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The Importance of Guiding Figure and Interaction Between Characters in Waver Velvet’S Character Development in Urobuchi’S Fate/Zero an Undergraduate Thesis PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI THE IMPORTANCE OF GUIDING FIGURE AND INTERACTION BETWEEN CHARACTERS IN WAVER VELVET’S CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT IN UROBUCHI’S FATE/ZERO AN UNDERGRADUATE THESIS Presented as Partial Fulfillment of Requirements for the Degree of Sarjana Sastra in English Letters By JEREMY ANDREAN SETIONO Student Number: 144214051 DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH LETTERS FACULTY OF LETTERS UNIVERSITAS SANATA DHARMA YOGYAKARTA 2019 i PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI THE IMPORTANCE OF GUIDING FIGURE AND INTERACTION BETWEEN CHARACTERS IN WAVER VELVET’S CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT IN UROBUCHI’S FATE/ZERO AN UNDERGRADUATE THESIS Presented as Partial Fulfillment of Requirements for the Degree of Sarjana Sastra in English Letters By JEREMY ANDREAN SETIONO Student Number: 144214051 DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH LETTERS FACULTY OF LETTERS UNIVERSITAS SANATA DHARMA YOGYAKARTA 2019 ii PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI -But seek first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you. - Matthew 6:33 -With the right attitude, self-imposed limitations vanish. - Alexander the Great vii PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI This is dedicated to my parents who support me through love, my buddies who help me in their way, my teachers and lecturers for guiding me, and to God for making me the man I am now. viii PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I am grateful to Jesus Christ for His blessings and kindness that never end so that I am able to finish this research. I would not be able to reach this point if it was not for Jesus that works His way through my life. I would like to thank Sanata Dharma University for giving me the best place, environment and atmosphere in my life of study and for being the place where I met my best buddies. My greatest thanks go to my thesis advisor Drs. Hirmawan Wijanarka, M.Hum. and Miss Adventina Putranti, S.S., M.Hum. as a reader for my thesis for their kindness to guide and help me in creating this work and for giving me a chance to prove myself. I would never reach this point without him. I also would like to express my gratitude to my family who always support me in their ways; my mother through her prayer and love, my father through his advice and guidance, my big and little brother through their existence that make my life enjoyable. My gratitude goes to my best buddies in campus for their own way of supporting and helps me. The meeting and the time I spend with them is my treasure. Jeremy Andrean Setiono ix PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI TABLE OF CONTENTS TITLE PAGE ........................................................................................................ ii APPROVAL PAGE ............................................................................................. iii ACCEPTANCE PAGE ........................................................................................ iv STATEMENT OF ORIGINALITY .................................................................... v LEMBAR PERNYATAAN PERSETUJUAN PUBLIKASI KARYA ILMIAH ... v MOTTO PAGE ................................................................................................... vii DEDICATION PAGE ........................................................................................ viii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ................................................................................. ix TABLE OF CONTENTS ...................................................................................... x ABSTRACT ......................................................................................................... xii ABSTRAK ............................................................................................................ xiii CHAPTER I: INTRODUCTION ........................................................................ 1 A. Background of the Study .................................................................................... 1 B. Problem Formulation .......................................................................................... 6 C. Objectives of the Study ...................................................................................... 6 D. Definition of Terms ............................................................................................ 7 CHAPTER II: REVIEW OF LITERATURE .................................................... 8 A. Review of Related Studies ................................................................................. 8 B. Review of Related Theories ............................................................................. 10 1. Theories of Character and Characterization............................................... 10 2. Theories of Character Development .......................................................... 11 3. Theories of Personality Development ........................................................ 13 C. Theoretical Framework .................................................................................... 16 CHAPTER III: METHODOLOGY .................................................................. 18 A. Object of the Study ........................................................................................... 18 B. Approach of the Study ...................................................................................... 19 C. Method of the Study ......................................................................................... 20 x PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI CHAPTER IV: ANALYSIS ............................................................................... 21 A. The Character of Waver Velvet before Participating in Holy Grail War ......... 21 B. The Description of Rider .................................................................................. 27 C. Waver’s Character Development in the Middle and After Holy Grail War..... 32 CHAPTER V: CONCLUSION .......................................................................... 45 REFERENCES .................................................................................................... 47 xi PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI ABSTRACT Jeremy Andrean Setiono. (2019). The Importance of Guiding Figure and Interaction Between Characters in Waver Velvet’s Character Development in Urobuchi’s Fate/Zero. Yogyakarta: Department of English Letters, Faculty of Letters, Universitas Sanata Dharma. This undergraduate thesis discusses a light novel written by Urobuchi Gen, entitled Fate/Zero, using psychological approach to determine the development of character and personality of Waver Velvet. Fate/Zero takes the story in a fictional city of Fuyuki where the Holy Grail War happens. Fate/Zero is interesting because the story and the characters run deep and contain twist that is unpredictable. The writer formulates three problems. First, what kind of person Waver is before the Holy Grail War. Second, what kind of character Rider is, and third, Rider’s importance in Waver’s character development. To analyze the problem, the writer uses psychological approach from Rene Wellek and Austin Warren and uses theories related to the matter. First is theories of character and characterization from experts Hans P. Guth and M.H Abrams, second is theories of Character Development taken from books written by C. Carter Colwell and third is theories of personality development from Elizabeth Hurlock. The data about story comes from novel from volume one to volume four and data regarding the theories came from essay, book from experts, journal, and thesis. The result of analysis are, first of all, Waver’s personality in the beginning is self-centered, arrogant, naïve, and motivated with addition of narcissist persona and round character; second, Rider is a contradiction of Waver characteristic because he is someone you see to have traits like experienced, anti-nihilist, heroic, nice, a teacher like persona which are important element as a guiding figure; third Rider’s importance in Waver’s character development lead Waver to gain positive development because Rider’s importance as guiding figure. As a guiding figure, Rider’s role is to guide Waver to become better person. Because of that role, Rider is vital to Waver development as a mentor, figure of Hero, father figure, lifetime best friend, and as a king that retainers want to follow until the end. All these factors lead Waver from being spoiled kid into a real man in another story. Keywords: Character development, guiding figure, personality development, Fate/Zero. xii PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI ABSTRAK Jeremy Andrean Setiono. (2019). The Importance of Guiding Figure and Interaction Between Characters in Waver Velvet’s Character Development in Urobuchi’s Fate/Zero. Yogyakarta: Program Studi Sastra Inggris, Fakultas Sastra, Universitas Sanata Dharma. Skripsi ini membahas tentang novel ringan yang dtulis oleh Urobuchi Gen dengan judul Fate/Zero menggunakan pendekatan psikologi untuk menentukan perkembangan karakter dan kepribadian seorang karakter dalam novel tersebut. Fate/Zero mengambil tempat di kota fiksi Fuyuki dimana perang Cawan Suci diadakan. Fate/Zero adalah novel ringan yang menarik untuk diikuti karena cerita dan karakter yang dalam disertai juga dengan twist yang tak terduga. Penulis merumuskan tiga masalah dalam penelitian ini. Masalah pertama membahas seperti apakah karakter Waver
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