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Characters and Theme Analysis in J.M. Coetzee Novel Disgrace CHARACTERS AND THEME ANALYSIS IN J.M. COETZEE NOVEL DISGRACE A thesis Submitted to the Letters and Humanities Faculty In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements For the Degree of Strata 1 (S1) Written by: NURILAH ARIANI NIM. 202026001102 ENGLISH LETTERS DEPARTMENT LETTERS AND HUMANITIES FACULTY STATE ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY “SYARIF HIDAYATULLAH” JAKARTA 2010 DECLARATION I hereby declare that this submission is my own work and that, to the best of my knowledge and believe, it contains no material previously published or written by another person nor material which to a substantial extend has been accepted for the award for any other degree of diploma of the university or other institute of higher learning, except where due acknowledgement has been made in the text. Jakarta, June 2010 NURILAH ARIANI iv LEGALIZATION Name : Nurilah Ariani NIM : 202026001102 Title : Characters and Theme Analysis in J.M. Coetzee Novel Disgrace The thesis has been defended before the Letters and Humanities Faculty’s Examination Committee on June 03 2010, the thesis has already been accepted as a partial fulfillment of the requirement for Strata One Degree (S1) Jakarta, June 2010 The Examining Committee Name Signature Date 1. Dr. H.M. Farkhan, M.Pd (Chair Person) ________ _______ NIP. 19650919 200003 1 002 2. Drs. A. Saefuddin,M.Pd (Secretary) ________ _______ NIP. 19640710 199304 1 006 3. Inayatul Chusna, M.Hum (Advisor) ________ _______ NIP. 19780126 200312 2 002 4. Elve Oktafiyani, M.Hum (Examiner I) ________ _______ NIP. 19781003 200112 2 002 5. Sholikhatus Sa’diyah, M. Pd (Examiner II) ________ _______ NIP. 19750417 200501 2 007 ii TABLE OF CONTENTS APPROVAL .............................................................................................................i LEGALIZATION ....................................................................................................ii ABSTRACT..............................................................................................................iii DECLARATION......................................................................................................iv AKNOWLEDGMENT ............................................................................................v TABLE OF CONTENTS.........................................................................................vii CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION A. Background of the Study......................................................1 B. The Focus of the Study.........................................................5 C. The Research Questions.......................................................5 D. Methodology of Research ....................................................6 CHAPTER II THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK A. Character ..............................................................................8 1. Main and Supporting Character ...................................8 2. Protagonist and Antagonist ...........................................9 B. Characterization ...................................................................9 C. Theme...................................................................................14 CHAPTER III RESEARCH FINDING A. Data Description...................................................................16 1. Main Character .........................................................16 2. Supporting Characters ..............................................17 vii B. The Characteristics in Disgrace............................................17 1. David Lurie...............................................................20 2. Lucy Lurie ................................................................24 3. Petrus ........................................................................26 C. Theme...................................................................................28 CHAPTER IV CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION A. Conclusion............................................................................33 B. Suggestion ............................................................................34 BIBLIOGRAFY .......................................................................................................35 APPENDICIES ........................................................................................................37 viii ABSTRACT Nurilah Ariani, Character and Theme Analysis in J.M. Coetzee Novel “Disgrace”, English Letters Department, Civilization and Humanities Faculty, State Islamic University Syarif Hidayatullah, Jakarta 2010. This research is aimed at finding out the characters and the theme of the novel Disgrace. The writer uses descriptive qualitative analysis as the method to analyze the characters and the theme of the novel. The writer employs herself to collect the data by reading the novel and marking them. In this analysis the writer finds out that the main character of the novel is David Lurie. The supporting characters are Lucy Lurie and Petrus. As main character David Lurie is a lover of women, arrogant and anti hero. Lucy Lurie is stubborn and imprudent. Petrus is hard worker, loyal to his family and he is a good neighbor. The theme of this novel is the superiority and inferiority of white and black is a constructed ideology. This position is actually interchangeable where black can also rules and white can be marginalized. The ending of the novel, David become an assistant of Bev Shaw, a volunteer in animal clinic “The Animal Welfare League”. Lucy becomes third wife of Petrus, and Petrus owns Lucy’s farming land emphasize the changing of racial social position. iii ACKNOWLEDGMENT In the name of Allah the Lord of universe, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful, the writer would like to thank to Allah for His favor and guidance to the writer in completing this thesis. The writer does believe there is nothing the writer can do without His help. May peace and salutation be upon our prophet Muhammad SAW, his families, companions, and his followers. In this occasion, the writer would like to express her gratitude to her family, especially to her beloved mother and father for their struggle of growing her up, educating, inspiring, empowering, leading, and supporting her until this time. Special thank is also dedicated to Ms. Inayatul Chusna, M. Hum, as the advisor, for her guidance, patience, and advice in supervising the writer to accomplish this thesis. The writer also likes to expresses the deepest gratitude to those who help her finishing this thesis: 1. Dr. H. Wahid Hasyim, M. Ag, the Dean of Adab and Humanities Faculty. 2. Dr. H. Muhammad Farkhan, M.Pd., the Head of English Letters Department. 3. Drs. Asep Saefuddin, M. Pd., the Secretary of English Letters Department. v 4. All lectures of English Letters Department for having taught and inspired her during her study at the university. 5. The library staff of main library of UIN Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta, the library staff of English Letters Department, for their kindness during the writer finding of references. 6. The writer’s sister and brother in law for always giving supports and love. 7. The writer best friends: Edi, Fajar, Pai, Tri and Via for giving motivations and supports in finishing this thesis. Finally the writer hopes that this thesis will be useful for the writer herself and for those who are interested in literary research. May Allah SWT always bless and protect all of you. Jakarta, June 2010 The writer vi Summary of the novel David Lurie is a Communications professor at Cape Town Technical University. He has been twice divorced, has one child, and currently spends ninety minutes of his Thursday afternoons with a prostitute named Soraya. After David crosses the line by phoning Soraya at her home, he turns to one of his students to fulfill his desires. David first notices Melanie in the university gardens and invites her to his home for wine and dinner. David does not stop his pursuits there however. Over the weekend, he travels to campus and uses the University's records to find her address and phone number. Startled at his call, Melanie agrees to have lunch with him. They return to his house and have sex on the living room floor. Young Melanie is passive throughout the majority of the act but David on the other hand attains sensory overload and falls asleep on top of her. The very next afternoon David arrives at Melanie's flat, pushes her in and carries her to the bed. She does not resist and asks him to leave after he is finished because her cousin is coming. She misses the mid-term the next day and arrives at his house sobbing that night needing a place to stay. Soon after, Melanie's boyfriend pays the professor a visit and events begin to snowball. Melanie withdraws from all her classes and a sexual harassment case is filed again Professor David. The investigation unfolds like a criminal trial with the judges being his colleagues on the committee. With Melanie's testimony already given, and with the press as well as activist groups are waiting outside, Lurie is given the opportunity to feign remorse and pledge to seek treatment; however, he refuses to be a spectacle. He is given no grace and is fired. His only comment to the press is that he was "enriched" by the experience. A social outcast, David visits his daughter, Lucy, on her farm in Salem. The first days are slow as he adjusts to country life but he soon finds plenty to occupy his time as he volunteers at an animal shelter and helps the farm-hand, Petrus. Although both her parents are professionals, Lucy has turned to the rural life and lives by selling the crops she
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