behavior. This novel made by John Steinbeck to vent his emotions to the economic crisis in America at that time. The economic crisis has a negative impact on American society. And the adverse effects associated with the moral. The measures used to collect data is to use the study of literature, that all necessary data is taken from written material.

  

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

  First, I would like to thank ALLAH SWT for the blessing and mercy, so that I can finish my paper, which is titled The Analysis of Moral Found in John Steinbeck ‟s Novel The Grapes of Wrath.

  By this chance, I would like to express my sincere gratitude to Dr.

  Syahron Lubis, M.A, the dean of faculty of letters North Sumatera University.

  Then to Dr. Matius C.A. Sembiring, M.A, the head of english study program. Thanks for all because you had given me knowledge, especially in English. Special great thank to my supervisor, Drs. Parlindungan Purba, M.Hum who always gives me support, suggestion and knowledge in completing my paper.

  Thanks for your kindness, careness and his personality that motivate me in writing this paper. Then, I would like to thank to my reader who helped me to read and check my paper. And I also would like to thank to my lecturers who taught me English at Department Diploma III.

  My very special thanks to my beloved parent, Alm. Ridwan Ardhy

  Siregar and Sri Dina Pane. Daddy thanks for being my inspiration and thanks to

  my beloved mom who always pray, give me support and your love for me since I was child untill this time. Thank you because you are always beside me whatever your condition there will be. You always support me and give me solution in my life.

  And I also would like to thank to my dearest old sisters, Sarah Azairina

  Siregar and Nesia Andarina Siregar. Thanks for your financial support and your

  care. And to my little sister Karina Nadiyea Siregar for all your support and attention. Thank to you all guys who always give me the important advice, support me when I am down. Thanks for being kindness and I love you all. I will never forget whatever you do and every moments in me.

  And I would like to say thank to my best friend Sos2Attack, Siska

  Amelia Simatupang, Amd., Rena Andari, Natassa Febrini and Rizy Khairuni Yulianda. And I also would like to say thank to the latest person from class A,

  my freedom fighter, Rizky Alvionita Sari, Muhammad Rizki and Nelly

  Octaviana. Thanks for all your love, attention and make me see what the meaning

  of friendship, I really love you. And to thank too for all my classmate class A that I can not mention one by one, who pass time since three years ago, we know how the happiness and sadness when we were in our class, till the time we will separate, of course I will miss you all.

  After all a lot of thanks to my relatives and friends around me but also have much contributions for me in finishing my study. May Allah SWT bless you all.

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  Medan, 21 October 2014 The writer

  Sofie Arina Siregar Reg. No. 112202041

  TABLE OF CONTENS

  i AUTHOR’S DECLARATION ......................................................................

  COPYRIGHT ................................................................................................. ii DECLARATION ............................................................................................ iii ABSTRAK

  iv …………………………………………………………………...

  ABSTRACT ................................................................................................... v ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ........................................................................... vi TABLE OF CONTENTS .............................................................................. vii

  1. INTRODUCTION

  1.1

  1 The Background of the Study ...................................................................

  1.2

  2 The Problem of the Study .........................................................................

  1.3

  2 The Scope of the Study .............................................................................

  1.4

  3 The Purpose of the Study ..........................................................................

  1.5

  3 The Methods of the Study .........................................................................

  2. THE REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE

  2.1

  4 Novel .........................................................................................................

  2.2

  4 Character ..................................................................................................

  2.3

  6 Moral .........................................................................................................

  3. THE ANALYSIS

  3.1 Greediness on Power ................................................................................. 10

  3.2 Patience on Suffering ............................................................................... 16

  4. CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION

  4.1 Conclusion ............................................................................................... 23

  4.2 Suggestion ................................................................................................ 24

  REFERENCES APPENDICES

  A. Quotation of Data

  B. Summary of The Grapes of Wrath