The Grieving Process of Jesse Aarons As Seen in Katherine Paterson’S Bridge to Terabithia
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PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI THE GRIEVING PROCESS OF JESSE AARONS AS SEEN IN KATHERINE PATERSON’S BRIDGE TO TERABITHIA AN UNDERGRADUATE THESIS Presented as Partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Sarjana Sastra in English Letters By Fransisca Kusumastuti Student Number: 134214013 ENGLISH LETTERS STUDY PROGRAM DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH LETTERS FACULTY OF LETTERS SANATA DHARMA UNIVERSITY YOGYAKARTA 2018 PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI THE GRIEVING PROCESS OF JESSE AARONS AS SEEN IN KATHERINE PATERSON’S BRIDGE TO TERABITHIA AN UNDERGRADUATE THESIS Presented as Partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Sarjana Sastra in English Letters By Fransisca Kusumastuti Student Number: 134214013 ENGLISH LETTERS STUDY PROGRAM DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH LETTERS FACULTY OF LETTERS SANATA DHARMA UNIVERSITY YOGYAKARTA 2018 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 The world Gives you So much pain And here you are Making gold out of it There is nothing purer than that—Rupi Kaur vii PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS First and foremost, I would like to thank our savior Jesus Christ for giving me the strength and wellbeing in this whole process to complete and finish this undergraduate thesis. My sincere thanks and deepest gratitude go to my undergraduate thesis advisor Elisabeth Arti Wulandari, Ph.D. for providing me with all the advices, ideas, guidance and support. My gratitude also goes to my thesis co-advisor Dr. Tatang Iskarna for the corrections and the suggestions. I take this opportunity to give thanks to my academic advisor Maria Ananta Tri Suryandari, S.S., M.Ed for her sincere valuable guidance and encouragement. Also, to my late previous advisor, Dr. F. X. Siswadi, M.A. for his best advices at the beginning of writing this thesis. Thank you to all the lecturers and staffs of English Letters Department who have given me the priceless knowledge and lessons for the past four years. I dedicate this thesis to my dad, my mom, my little brother, and my whole big family thank you for their unstoppable love, patience, support, encouragement, thank you for believing in me and for accepting me as I am. All my gratitude to Franssisca X. and Chindy C., for their help to correct my grammar and gave me lot of suggestions. Also, to my other friends Reza, Wari, Litany, Ajeng, Sari, Imas, Deasy, Windri, thank you for always be there for me through all these processes, the ups and downs, the laughs and tears we share. I am so grateful to have all of you in my life. Fransisca Kusumastuti viii PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI TABLE OF CONTENTS TITLE PAGE ........................................................................................... ii APPROVAL PAGE ................................................................................. iii ACCEPTANCE PAGE ............................................................................ iv LEMBAR PERNYATAAN PERSETUJUAN PUBLIKASI KARYA ILMIAH ..................................................................................................... v STATEMENT OF ORIGINALITY ....................................................... vi MOTTO PAGE ........................................................................................ vii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS .................................................................... viii TABLE OF CONTENTS ........................................................................ ix ABSTRACT ............................................................................................. x ABSTRAK ................................................................................................. xi CHAPTER I: INTRODUCTION ........................................................... 1 A. Background of the Study .......................................................... 1 B. Problem Formulation ............................................................... 5 C. Objectives of the Study ............................................................ 5 D. Definition of Terms .................................................................. 6 CHAPTER II: REVIEW OF LITERATURE ....................................... 8 A. Review of Related Studies ....................................................... 8 B. Review of Related Theories ................................................... 13 1. Theory of Character and Characterization ......................... 13 2. Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs ............................................ 15 3. Theory of Grief ................................................................. 16 C. Theoretical Framework ............................................................ 19 CHAPTER III: METHODOLOGY ....................................................... 21 A. Object of the Study................................................................... 22 B. Approach of the Study ............................................................. 22 C. Method of the Study ................................................................. 23 CHAPTER IV: ANALYSIS .................................................................... 24 A. The Characteristics of Jesse Aarons ......................................... 24 1. Before Leslie’s Presence .................................................... 25 2. After Leslie’s Presence ...................................................... 30 B. Jesse Aarons’ Grieving Process ............................................... 34 CHAPTER V: CONCLUSION ................................................................... 44 BIBLIOGRAPHY .................................................................................... 49 ix PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI ABSTRACT Kusumastuti, Fransisca. THE GRIEVING PROCESS OF JESSE AARONS AS SEEN IN KATHERINE PATERSON’S BRIDGE TO TERABITHIA. Yogyakarta: Department of English Letters, Faculty of Letters, Sanata Dharma University, 2018. This study aims at examining the five stages of grief through Jesse Aarons’ characteristics in a novel titled Bridge to Terabithia. Bridge to Terabithia. This young-adult novel by Katherine Paterson, has a dark theme, such as death and grieving. One main character, Jesse Aarons, undergoes grief after his best friend Leslie Burke passes away. Leslie Burke is the person who brings changes into Jesse Aarons’ life through the friendship, and the imagination kingdom called Terabithia. When she passes away, Jesse Aarons goes through several processes of grief. This is his psychological experience when the loss is healed through the grieving process and when his characteristics are affected. This study has two problems. The first one focuses on the characteristics of Jesse Aarons before and after Leslie’s presence. The second problem focuses on how he deals with his grief. The method of this study is library research. The primary source of this study is the novel Bridge to Terabithia. The secondary sources are books of theory, e-books of theories, online articles and journals. Since the study analyzes human behavior based on how they live, particularly how they deal with grieving, this study applied psychological approach, especially theory of five stages of grief by Kubler Ross and David Kessler. The result of this study as follows: three characteristics of Jesse Aarons before Leslie comes to his life, are ambitious, introvert, and fearful. After Leslie comes to his life, five characteristics of Jesse Aarons appear: kind and generous, confident, stubborn, temperament, and insecure. However, there is one characteristic that Jesse Aarons has before Leslie’s presence which is creative. Creative characteristic remains with Leslie’s presence and continues to grow even after his grief. After Leslie’s death, Jesse Aarons faces five stages of grief. In the first stage of grief which is denial, Jesse Aarons tends to deny the reality, where his stubborn characteristic appears. In the second stage which is called bargaining when he wishes something different that can prevent him from losing Leslie, he shows his ambitious characteristic. The third stage is anger where he shows his temperament characteristic because he cannot control his emotion. The fourth stage, depression, is when he feels like there is nowhere to go. The uncertain situation here shows his insecure characteristic. The last stage, acceptance where he realizes the situation and accepts the reality. Along with the acceptance stage there are two new characteristics that grow within Jesse Aarons: new-found of courage and maturity which can be seen when Jesse builds the bridge to Terabithia. Keywords: Five stages of grief, grieving process, psychological, characteristics. x PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI ABSTRAK Kusumastuti, Fransisca. THE GRIEVING PROCESS OF JESSE AARONS AS SEEN IN KATHERINE PATERSON’S BRIDGE TO TERABITHIA Yogyakarta: Program Studi Sastra Inggris, Fakultas Sastra, Universitas Sanata Dharma, 2018. Studi ini bertujuan untuk mengusut lima tahapan berduka, dialami oleh Jesse Aarons, yang dapat dilihat melalui karakteristiknya di sebuah novel berjudul Bridge to Terabithia. Novel karya Katherine Paterson ini memiliki sisi gelap dengan tema kematian dan kedukaan. Karakter utama bernama Jesse Aarons melalui proses kedukaan setelah sahabat satu-satunya bernama Leslie Burke meninggal dunia. Leslie Burke, seseorang yang mengubah hidup Jesse Aarons melalui pertemanan