AN ANALYSIS ON MESSAGES ON THE SONG’S LYRICS OF MICHAEL JACKSON’S “DANGEROUS” ALBUM THESIS By: FARRAH BAYU MEGANINGRUM 09360158 ENGLISH DEPARTMENT FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF MUHAMMADIYAH MALANG 2014 AN ANALYSIS ON MESSAGES ON THE SONG’S LYRICS OF MICHAEL JACKSON’S “DANGEROUS” ALBUM THESIS This Thesis is submitted to meet one of requirements to achieve Sarjana Degree in English Education By: FARRAH BAYU MEGANINGRUM 09360158 ENGLISH DEPARTMENT FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF MUHAMMADIYAH MALANG 2014 i ii iii MOTTO AND DEDICATION MOTTO “a person without education is like a bird without direction” “beauty is not found me, but my personality will bring you to remember me” “we must be knowledgeable to everything because we are living in a competitive world” “learn from the past, plan for the future by focusing on today” DEDICATION: I dedicated this thesis especially for My great family My dearest Father and Mother. My brothers and sisters and all of my closes friends. Also my specials friends. iv ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Alhamdulillah, all praises to Allah the mercifull and charitable. Because of his guidance, blessing and affection, the writer can finish this thesis. First of all, the writer would like to express her deepest gratitude to her first advisor Drs. MunashFauzie, M.M and RahmawatiKhadijahMaro, S.Pd, M.PEd. as her second advisor for their suggestions, invaluable guidance and advice during the consultation period also their comments and corrections during the completion of this thesis. Her sincere gratitude gratitude and appericiation are also extended to subject of her study for the time and chance that are given to her in gathering the data for her study. Finnaly, special thanks goes to her beloved Father (ErfandAchmadi), mother (Sri Rukmiati), her s bisters (ExnaAyuPrawanita, ArwindaProbowati), my great family, her close friends (Rini, Ghanes, Ayuning, Septian, Fikri, Lya), my lovely (Erick HerlanAji), and all her dearest friends who cannot be mentioned one by one for their encouragement, love, care, and pray so the writer can finish this thesis. Malang, November 2014 Farrah BayuMeganingrum v TABLE OF CONTENTS APPROVAL SHEET .................................................................................. i LEGITIMATION SHEET.......................................................................... ii ORIGINALITY DECLARATION ............................................................ iii MOTTO AND DEDICATION ................................................................... iv ACKNOWLEDGEMENT .......................................................................... v ABSTRACT ................................................................................................ vi TABLE OF CONTENTS ............................................................................ vii TABLE OF DATA ...................................................................................... ix CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the Study .............................................. 1 1.2 Statements of problem ................................................. 3 1.3 Objective of the study .................................................. 4 1.4. Significance of the Study ............................................ 4 1.5 Scope and Limitation of the Study ............................... 5 1.6. Definition of Key Term. .............................................. 5 CHAPTER II REVIEW RELATED LITERATURE 2.1 Literature .................................................................... 6 2.2 Song Lyric .................................................................. 7 2.3 Meaning ..................................................................... 8 2.3.1 Denotative Meaning ........................................... 8 2.3.2 Connotative Meaning ......................................... 9 2.4 Message in Literary works .......................................... 10 2.5 Value .......................................................................... 10 2.6 Michael Jackson’s Dangerous Album ......................... 11 2.7 Previous Study ............................................................ 12 CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHODOLOGY 3.1 Research Design ......................................................... 14 3.2 Approach .................................................................... 14 3.3 Data Source ................................................................ 16 3.4 Data Collection ........................................................... 16 3.5 Research Instrument………………………………….. 17 3.6 Data Analysis ............................................................. 17 vii CHAPTER IV FINDING AND DISCUSSION 4.1 Findings ....................................................................... 18 4.1.1 The Meaning of the Lyrics of Michael Jackson's Album "Dengerous" ........................... 18 4.1.2The Message of the Lyrics of Michael Jackson's Album "Dengerous" ........................... 27 4.1.2.1 The Message of ‘Heal the World’ Song . 28 4.1.2.2 The Message of ‘Black or White’ Song . 28 4.1.2.3 The Message of ‘Will You Be There’ Song 28 4.2 Discussion .................................................................. 29 CHAPTER V CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION 5.1 Conclusion ................................................................... 30 5.2 Suggestion ................................................................... 31 BIBLIOGRAPHY ....................................................................................... 33 APPENDIX ................................................................................................. 34 viii TABLE OF DATA Table 4.1: the First Song "Heal the World" ................................................... 19 Table 4.2: the Second Song “Black or White” ............................................... 21 Table 4.3: Third Song “Will You Be There” ................................................. 23 ix BIBLIOGRAPHY Akmajian et al, 2010. 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