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An Analysis of Maria's Struggle for a Better Life PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI ANANALYSIS OFMARIA’S STRUGGLE FORA BETTERLIFE AS SEENIN PAULO COELHO’S ELEVENMINUTES A THESIS Presented as Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements to Obtain the Sarjana Pendidikan Degree in English Language Education By: Chatarina Setyastuti Wiedaninggar Student Number: 02 1214 127 ENGLISH EDUCATION STUDY PROGRAM DEPARTMENT OF LANGUAGE AND ARTS EDUCATION FACULTY OF TEACHERS TRAINING AND EDUCATION SANATA DHARMA UNIVERSITY YOGYAKARTA 2008 PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI ANANALYSIS OFMARIA’S STRUGGLE FORA BETTERLIFE AS SEENIN PAULO COELHO’S ELEVENMINUTES A THESIS Presented as Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements to Obtain the Sarjana Pendidikan Degree in English Language Education By: Chatarina Setyastuti Wiedaninggar Student Number: 02 1214 127 ENGLISH EDUCATION STUDY PROGRAM DEPARTMENT OF LANGUAGE AND ARTS EDUCATION FACULTY OF TEACHERS TRAINING AND EDUCATION SANATA DHARMA UNIVERSITY YOGYAKARTA 2008 i PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI A Sarjana Pendidikan Thesis on ANANALYSIS OFMARIA’S STRUGGLE FORA BETTERLIFE AS SEENIN PAULO COELHO’S ELEVENMINUTES by Chatarina Setyastuti Wiedaninggar Student Number: 021214127 Approved by: A. Drs. L. Bambang Hendarto Y., M.Hum. June 12, 2008 Major Sponsor Ch. Lhaksmita Anandari, S.Pd., M.Ed. June 12, 2008 Co-sponsor PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI A Sarjana Pendidikan Thesis On ANANALYSIS OFMARIA’S STRUGGLE FOR A BETTERLIFE AS SEENIN PAULO COELHO’S ELEVENMINUTES By B. Chatarina Setyastuti Wiedaninggar Student Number: 021214127 Defended before the Board of Examiners On ………………………… and Declared Acceptable Board of Examiners Name Signature Chairperson : __________________________ ___________ Secretary : __________________________ ___________ Member : __________________________ ___________ Member : __________________________ ___________ Member : __________________________ ___________ Yogyakarta, June 12, 2008 Faculty of Teachers Training and Education Sanata Dharma University Drs. Tarsisius Sarkim, M.Ed., Ph.d. PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI BE THE BEST OF WHATEVER YOU ARE IF YOU CAN’T BE A PINE IN THE TOP OF THE HILL, BE A SCRUB IN THE VALLEY BUT BE THE BEST LITTLE SCRUB BY THE SIDE OF THE RILL BE A BUSH IF YOU CAN’T BE A TREE IF YOU CAN’T BE A BUSH BE A BIT OF THE GRASS AND SOME HIGHWAY HAPPIER MAKE IF YOU CAN’T BE A MUSKIE THEN JUST BE A BASS BUT THE LIVELIEST BASS IN THE LAKE WE CAN’T ALL CAPTAINS; WE HAVE GOT TO BE CREW THERE’S SOMETHING FOR ALL OF US HERE THERE’S A BIG WORK TO DO AND THERE’S LESSER TO DO AND THE TASK YOU MUST DO IS NEAR IF YOU CAN’T BE A HIGHWAY THEN JUST BE A TRAIL IF YOU CAN’T BE THE SUN BE THE STAR IT ISN’T BY THE SIZE THAT YOU WIN OR YOU FAIL BE THE BEST OF WHATEVER YOU ARE DOUGLAS MALLOCH I dedicate this thesis for my family and for my boyfriend iv PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI ABSTRACT Wiedaninggar, Chatarina Setyastuti. 2008. An Analysis of Maria’s Struggle for a Better Life as seen in Paulo Coelho’s Eleven Minutes. Yogyakarta: English Language Education Study Program, Department of Language and Arts Education, Faculty of Teachers Training and Education, Sanata Dharma University. This thesis discusses Paulo Coelho’s novel entitled Eleven Minutes. The analysis focuses on Maria, the major character in the novel. She is considered as a woman who struggles for a better life. The aim of this study is to analyse Maria’s struggles for a better life as seen in Paulo Coelho’s Eleven Minutes. Therefore, here are two problems that should be answered in this thesis, namely: (1) How is Maria characterized in Paulo Coelho’s Eleven Minutes? (2) How does Maria struggle for a better life? To answer those problems, this thesis employed library research. There are two data used in this thesis, namely primary data and secondary data. The primary data is taken from the novel itself, Eleven Minutes. The secondary data is gained from books on psychology and literary theories and internet sources which provide the information related to this analysis. They are theory of character, theory of characterization, theory of critical approach, theory of motivation, struggle for life and theory of human needs. The approach used in this thesis is the psychological approach since it deals with a psychological issue on one’s struggle for a better life. Based on the analysis, it can be concluded that Maria is a beautiful woman who makes use of her beauty to attract men. However, she always has difficulties in having relationship with men. Maria is also portrayed as a smart, brave, honest and lonely woman. There are some reasons why Maria wants to struggle for her better life. She comes from a low class family. Therefore, she wants to improve her social condition. Moreover, she also has a dream of travelling. She is keen on having adventure by leaving her hometown and having new experiences. Maria’s success in her life struggle can be seen from the way she deals with every job she has. First, she becomes a shop-assistant in her town, Brazil. Then, she has to work as a salsa dancer in Switzerland. Moreover, she wants to try to be a model since she has no other skills but her beauty. Finally, she changes her life by becoming a prostitute. During her experiences, she can fulfil some of her needs. At the end, some suggestions for the readers are presented. Firstly, this thesis can be a reference for the future researchers if they want to analyse the same novel. Second, this thesis proposes suggestion for the implementation of literature in teaching English especially intensive reading for the second semester students of English Education Study Program. vi PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI ABSTRAK Wiedaninggar, Chatarina Setyastuti. 2008. An Analysis of Maria’s Struggle for a Better Life as seen in Paulo Coelho’s Eleven Minutes. Yogyakarta: program Studi Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris, Jurusan Pendidikan Bahasa dan Seni, Fakultas Keguruan dan Ilmu Pendidikan, Universitas Sanata Dharma. Skripsi ini membahas tentang sebuah novel yang berjudul Eleven Minutes karya Paulo Coelho. Analisis terfokus kepada Maria, tokoh utama yang ada di dalam novel tersebut. Dia adalah seorang perempuan yang berjuang untuk sebuah kehidupan yang lebih baik. Tujuan skripsi ini adalah untuk mengetahui perjuangan Maria untuk hidup yang lebih baik seperti yang terlihat dalam novel Eleven Minutes karya Paulo Coelho. Ada dua permasalahan yang menjadi pembahasan utama di dalam skripsi ini (1) Bagaimana Maria, tokoh utama dalam novel ini digambarkan? (2) Bagaimana Maria berjuang untuk mendapat hidup yang lebih baik. Untuk menjawab permasalahan tersebut, skripsi ini menggunakan penelitian perpustakaan untuk mengumpulkan data. Ada dua data yang digunakan yaitu data utama dan data kedua. Data utama adalah novel itu sendiri, Eleven Minutes. Data kedua diambil dari buku-buku tentang teori psikologi dan literature serta sumber dari internet yang menyediakan informasi yang berkaitan dengan analisis ini. Teori-teori tersebut adalah teori tentang karakter, penokohan, teori pendekatan, teori motivasi, perjuangan hidup dan teori kebutuhan manusia. Pendekatan yang digunakan adalah pendekatan psikologi karena skripsi ini berhubungan dengan masalah psikologi dalam perjuangan seseorang untuk hidup yang lebih baik. Berdasarkan hasil analisis, dapat disimpulkan bahwa Maria adalah seorang perempuan cantik yang menggunakan kecantikannya untuk menarik perhatian laki-laki. Tetapi dia selalu mendapatkan hambatan-hambatan dalam menjalin hubungan dengan laki-laki. Maria juga digambarkan sebagai seorang yang pintar, berani, jujur dan kesepian. Ada beberapa alasan mengapa Maria ingin berjuang untuk hidup yang lebih baik. Dia berasal dari keluarga kelas bawah. Oleh karena itu dia ingin meningkatkan kondisi sosialnya. Dia juga memiliki mimpi untuk traveling. Dia ingin berpetualang dengan meninggalkan kampung halamannya dan mendapatkan pengalaman-pengalaman baru. Kesuksesan Maria dalam perjuangannya dapat dilihat dari cara dia menghadapi setiap pekerjaan. Pertama, dia menjadi asisten toko di kampung di Brazil. Lalu dia bekerja sebagai penari salsa di Swiss. Setelah itu, dia mencoba untuk menjadi model karena dia tahu kecantikannya. Dia tidak mempunyai ketrampilan khusus untuk bekerja. Kemudian, dia mengubah hidupnya dengan menjadi seorang Pekerja Seks Komersil (PSK). Dalam pengalamannya tersebut, Maria bisa memenuhi hampir semua kebutuhannya. Skripsi ini memberikan beberapa saran untuk pembaca. Pertama, skripsi ini bisa menjadi sebuah referensi bagi peneliti-peneliti lain apabila mereka ingin menganalisa novel yang sama. Kedua, skripsi ini memberikan saran untuk implementasi mengajar bahasa Inggris terutama membaca intensif untuk mahasiswa PBI semester dua. vii PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI viii PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS First of all, I would like to devote my gratitude to my Almighty God for His blessing and His mercy. He gives me faith and hope to write this thesis. I thank Him for the love, blessing and guidance along the hard path of my life. I realized that because of His blessing through people around me in mysterious ways, I am able to finish this thesis. I would also like to give my deepest gratitude towards my major sponsor Drs. L. Bambang Hendarto Y., M.Hum. for his help, advice and his patience in helping me finish this thesis. I am very happy that I can share about life with him and he gave me many things about the meaning of real life. My great thanks is also given to my special co-sponsor Ch. Lhaksmita Anandari, S.Pd., M.Ed. for her suggestion, correction and her assistance for every page of my thesis writing process. I am sincerely grateful to my parents. I thank them for their prayers. I beg a big forgiveness for making them worried about my thesis. I thank my father, Ign. Bambang Mulyadi for giving me advice and his financial support and my mother, D.M. Kurniati who has given her attention, her accompanying and her prayer for me every night. I thank my brother, Danny who has helped me to correct my thesis and gave me a lot of support.
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