THE DESCRIPTION OF PROTAGONIST FOUND IN THE NOVEL THE KITE RUNNER WRITTEN BY KHALED HOSSEINI A PAPER BY RIZKA FHADILA REG.NO 132202014 DIPLOMA – III ENGLISH STUDY PROGRAM FACULTY OF CULTURE STUDY UNIVERSITY OF SUMATERA UTARA MEDAN 2016 UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA Approved by Supervisor, Dra. Siti Norma Nasution, M.Hum NIP. 19570720198303 2 001 Submitted to Faculty of Culture Study, University of North Sumatera In partial fulfillment of the requirements for Diploma-III in English Study Program Approved by Head of Diploma III English Study Program, Dr. Matius C.A. Sembiring, M.A. NIP. 19521126198112 1 001 Approved by the Diploma-III of English Study Program Faculty of Culture Study, University of North Sumatera As a Paper for the Diploma (D-III) Examination UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA Accepted by the Board of Examiners in partial of the requirements for the D-III Examination of the Diploma-III English Study Program, Faculty of Culture Study, University of North Sumatera. The examination is held on May 2016 Faculty of Culture Study, University of North Sumatera Dean, Drs. Syahron Lubis, M.A. NIP. 19511013197603 1 001 Board of Examiners/Readers No. Name Signature 1. Dr. Matius C.A. Sembiring, M.A. (Head of ESP) 2. Dra. Siti Norma Nasution, M.Hum (Supervisor) 3. Drs. Siamir Marulafau, M.Hum. (Reader) UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA AUTHOR’S DECLARATION I am RIZKA FHADILA, 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 : i UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA COPYRIGHT DECLARATION Name : RIZKA FHADILA Title of Paper :THE DESCRIPTION OF PROTAGONIST FOUND IN THE NOVEL THE KITE RUNNER BY KHALED HOSSEINI Qualification : D-III / Ahli Madya Study Program : English I am willing that my paper should be available for reproduction at the direction of the Librarian of the Diploma III English Department Faculty of Culture Study USU on the understanding that users are made aware of their obligation under law of the Republic of Indonesia. Signed : Date : ii UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA ABSTRAK Kertas karya ini berjudul : Gambaran dari tokoh utama yang ditemukan dalam novel The Kite Runner yang ditulis oleh Khaled Hosseini. Novel ini menceritakan tentang karakter tokoh utama. Tujuan dari kertas karya ini adalah untuk menemukan dan mengerti : aspek id dari tokoh utama, aspek ego dari tokoh utama dan aspek superego dari tokoh utama. Data dari kertas karya ini adalah aspek kepribadian dari karakter utama dalam novel. Sumber data dari kertas karya ini adalah novel The Kite Runner yang ditulis oleh Khaled Hosseini. Metode yang digunakan dalam kertas karya ini adalah penelitian perpustakaan. Data dikumpulkan dengan mencari dan mengumpulkan beberapa buku yang bersangkutan dengan kertas karya. Kesimpulan dari kertas karya ini adalah : (1) Aspek id dari tokoh utama memperlihatkan dirinya sebagai anak yang mengecewakan dan mengkhianati Babanya, keinginanya yang kuat untuk memenangkan perlombaan layang-layang dan kesalahannya karena telah meninggalkan Hassan dan berpura-pura tidak tahu apa yang terjadi kepadanya. (2) Aspek ego dari tokoh utama adalah usahanya untuk menyelamatkan Sohrab dari Assef dan keputusannya untuk melindungi dan merawat Sohrab. (3) Aspek superego dari tokoh utama adalah menyadari bahwa egonya yang salah ketika memutuskan untuk melarikan diri dan meninggalkan Hasssan. Setelah penjelasan aspek dari karakter tokoh utama berdasarkan teori psikoanalisis, penulis menemukan bahwa ego lebih hebat daripada id, tapi kemudian ada keseimbangan di antara tiga aspek tersebut yaitu : id, ego dan superego Kata Kunci: Novel, Karakter Utama, ID, Ego dan Superego. iii UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA ABSTRACT The title of this paper is : The Description of Protagonist Found In The Novel The Kite Runner Written by Khaled Hosseini. The novel tells the story about protagonist character. The aims of this paper are to discover and understand : the id aspect of the protagonist, the ego aspect of the protagonist and the superego aspect of the protagonist. The data of this paper are the aspects of personality of the main character in this novel. The source of data in this paper was the novel The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini’s. The Method of this paper used library research. The data were gathered by searching and collecting some books which are relevant. The conclusion of this paper are : (1) The id aspect of the protagonist such as reveals himself as a disappointing son and betraying his Baba, his strong desire to win the kite tournament and his guilt for leaving Hassan and pretends do not know what happens to him. (2) The ego aspect of the Protagonist are his attempt to rescue Sohrab from Assef’s and his decision to keep and care for Sohrab. (3) The superego of the protagonist is realizing that his ego is wrong when he decides to run away and leave Hassan to get the blue kite. After description the aspect of protagonist character based on psychoanalysis theory, the writer finds that the ego greater than id impulse at first, but then there is a balance between the three aspect of id, ego and superego. Keyword: Novel, Protagonist Character, ID, Ego and Superego. iv UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA ACKNOWLEDGMENT First of all, i would like to express my great grattitude to my almighty god Allah SWT. Who has given mercy, health, and guidance to me so , that i can complete this paper as one of the requirements to get degree of Diploma English at the Faculty of Culture, University of North Sumatera . My great greeting is also directed to our prophet Muhammad S.A.W. On this occasion, i would like to express my sincere gratitude to the appreciation, and love to the dean of Faculty of Cultural Studies, Dr. Drs. Budi Agustono, MS and the head of Diploma III English Study Program, Dr. Matius C.A. Sembiring, M.A who give me their time and knowledge about doing this paper. Then I would like to express my special gratitude to my supervisor Dra. Siti Norma Nasution, M. Hum for her availability, spirit, time, guidance, and advice to correct the process of writting this paper. And my sincere thank to Drs. Siamir Marulafau, M. Hum my reader for his time, knowledge and suggestions. My deepest gratitude is also due to all the lecturers of Fib because without their knowledge and assistance through the duration of my study. I would not have been successful to finish my study at the faculty. An honorable mention goes to my beloved parents, Mr. Fahrizal, SH and Mrs. Dra. Nila Safina, M.Pd for the endless support,pray,money, and understanding. My special thanks are also conveyed to my brother v UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA Muhammad Fauzi and to all my graduate friends Meiliana Liu,Rini Boeng,Syafa Mahardina,Irma Desnelita and MawaddahTussiha for sharing the literature and invaluable assistance. I would like to beloved friends Febri Amira, Anggi Dhanisa, Yurike Elanda and Leli Wardhani. Apart from my efforts, the success of any project largely on this encouragment and guidelines of many others and i take this oppurtunity to express my grattitude to them who have been instrumental in this usccessfull completion of this study. Medan, May 2016 The Writer, Rizka Fhadila Reg.No.132202014 vi UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA TABLE OF CONTENTS AUTHOR’S DECLARATION ...................................................................... i COPYRIGHT DECLARATION .................................................................. ii ABSTRAK ...................................................................................................... iii ABSTRACT .................................................................................................... iv ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ........................................................................... v TABLE OF CONTENTS ............................................................................... vii 1. INTRODUCTION ...................................................................................... 1 1.1 Background of the Study ............................................................................ 1 1.2 Problem of the Study .................................................................................. 2 1.3 Scope of the Study ..................................................................................... 2 1.4 Purpose of the Study .................................................................................. 2 1.5 Significance of the Study ........................................................................... 3 1.6 Method of the Study ................................................................................... 3 2. REVIEW OF RELATED LITERARTURE ............................................ 4 2.1 Novel .................................................................................................. 4 2.2 Protagonist ................................................................................................ 5 2.3 Theory Psychoanalysis ............................................................................... 9 3. THE ANALYSIS ........................................................................................ 14 3.1 Id of the Protagonist ..................................................................................