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AN ANALYSIS OF DELUSION ON THE LEADING CHARACTER PORTRAYED IN BETH REVIS’ NOVEL A WORLD WITHOUT YOU A THESIS BY RUNI ADILLAH REG. NO : 170721002 DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH FACULTY OF CULTURAL STUDIES UNIVERSITY OF SUMATERA UTARA MEDAN 2019 1 UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA 2 UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA 3 UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA 4 UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA AUTHOR’S DECLARATION I, RUNI ADILLAH DECLARE THAT I AM THE SOLE AUTHOR OF THIS THESIS EXCEPT WHERE REFERENCE IS MADE IN THE TEXT OF THIS THESIS. THIS THESIS CONTAINS NO MATERIAL PUB- LISHED ELSEWHERE OR EXTRACTED 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 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS IN THE MAIN TEXT OF THIS THESIS. THIS THESIS HAS NOT BEEN SUBMITTED FOR THE AWARD OF ANOTHER DEGREE IN ANY TERTIARY EDUCATION. Signed : th Date : 7 May 2019 i UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA COPYRIGHT DECLARATION NAME : RUNI ADILLAH TITLE OF THESIS : AN ANALYSIS OF DELUSION ON THE LEADING CHARACTER PORTRAYED IN BETH REVIS’ A WORLD WITHOUT YOU QUALIFICATION : S1/SARJANA SASTRA DEPARTMENT : ENGLISH I AM WILLING THAT MY THESIS SHOULD BE AVAILABLE FOR RE- PRODUCTION AT THE DISCRETION OF THE LIBRARIAN OF DE- PARTMENT OF ENGLISH, FACULTY OF CULTURAL STUDIES, UNI- VERSITY OF SUMATERA UTARA ON THE UNDERSTANDING THAT USERS ARE MADE AWARE OF THEIR OBLIGATION UNDER THE LAW OF THE REPUBLIC OF INDONESIA. Signed : th Date : 7 May 2019 ii UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Bismillahirrohmanirrohim, Alhamdulillahirobbil‘alamin. First of all, I want to thanks to Allah SWT the almighty, the creator who has give me his bless- ing and mercy in my entire life. And I thank you to Allah SWT for all of the great situation and any things that I can completed my thesis which is entitled “AN ANALYSIS OF DELUSION ON THE LEADING CHARACTER PORTRAYED IN BETH REVIS’ A WORLD WITHOUT YOU” and obtain the bachelor‘s degree of English Literature from English Department. Faculty of Cultural Studies Universi- ty of Sumatera Utara; and Shalawat and Salam to the Prophet Muhammad SAW, along with his family and his companion, peace be upon him. Similarly, my spe- cial gratitude belongs to: 1. I would like to thanks to my beloved big family especially for my parents for their support, care and great love to me for finishing this thesis. I do not know how to pay back your effort to me. For my mother, Thanks for understanding me in every situation, I hope you can see me as your great- est daughter in the future. And for my father, big thanks to you who al- ways be my fighter to make his daughter happy and make all his daughter needs be happen, so I would like to present this thesis to them. 2. Drs. Parlindungan Purba, M. Hum. And Riko Andika Pohan S. S., M. Hum. as my great supervisors for their kindness, knowledge, support, and encouragement to write and finish this thesis decisively. 3. The Head and the Secretary of English Department, Prof. T. Silvana Sinar, M.A., Ph.D. and Rahmadsyah Rangkuti, M.A., Ph.D. and all the lecturers and the staff of English Department for the facilities and opportunities given to me during my study in this faculty. And the last and not least, bang Kirno who gave the best effort to help my document and stuff. iii UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA 4. I want to thank to my friends from EXTENSION ENGLISH LITERA- TURE 2017 who fill my day with the great moments and support me to finish this thesis. 5. I want to thank to KARDASHIAN FAMILY (Bunda Yana, Jul Kim, Din- ski) who fullfill and help me for every needs on the way of SEMPRO till SIDANG these past two years. I do hope my thesis would be the benefit for the future researcher, scholar even reader. Even though, this thesis is out of perfect but at least it is useful to develop it. I highly appreciate most. Medan, 7th May 2019 Runi Adillah iv UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA ABSTRACT This thesis entitled An Analysis of Delusion on The Leading Character Portrayed in Beth Revis' Novel A World without You. This thesis discusses about the types and the cause of delusion portrayed in the leading character. To analyze this thesis, theory from Leeser and O’Donohue is used. The method of this thesis uses descriptive qualitative method and uses library research as the way in collecting data by reading and selecting quotation from A World without You. Delusion arises when someone starts to believe the wrong thing and claims that it is true, even when the evidence breaks that belief. Bo, the leading character, dived into his grandiose delusion as a timetraveler when he was fifteen years old. Delusions of control is experienced by Bo when he does not want his mind to be controlled by his friend whom he believes can control mind. The somatic delusion experienced by Bo is a sensation like pain in his body when he calls up the timestream to go to the past to save his girlfriend. The cause of each types of delusion is environmental cause triggered by stress. Keywords: Delusion, Literature, Leading Character v UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA ABSTRAK Tesis ini berjudul An Analysis of Delusion on The Leading Character Portrayed in Beth Revis’ Novel A World without You. Skripsi ini membahas tentang penggambaran tokoh utama yang mengalami gangguan psikologis yaitu delusi. Untuk menganalisa skripsi ini, penulis menggunakan teori dari Leeser dan O’Donohue. Analisis skripsi ini menggunakan metode deskriptif kualitatif sebagai cara untuk menganalisis data yang diambil dari novel Beth Revis berjudul A World without You dan menggunakan riset perpustakaan sebagai cara dalam mengumpulkan data dengan membaca dan memilih kutipan dari A World without You. Delusi muncul ketika seseorang mulai mempercayai hal yang salah dan meyakini bahwa itu benar, bahkan ketika bukti-bukti mematahkan kepercayaan tersebut. Bo menyelam bersama waham kebesarannya sebagai seorang penjelajah waktu ketika berumur lima belas tahun. Delusi control yang dialami Bo ketika dia tidak ingin pikirannya dikontrol oleh temannya Ryan, yang ia percaya Ryan dapat mengontrol pikiran orang lain. Delusi somatik yang dialami Bo adalah sensasi seperti sakit ditubuhnya ketika dia memanggil aliran waktu untuk pergi ke masa lalu menyelamatkan kekasihnya. Penyebab dari tipe-tipe delusi tersebut adalah lingkungan yang dipicu oleh stres. Kata Kunci: Delusi, Sastra, Karakter utama vi UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA TABLE OF CONTENTS Page AUTHOR’S DECLARATION......................................................................... iv COPYRIGHT DECLARATION...................................................................... v ACKNOWLEDGMENT................................................................................... vi ABSTRACT....................................................................................................... viii ABSTRAK.......................................................................................................... ix TABLE OF CONTENTS.................................................................................. x CHAPTER I: INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the Study....................................................... 1 1.2 Problem of the Study............................................................. 4 1.3 Objective of the Study........................................................... 5 1.4 Scope of the Study................................................................. 5 1.5 Significance of the Study....................................................... 5 CHAPTER II: REVIEW OF LITERATURE 2.1 Psychology and Literature.................................................... 7 2.2 Characterization.................................................................... 9 2.3 Psychological Disorder........................................................ 11 2.4 Delusion............................................................................... 11 2.5 Cause of Delusion.............................................................. 11 2.6 Review of Related Studies................................................. 15 vii UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA CHAPTER III: METHODOLOGY OF RESEARCH 3.1 Research Design................................................................... 17 3.2 Data & Data Source.............................................................. 20 3.3 Data Collection Technique................................................... 20 3.3 Data Analysis........................................................................ 20 CHAPTER IV: ANALYSIS AND FINDING 4.1 Types of Delusion.................................................................. 22 4.1.1 Grandiose Delusion............................................................. 22 4.1.2 Delusion of Control............................................................. 35 4.1.3 Somatic Delusion................................................................ 41 4.2 Environmental Cause of Delusion......................................... 47 4.2.1 Grandiose Delusion............................................................. 48 4.2.2 Delusion of Control............................................................ 50 4.2.3 Somatic Delusion................................................................ 52 4.2 Finding................................................................................... 54 CHAPTER V: CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION 5.1 Conclusion............................................................................. 55 5.2 Suggestion............................................................................. 56 viii UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA REFERENCES APPENDICES i. 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