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The Mental Impact of Social Bullying on Lemuel Gulliver in the Giant Country in Jonathan Swift’S Gulliver’S Travels PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI THE MENTAL IMPACT OF SOCIAL BULLYING ON LEMUEL GULLIVER IN THE GIANT COUNTRY IN JONATHAN SWIFT’S GULLIVER’S TRAVELS A SARJANA PENDIDIKANRESEARCH PAPER Presented as Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements to Obtain the SarjanaPendidikan Degree in English Language Education By Yudha Pranggodo Student Number: 121214064 ENGLISH LANGUAGE EDUCATION STUDY PROGRAM DEPARTMENT OF LANGUAGE AND ARTS EDUCATION FACULTY OF TEACHERS TRAINING AND EDUCATION SANATA DHARMA UNIVERSITY YOGYAKARTA 2018 PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI THE MENTAL IMPACT OF SOCIAL BULLYING ON LEMUEL GULLIVER IN THE GIANT COUNTRY IN JONATHAN SWIFT’S GULLIVER’S TRAVELS A SARJANA PENDIDIKANRESEARCH PAPER Presented as Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements to Obtain the SarjanaPendidikan Degree in English Language Education By Yudha Pranggodo Student Number: 121214064 ENGLISH LANGUAGE EDUCATION STUDY PROGRAM DEPARTMENT OF LANGUAGE AND ARTS EDUCATION FACULTY OF TEACHERS TRAINING AND EDUCATION SANATA DHARMA UNIVERSITY YOGYAKARTA 2018 i PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI 07 Juni PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI DEDICATION PAGE I dedicate this undergraduate paper to: JESUS CHRIST JULIANA ERSI FATMIRA GABRIELA DEVI ANINDITYA GREGORIUS HUGO HIMAWAN NICHOLAS JALU PANGESTI iv PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI ABSTRACT Pranggodo, Yudha (2018). The mental impact of social bullying on Lemuel Gulliver in The Giant Country in Gulliver’s Travels novel by Jonathan Swift. Yogyakarta: English Language Education Study Program. Department of Language and Arts Education, Faculty of Teachers Training and Education, Sanata Dharma University. The study analyzes a novel titled Gulliver's Travels written by Jonathan Swift specifically on the adventure section to Brobdingnag or the giant country. This novel tells about the adventures of a doctor named Lemuel Gulliver to some places. There are three parts of Lemuel Gulliver's journey. In this study, the researcher took one part in the journey of Lemuel Gulliver that is when he traveled to Brobdingnag.The focus of this study is to show the types of bullying and mental impact that occurred on Lemuel Gulliver during his journey in Brobdingnag or the land of giants. This study aims to determine the kinds of bullying and find out the impact of Lemuel Gulliver’s mental. The researcher have generated two problem formulations. The first problem formulation is "What are the types of bullying that happened and experienced by the main character while in the land of giants?" Then the second problem formulation is "How does bullying impact on the main character?" The researcher employed psychological approach in this research. After doing the research, the first results show the types of bullying that occur and experienced by the main character in the novel while traveling in the giant country. There are seven cases of bullying that happened to Lemuel Gulliver. In the summary, the researcher found two types of bullying. There are physical bullying and non-physical bullying. The second result shows that bullying impacts the mental of Lemuel Gulliver. Gulliver suffered mental stress while in a giant country because Gulliver was uncomfortable with the treatment he received. It is recommended for subsequent researchers to conduct more in-depth research on bullying as well as the impact it generates and also to use this novel as a further research. Keywords: Bullying, Impact vii PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI ABSTRAK Pranggodo, Yudha (2018). The mental impact of social bullying on Lemuel Gulliver in The Giant Country in Gulliver’s Travels novel by Jonathan Swift. Yogyakarta: Program Studi Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris. Jurusan Pendidikan Bahasa dan Seni, Fakultas Keguruan dan Ilmu Pendidikan, Universitas Sanata Dharma. Penelitian ini menganalisis novel berjudul Gulliver’s Travels yang ditulis oleh Jonathan Swift khususnya pada bagian petualangan menuju Brobdingnag atau negeri raksasa. Novel ini bercerita mengenai petualangan seorang dokter bernama Lemuel Gulliver ke beberapa tempat. Ada tiga bagian dalam perjalanan tokoh utama. Peneliti mengambil satu bagian dalam perjalan Lemuel Gulliver yaitu saat berpetualang menuju Brobdingnag. Fokus dalam studi ini adalah menunjukkan tipe-tipe perundungan dan dampak mental yang terjadi pada Lemuel Gulliver saat perjalanannya di negeri raksasa. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui macam-macam bullying perundungan dan mencari tahu dampak mental yang berpengaruh pada Lemuel Gulliver. Peneliti telah merumuskan dua rumusan masalah. Rumusan masalah yang pertama adalah “Apa saja perundungan yang terjadi dan dialami oleh tokoh utama saat berada di negeri raksasa?” kemudian rumusan masalah yang kedua adalah “Bagaimana perundungan berdampak pada mental tokoh utama?” Peneliti menggunakan pendekatan psikologis dalam penelitian ini. Setelah melakukan penelitian, hasil pertama menunukjukkan tipe-tipe perundungan yang terjadi dan dialami oleh tokoh utama dalam novel saat perjalanannya di negeri raksasa. Ada tujuh kasus perundungan yang terjadi pada Lemuel Gulliver. Secara ringkas, peneliti menemukan dua tipe perundungan yaitu tipe perundungan fisik dan tipe perundungan non-fisik. Hasil kedua menunjukkan bahwa perundungan berdampak terhadap mental Lemuel Gulliver. Gulliver mengalami tekanan mental saat berada di negeri raksasa karena Gulliver merasa tidak nyaman dengan perlakuan yang diterima olehnya. Direkomendasikan untuk peneliti berikutnya untuk melakukan penelitian lebih mendalam tentang bullying dan juga dampak yang dihasilkan dan juga untuk menggunakan novel ini sebagai penelitian lebih lanjut. Keywords: perundungan, dampak viii PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS First of all, I want to give a great gratitude to Jesus Christ, who gives me His Blessing and Guidance so I can finish my study. He gives me strength when I feel weak and inspiration when I don’t know what to write on my thesis. Because of his blessing until this time, I can finish my paper. My deepest gratitude goes to my advisor Dr. Emanuel Sunarto, M. Hum. for his guidance, support and time as long as I am working on this paper. He helps me to find ideas and especially he spares his time for me, when I need to consult with him. All the suggestions that have been given to me are very helpful for me to finish this paper. My gratitude goes to my academic advisor Carla Sih Prabandari, S. Pd., M.Hum. for her time and guidance in about five and a half years. I dedicate this paper to my beloved parents; my mom Juliana Ersi Fatmira and my brother Gregorius Hugo Himawan and Nicholas Jalu Pangesti which always gives me motivation and love to finish my study. All their support are very important to me, because without their support, I can’t be what I am now and I won’t able to finish this paper. I would also give my biggest thanks to my friends who have helped me a lot to finish this paper; Puguh Kristanto who also gives his time when I need his guidance when I write my paper and he is one of my friends who gives me a lot of inspiration and suggestions,Yohanes Veryndra, my partner in class and also my soul mate who always supports me in every conditions, Hilarius Raditya Purba, ix PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI my friends who always gives advice and always patiently gives solution so that I can do my paper, Dwitya Wiratama Sakti, my friend who always gives me support to finish my paper when I feel frustrated. Pranggodo, Yudha x PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI TABLE OF CONTENTS Page TITLE .................................................................................................... i APPROVAL PAGE .............................................................................. ii DEDICATION PAGE ......................................................................... iv STATEMENT OF WORK’S ORIGINALITY ..................................... v LEMBAR PERNYATAAN PERSETUJUAN ......................................... vi ABSTRACT ....................................................................................... vii ABSTRAK ........................................................................................... viii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ................................................................. ix TABLE OF CONTENTS .................................................................... xi CHAPTER I .......................................................................................... 1 1.1 Background of the Study ............................................................. 1 1.2 Approach of the study ................................................................. 3 1.2.1 Theory of Bullying ............................................................... 4 1.2.2 Psychology of Mental Impact ............................................... 5 1.2.3 Theory of Depression ........................................................... 6 CHAPTER II ........................................................................................ 8 2.1 Review of Related Literature ...................................................... 8 2.2 The Finding and Discussions .................................................... 10 2.2.1 Finding ................................................................................ 10 2.2.2 Discussion ........................................................................... 12 CHAPTER III ....................................................................................
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