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The Meaning of Joe's Dual Personality As Seen in Chuck Palahniuk's Fight Club PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI THE MEANING OF JOE’S DUAL PERSONALITY AS SEEN IN CHUCK PALAHNIUK’S FIGHT CLUB A SARJANA PENDIDIKAN RESEARCH PAPER Presented as Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements to Obtain the Sarjana Pendidikan Degree in English Language Education By Paulus Erwan Ardi Naya Student Number: 131214089 ENGLISH LANGUAGE EDUCATION STUDY PROGRAM DEPARTMENT OF LANGUAGE AND ARTS EDUCATION FACULTY OF TEACHERS TRAINING AND EDUCATION SANATA DHARMA UNIVERSITY YOGYAKARTA 2018 PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI THE MEANING OF JOE’S DUAL PERSONALITY AS SEEN IN CHUCK PALAHNIUK’S FIGHT CLUB A SARJANA PENDIDIKAN RESEARCH PAPER Presented as Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements to Obtain the Sarjana Pendidikan Degree in English Language Education By Paulus Erwan Ardi Naya Student Number: 131214089 ENGLISH LANGUAGE EDUCATION STUDY PROGRAM DEPARTMENT OF LANGUAGE AND ARTS EDUCATION FACULTY OF TEACHERS TRAINING AND EDUCATION SANATA DHARMA UNIVERSITY YOGYAKARTA 2018 i PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI THE MEANING OF JOE'S DUAL PERSONALITY AS SEEN IN CHUCK PALAHNIUK'S FIGHT CLUB By PAULUSERWAN ARDINAYA StudentNumber: 131214089 Defended before the Board ofExaminers on 16 July 2018 and Declared Acceptable Board ofExamioers Chairperson : Yohana Veniranda, S.Pd., M.Hum., M.A., Ph.D. .f=;~~==­ Secretary : Christina Lhaksmita Anandari. S.Pd. Ed.M. Member : Dr. Antonius Herujiyanto, M.A. Member :Yohana Veniranda, S.Pd., M.Hum., M.A., Ph.D. Member : F. X. Ouda Teda Ena, S.Pd., MPd., Ed.D. Yogyakarta, 16 July 2018 Faculty ofTeachers Training and Education Sanata Dharma Universi ill PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI DEDICATION PAGE I dedicate this undergraduate research paper to: Jesus Christ My beloved parents and My beloved sister “Worker bees can leave Even drones can fly away The queen is their slave” iv PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI ABSTRACT Naya, Paulus Erwan Ardi (2018). The Meaning of Joe’s Dual Personality as Seen in Chuck Palahniuk’s Fight Club. Yogyakarta: English Language Education Study Program, Department of Language and Arts Education, Faculty of Teachers Training and Education, Sanata Dharma University. Novels are works of fiction written in prose. The novelist tells an invented story, offering not merely a representation of reality but also a response to it. Fight Club which was written by Chuck Palahniuk is one of the responses to reality that is currently happening. Basically, the story mainly tells the life of the main character named Joe who has split personality. The objective of the study is to find out the true meaning of Joe’s dual personality. There are two formulated problem questions in this study. They are “How is Joe and his split personality, Tyler Durden described in the novel?” and “What is the meaning of Joe’s dual personality?” This study uses the psychological approach to answer the formulated problems. Besides, the researcher also uses biography of the author and theories which are relevant to the study. There are three conclusions of the study. The first is about the characterization of Joe and Tyler. Joe is drawn as a subservient and fainthearted person, whereas, Tyler is drawn as an independent and fearless person. The second is the surface meaning of the novel which tells that the meaning of Joe’s dual personality is to experience freedom. Meanwhile, the deeper meaning of the novel shows that the meaning of Joe’s dual personality is to have a meaningful life. Keywords: novel, Fight Club, meaning, Joe/Tyler character vii PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI ABSTRAK Naya, Paulus Erwan Ardi (2018). The Meaning of Joe’s Dual Personality as Seen in Chuck Palahniuk’s Fight Club. Yogyakarta: Program Studi Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris, Jurusan Pendidikan Bahasa dan Seni, Fakultas Keguruan dan Ilmu Pendidikan, Universitas Sanata Dharma. Novel merupakan sebuah karya fiksi yang ditulis dalam bentuk prosa. Seorang novelis menceritakan kisah yang dijumpai, tidak hanya memaparkan suatu realita tetapi juga respon terhadapnya. Fight Club yang ditulis oleh Chuck Palahniuk merupakan salah satu respon terhadap realitas yang sedang terjadi. Cerita pada Fight Club umumnya menceritakan seorang tokoh utama bernama Joe yang memiliki dua kepribadian. Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui makna sebenarnya dari kepribadian ganda yang dimiliki oleh Joe. Terdapat dua masalah yang dirumuskan dalam penelitian ini. Masalah tersebut yaitu “Bagaimana Joe dan kepribadian lainnya, Tyler Durden dideskripsikan dalam novel?” dan “Apa makna dari kepribadian ganda Joe?” Penelitian ini menggunakan pendekatan psikologis untuk menjawab masalah yang dirumuskan. Selain itu, peneliti juga menggunakan biografi penulis dan teori-teori yang relevan terhadap penelitian. Ada tiga kesimpulan dari penelitian ini. Yang pertama adalah penokohan Joe dan Tyler. Joe digambarkan sebagai seorang yang tunduk dan penakut, sedangkan Tyler digambarkan sebagai seorang yang mandiri dan tak kenal takut. Yang kedua adalah makna tertulis dari novel yang menceritakan bahwa makna kepribadian ganda Joe adalah untuk memperoleh kebebasan. Sedangkan, makna tersirat dalam novel ini menunjukkan bahwa Joe ingin memiliki suatu kehidupan yang berarti. Keywords: novel, Fight Club, meaning, Joe/Tyler character viii PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS First of all, I would like to give a great thanks to Jesus Christ, who gives me his blessings and guidance so I can finish my study. Because of his blessing until this time, I can finish my research paper. My deepest gratitude goes to my advisor Dr. Antonius Herujiyanto, M.A.for his guidance, support, and his time. He helps me to find the ideas when I do not know what to write. All of his suggestions really helps me in writing my research paper. My gratitude goes to my academic advisor F.X. Ouda Teda Ena, M.Pd., Ed.D. for his time and guidance for about five years. I thank him for always being a friendly teacher in the class and a good parent as an advisor. I dedicate this thesis to my beloved parents: Yuliana Muryani and Cornelius Karyana and my beloved sister Margaretha Sherly Naya Kusumawati and her husband Cosmas Kusuma Dewa for always giving me motivation and supports to finish my research paper. I would also like to give my biggest thanks to my friends who help me to finish this research paper; Antonius Kristiyanto who gives his time in explaining the characterization, literal, and deeper meaning of the novel. He also helps me to recheck my final works before the registration, Bernadeta Erwips who proofreads my research paper, Gustav Ndolu who helps me to complete the registration, Ensa Puspita Sari, Yulius Galih Bagus Sujiwa, Gustav Viko Radityatama, Dicky Wisnu Pradipta, and Robertus who reminded me to finish ix PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI my research paper, and Yohanes Hastya Ekaristiadi, Andreas, and Yoshi who always support me when I did not want to write my research paper. I would also like to thank my classmates who gave me a lot of experiences and memories during these four years. May God bless us for the rest of our life. Paulus Erwan Ardi Naya x PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI TABLE OF CONTENTS Page TITLE PAGE.......................................................................................... i APPROVAL PAGES ........................................................................... ii DEDICATION PAGE ......................................................................... iv STATEMENT OF WORK’S ORIGINALITY ..................................... v PERNYATAAN PERSETUJUAN PUBLIKASI .................................... vi ABSTRACT ........................................................................................ vii ABSTRAK ............................................................................................ viii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ................................................................. ix TABLE OF CONTENTS .................................................................... xi CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTION A. Background of the Study ......................................... 1 B. Approach of the Study............................................. 6 CHAPTER II. DISCUSSION A. Review of Related Literature ................................. 8 1. Psychoanalysis Theory ....................................... 8 2. Theory of Motivation ......................................... 9 3. Character and Characterization ........................ 10 B. Research Result and Discussion ............................ 12 1. The Characterization of Joe and Tyler ............. 12 2. Surface Meaning of Joe’s Dual Personal.......... 17 3. Deeper Meaning of Joe’s Dual Personal........... 19 CHAPTER III. CONCLUSSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS A. Conclusions ........................................................... 21 B. Recommendations ................................................. 22 REFERENCES ................................................................................... 23 APPENDICES .................................................................................... 25 xi PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI LIST OF APPENDICES Page Appendix A. The Summary of Fight Club ......................................... 26 Appendix B. The Biography of Chuck Palahniuk..... ...................... 31 xii PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION This chapter consists of two parts which
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