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An Analysis of Promiscuity in Eimear Mcbride's a Girl Is a Half-Formed Thing a Thesis by Putri Shinta Hasibuan Reg.No. 1507050 AN ANALYSIS OF PROMISCUITY IN EIMEAR MCBRIDE’S A GIRL IS A HALF-FORMED THING A THESIS BY PUTRI SHINTA HASIBUAN REG.NO. 150705046 DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH FACULTY OF CULTURAL STUDIES UNIVERSITY OF SUMATERA UTARA MEDAN 2019 UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA AN ANALYSIS OF PROMISCUITY IN EIMEAR MCBRIDE’S A GIRL IS A HALF-FORMED THING A THESIS BY PUTRI SHINTA HASIBUAN REG. NO. 150705046 SUPERVISOR CO-SUPERVISOR Drs. Parlindungan Purba, M.Hum. Drs. Siamir Marulafau, M.Hum. NIP. 19630216 198903 1 003 NIP. 19580517198503 1 003 Submitted to Faculty of Cultural Studies University of Sumatera Utara Medan in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Sarjana Sastra from Department of English. DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH FACULTY OF CULTURAL STUDIES UNIVERSITY OF SUMATERA UTARA MEDAN 2019 UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA Approved by the Department of English, Faculty of Cultural Studies University of Sumatera Utara (USU) Medan as thesis for The Sarjana Sastra Examination. Head, Secretary, Prof. T. Silvana Sinar, M.A., Ph.D Rahmadsyah Rangkuti, M.A., Ph.D NIP. 19540916 198003 2 003 NIP. 19750209 200812 1 002 UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA Accepted by the Board of Examiners in partial fulfillment of requirements for the degree of Sarjana Sastra from Department of English, Faculty of Cultural Studies University of Sumatera Utara, Medan. The examination is held in Department of English Faculty of Cultural Studies University of Sumatera Utara on October 4th, 2019. Dean of Faculty of Cultural Studies University of Sumatera Utara Dr. Budi Agustono, M.S. NIP. 19600805 198703 1 001 Board of Examiners Rahmadsyah Rangkuti, M.A., Ph.D _________________________ Drs. Parlindungan Purba, M. Hum. _________________________ Dr. Martha Pardede, M. S. _________________________ UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA AUTHOR’S DECLARATION I, PUTRI SHINTA HASIBUAN 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 THESIS BY WHICH I HAVE QUALIFIED FOR OR AWARDED ANOTHER DEGREE. NO OTHER PERSON’S WORK HAS BEEN USED WITHOUT DUE ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS IN THE MAIN TEXT OF THIS THESIS. THIS THESIS HAS NOT BEEN SUBMITTED FOR THE AWARD OF ANOTHER DEGREE IN ANY TERTIARY EDUCATION. Signed: Date: October 4th, 2019 v UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA COPYRIGHT DECLARATION NAME : PUTRI SHINTA HASIBUAN TITLE OF THESIS : AN ANALYSIS OF PROMISCUITY IN EIMEAR MCBRIDE’S A GIRL IS A HALF-FORMED THING QUALIFICATION : S-1/SARJANA SASTRA DEPARTMENT : ENGLISH I AM WILLING THAT MY THESIS SHOULD BE AVAILABLE FOR REPRODUCTION AT THE DISCRETION OF THE LIBRARIAN DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH, FACULTY OF CULTURAL STUDIES, UNIVERSITY OF SUMATERA UTARA ON THE UNDERSTANDING THAT USER ARE MADE AWARE OF THEIR OBLIGATION UNDER THE LAW OF THE REPUBLIC OF INDONESIA. Signed: Date: October 4th, 2019 vi UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Bismi-llāhi ar-raḥmāni ar-raḥīmi, First of all, I am so thankful that I was finally able to finish my thesis which entitled “An Analysis of Promiscuity in Eimear McBride‟s A girl Is A Half-Formed Thing”. I would like to express my gratitude to Allah SWT who has always giving me guidance‟s, answer, and with blessed and mercies. Without all of it, I would not be able to accomplish my thesis. I also would like to thank and express my deepest appreciation to: 1. My family: My parents, Ayah and Mamak thank you who is tireless to provide prayers and support. my sister and brother Melisa Hasibuan, Evita Zura Hasibuan , Affan Multazam Hasibuan. Thank you so much for loving me and for being my number one supporter in my life. And last my niece, Maher Zulfi who always entertains me when doing my thesis. Thank you for always cheer me up when I have problems in my thesis. Thank you for all your prayers and wise advices. You all are my inspirations in finishing my study. I love you all so much from the deepest of my heart. 2. My supervisor and co-supervisor, Sir Drs.Parlindungan Purba, M. Hum. And Sir Drs.Siamir Marulafau,M.Hum. who always guides me and gives me many good knowledges and advices for my thesis. Thank you Sir Parlin who always reply in whatsapp and give helpful advices when revise my thesis and thank you Mam Dian for accept and signed my title of draft proposal just once. It is such a magical thing for me. 3. The Dean of Faculty of Cultural Studies, Dr. Drs. Budi Agustono, M.S, the Head of English Department, Mam Prof. T. Silvana Sinar, M.A, Ph.D, the vii UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA Secretary of English Department, Sir Rahmadsyah Rangkuti, M.A, Ph.D and all of the lecturers in English Department for all the knowledges, attention, time and guidance‟s, also Bang Kirno (Kibot) from Department of English officer who always comforts me when I painstakingly collect my thesis files. 4. For my bestfriend Fahira (Boreg), Fira, Nita, Ipeh, Fitry, thank you my friends from senior high school (Man 2 Model Medan) until now. has become my friend who is always supportive and encouraging, and also always listens to my heart. and you also the team that helped me when I finished the exam. I hope we remain friends forever, Aamin. 5. My friend since the first time we met in the college “Watermelon” squad, Oktri (Mona),Mutia (Mutek),Isma (Al), Widi (Anya),Sayyidah (Pija). You guys are amazing! thank you for accompanying my college days. without you, the college life will not be interesting, we are always going home together, one group, giving cheat assignments, sharing food and everything. 6. Thank you for “Flower” squad, Mumus, Ridha, my classmate in senior high school. Thank you for accompanying, encouraging and providing solutions. 7. All my friends in college, especially in my class English Literature 2015 B : Ola, Indah, Diana, Nadia, Ika, Agung, Raja, Isna, Zian, Desvita and Laras. Thank you friends for being a pleasant classmate, hopefully we can be reunited. good luck everyone. 8. To someone who will decorate my future and be a complement to my destiny. Although for a while we are separated by distance and time. I hope we will meet sooner or later. Because I know every good things will come on time. see you at our meeting which will be approved by anyone, Aamin. For myself, I have tried and struggled so hard to finish the thesis on time. viii UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA 9. thank you for staying so strong in this position, I hope I can do something better. keep the spirit and don't forget to always be grateful, don't easily give up on any serious problems. always cheerful and keep working hard in order to achieve the desired goals. Medan, October 4th 2019 The writer, Putri Shinta Hasibuan 150705046 ix UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA ABSTRACT This thesis is entitled “An Analysis of Promiscuity in Eimear McBride’s A girl Is A Half-Formed Thing”. This thesis is analyzing promiscuity on the main character. The purpose of this thesis is to find out and understand how it happened, to look for the two causes and impacts of promiscuity that are described in the novel. The main character is the girl, she is a victim of sexual violence by her own uncle. As a result of the vile things done by her uncle, She was involved in a deviation, namely promiscuity. She did promiscuity with lots of boys. The behavior of multiple partners in sexual relations without a commitment relationship (promiscuity) is rarely found in women. Because in general, women engage in sexual relations on the basis of love and as an expression of feelings of love towards their partners. When found by individual women with promiscuity behavior, it becomes interesting to look more deeply. The theory used to analyze is Theory by Kartono and Mcleish The research methods used in this thesis are qualitative methods and library research. The author collects data from the novel and from several sources of articles, books, and journals that have a relationship with this thesis. The results of this thesis are to reveal the truth that promiscuity can occur in the main character and get causes and impacts in their daily life. Keywords: Promiscuity, causes, impacts. x UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA ABSTRAK Skripsi ini berjudul “An Analysis of Promiscuity in Eimear McBride’s A girl Is A Half-Formed Thing”. Skripsi ini menganalisis bagaimana promiskuitas di karakter utama. Tujuan skripsi ini yaitu untuk mengetahui dan memahami bagaimana itu terjadi, mencari kedua permasalahan akibat dan dampak dari promiskuitas yang tergambarkan di dalam novel. Tokoh utamanya adalah seorang gadis, dia merupakan korban kekerasan seksual oleh pamannya sendiri. Akibat dari hal keji yang dilakukan pamannya tersebut dia terlibat suatu penyimpangan yaitu promiskuitas. dia melakukan promiskuitas dengan banyak laki-laki. Perilaku bergonta-ganti pasangan dalam berhubungan seksual tanpa hubungan komitmen (promiskuitas) merupakan hal yang jarang ditemukan pada perempuan. Sebab pada umumnya, perempuan melakukan hubungan seksual atas dasar cinta dan sebagai bentuk ungkapan perasaan cinta terhadap pasangannya.Ketika ditemukan individu perempuan dengan perilaku promiskuitas, hal tersebut menjadi menarik untuk dilihat secara lebih mendalam. Teori yang digunakan untuk menganalisis ialah Teori menurut Kartono dan Mcleish Metode penelitian yang digunakan dalam skripsi ini adalah metode kualitatif dan penelitian kepustakaan. Penulis mengumpulkan data dari novel dan dari beberapa sumber artikel, buku, dan jurnal yang memiliki hubungan dengan skripsi ini. Hasil dari skripsi ini adalah mengungkapkan kebenaran bahwa promiscuity dapat terjadi pada karakter utama dan mendapatkan akibat dan dampak di dalam kehidupannya sehari-hari. Kata Kunci: Promiskuitas, akibat, dampak. xi UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA TABLE OF CONTENTS Page AUTHOR’S DECLARATION .................................................................................... v COPYRIGHT DECLARATION ................................................................................ vi ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ........................................................................................... vii ABSTRACT .................................................................................................................
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