AN ANALYSIS OF TOTALITARIANISM AN ITS IMPACT FOUND IN YEVGENY ZAMYATIN’S WE A THESIS BY DWI RISTA KUSUMA PERANGINANGIN REG. NO. 140705122 DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH FACULTY OF CULTURAL STUDIES UNIVERSITY OF SUMATERA UTARA MEDAN 2019 UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA AN ANALYSIS OF TOTALITARIANISM AN ITS IMPACT FOUND IN YEVGENY ZAMYATIN’S WE A THESIS BY DWI RISTA KUSUMA PERANGINANGIN REG. NO. 140705122 SUPERVISOR CO-SUPERVISOR Dra. Diah Rahayu Pratama, M.Pd Drs. Siamir Marulafau, M.Hum NIP.195612141986012001 NIP. 195805171985031003 Submitted to Faculty of Cultural Studies University of Sumatera Utara Medan in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the degree of Sarjana Sastra from Department of English DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH FACULTY OF CULTURAL STUDIES UNIVERSITY OF SUMATERA UTARA MEDAN 2019 UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA Approved by the Department of English, Faculty of Cultural Studies University of Sumatera Utara (USU) Medan as thesis for The Sarjana Sastra Examination Head, Secretary, Prof. T. Silvana Sinar, M.A, Ph.D Rahmadsyah Rangkuti, M.A, Ph,D NIP. 19540916 198003 2 003 NIP. 19750209 200812 1 002 UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA Accepted by the Board of Examiners in partial fulfillment of requirements for the degree of Sarjana Sastra from the Department of English, Faculty of Cultural Studies University of Sumatera Utara, Medan The examination is held in Department of English Faculty of Cultural Studies University of Sumatera Utara on February 08th, 2019 Dean of Faculty of Cultural Studies University of Sumatera Utara Dr. Budi Agustono, M.S. NIP. 196008051 987031 001 Board of Examiners Rahmadsyah Rangkuti, M.A., Ph.D. Dra. Diah Rahayu Pratama, M.Pd. Dr. Siti Norma Nasution, M.Hum. UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA AUTHOR’S DECLARATION I, DWI RISTA KUSUMA PERANGINANGIN, DECLARE THAT I AM THE SOLE AUTHOR OF THIS THESIS EXCEPT WHERE REFERENCES IS MADE IN THE TEXT OF THIS THESIS. THIS THESIS CONTAINS NO MATERIAL PUBLISHED ELSEWHERE OR EXTRACED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FROM A THESIS BY WHICH I HAVE QUALIFIED FOR OR AWARDED ANOTHER DEGREE. NO OTHER PERSON’S WORK HAS BEEN USED WITHOUT DUE ACKNWOLEDGMENTS IN THE MAIN TEXT OF THIS THESIS. THIS THESIS HAS NOT BEEN SUBMITTED FOR THE AWARD OF ANOTHER DEGREE IN ANY TERTIARY EDUCATION. Signed : Dwi Rista Kusuma Peranginangin Date : February 08th, 2019. v UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA COPYRIGHT DECLARATION NAME : DWI RISTA KUSUMA PERANGINANGIN TITLE OF THESIS : AN ANALYSIS OF TOTALITARIANISM AND ITS IMPACT FOUND IN YEVGENY ZAMYATIN’S WE QUALIFICATION :S-1/SARJANA SASTRA DEPARTMENT :ENGLISH I AM WILLING THAT MY THESIS SHOULD BE AVAILABLE FORREPRODUCTION AT THE DISCRETION OF THE LIBRARIAN OFDEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH, FACULTY OF CULTURAL STUDIES,UNIVERSITY OF SUMATERA UTARA ON THE UNDERSTANDING THATUSERS ARE MADE AWARE OF THEIR OBLIGATION UNDER LAW OFTHE REPUBLIC OF INDONESIA. Signed : Dwi Rista Kusuma Peranginangin Date : February 08th, 2019 vi UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA ACKNOWLEDGEMENT I would like to express my deep and sincere gratitude to the almighty God, Jesus Christ, for all His unexpected blessing and mercy through all the way, I could finally finished this thesis with all the tears, blood and sweat. Here, I would like to express my very special gratitude to my lovely parents, my father H. Perangin-Angin, S.Pd and my mother M.S. Atok. I could never be who I am without your hard work, unconditional love and support. Thank you for giving me a chance to live with my own choice, listening to my grievance, beat those 60 KM road almost every day, and still being a great parents at home. All of this I dedicated specially for both of you. For my one and only brother, Candra Billy Kusuma Perangin Angin, thank you for being someone who influence me in many positive things and also for being my number one supporter. I also would like to thank my Grandmas, my Godfather, my Godmother, Firdaus Patras Gumolung, and my lovely Mami Lin for all the great advice, love and their frequently phone call which always makes my heart warm. I would like to express gratitude to Dra. Diah Rahayu Pratama, M.Pd as my supervisor and Drs. Siamir Marulafau, M.Hum, as my co-supervisor for the knowledge, kindness, patience, support and help until I finally finished this thesis. Also Prof. T. Silvana Sinar, M.A., Ph.D, the Head of Department of English and Rahmadsyah Rangkuti, M.A., Ph.D, the Secretary of Department of English, I would like to thank them for their advice and encouragement during my study in this faculty and also to Mr. Sukirno a.k.a Bang Kibot for his help in many things especially the administration matter. vii UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA Here, I would love to send my special gratitude, love and appreciation through this people: For Pasukan Koya 2011/2014, Ka Anggie, for the never ending great advice, Bang Dedhad, Kevin, Aip, Uwa, Bre, Thia, Windi, Pira, Andi, Adam, Hufnul, Ipan, Teguh, Hafman, Bima, Anwar. C‘manalah 2014, dinda, yola, dila, ika, cut, and 2017 kids, thank you for the memories that we shared, all the bad and good times through our ups and downs, may this universe reunite us one day in a better situation. All of the committee of The 35th IMSI‘S anniversary ―Bring On The Festivity”, thank you for the hard work and perseverance. Gres, Icha and Titin for their ‗we got your back‟ term, and also their help in my darkest time, the non-stop prayer since several years ago and up until now. Thank you for being 24/7, let‘s faced the new chapter and seize our dreams together! Uti and Daniel, for being someone who understand my situation and my weirdness, and also became a place for me to lean on. Let‘s take a moment to remember all the days we spent just to finish this thesis! Thank you for accompanying me this almost last two years, may God bless and protect you forever. Bang Saut Maruli Simorangkir, for his writing that help me to develop my own thesis, we will meet again someday and may you live in peace in the arms of Jesus Christ. Christbirth Tobing for being here, there and everywhere, help me in the way that others can not see, and also for the love and patience. My three little kittens, Samar Rio D. Axl, Anti-Gravity C. Dot and Raya K. Edward thank you for always protect and love me unconditionally. viii UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA In the end, I would like to appreciate all of the musicians and writers which their works help me while working on my thesis, may all of their works will leave something in this universe. For John, Paul, George, Ringo, Barasuara, Jonsi, Emily Dickinson, Hamlin Garland, Roald Dahl, Leila S. Chudori as well as Donny Dhirgantoro, thank you for being awesome! I also realize this thesis still far from perfection, but I hope that this thesis still give the reader knowledge and a lot of new information. “There is nothing you can do, that can‟t be done”-All you need is love, The Beatles. The Author Dwi Rista Kusuma Peranginangin ix UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA ABSTRAK Skripsi ini berjudul ‘An analysis of Totalitarianism and its impact found in Yevgeny Zamyatin’s We.’ Skripsi ini adalah analisis tentang sebuah sistem politik yang disebut Totalitarianism, bagaimana rezim totaliter berkuasa atas masyarakatnya dan dampak sistem ini terhadap masyarakatnya. Semua warga negara di identifikasi dengan gabungan huruf dan angka serta dikelilingi oleh dinding kaca raksasa di tempat bernama One State, di mana penguasa mengambil kendali atas kehidupan pribadi dan publik masyarakatnya. Skripsi ini terdiri dari lima bab yaitu pendahuluan, kajian pustaka, metode penelitian, analisis dan temuan, serta kesimpulan dan saran. Dalam Bab I, menjelaskan tentang latar belakang penelitian, dilanjutkan dengan rumusan masalah, tujuan, ruang lingkup penelitian, dan kegunaan penelitian. Dalam Bab II, dijelaskan tentang teori yang digunakan dalam tesis ini. Dalam Bab III, dijelaskan metode penelitian yang digunakan dan juga prosedur penelitian. Dalam bab IV, ini adalah analisis tentang karakteristik totaliterisme dan dampaknya dalam novel We. Dalam Bab V, ini terdiri dari kesimpulan skripsi ini serta saran yang dapat meningkatkan kualitas skripsi ini di masa depan. Kata kunci: sistem politik, totaliterisme, Yevgeny Zamyatin. x UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA ABSTRACT The thesis is entitled ‘An analysis of Totalitarianism and its impact found in Yevgeny Zamyatin’s We.’This thesis is analyzing a political system named totalitarianism. This thesis is an analysis of a political system named totalitarianism, how the totalitarian regime ruled under their citizens, and the impacts of this system to its citizens. All the citizens are only known by mix letter and numbers, and also surrounded by giant glass wall in a place named OneState, where the ruler take control over private and public life of its citizens. This thesis consists of five chapters including introduction, review of literature, research method, analysis and findings, as well as conclusion and suggestion. In chapter I, it explains about the background of the study, followed by problems, objectives, scope and significance of the study. In chapter II, it explains about the theory that is used in this thesis. In chapter III, it explains the method of research which was used and also the research procedure. In chapter IV, it is the analysis about the characteristics of totalitarianism and its impact in the novel We. In chapter V, it consists of conclusion of this thesis as well as suggestions which can improve the quality of this thesis in the future. Keywords : politic system, totalitarianism, Yevgeny Zamyatin. xi UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA TABLE OF CONTENTS AUTHORS’S DECLARATION