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A Description of Characters in Alexandra Potter’s Novel Don’t You Forget About Me A PAPER BY TETA KARINA GINTING REG. NO. 142202019 DIPLOMA-III ENGLISH STUDY PROGRAM FACULTY OF CULTURAL STUDIES UNIVERSITY OF NORTH SUMATERA MEDAN 2016 1 UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA It has been proved by Supervisor, Drs. Siamir Marulafau, M.Hum NIP : 195805171985031003 Submitted to the Faculty of Culture Study, University of Sumatera Utara Approved by Head of Diploma III English Study Program Dra. Swesana Lubis, M.Hum NIP : 195710021986012003 Approved by the Diploma III of English Study Program Faculty of Culture Study, University of Sumatera Utara As a paper for the Diploma (D-III) Examination 2 UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA AUTHOR’S DECLARATION I am, TETA KARINA GINTING, declare that i am the sole author of this paper. Except where the reference is made in the text of this paper, this paper contains no material published elsewhere or extracted in whole or in part from a paper by which i have qualified for or awarded another degree. No other person’s work has been used without due acknowledgement in the main text of this paper. This paper has not been submitted for the award of another degree in any tertiary education. Signed : Date : October, 2017 3i UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA COPYRIGHT DECLARATION Name : TETA KARINA GINTING Title of Paper : A Description of Characters in Alexandra Potter’s Novel Don’t You Forget About Me Qualification : D-III / Ahli Madya Study program : English I am willing that my paper should be available for reproduction at the discretion of the Librarian of the Diploma III English Faculty of Cultural Study University of Sumatera Utara the understanding that users are made aware of their obligation under law of the Republic of Indonesia. Signed : Date : October, 2017 i4i UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA ABSTRAK Kertas karya yang berjudul “A Description of Characters in Alexandra Potter’s Novel Don’t You Forget About Me” membahas tentang kepribadian tokoh utama yang terdapat di dalam novel ini. Tokoh-tokoh utama memiliki kepribadian berbeda-beda yang menarik untuk dibahas. Dalam penyusunan kertas karya ini digunakan metode penelitian kepustakaan yakni dengan membaca beberapa buku yang berhubungan dengan judul ini atau sebagai sumber untuk mendapatkan beberapa informasi yang dapat berhubungan dengan judul ini dan juga dengan penelusuran dari internet. Dari uraian tersebut, ada tiga karakter utama dalam novel ini. Mereka adalah Tess, Seb, dan Fergus. Tess adalah gadis patah hati yang mempunyai satu orang saudara laki-laki yang suka pergi berpetualang keliling dunia dan orangtuanya yang meninggalkannya dimalam tahun baru. Dia adalah seorang yang pelupa. Tess adalah orang yang setia yang tidak pernah melupakan mantan kekasihnya selama dua bulan ini. Dia pintar, periang tetapi terkadang dia seorang yang suka menyalahkan dirinya sendiri tentang sesuatu yang buruk. Seb adalah pria yang pintar dan sangat sukses, Seb juga seseorang yang tidak pernah serius dalam menghadapi sesuatu dan seseorang yang mudah gugup. Seb juga mempunyai selera humor yang bagus, baik terhadap binatang, dan suka berolahraga. Dia adalah orang yang sederhana yang tidak suka repot. Fergus adalah orang yang ceria dan suka tersenyum, dia juga seseorang yang bersyukur dengan segala situasi dan apapun yang dimiliki i5ii UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA ABSTRACT This paper is entitled “A Description of Characters in Alexandra Potter’s Novel Don’t You Forget About Me” discuss about the main character’s personalities which exist in this novel. The main characters have different personalities that interesting to be discussed. The library research is used by reading some books that relevant to this title or as a source get some information that can support this tittle and also by searching on internet. From the description, there are three main characters in this novel. They are Tess, Sen, and Fergus. Tess is a heartbroken girl who has one brother who loves backpacking around the world and her parent who left her when the new year’s eve. She is a forgetful person. Tess is a loyal person who never forget her ex after this two months. She is clever, cheerful but somehow she is also a kind of person who likes to blame herself about something bad. Seb is smart and super success. Seb is also a person who never getting serious to face something and a person who’s getting nervous easly. Seb is also has a good sense of humour, kind to animals, and likes to work out. He is a simple person who doesn’t like to be fuss. Fergus is a cheerfully person who always likes to smile. He is also a greatful person with every situations and everything he has. 6iv UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS First of all, I would like to thank to Almighty God for blessing and give me health, strength, and ease to finish this paper as one of the requirements to get Diploma-III certificate from English Department Faculty of Cultural studies, University of Sumatera Utara. Then I would like to express a big gratitude and appreciation to the Dean of of Faculty of Cultural studies, Dr. Drs. Budi Agustono, M.S and the head of Diploma-IIII English Study Program, Dra. Swesana Lubis, M.Hum who give me her time and knowledges about doing this paper. Then I would like to express my special thanks to my supervisor Drs. Siamir Marulafau, M.Hum for his availability and advice to correct the process of writing this paper. I would like to say big thanks to my examiner for this time and suggestion to correct this paper. I would also like to say a deep gratitude to all of the lecturers in English Diploma Study Program for giving me many knowledges, skills, and abilities. I would like to say thanks to my beloved family especially to my parents, my dearest mother AMINAH SEBAYANG and my father JOHNSON GINTING. Thanks for all your prayer, loves and supporting me mentally and materially I would like to say thanks my lovely sister EVAANESSA SINULINGGA for always remind me to finish this paper, cares and loves. I also wants to say thanks to my bestfriend, Khayrani Zuhra, Ivana Lasria Hutajulu, and Seasilya Samosir. Thanks for your support, cares, times, jokes, and other things that help me to finish this paper. Thanks for the great friendship. Medan, October 2017 The writer Teta Karina Ginting 7 v UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA TABLE OF CONTENTS AUTHOR’S DECLARATION................................................................................. i COPYRIGHT DECLARATION............................................................................. ii ABSTRAK............................................................................................................... iii ABSTRACT............................................................................................................. ... iv ACKNOWLEDGEMENT………………………………………………………….. v TABLE OF CONTENTS....................................................................................... vii I. INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of Study...................................................................................... 1 1.2 Problem of Study............................................................................................ 3 1.3 Scope of Study................................................................................................ 3 1.4 Objective of Study........................................................................................... 3 1.5 Method of Study............................................................................................. 4 1.6 Signifiance of Study........................................................................................ 4 2. REVIEW RELATED OF LITERATURE 2.1 Novel………………………………………………………….................... 5 2.2 Plot …………………………………………………................................... 7 2.3 Character …………………………………………..................................... 8 2.4 Theme …………………………………………………………………….. 14 2.5 Setting .................................................................................................... 14 3. THE DESCRIPTION 3.1 Tess ………………………………........................................................... 16 3.2 Seb ......................................................................................................... 19 3.3 Fergus .................................................................................................... 21 4. CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION 4.1 Conclusion……………………………………………….……………….. 23 4.2 Sugesstion……………………………………….……………………….. 25 BIBLIOGRAPHY….…………………………………………………………… 26 APPENDICES SUMMARY OF THE NOVEL v8i UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA 1. INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of The Study Literature is an art of literary works such as novels, magazines, and books. Literature consist of written productions, often restriting to those deemed to have artistict or intellectual value. Roberts and Jacobs (1993:1) say that literature refers to composition that tell stories, dramatize situations, express emotions, analyze, and advocate ideas. Literature has four categories or genres (1) prose fiction, (2) poetry, (3) drama, and (4) nonfiction prose. The writers chooses on prose fiction, exactly on novel. Whitla (2010:155) says novel is an extended work of prose fiction, longer than a short story or a medium length fiction, called a novelette or novella. It means that novel is a long narrative, normally in prose, which describes fictional characters and events, usually in the form of a sequential story. This paper is about the main characters of novel, we know that novel is a part of literature. Character is one of important element in