Amy’s Successful Screwy Plan by Flynn in Gone Girl Novel

AMY’S SUCCESSFUL SCREWY PLAN BY FLYNN’S NOVEL
GONE GIRL

PAPER
BY:

Elsa Gustika
REG. NO: 122202044

UNIVERSITY OF NORTH SUMATERA
FACULTY OF CULTURE STUDY
DIPLOMA –III ENGLISH STUDY PROGRAM
MEDAN
2015

AUTHOR’S DECLARATION
I am, ELSA GUSTIKA , declare that I am the sole of author of this paper. Except
where references is made in the text of this paper, this paper contains no material
published elsewhere or extracted in whole or in part from a paper by which I have
qualified for awarded another degree.
No other person`s work has been used without due acknowledgement in the text

of this paper. This paper has not been submitted for the award of another degree.

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COPYRIGHT DECLARATION
Name

: Elsa Gustika

Title of paper

: AMY’S SUCCESSFUL SCREWY PLAN BY FLYYN’S

NOVEL GONE GIRL

Qualification

: D-III/ AhliMadya

Study Program

: English

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I am willing that my paper should be available for reproduction at the
discretion of the Liberian of Diploma III English Study Program Faculty
of Culture USU on the understanding that users are made aware of their
obligation under law of the Republic of Indonesia.

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I am not willing that my paper be made available for reproduction.


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ABSTRACT
This paper entitles “Amy’s Successful Screwy Plan by Flynn in Gone Girl Novel”.
This novel tells about how Amy made 152 screwy plans in order to make her
husband felt regret because he had treated Amy roughly. Amy had made many
plans but she did not do all of those plans. She only used 9 of her plans. Amy did
all of those plans without following the order of the plans. Besides making plan,
Amy also wrote a diary which consisted about herself and Nick and all of her
fantasy stories. The diary had been written for more than a year and she also used
the diary to entrap Nick so that the police will find the diary when she went
missing. Then the police will guess that Nick was the cause of Amy’s missing.
The method that was used is library research, reference books and internet. In
writing this paper, the writer is using the method of intrinsic approach.


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ABSTRAK
Kertas karya ini berjudul Amy’s Successful Screwy Plan By Flynn In Gone Girl
Novel .Novel ini menceritakan tentang bagaimana Amy membuat 152 rencana
aneh untuk membuat suaminya merasa menyesal karena telah memperlakukan
kasar terhadap dirinya. Amy membuat banyak rencana, tetapi tidak semua
rencana itu dilakukannya dan Amy hanya memakai 9 dari rencana yang dia buat.
Amy juga melakukan semua rencana itu tidak sesuai dengan urutan yang telah
diatulis. Selain rencana yang Amy buat , Amy juga membuat sebuah diary yang
berisi semua tulisan tentang dirinya dan Nick dan semua cerita fantasinya. Diary
itu telah dia buat selama setahun lebih dan diary itu juga dia pergunakan untuk
menjebak Nick agar sewaktu dia hilang polisi dapat menemukan diary tersebut
dan menjadikan suaminya sebagai tersangka hilangnya Amy. Metode yang
digunakan adalah metode perpustakaan, dan buku-buku referensi dan internet.
Dalam menulis kertas karya ini, penulis menggunakan metode dari penelitian
pendekatan intrinsic.

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Bismillaahirrahmaanirrahiim.
Assaalamu’alaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh.
First of all, I would like to thanks and praise to the Almighty God, Allah
SWT and prophet Muhammad SAW for blessing and giving me opportunity,
health, strenght and ability to accomplish this paper as one of the requiments to
get Diploma III certificate from English Diploma Study Program Faculty of
Culture Studies, University of Sumatera Utara.
Then, I would like to express a deep gratitude, love and appreciation:
Special thanks to My amazing Parents, my beloved father Alm.Erianto
and my lovely mother Almh.Lin Gustiati who always giving me all your
loves, prayers, cares, support, motivations, advice, financial and others. I
love you more than anything. I present this paper for both of you.


My dearest sisters, Ayu Anita Rianti S.kom and Novi Yolanda thanks for
your cares, love, patience and supports for me.




Dr. Matius C.A. Sembiring, M.A. as the Head of Diploma III English
Study Program, who gives me a lot of knowledge.



Dra. ReditaLubis, Dip. Appl. Ling., M.Hum as my supervisor. Thank
you for the valuable time in giving the correction and constuctive critics in
completing this paper.



Thank to Drs. ParlindunganPurba, M.Hum as my reader.

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Dr. Syahron Lubis, M.A. as the Dean of Faculty of Culture Studies,
University of Sumatera Utara.




All lecturers in Diploma III English Study Program for giving me
knowledge and advice.



My best friends: Nina Fitriani, Lisha Tantina Haris Hsb, Soraya
Claudia Riski Lbs,Intan Karunia,Ichak Annisa, Onward Fellix. Thank
you for your loves, cares, supports and other things that help me to
complete this paper. I will be missing the days we spent together, and
thank you so much to Muhammad Rizky for your cares, love and support
me .



All my friends at Diploma III English 2012 in class A and B, thank you
very much for all of you.


Medan,

Juni 2015

The writer,

ElshaGustika
Reg.No.122202044

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TABLE OF CONTENS
AUTHOR DECLARATION ………………………………....................
COPYRIGTH DECLARATION ……………...…………......................
ABSTRACT …………………………………………….………………..
AbSTRAK ………………………………………………………………..
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ……………………...….……………………
TABLE OF CONTENT …………………………………………………

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1.
1.1
1.2
1.3
1.4
1.5
1.6

INTRODUCTION
The Background ………………………………….................................
The Problem of Study …………………………………………………
The Scope of the Study …………………………………………..........
The Purpose of Study ………………………………………………....
The Methods of Research ……………………………………………..

Reason for choosing the topic …………………………………………

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2.1
2.2
2.3
2.4

A REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE
Novel…………………………………………………………………...
Plot ……………………………………………………………………
Character……………………………….................................................
Setting …………………………………………………………………


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3.1
3.2

THE ANALYSIS
Screwy Plan Amy in Real Life ...………….………………………….
Amy Fantasy in Diary…………………………………………………

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4.1
4.2

CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION
CONLUSION ………………………………………………….……
SUGGESTION…………………………………………………….…

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REFERENCES ……………………………………………………………
APPENDICE …………………………………………………….……......

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