PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI THE MEANING OF JAY GATSBY’S VIEW ON LIFE AS SEEN IN FITZGERLAD’S THE GREAT GATSBY A SARJANA PENDIDIKAN THESIS Presented as Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements to Obtain the Sarjana Pendidikan Degree in English Language Education By Christoforus Sigit Bramaditya Student Number: 131214062 ENGLISH LANGUAGE EDUCATION STUDY PROGRAM DEPARTMENT OF LANGUAGE AND ARTS EDUCATION FACULTY OF TEACHERS TRAINING AND EDUCATION SANATA DHARMA UNIVERSITY YOGYAKARTA 2017 i PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI A Sarjana Pendidikan Thesis on THE MEANING OF JAY GATSBY’S VIEW ON LIFE AS SEEN IN THE FITZGERALDS THE GREAT GATSBY By Christoforus Sigit Bramaditya Student Number: 131214062 Approved by Advisor Dr. Antonius Herujiyanto, M.A. 14 June 2017 ii PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI THE MEANING OF JAY GATSBY’S VIEW ON LIFE AS SEEN IN FITZGERALD’S THE GREAT GATSBY By CHRISTOFORUS SIGIT BRAMADITYA Student Number: 131214062 Defended before the Board on Examiners on 11 July 2017 and Declared Acceptable Board of Examiners Chairperson : Yohana Veniranda, S.Pd., M.Hum., M.A., Ph.D. ___________ Secretary : Christina Lhaksmita Anandari, S.Pd., Ed.M. ___________ Member : Dr. Antonius Herujiyanto, M.A. ___________ Member : Monica Ella Harendita, M.Ed. ___________ Member : Patricia Angelina Lasut, M.Hum. ___________ Yogyakarta, 11 July 2017 Faculty of Teachers Training and Education Sanata Dharma University Dean, Rohandi, Ph.D. iii PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI STATEMENT OF WORK’S ORIGINALITY I honestly declare that this thesis, which I have written, does not contain the work or parts of the work of other people, except those cited in the quotations and references, as a scientific paper should. Yogyakarta, 11 July 2017 The Writer Christoforus Sigit Bramaditya 131214062 iv PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI LEMBAR PERNYATAAN PERSETUJUAN PUBLIKASI ILMIAH UNTUK KEPENTINGAN AKADEMIS Yang bertanda tangan dibawah ini, saya mahasiswa Universitas Sanata Dharma: Nama : Christoforus Sigit Bramaditya Nomor Mahasiswa : 131214062 Demi pengembangan ilmu pengetahuan, saya memberikan kepada Perpustakaan Universitas Sanata Dharma karya ilmiah saya yang berjudul: THE MEANING OF JAY GATSBY’S VIEW ON LIFE AS SEEN IN FITZGERALD’S THE GREAT GATSBY beserta perangkat yang diperlukan (bila ada). Dengan demikian saya memberikan hak kepada Perpustakaan Universitas Sanata Dharma hak untuk menyimpan, mengalihkan dalam bentuk media lain, mengelolanya dalam bentuk pangkalan data, mendistribusikan secara terbatas, dan mempublikasikan di internet atau media lain untuk kepentingan akademis tanpa perlu meminta ijin dari saya maupun memberikan royalti kepada saya selama tetap mencantumkan nama saya sebagai penulis. Demikian pernyataan ini saya buat dengan sebenarnya. Dibuat di Yogyakarta Pada tanggal: 11 Juli 2017 Yang menyatakan Christoforus Sigit Bramaditya v PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI ABSTRACT Bramaditya, Christoforus Sigit (2017). The Meaning of Jay Gatsby’s View on Life as seen in Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby. Yogyakarta: English Language Education Study Program, Faculty of Teachers Training and Education, Sanata Dharma University. This study analyzes a novel entitled The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. The novel is about a man named Jay Gatsby, who lives in Long Island, New York on 1922. He lives extravagantly and he loves to hold big parties where everyone can come without being invited. In his extravagant life, Jay Gatsby secretly seeks for a woman that he used to love. The aim of this study is to reveal the meaning of life as seen in Jay Gatsby, the main character of Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby. There are two problems formulated in this study. The first one is the description of Jay Gatsby while the second one is about the meaning of Jay Gatsby’s view on life. This study is a library research. The researcher chooses this novel because he is attracted to Jay Gatsby’s view on his life. The theories in this study are character and characterization theory and motivation theory. This study uses psychological approach to answer the formulated problems. There are two findings in this study. The first finding shows that Jay Gatsby is a mysterious, untruthful, snobbish, ambitious, and a self-confident character in the novel. The second finding shows the literal meaning of Jay Gatsby’s view on life is a desire to live with his old girlfriend, Daisy Fay while the true meaning of Jay Gatsby’s view on life is his way to seek for belongingness in the world that he believes he belongs to. Jay Gatsby’s view on life is caused by his needs of belongingness. It motivates Gatsby to seek where or who he belongs to. It is suggested for the English lecturers to implement this novel in their Prose or Drama class and for future researchers to analyze Nick Carraway’s view on life in the Jazz Age era. Keywords: character, view, life, meaning, motivation vi PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI ABSTRAK Bramaditya, Christoforus Sigit (2017). The Meaning of Jay Gatsby’s View on Life as seen in Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby. Yogyakarta: Program Studi Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris, Jurusan Pendidikan, Bahasa, dan Seni, Fakultas Keguruan dan Ilmu Pendidikan, Universitas Sanata Dharma. Studi ini menganalisis sebuah novel berjudul The Great Gatsby oleh F. Scott Fitzgerald. Novel ini menceritakan seorang bernama Jay Gatsby yang tinggal di Long Island, New York pada tahun 1922. Dia hidup berkemewahan dan dia senang mengadakan pesta-pesta dimana semua orang dapat datang tanpa diundang. Di kemewahan hidupnya, Jay Gatsby diam-diam mencari seorang wanita yang pernah dicintainya. Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk mengungkap makna dari kehidupan oleh Jay Gatsby, sang tokoh utama dalam novel karya Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby. Terdapat dua rumusan masalah dalam studi ini. Yang pertama mengenai deskripsi dari Jay Gatsby dan yang kedua mengenai makna dari pandangan Jay Gatsby terhadap hidup. Studi ini merupakan sebuah studi pustaka. Peneliti memilih novel ini karena ia tertarik dengan pandangan hidup oleh Jay Gatsby. Teori yang digunakan dalam studi ini adalah teori karakter dan karakterisasi dan teori motivasi. Studi ini menggunakan pendekatan psikologi untuk menjawab rumusan- rumusan masalah. Terdapat dua hasil penelitian dalam studi ini. Hasil pertama menunjukan bahwa Jay Gatsby dalam novel adalah seorang yang misterius, tidak jujur, sombong, ambisius, dan percaya diri. Hasil kedua menunjukan makna pandangan hidup Jay Gatsby yang tersurat di dalam novel adalah sebuah keinginan untuk hidup bersama dengan pacar masalalunya, Daisy Fay sedangkan makna pandangan hidup Jay Gatsby yang sebenarnya di dalam novel adalah cara Gatbsy untuk mencari rasa keberasalan di dunia yang dia yakini. Pandangan hidup Jay Gatsby disebabkan oleh kebutuhan akan rasa keberasalan. Hal ini memotivasi Jay Gatsby untuk mencari dari mana tempat dia berasal dan siapa yang memilikinya. Disarankan bagi para dosen Bahasa Inggris untuk menerapkan novel ini pada kelas Prose dan Drama mereka serta disarankan bagi para peneliti di masa mendatang untuk menganalisa pandangan hidup Nick Caraway terhadap kehidupan di era Jazz Age. Kata kunci: character, view, life, meaning, motivation vii PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS First of all, I would like to thank God that this thesis can be finished on time by His blessings. He gives me power to stand and rise against the obstacle that I face in my way to finish this thesis. I would like to thank my thesis advisor, Dr. Antonius Herujiyanto, M.A. for his advice, patience, ideas, and guidance which help me a lot during writing this thesis. He has sacrificed his time to help me finishing my thesis. May God always bless him and his family with joy and happiness. I would also like to show my gratitude to all the lecturers in English Language Education Study Program who have guided me since the first time I study in the university. They all have taught me patiently and have developed my English and teaching skill so I can graduate proudly with it. My deepest gratitude goes to my parents, Antonius Ngadimin, S.Pd and Yustina Murwani, S.Pd who always support me and never stop praying for me. Their love and prayers are the reasons why I can graduate successfully. They always support me wholeheartedly. I am so proud of being their son. I am also thankful for my grandparents in Bantul who are always patient with me and took a good care of me when I went to their house. My greatest appreciation goes to my best friends in PBI; Agus, Seto, Victo, Indrajit, and Heris who always cheer me up with inappropriate jokes and laughter. My appreciation goes also to all “Penghuni dan Alumni Kost Surya 11”, Anes, Alfa, Charles, Alek, Agung for their companionship in the boardinghouse and the viii PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI silly disturbance they made when I did my thesis. I also send a big appreciate for all people in “Class C Kecil PBI 2013” who learn and study together with me for this four years. With them, I grow together to be a better individual. My special thanks goes to my beloved one, Kirana Cinta Murti who always supports me when I am tired and becomes my source of happiness. My biggest gratitude also goes to my friend Yohanes M. Restu S.Pd who has helped me to proofread my thesis. The last, I would like to thank all people that cannot be mentioned here one by one and for the people who has helped me in the university life. Christoforus Sigit Bramaditya ix PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI TABLE