ANALYSIS OF LEADING CHARACTER’S PERSONALITY STRUCTURE POTRAYED IN A GRAVE OF THE FIREFLIES A THESIS BY AULIA SYARIF NASUTION REG. NO. 140721017 DEPARTEMENT OF ENGLISH FACULTY OF CULTURAL STUDIES UNIVERSITY OF SUMATERA UTARA MEDAN 2017 UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA AUTHOR’S DECLARATION I, AULIA SYARIF NASUTION, DECLARE THAT I AM THE SOLE AUTHOR OF THIS THESIS. EXCEPT WHERE REFERENCE IS MADE IN THE TEXT OF THIS THESIS, THIS THESIS CONTAINS NO MATERIAL PUBLISHED ELSEWHERE OR EXTRACTED IN WHLE OR IN PART FROM A THESIS 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 THESIS. THIS THESIS HAS NOT BEEN SUBMITTED FOR THE AWARD OF ANOTHER DEGREE IN ANY TERTIARY EDUCATION. Signed : ..................... Date : July 25th, 2017 UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA COPYRIGHT DECLARATION NAME : AULIA SYARIF NASUTION TITLE OF THESIS : ANALYSIS OF LEADING CHARACTER’S PERSONALITY STRUCTURE POTRAYED IN THE GRAVE OF THE FIRE FLIES QUALIFICATION : S-1/SARJANA SASTRA DEPARTMENT : ENGLISH I AM WILLING THAT MY THESIS SHOULD BE AVAILABLE FOR REPRODUCTION AT THE DISRECTION OF THE LIBRARIAN OF DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH, FACULTY OF CULTURAL STUDIES, UNIVERSITY OF SUMATERA UTARA ON THE UNDERSTANDING THAT USERS ARE MADE AWARE OF THEIR OBLIGATION UNDER THE LAW OF THE REPUBLIC OF INDONESIA. Signed: Date: July 25th, 2017 UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA TABLES OF CONTENTS TABLES OF CONTENTS ............................................................................................. ii ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ........................................................................................... viii ABSTRACT ................................................................................................................... iv ABSTRAK ..................................................................................................................... v CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION .................................................................................. 1 1.1. Background of the Study .......................................................................... 1 1.2. Problem of the Study ................................................................................ 8 1.3. Objective of the Study .............................................................................. 8 1.4. Scope of the Study ................................................................................... 8 1.5. Significance of the Study ......................................................................... 8 CHAPTER II REVIEW RELATED LITERATURE .............................................. 10 2.1. Literature and leading character ............................................................. 10 2.1.1 What is literature? ................................................................................ 10 2.1.2. Leading Character ............................................................................. 11 2.2. Short Story ............................................................................................. 14 2.3 Psychology and Literature ....................................................................... 15 2.4 Personalities Structure According to Sigmund Freud’s Theory.............. 18 CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHOD ................................................................... 23 3.1. Research Design .................................................................................... 23 3.2. Source of Data ....................................................................................... 24 3.3. Data Collection ...................................................................................... 24 3.4. Data Analysis ........................................................................................ 24 CHAPTER IV FINDING AND ANALYSIS .............................................................. 26 4.1. Finding ................................................................................................... 26 4.2. Analysis of survival ................................................................................ 30 4.2.1. Seita’s Id related to survival ............................................................... 30 4.2.2. Seita’s Ego related to survival ........................................................... 35 4.2.3. Seita’s SUPEREGO related to survival. ............................................ 37 CHAPTER V CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION ............................................. 40 UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA 5.1. Conclusion .............................................................................................. 40 5.2. Suggestion .............................................................................................. 41 REFERENCES………………………………………………………………….…. 43 APPENDICES UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Alhamdulillahi robbil al amin, in the name of Allah SWT, First of all, I would like to thank to the Almighty Allah SWT, for blessing, divine guidance in my life and for the chance and power that given to me to complete this thesis. I also would like to thank to prophet Muhammad SAW, the leader and role of all moslem forever who has brought us to the luminous era and lead us to the goodness of mankind. My gratitude is dedicated to the Dean of Faculty of Cultural Studies, University of North Sumatera, Dr. Budi Agustono, M.S., the Head of English Department, Dr. Deliana, M.Hum and The Secretary of English Department, Rahmadsyah Rangkuti, M.A, Ph.D. Thank you for all suggestions that is given for all my academic affairs. I would like to express my sincere gratitude to Drs. Parlindungan Purba, M.Hum as my Supervisor for his help, kindness, patience, knowledge, and immense time for guiding me in doing and finishing this thesis ad for Dra. Swesana Mardia Lubis, M.Hum as my Co-Supervisor for her suggestion, and kindness to help me in writing this thesis. My greatest gratitude I give to my beloved parents, Ady Syafrizal Nasution SH and Dra. Nurhaida Harahap M.hum, who always gives prayers, supports, advices, and loves to me so I could be in this greatest situation. Because so far, the biggest thing I've ever made in my life is to become a bachelor’s degree, and I hope this will make you both to be quite proud of me. UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA Thank to my brothers, Ahmadzi Syarif Nasution S.S. who has encouraged me to realize that life is not easy to live. My special thanks for my best friend, Geta Brenaita, and Miss Nurul, I hope we would be an Odd Trio who always imagines each other with some strange mind. Thanks for Bang Sabriandi(Andi Mam), Bang Kibot, Mas Pon, Mis Chicha, Husnul, Tama, Ricky, Doni Mya, Surya, April, Ferry Irawan, Zefry, Rhindy, Baim, Karina, Amelia, Nuraffany(Bencong), Fazlan(Artis), Soraya, Annisa, Sonya(Biduan), khairani(Songong), seasilya, Teta, Sahuri, alvionita, M.rizki, ike, Yudi, kak dedek kak Yeni, kak Debi, and many more that I can’t mention them all one by one. And a sincere thanks for all people in A-Team, Celticroom, Teater “O” USU, UKMI Al-Iqbal FIB USU, and REZA GYM squad. I am really grateful to have everyone supporting me in the process of finishing this thesis. For their caring, support, love and affection, I really thank them. And I am really sorry if maybe I forget to mention some names here. Finally, I have to admit that this thesis is far from being perfect. Thus any comments, suggestions, and criticism will be humbly accepted; may Allah SWT always bless all of us. Amin Medan, July, 2017 Aulia Syarif Naution NIM: 140721017 UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA ABSTRACT The Personalities Structural that is found in The Grave of Fireflies is the topic of this thesis. Literature is simply defined as a kind of fictitious writing which is so much different from scientific writing. This present thesis deals with the character analysis from psychological perception and how the personalities of human influence when someone face a big bad trouble to keep them alive. When facing the kind of that situation, someone will do everything to help themselves and their family. This thesis uses descriptive analysis as the way to analyze the data that is taken from short story The Grave of Fireflies and uses library research as the way in collecting data from short story of The Grave of Fireflies. This thesis informs how the personalities of human construct the human themselves in any circumtances. Keywords: Psychological Structure, Literature, Personalities, Character, Short Story UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA ABSTRAK Topik dari skripsi ini adalah tentang struktur personal yang ditemukan didalam cerita pendek A Grave of Fireflies. Sastra dapat diartikan secara singkat sebagai sejenis karangan fiksi yang dimana ada beberapa perbedaan dari karya ilmiah. Skripsi ini menawarkan tentang pengkajian karakter melalui sudut pandang psikologikal dan bagaimana karakter seorang manusia mempengaruhi dirinya ketika menghadapi sebuah permasalahan yang sangat berat untuk dilalui. Ketika menghadapi sebuah kejadian tersebut, seseorang akan melakukan apapun demi keselamatan dirinya dan keluarganya. Skripsi ini menggunakan analisis deskriptif dalam menganalisis data yang ditemukan di dalam ceritapendek The Grave of Fireflies dan menggunakan penelitian pustaka dalam mengumpulkan data dari cerita pendek The Grave of Fireflies. Skripsi ini memberitahukan bagaimana karakter seseorang mempengaruhi dirinya didalam berbagai keadaan. Kata Kunci: Karakter, Personal Strukture, Sastra, Cerita