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A Short Happy Moment of Charlie's Life in Flower For A SHORT HAPPY MOMENT OF CHARLIE’S LIFE IN FLOWER FOR ALGERNON BY DANIEL KEYES A THESIS BY RINI AGUSTINA REG. NO. 080705008 DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH FACULTY OF CULTURAL STUDIES UNIVERSITY OF SUMATERA UTARA MEDAN 2012 Universitas Sumatera Utara AUTHOR’S DECLARATION I RINI AGUSTINA DECLARE THAT I AM THE SOLE AUTHOR OF THIS THESIS EXEPT WHERE REFERENCE IS MADE IN THE TEXT OF THIS THESIS. THIS THESIS CONTAINS NO MATERIAL PUBLISED ELSEWHERE OR EXTRATED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FROM A THESIS BY WHICH I HAVE QUALIFIED FOR OR AWARDED ANOTHER DEGREE. NO OTHER PERSON’S WORK HAS BEEN USED WITHOUT DUE ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS IN THE MAIN TEXT OF THIS THESIS. THIS THESIS HAS NOT BEEN SUBMITTED FOR THE AWARD OF ANOTHER DEGREE IN ANY TERTIARY EDUCATION. Signed : Date : Dec 18th 2012 Universitas Sumatera Utara COPYRIGHT DECLARATION NAME : RINI AGUSTINA TITLE OF THESIS : A SHORT HAPPY MOMENT OF CHARLIE’S LIFE IN FLOWER FOR ALGERNON BY DANIEL KEYES QUALIFICATIONS : S-1/SARJANA SASTRA DEPARTMENT : ENGLISH I AM WILLING THAT MY THESIS SHOULD BE AVAILABLE FOR REPRODUCTION AT THE DISCRETION OF THE LIBRARIAN OF DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH, FACULTY OF CULTURAL STUDIES, UNIVERSITY OF SUMATERA UTARA ON THE UNDERSTANDING THAT USERS ARE MADE AWARE OF THEIR OBLIGATION UNDER THE LAW OF THE REPUBLIC OF INDONESIA. Signed : __________________ Date : Dec 18th 2012 Universitas Sumatera Utara ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Praise and honor to my Lord Allah STW for blessing me every day in my life and guide me also help me, especially during the process of finishing this thesis. I believe He always on my side and enlighten my way. I am also grateful to The Dean of Faculty of Cultural Studies, University of Sumatera Utara, Dr. H. Syahron Lubis, M. A. The Head of English Department, Dr. H. Muhizar Muchtar, M. S. and the Secretary of English Department Dr. Hj. Nurlela, M. Hum. for their advice and encouragement during my study in this faculty. I also would like to express my gratitude to Dra. Redita Lubis, Dip. Appl. Ling., M.Hum. as my academic supervisor also supervisor in making this thesis and Drs. Siamir Marulafau, M.Hum. as my co-supervisor thank you for your precious time for helping, correcting and guiding me until the thesis accomplished. My gratitude is also expressed to all of my lectures in English Department who taught me much and contributed the knowledge during the academic years. My deepest gratitude to my wonderful family, to my beloved parents, Amril and Yulis thank you for great spirit, patience, pray and an endless love you always give to me. Thank you for my lovely sister Suryani, although she is away from here, Bekasi, she always cares me, asks me about my thesis, sent me some novels to choice , always calls me via handphone, and for my younger sister Nurhasanah, thanks for your helping to type my thesis at midnight, help me to check it and provide anything I need during the making of this thesis. Universitas Sumatera Utara My lovely boyfriend Etonk, thanks for your spirit, can make me smile even when I stress, you always know how to make me laugh, positive thinking. The one who always listen my difficult, carry me to Gramedia, I hope you always beside me. My best friends, Ruri, Dina and Shinta thanks to you guys for accompanied me always and for the craziness also silliness we have. Thanks to all my classmate stambuk 2008 that I can not mention one by one including Bang Amran who has helped me very much, I love you guys! Medan, 2012 The writer, Rini Agustina REG. NO. 080705008 Universitas Sumatera Utara ABSTRACT Skripsi ini berjudul A Short Happy Moment of Charlie’s Life in Daniel Keyes’s Novel, Flower for Algernon. Skripsi ini menganalisa tentang karakter dua tokoh utama dalam novel. Tokoh utama pertama bernama Charlie dan Tokoh kedua bernama Alice Kinnian. Charlie adalah seorang yang terlahir dengan IQ 68 berusia tiga puluh dua tahun dan bekerja di sebuah toko Roti. Sedangkan Alice adalah Guru Charlie yang mengajar khusus untuk orang yang terbelakang mental. Pendekatan yang digunakan adalah pendekatan intrinsik yaitu menganalisis dua tokoh utama dalam novel berdasarkan teori intrinsik oleh Rene Wellek. Adapun metode yang dipakai penulis dalam penulisan skripsi ini adalah metode analisis deskriptif yang bertujuan menggambarkan karakteristik dari dua tokoh utama . Berdasarkan analisis yang telah dilakukan, diperoleh kesimpulan bahwa dua karakter utama tersebut adalah karakter yang bermoral. Dan di akhir skripsi ini terdapat lampiran lampiran yang berupa biografi pengarang dan ringkasan cerita disajikan untuk memudahkan pembaca memahami skripsi ini. Universitas Sumatera Utara TABLE OF CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS………………………………………………….....…...i ABSTRACT…………………………………………………………………..……..ii TABLE OF CONTENTS…………………...…………………..…….…..………..iii LIST OF CHART………………...………………………………..……………….iv CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the Study…………………..……….1 1.2 Problem of the Study……………..………..…….…...4 1.3 Objective of the Study…………..………......….…….4 1.4 Scope of the Study……………….....….……………..4 1.5 Significance of the Study……………………………..5 CHAPTER II REVIEW OF LITERATURE 2.1 Intrinsic Approach …………………………………...6 2.2 Definition of Novel …………………….……..……8 2.3 Definition of Character……………..…….…………11 Universitas Sumatera Utara CHAPTER III METHOD OF RESEARCH 3.1 Research Design……………..……………………....14 3.2 Data Collecting………….……………..…………..16 3.3 Data Analyzing…………......……………………..17 CHAPTER IV ANALYSIS AND FINDING 4.1 Charlie Gordon...….………...…………………….…18 4.2 Alice Kinnian…...………….………………...........26 CHAPTER V CONCLUSIONS AND SUGGESTIONS 5.1 Conclusion...……………………………………….29 5.2 Suggestion………………...……………………….31 BIBLIOGRAPHY APPENDICES Appendix 1 ; THE BIOGHRAPHY OF DANIEL KEYES Appendix 2 ; THE SUMMARY OF FLOWER FOR ALGERNON Universitas Sumatera Utara LIST OF CHART Chart 3. 1 RESEARCH DESIGN………………………………………..………18 Universitas Sumatera Utara ABSTRACT Skripsi ini berjudul A Short Happy Moment of Charlie’s Life in Daniel Keyes’s Novel, Flower for Algernon. Skripsi ini menganalisa tentang karakter dua tokoh utama dalam novel. Tokoh utama pertama bernama Charlie dan Tokoh kedua bernama Alice Kinnian. Charlie adalah seorang yang terlahir dengan IQ 68 berusia tiga puluh dua tahun dan bekerja di sebuah toko Roti. Sedangkan Alice adalah Guru Charlie yang mengajar khusus untuk orang yang terbelakang mental. Pendekatan yang digunakan adalah pendekatan intrinsik yaitu menganalisis dua tokoh utama dalam novel berdasarkan teori intrinsik oleh Rene Wellek. Adapun metode yang dipakai penulis dalam penulisan skripsi ini adalah metode analisis deskriptif yang bertujuan menggambarkan karakteristik dari dua tokoh utama . Berdasarkan analisis yang telah dilakukan, diperoleh kesimpulan bahwa dua karakter utama tersebut adalah karakter yang bermoral. Dan di akhir skripsi ini terdapat lampiran lampiran yang berupa biografi pengarang dan ringkasan cerita disajikan untuk memudahkan pembaca memahami skripsi ini. Universitas Sumatera Utara CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the Study According Julien Bonn (2012;93) Literature includes poetry, drama, fiction and many kinds of non fiction writing, as well as oral, dramatic and broadcast compositions, not necessarily preserved in a written format such as films and television programs. The fiction works discussed in this thesis is a Novel. According to Julien Bonn (2010;112) Novel is a long fictional narrative written in prose, which developed from the novella and other early forms of narrative. A Novel is usually organized under a plot or theme with a focus on the character development and action. Actions and the characters in the novel made by the writer themelves. So an action and the events of the novel can be a real story in everyday life can be ambitions, sadness, joy, happiness, sense, logic, and many others are based on the fact of one’s life. So in this thesis the writer analysis the character dominately, plot, setting and theme just little explained. According to Roberts (1990;45) character is the imaginary person that the author creates and can be classified as major and minor character. Major character is an important figure at the centre of story’s action or theme whereas minor is the character which support the major character and to illuminate them. According Julien Bonn (2010;128) Plot is an author’s selection and arrangement of incidents in a story to shape the action and give the story a particular focus. Discussion of plot include not just what happens, but also how and why things happens happen the way they do. Universitas Sumatera Utara Stories that are written in a pyramidal pattern divide the plot three essential parts. The first part is the rising action, in which complications created some sort of conflict for the protagonist. The second part is the climax, the moment of greatest emotional tension in a narrative, usually marking a turning point in the plot at which the rising action reserves to become the falling action. The third part, the falling action (or resolution) is characterized by diminishing tensions and the resolution of the plot’s conflict and complications. In media’s res is a term used to described the common strategy of beginning a story in the middle of the action. In this type of plot, we enter the story on the verge of some important moment. According to Julien Bonn (2010;153) Setting is the time, place, culture in which the action of the narrative takes place. The elements of setting may include geographyc location, characters pyshical, and mental environments, prevailing cultural attitudes or the historical time in which the action takes place. According to Julien Bonn (2010;171) Theme is a central idea or statement that unifies and controls the entire work. The theme can take the form of a brief and meaningful insight or a comprehensive vision of life, it may be a single idea. “Flower for Algernon” is the novel written by Daniel Keyes was born August 9, 1972 is an American author best known for his Hugo Award - Winning short story and Nebula Award – Winning novel “Flower for Algernon”. Keyes was given the Author Emeritus honor by Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America in 2000.
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