PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF LOVE TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE MAIN CHARACTER AS SEEN IN NICHOLAS SPARKS’ DEAR JOHN AN UNDERGRADUATE THESIS Presented as Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Sarjana Sastra in English Letters By I NYOMAN TRI SUPUTRA Student Number: 084214022 ENGLISH LETTERS STUDY PROGRAMME DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH LETTERS FACULTY OF LETTERS SANATA DHARMA UNIVERSITY YOGYAKARTA 2012 i PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI A Sarjana Sastra Undergraduate Thesis THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF LOVE TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE MAIN CHARACTER AS SEEN IN NICHOLAS SPARKS’ DEAR JOHN By I NYOMAN TRI SUPUTRA Student Number 084214022 Approved by Drs. Hirmawan Wijanarka, M.Hum. August 10, 2012 Advisor Adventina Putranti S.S., M.Hum. August 10, 2012 Co-Advisor ii PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI A Sarjana Sastra Undergraduate Thesis THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF LOVE TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE MAIN CHARACTER AS SEEN IN NICHOLAS SPARKS’ DEAR JOHN By I NYOMAN TRI SUPUTRA Student Number 084214022 Defended before the Board of Examines on August 30,2012 and Declared Acceptable BOARD OF EXAMINERS NAME SIGNATURE Chairman : Dr. F.X. Siswadi M.A. _______________ Secretary : Dra. Sri Mulyani M.A. _______________ Member 1. : Ni Luh Putu Rosiandani S.S., M.Hum. _______________ Member 2. : Drs. Hirmawan Wijanarka, M.Hum. _______________ Member 3. : Adventina Putranti S.S., M.Hum. _______________ Yogyakarta, August 31, 2012. Faculty of Letters Sanata Dharma University Dean Dr. F.X. Siswadi M.A. iii PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI LEMBAR PERNYATAAN PERSETUJUAN PUBLIKASI KARYA ILMIAH UNTUK KEPENTINGAN AKADEMIS Yang bertandatangan di bawah ini, saya mahasiswa Universitas Sanata Dharma: Nama: : I Nyoman Tri Suputra Nomor mahasiswa : 084214022 Demi pengembangan ilmu pengetahuan, saya memberikan kepada Perpustakaan Universitas Sanata Dharma karya ilmiah saya yang berjudul: THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF LOVE TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF THEMAIN CHARACTER AS SEEN IN NICHOLAS SPARKS’DEAR JOHN Beserta perangkat yang diperlukan (bila ada). Dengan demikian saya memberikan kepada Perpustakaan Universitas Sanata Dharma untuk menyimpan, mengalihkan dalam bentuk media lain, mengelolanya dalam bentuk pangkalan data, mendistribusikan secara terbatas, dan mempublikasikannya di internet atau media lain untuk kepentingan akademis tanpa perlu meminta ijin dari saya maupun memberi royalty kepada saya selama tetap mencantumkan nama saya sebagai penulis. Demikian pernyataan ini yang dapat saya buat dengan sebenarnya. Dibuat di Yogyakarta Pada tanggal : 31 Agustus 2012 Yang Menyatakan I Nyoman Tri Suputra iv PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI STATEMENT OF ORIGINALITY This is to certify that all ideas, phrases, sentences, unless otherwise stated, are the ideas, phrases, and sentences of the thesis writer. The writer understands the full consequences including degree cancellation if he took somebody else’s ideas, phrases, or sentences without proper references Yogyakarta, August 31, 2012 I NYOMAN TRI SUPUTRA v PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI For My Beloved Family vi PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I hereby would like to express my gratitude to those who have helped me finishing this undergraduate thesis with their kindness, attention, patience, intelligence and knowledge. First of all, I would like to give my greatest gratitude to God Ida Sang Hyang Widhi Wasa for His blessing during the completion of this thesis. He has guided me anytime I was stuck in writing this thesis. I also would like to express my deep gratitude to my advisor Drs. Hirmawan Wijanarka, M.Hum and my co-advisor Adventina Putranti S.S., M.Hum who have spent their precious time to read and correct my thesis patiently. All suggestions and corrections they have given to me have encouraged me in completing this thesis. To my beloved family, my mother, Ni Made Ratnasitiadi, my father, Drs. Made Suartama M.Sc, my brother, I Made Astina Putra ST, and my aunty Mektu, I dedicated this thesis to you. Thanks for your unstoppable love, prayer, support, care and for keeping my spirit to survive. I really appreciate and thank them for the unconditional help that encouraged me in writing this thesis. I also thank someone special, someone who always supports me in whatever situation, for giving me her best attention and love until I can finish my thesis. It is she who cheers me up when I am feeling blue, the only girl who will never give up on me. She is the best gift I have ever got in my life. vii PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI Furthermore, thanks for all my crazy friends who always help and accompany me. Thank you to all Public Relation Staff for helping and encouraging me to finish this thesis. The last but not least I would like to thank everyone who works in English Letters Department, the administrative staff, especially Mbak Ninik, and the lecturers for giving me chance to have precious and unforgettable study in Sanata Dharma University. I Nyoman Tri Suputra viii PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI TABLE OF CONTENTS TITLE PAGE .............................................................................................................. i APPROVAL PAGE ................................................................................................... ii ACCEPTANCE PAGE .............................................................................................iii LEMBAR PERNYATAAN PERSETUJUAN PUBLIKASI ..................................... iv STATEMENT OF ORIGINALITY ......................................................................... v DEDICATION PAGE ............................................................................................... vi ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ....................................................................................... vii TABLE OF CONTENTS .......................................................................................... ix ABSTRACT ............................................................................................................... xi ABTRAK .................................................................................................................... xii CHAPTER I: INTRODUCTION ............................................................................. 1 A. Background of the Study ................................................................................. 1 B. Problem Formulations ...................................................................................... 5 C. Objectives of the Study .................................................................................... 5 D. Definition of Terms ......................................................................................... 6 CHAPTER II: THEORETICAL REVIEW ............................................................ 7 A. Review of Related Studies ............................................................................... 7 B. Review of Related Theories ........................................................................... 11 1. Theories of Character and Characterization ............................................... 11 2. Theories of Character Development ........................................................... 14 3. Theories of Love ......................................................................................... 16 C. Theoretical Framework .................................................................................. 17 CHAPTER III: METHODOLOGY ....................................................................... 19 A. Object of the Study ........................................................................................ 19 B. Approach of the Study ................................................................................... 20 C. Method of the Study....................................................................................... 21 CHAPTER IV: ANALYSIS .................................................................................... 23 A. The Development of the Main Character ...................................................... 23 1. The Characteristics of John Tyree before Falling in Love ........................ 24 a. A Person Who Cannot Do Self-introspection ........................................ 24 b. A Person Who Hardly Accept Someone’s Weakness ........................... 28 c. A Temperamental Person ....................................................................... 29 d. A Man Who Is Never Serious With Women ......................................... 30 2. The Characteristics of John Tyree after Falling in Love ........................... 31 a. A Person Who Can Do Self-introspection ............................................. 31 b. A Person Who Is Able to Accept Someone’s Weakness ....................... 33 c. A Patient Person..................................................................................... 36 d. A Man Who is Serious To Woman ....................................................... 38 ix PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI B. The Contributions of Love to Development of the Main Character .............. 41 a. Doing Self-introspection ............................................................................. 41 b. Loving and Understanding Others .............................................................. 43 c. Being Patient ............................................................................................... 44 d. Developing the Way of Loving Woman....................................................