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Helen Fielding's Bridget Jones's Diary: a Study of Love in Bridget Jones’ Life HELEN FIELDING’S BRIDGET JONES’S DIARY: A STUDY OF LOVE IN BRIDGET JONES’ LIFE AN UNDERGRADUATE THESIS Presented as Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Sarjana Sastra In English Letters By NEOVARSENA YONGKIE SETIAWAN Student Number: 014214093 ENGLISH LETTERS STUDY PROGRAMME DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH LETTERS FACULTY OF LETTERS SANATA DHARMA UNIVERSITY YOGYAKARTA 2007 i Love is Us Dedicated to My Self Pakne, Bu’ne, Dab Andy GP, Lita and Sasa. Conny Jegeg My Friends iv ACKNOWLEDGEMENT I would like first to thank to my faithful father, Jesus Christ. Lord, keep your hands on me, and light me your way. I would like to thank to my happy family as they always love me and support me in every step of life. It is great blessing to have them all in this life, and I would like to thank them: my old man, Pak Sabar, mommy, Bu Endang, Bro Andy, and sisters, Lita and Sasa. I would like to thank my major advisor, Dra. Th. Enny Anggraini, M.A., for her guidance, patience, and sharing so that I was able to complete this thesis. And also for my co-advisor, Elisa Dwi Wardani, S.S., M.Hum., thank you for the discussion and suggestions. It really helped me. And for Mr. G. Fajar Sasmita Aji, S.S., M.Hum., thank you for your suggestions and questions during the defending exam. I am deeply indebted to lectures and staff of English Letters of Sanata Dharma University who have taught me as a well-educated person, especially thank to my academic advisor, Mrs. Dewi Widyastuti, S.Pd., M.Hum. I also would like to thank to my best friends who made me experience such a wonderful friendship; P3W: Q-Wot, Trisna, Susi, Lisa, Eka, Raya, Leli, Nyoman, Yanu, Paula, MM, Cipluk, Ully, and Sandra “Nying2”. I love you all and wish you all the best. Thank you for being my incredible memories and part of my life. For “Staff Perpus” and Mitra Perpus USD. Also for my best friend “Mas Dab” Tito, for his sharing of everything and his helps in finishing this thesis and my v English Letters ’01 fellows. Of course my men in Puspa Mawar boarding house, it is nice to know and hang around with you all. Next, my big thanks come to my “special stuff”; AD3556TV and D_Great ATHLON. Thank you for driving me to everywhere and give me entertainment. At last but not least, I give my special and huge thank you for my “Belahan Jiwa”, Conny Jegeg, who always inspires me with her love. Thank you for teaching me how to love. Without you, I am just none. Let your love keeps growing in my heart. I am aware that there are many people who have not been mentioned yet, and I thank to them for coloring my life. Neovarsena Yongkie Setiawan vi TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE OF TITLE ………………......................……………………… i PAGE OF APPROVAL …………………………………………….... ii ACCEPTANCE PAGE …………………………………………….. iii PAGE OF DEDICATION…………………………………………….. v ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS …………………………………………... iv TABLE OF CONTENTS ……………………...……………....….….. vii ABSTRACT ………………………………………………….….…… viii ABSTRAK…………………………………………………………….. ix CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION …………………………..……..... 1 A. Background of the Study......................................................... 1 B. Problem Formulation ……………………………….….…… 5 C. Object of the Study…………….……………………..….….. 6 D. The Definition of the Terms ………………………...……… 6 CHAPTER II THEORETICAL REVIEW …………………….…. 8 A. Review of Related Studies ………………………….....……. 8 B. Review of Related Theories …………….…………..…….... 10 C. Theoretical Framework ………..…………………………… 22 CHAPTER III METHODOLOGY ……….……………………….. 24 A. Object of Study …….……………………………..………… 24 B. Approach of the Study …………………………….………... 26 C. Method of the Study ………………………………..….……. 27 CHAPTER IV ANALYSIS ………………………………………..… 29 A. The Description of Bridget Jones.………………….…….….. 31 B. The Portrays of Love in Bridget Jones’s Life ……….……….. 38 1)The Love Life with Men…….…….……………..…..…….. 39 2)The Love Life with Parents……………..….……..……….. 50 3)The Love Life with Friends ….………..………….……….. 54 CHAPTER V CONCLUSION ……………………………………..... 61 BIBLIOGRAPHY…………………………………….….……….…... 66 vii ABSTRACT NEOVARSENA YONGKIE SETIAWAN (2007) Helen Fielding's Bridget Jones's Diary: A Study of Love in Bridget Jones’ Life. Yogyakarta: Department of English Letters, Faculty of Letters, Sanata Dharma University. This study analyzes one of Helen Fielding's novels entitled Bridget Jones’s Diary which was first published in 1996. The novel tells the story of Bridget Jones that is written in the form of diary, lasting for a whole year. She is told as a woman who tries to find the man of her dream. This study deals with character of Bridget and her love life. The aim of this study is to find out the description of love in the main character’s life. This study discusses the description of Bridget Jones, and how the author describes the love in the main character’s life. In collecting the sources, the writer employed library research. Moral- philosophical approach would be appropriate to analyze the problems together with the other theories. The theories applied are concerned with character and characterization, moral, love, friendship, and the relation between moral and literature. The results of the study are: in the first objective, it is found that Bridget has low confidence toward her physical appearance and is worrying that she is still single and looking for committed relationship. Bridget is also strong and firm toward ‘coward’ partner and really cares of her parents and friends. And in the main character’s love live with men, the writer finds out that love’s life with Mark Darcy is a lot better than with Daniel because Mark sincerely loves Bridget, while Daniel just wants to have sex with her without any clear status. In Bridget’s love life with parents, her mother, Pam Jones, still takes control of her life and she gives big support to Bridget because she still depends on her mother, Bridget also focuses on her parent’s problem and gives support to her father, Collin Jones, and be the one he talks to about her mother. And at last, in Bridget’s love life with friends, Bridget’s best friend – Shazzer, Tom, and Jude – and her support each other, she also depends so much on her friends, and they share so many problems as well as happiness and sadness. The writer finally finds out that in making a serious relationship it is necessary to know our partner better and deeper, not only by looking at his/her physical appearance and characteristics briefly. It needs more understanding, cares, trust and sacrifice besides love itself to make the relationship worthy – it can be better and lasts for long. Therefore, it is not easy to build a relationship with others but it is easy to destroy it. viii ABSTRAK NEOVARSENA YONGKIE SETIAWAN (2007) Helen Fielding's Bridget Jones's Diary: A Study of Love in Bridget Jones’ Life. Yogyakarta: Department of English Letters, Faculty of Letters, Sanata Dharma University. Skripsi ini menganalisis salah satu novel Helen Fielding berjudul Bridget Jones's Diary yang pertama kali diterbitkan pada tahun 1996. Novel tersebut bercerita tentang kehidupan Bridget Jones yang dituliskan dalam sebuah buku harian, yang digambarkan selama satu tahun penuh. Dia digambarkan berusaha menemukan kekasih idamannya. Skripsi ini menganalisis tentang karakter tokoh Bridget Jones dan kehidupan cintanya. Tujuan dari skripsi ini adalah untuk mengetahui deskripsi tentang cinta dalam kehidupan tokoh utamanya. Skripsi ini membahas tentang 1) identifikasi karakter Bridget Jones, 2) bagaimana pengarang mendeskripsikan tentang cinta dalam kehidupan tokoh utama. Dalam pengumpulan data, penulis menggunakan metode riset pustaka. Pendekatan moral-filosofi dengan menggunakan teori-teori penunjang dianggap cocok untuk menganalisa masalah. Teori-teori yang diterapkan adalah teori karakter dan karakterisasi, teori moral, teori cinta, teori persahabatan, dan teori hubungan antara moral dan sastra. Hasil dari analisa yang dilakukan adalah: pada analisa pertama, diketahui bahwa Bridget memiliki percaya diri yang rendah akan penampilan fisiknya, dia juga merasa gelisah dan minder karena belum menemukan kekasih idaman di usianya yang ke-32, dia juga memiliki sifat tegar dan tegas terhadap pasangannya yang takut akan hubungan yang berkomitmen, dia juga sangat sayang terhadap orang tua dan teman-temannya. Dalam kehidupan cintanya dengan lawan jenis, penulis mengetahui kehidupan cinta Bridget dengan Mark Darcy ternyata jauh lebih baik dari pada dengan Daniel, karena Mark dengan tulus mencintai Bridget, sedangkan Daniel hanya ingin bermain-main dan bercinta dengan Bridget tanpa ada status yang jelas. Dalam kehidupan cintanya dengan orang tua, ibunya, Pam Jones, masih turut campur dalam kehidupan Bridget, namun, Pam masih juga memberikan dukungannya terhadap anaknya karena dia masih bergantung kepada ibunya. Disamping mengatasi persoalan hidupnya, Bridget juga berfokus akan persoalan orang tuanya dan memberikan dukungannya kepada ayahnya, Collin Jones, dan menjadi orang yang diajak bicara tentang ibunya. Dan yang terakhir, kehidupan cinta Bridget dengan teman-temannya, Bridget memiliki sahabat- sahabat dekat – Shazzer, Tom, dan Jude – dan mereka saling mendukung satu sama lain. Bridget juga sangat bergantung dengan sahabat-sahabatnya itu. Dan mereka juga berbagi permasalahan sebaik berbagi suka dan duka. Penulis akhirnya menemukan bahwa dalam menjalin hubungan serius dibutuhkan pengenalan yang lebih dalam dan lebih baik akan pasangan, jangan hanya melihat sisi luar atau penampilan dan karakternya secara singkat. Dibutuhkan juga pengertian, perhatian, kepercayaan, dan pengorbanan yang besar selain cinta
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