Love Without Borders Portrayed in Guillermo Del Toro's the Shape of Water a Thesis by Nickyta Siagian Reg. No. 110705099 Depar
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LOVE WITHOUT BORDERS PORTRAYED IN GUILLERMO DEL TORO’S THE SHAPE OF WATER A THESIS BY NICKYTA SIAGIAN REG. NO. 110705099 DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH FACULTY OF CULTURAL STUDIES UNIVERSITY OF SUMATERA UTARA MEDAN 2018 UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA LOYE WITHOUT BORI}ERS PORTRAYED IN GUILLERMO DEL TORO'S THE SHAPE OF WATER A THESIS BY NICKYTA SIAGIA}I RSG. NO. 110705099 r SUPERVISOR'il,* CO-SUPERVISOR Dr. Siti Norma Nasution, M.Hum. Mahmud Arief Albar, SS. M.A NrP. 19570720 198303 2 0001 l\[IP. 19820904 200501 I 010 Submitted to Faculty of Cultural Sfudies University of Sumatera Utara Medan in partial fullilhnent of the requirements for the degree of Sarjana Sastra from Department of English. DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH FACT'LTY OF CI]LTURAL STT]DIES T'NIVERSITY OT' SUMATERA UTARA MEDAIT 2OT8 UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA Approved by the Department of f,nglish, Faculty of Cultural Studies University of Sumatera Utara (US[D Medan as thesis for The Sarjana Sastra Examination. Head, Secretary, Prof. T. Silvana Sinar, M.A., Ph. D. Rahmadsyah Ra M.A, Ph.D. Nl-rP. 19540916 198003 2 003 002 UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA Accepted by the Board of Examinens in partial fullillment of requirements for the degree of Sarjana Snstra from the Department of English, Faculty of Cultural Studies Unlversff of Sumatera Utara, Medan. The examination is held in Department of English Faculty of Cnltural Studies University of Sumatera Utara on Tuesday, October 23,2018 Dean of Faculty of Cultural Studies Utara Dr. Budi Agustono, M.S. N-rP. 19600805 198703 I 001 Board of Examiners Rahmadsyah Rangkuti, M.A., Ph.D. Dr. Siti Norma Nasution, M.Hum. Drs. Parlindungan Purba, M.Hum. UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA AUTHOR’S DECLARATION I, NICKYTA SIAGIAN 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 PUBLISHED 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 THE AWARD OF ANOTHER DEGREE IN ANY TERTIARY EDUCATION. Signed : Date : 23 October 2018 v UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA COPYRIGHT DECLARATION NAME : NICKYTA SIAGIAN TITLE OF THESIS : LOVE WITHOUT BORDERS PORTRAYED IN GUILLERMO DEL TORO’S THE SHAPE OF WATER QUALIFICATION : 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 : 23 October 2018 vi UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA ACKNOWLEDGMENT First of all, I would like to say thanks and praise Jesus Christ for bleesing me abudantly and give me strength during the time of doing and finishing the thesis of mine. Furthermore, I would like express my profound gratitude to my beloved parents, dr. Mangisi Siagian, and Trie Sulastri Wahyuningrat, who always give me full attentions, prayer, support, care, and love both materials and spiritual contributions which I have received until nowadays. I also wish to express special thanks to my grandmother who always pray, support, and advices me with their love. Thank you for being patient with me. Last but not least, I would like to thank to all of my big family, I really love them all. I also would like to say thanks to my Supervisor, Dr. Siti Norma Nasution, M.Hum., who has given me much attention, contribution and supports with all his great patience and understanding to guide me in finishing this thesis, and my Co- supervisor, Mahmud Arief Albar, S.S. M.A., for his constructive outcomes towards this thesis. My gratitude to all my lecturers in English Literature Department who have taught me during my study with their love and patience. I also thank Prof. T. Silvana Sinar, M. A., Ph.D, the Chief of English Department, Rahmadsyah Rangkuti, M.A. Ph.D, the Secretary, for their attention to all my academic affairs, and Dr. Budi Agustono, M. S., the Dean of Faculty of Cultural Studies of the University of Sumatera Utara as well as the staffs for their valuable helps. I would like to thank to my best friends in English Department, Ester Shinta Paulin Sianturi, SS., Fransiska Chyntia Siagian, SS., and Niasti Hia, SS., who always vii UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA help and support me every time in every condition, thank for love and care, thank for having great time together and spending our four years in sweet memories, you always know who you are. To all my classmates in English Department’11 whose names can’t be mentioned one by one, thank for spending our great times together in four years. Thank you to all my basketball friends and for all who help me in finishing my thesis that I can’t mention one by one. The special thanks given to Christ Yohara Silalahi, SP., as my beloved man, thank you for your support, prayers, and help me to write this thesis and always to accompany me in bad and good time. I do not know what to do if you were not here, and I really thanks to your fussy so I am not a lazy person to finish this thesis. I am really happy when I am with you, I feel your warmest hug and it always help me to finish this thesis. Despite my effort to produce a faultless paper, I am well aware that the readers will find numerous imperfections, for which I apologize. Medan, 23 October 2018 NICKYTA SIAGIAN Reg. No: 110705099 viii UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA ABSTRAK Tesis ini berjudul “Cinta Tanpa Batas Yang Digambarkan Dalam Bentuk The Shape Of Water dari Guillermo De Toro”, ia berbicara tentang kisah cinta antara seorang manusia dan seekor monster ikan. Mereka bertemu di laboratorium di mana wanita bernama Elisa bekerja. Ikan itu ditangkap dan terperangkap di laboratorium. Pasukan Amerika mencoba mendapatkan keuntungan dari ikan, karena ikan memiliki kekuatan gaib. Ikan tidak mematuhi apa yang mereka inginkan kemudian mereka memukul dan menyiksanya. Tujuan dari tesis ini adalah untuk mengetahui alasan atau penyebab mereka menjadi bersatu sebagai sepasang kekasih. Wanita itu bisu dan memiliki kehidupan yang membosankan itu sebabnya dia membutuhkan seorang teman untuk membuat hidupnya bahagia. Ikan membutuhkan bantuan wanita untuk bertahan hidup. Hasilnya menunjukkan bahwa akhirnya mereka saling mencintai dan hidup bahagia di laut. Teori yang digunakan dalam tesis ini adalah teori Postmodernisme karena ceritanya berbicara tentang kebebasan dan cinta sejati. Manusia bebas untuk memilih apa pun, bahkan ikan untuk menjadi kekasihnya, dan ini terjadi dalam kisah ini. Kata Kunci: sepasang kekasih, kebebasan, cinta sejati. ix UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA ABSTRACT This thesis entitled “Love Without Borders Portrayed In Guillermo De Toro’s The Shape Of Water”, it talks about the love story between a human being and a fish monster. They meet in a laboratory where the woman named Elisa works. The fish is caught and trapped in the laboratory. American force try to get advantages from the fish, because the fish has magic power. The fish doesn’t obey what they want then they beat and torture him. The purpose of this thesis is to find out the reasons or the causes of them to became united as a pair of lover. The woman is mute and has a boring life that’s why she needs a friend to make her life happy. The fish needs the woman’s help to survive. The result shows that at last both of them love each other and live happy in the sea. The theory used in this thesis is the theory of Postmodernism because the story talks about freedom and true love. A human being is free to choose anything even a fish to be her lover, and this happens in this story. Key Words: a pair of lover, freedom, true love. x UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA TABLE OF CONTENTS AUTHOR’S DECLARATION..................................................................................v COPYRIGHT DECLARATION..............................................................................vi ACKNOWLEDGMENT..........................................................................................vii ABSTRAK..................................................................................................................ix ABSTRACT.................................................................................................................x TABLE OF CONTENTS….......…..………………………………….....................xi CHAPTER I: INTRODUCTION…………………………..........................1 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................................................6 2.1 Literature...............……………………….…........................6 2.2 Novel...........................................….….....….........................6 2.2.1 Character..........................................................................7 2.2.2 Theme..............................................................................8 2.2.3 Plot...................................................................................8 2.3 Postmodrnism.......................…………………….................9 xi UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA CHAPTER II I: METHOD OF RESEARCH................................................11 3.1 Research Design..………………………………................11