MORALITY ASPECTS OF THE MAIN CHARACTER IN LEE DANIELS‟ MOVIE THE BUTLER A Thesis Submitted in Partial Fullfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Sarjana Humaniora (S.Hum) in English & Literature Department of Adab & Humanities Faculty of UIN Alauddin Makassar Arranged by : Fanny Setya Ningrum Reg. Number 40300112070 ENGLISH AND LITERATURE DEPARTMENT ADAB AND HUMANITIES FACULTY ALAUDDIN STATE ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY OF MAKASSAR 2017 AKNOWLEDGMENT Assalamu alaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh... Alhamdulillahi rabil „alamin, first of all, I would like to expresses my highest gratitude to Allah subhanahu wa ta‟ala for blessing, love, opportunity, health, and mercy to complete this undergraduate thesis. This undergraduate thesis entitled “Morality Aspects of The Main Character in Lee Daniels‟ Movie “The Butler” is submitted as the final requirement in accomplishing undergraduate degree at English and Literature Department, Adab and Humanities Faculty, Alauddin State Islamic University of Makassar. In arranging this thesis, a lot of people have provided motivation, advice and support for me. In this valuable chance, I would like to express my gratitude and appreciation to all of them. First, my deepest appreciation goes to my beloved parents, my mother Yulianti, SH. for the endless love, pray, and support, and my father Muhammad Nasir for the phone call every week in order to remind me to keep going and never giving up. I would like to to thank the dean of adab and humanities faculty, Alauddin State Islamic University, Makassar, Dr. H. Barsihannor, M. Ag. My gratitude and great appreciation to my first supervisor, H. Muh. Nur Akbar Rasyid, M.pd., M.Ed., Ph.D for his supervision, advice, and guidance so this thesis would not have been possible without the help, support and patience. Then to my second supervisor Syahruni Junaid, S.S., M.Pd. who has helped me patiently finishing this undergraduate thesis by giving suggestion, guidance, and correction until the completion of this thesis. My greatest appreciation also goes to Hj. Nahdhiyah, S.S., M.Pd. and Faidah Yusuf, S.S., M.Pd. as my examiner and also the head of English and Literature Department, Adab and Humanities Faculty, Alauddin State Islamic University, Makassar, H. Muh. Nur Akbar Rasyid, M.pd., M.Ed., Ph.D. Moreover, I also would like to thank to all of the lectures in English and literature Department, Adab and Humanities faculty who have taught and given me the knowledge during the study. My beloved sisters Fitry, Ainun, and Aizyah who never stop asking about the completion of my study. Their text messages keep me annoyed but magicaly give me reason to be focus to finish my study as soon as posible. For my unbiological sisters and brother Nur Amriani, S.Hum, Ella Asfirah, S.Hum, Try Fahmi Umar, S.Hum, Nurhayati, S.Hum, Wiwi Andriani, S.Hum, Rahmatia, S.Hum, Maisarah Rahmi, and Muh.Syaiful. I am very grateful to have some close friends who always support me. You are always a good listener for every problem I faced, especially when I had to revise this thesis. And all of my friends in English and Literature Department who cannot be mentioned here one by one. Especially AG.3/4 (2012). Thanks for your attention and support. Finally, the writer hopes the study would be useful for all the readers and other researcher. For this reason, constructive thoughtfull suggestion and critics are welcomed. Makassar, 5th December 2017 The Researcher Fanny Setya Ningrum 40300112070 TABLE OF CONTENTS TITLE ..................................................................................................................................... i STATEMENT SHEET .......................................................................................................... ii PENGESAHAN SKRIPSI .................................................................................................... iii PERSETUJUAN PEMBIMBING ........................................................................................ iv APPROVAL SHEET ............................................................................................................. v ACKNOWLEGEMENTS...................................................................................................... vi TABLE OFCONTENTS ........................................................................................................ vii ABSTRACT ......................................................................................................................... viii CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................ 1 A. Background ............................................................................................................... 1 B. Research Question ..................................................................................................... 3 C. Objective of The research ......................................................................................... 3 D. Significances of The research ................................................................................... 3 E. Scope of The research ............................................................................................... 4 CHAPTER II REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE ............................................... 5 A. Previous finding ........................................................................................................ 5 B. Theoretical Background ............................................................................................ 6 1.) Morality or morals............................................................................................... 6 2.) Moral value ......................................................................................................... 8 3.) Aspect of morality ............................................................................................... 9 1. Religious Morality ........................................................................................ 9 a. Thankfulness ........................................................................................... 9 b. Sincerity .................................................................................................. 9 2. Natural Morality ............................................................................................ 10 3. Individual Morality ....................................................................................... 10 a. Bravery .................................................................................................... 11 b. Humbleness ............................................................................................. 11 c. Honesty. .................................................................................................. 12 d. Responsibility .......................................................................................... 12 e. Consistency ............................................................................................. 12 f. Trustworthiness. ...................................................................................... 12 g. Kind-hearted ............................................................................................ 13 h. Loyalty .................................................................................................... 13 i. Friendly ................................................................................................... 13 j. Love and Affection ................................................................................. 13 4. Social Morality .............................................................................................. 14 a. Cooperativeness ...................................................................................... 14 b. Sympathetic ............................................................................................. 15 4.) Synopsis of the movie “The Butler” ................................................................... 15 CHAPTER III METHODOLOGY OF RESEARCH ...................................................... 17 A. Method of research .................................................................................................... 17 B. Source of data ............................................................................................................ 17 C. Instrument of the research ......................................................................................... 17 D. Procedures of data collection .................................................................................... 18 E. Technique of data analysis ........................................................................................ 18 CHAPTER IV FINDINGS AND DISCUSSIONS ............................................................ 20 A. Findings ..................................................................................................................... 20 a. Individual morality .............................................................................................. 20 b. Social morality .................................................................................................... 35 B. Discussions ................................................................................................................ 38 a. Individual morality .............................................................................................. 38 b. Social morality ...................................................................................................