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The Analysis of Conflicts Found in the Novel Looking for Alaska Written by John Green THE ANALYSIS OF CONFLICTS FOUND IN THE NOVEL LOOKING FOR ALASKA WRITTEN BY JOHN GREEN A PAPER BY MEILIANA REG.NO 132202086 DIPLOMA – III ENGLISH STUDY PROGRAM FACULTY OF CULTURE STUDY UNIVERSITY OF SUMATERA UTARA MEDAN 2016 UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA Approved by Supervisor, Dra. Siti Norma Nasution, M.Hum NIP. 19570720198303 2 001 Submitted to Faculty of Culture Study, University of North Sumatera In partial fulfillment of the requirements for Diploma-III in English Study Program Approved by Head of Diploma III English Study Program, Dr. Matius C.A. Sembiring, M.A. NIP. 19521126198112 1 001 Approved by the Diploma-III of English Study Program Faculty of Culture Study, University of North Sumatera As a Paper for the Diploma (D-III) Examination UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA Accepted by the Board of Examiners in partial of the requirements for the D-III Examination of the Diploma-III English Study Program, Faculty of Culture Study, University of North Sumatera. The examination is held on May 2016 Faculty of Culture Study, University of North Sumatera Dean, Dr. Syahron Lubis, M.A. NIP. 19511013197603 1 001 Board of Examiners/Readers No. Name Signature 1. Dr. Matius C.A. Sembiring, M.A. (Head of ESP) 2. Dra. Siti Norma Nasution, M.Hum (Supervisor) 3. Drs. Siamir Marulafau, M.Hum. (Reader) UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA AUTHOR’S DECLARATION I am MEILIANA, declare that I am the sole author of this paper. Except where the reference 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 or awarded another degree. No other person’s work has been used without due acknowledgement in the main text of this paper. This paper has not been submitted for the award of another degree in any tertiary education. Signed : Date : May, 2016 i UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA COPYRIGHT DECLARATION Name : MEILIANA Title of Paper : The Analysis of Conflicts Found in The Novel Looking for Alaska Written by John Green Qualification : D-III / Ahli Madya Study Program : English I am willing that my paper should be available for reproduction at the direction of the Librarian of the Diploma-III English Study Program Faculty of Culture Study USU on the understanding that users are made aware of their obligation under law of the Republic of Indonesia. Signed : Date : May, 2016 ii UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA ABSTRAK Judul dari kertas karya ini adalah “Analisis pada konflik-konflik di dalam novel Looking for Alaska karya John Green”. Dimana yang menjadi masalah dan tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk menemukan konflik-konflik yang dialami oleh karakter utama yang digambarkan di dalam novel tersebut. Metode yang digunakan dalam kertas karya ini adalah penelitian kepustakaan untuk mendapatkan data tertentu dengan cara mencari dan mengumpulkan beberapa buku yang berhubungan dengan penelitian ini. Dalam kasus karakter utama dalam novel tersebut, ada dua yang paling mendominasi keseluruhan cerita yang akhirnya dianggap sebagai karakter utama. Mereka adalah Miles Halter dan Alaska Young. Di kertas karya ini, penulis menggunakan teori tentang konflik dari Tennyson (1967). Ia membagi konflik menjadi dua bagian, yakni konflik internal dan eksternal. Analisis dalam kertas karya ini akan mendeskripsikan bagaimana gambaran dari konflik internal dan juga eksternal yang dialami oleh Miles dan Alaska. Karakter mereka berdua mempunyai pengaruh besar terhadap alur cerita. Mereka memiliki permasalahan masing-masing di dalam diri mereka yang bisa dipertimbangkan sebagai konflik internal. Dan konflik ekternal ditandai sebagai permasalahan dengan masyarakat atau bahkan pertentangan dengan karakter lainnya. Kata kunci: Karakter, Konflik Internal, Konflik Eksternal. iii UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA ABSTRACT The title of this paper is “The Analysis of Conflicts Found in The Novel Looking for Alaska Written by John Green”. The problem and purpose of the study is to find out the conflicts of the main character’s conflicts that are portrayed in the novel. The method that the writer used in this paper is library researhto find certain data by searching and collecting some books which is related to the analysis of conflict in literary work. In the case of the main character, there are two characters that considered as the main characters because they dominated the whole story. They are Miles Halter and Alaska Young. In this paper, the writer uses the theory of conflict by Tennyson (1967). He divided conflict into two part, namely internal conflict and external conflict. The analysis of this paper would like to describe the portrayal of Miles’s and Alaska’s internal conflict and also their external conflict. Miles’s and Alaska’s character have a huge influence in the whole part of the plot. They have their own conflict within themselves which is considered as internal conflict. And the conflict with society or other characters or even sometimes both of them has disagreement with each other named as the external conflict. Key words: Character, Intenal Conflict, External Conflict. iv UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS First of all, I would like to thank to Almighty God for blessing and giving me health, strength, and ease to finish this paper as one of the requirements to get Diploma-III certificate from English Department Faculty of Cultural Studies, University of North Sumatera. Then I would like to express a big gratitude and appreciation to the dean of Faculty of Cultural Studies, Dr. Syahron Lubis, M.A. and the head of Diploma-III English Study Program, Dr. Matius C.A. Sembiring, M.A who give me his time and knowledge about doing this paper. Then I would like to express my special thanks to my supervisor Dra. Siti Norma Nasution, M.Hum for her availabilityand advice to correct the process of writing this paper. I would like to say big thanks to my reader Drs. Siamir Marulafau, M.Hum for his time and suggestion to correct this paper. I would also like to say a deep gratitude to all of the lecturers in English Diploma Study Program for giving me many knowledges, skills, and abilities. I would like to say thank to my beloved family especially to my parents, my dearest mother Wati and father Joni. Thank you for all your prayers, loves, motivations, and spirits. I present this paper for them. Thank to my not-so-little brother Andre Purnomo, I really thank you for not doing anything. I would like to say thank you my dearest ABNORMAL GROUP for always remind me to finish this paper, cares and loves. A huge love to them, Shinta Aulia S, Elfira Florencya, Mutiara Sandra, Adinda Fuadillah, Hartika Ichtiani, Deswina Rahmi, Dira Eka P, Reyhan Alqadrie, Faisal Karim, Bima Rakas P, Yulhanri v UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA Alfath, Fardhana Iqra. Thank you for your supports, cares, times, jokes, and other things that help me to finish this paper. Thank you for the great friendship since our senior high school. I would like to thank to all of SOLIDAS friends, thank you for your good time during our classes, especially Rizka (lebar), Rini (boeng), Syafa, Irma, Zulfachri Abdillaand other friends in SOLIDAS 13’B. Medan, May 2016 The Writer, Meiliana Reg. No. 132202086 vi UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA TABLE OF CONTENTS AUTHOR’S DECLARATION ...................................................................... i COPYRIGHT DECLARATION .................................................................. ii ABSTRAK ...................................................................................................... iii ABSTRACT .................................................................................................... iv ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ........................................................................... v TABLE OF CONTENTS ............................................................................... vii 1. INTRODUCTION ................................................................................ 1 1.1 Background of the Study ...................................................................... 1 1.2 Problem of the Study ............................................................................ 3 1.3 Purpose of the Study ............................................................................ 3 1.4 Scope of the Study ................................................................................ 3 1.5 Method of the Study ............................................................................. 4 1.6 Significance of the Study ..................................................................... 4 2. REVIEW OF RELATED LITERARTURE ...................................... 5 2.1 Characters and Characterization ........................................................... 5 2.2 Conflict ................................................................................................. 6 2.2.1. Internal Conflict ................................................................................... 8 2.2.2 External Conflict .................................................................................. 8 3. THE ANALYSIS ................................................................................... 10 3.1 Miles Halter (Pudge) ........................................................................... 10 3.2 Alaska Young ....................................................................................... 22 4. CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION ................................................ 27 4.1 Conclusion ...........................................................................................
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