THE IMPACT OF BULLYING ON HANNAH BAKER’S BEHAVIOR IN JAY ASHER’S 13 REASONS WHY A THESIS BY LIDYA GABRIELLA BETHLY RISMAULI P REG. NO 140705034 DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH FACULTY OF CULTURAL STUDIES UNIVERSITY OF SUMATERA UTARA MEDAN 2018 UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA THE IMPACT OF BULLYING ON HANNAH BAKER’S BEHAVIOR IN JAY ASHER’S 13 REASONS WHY A THESIS BY LIDYA GABRIELLA BETHLY RISMAULI P REG. NO 140705034 SUPERVISOR CO-SUPERVISOR Dr. Siti Norma Nasution, M.hum Ely Hayati Nasution, S.S, M. Si NIP. 195707201983032001 NIP. 19850703201706200 Submitted to Faculty of Cultural Studies University of Sumatera Utara Medan in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Sarjana Sastra from Department of English DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH FACULTY OF CULTURAL STUDIES UNIVERSITY OF SUMATERA UTARA MEDAN 2018 UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA Approved by the Departement of English, Faculty of Cutural 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 , 15th August 2018 Dean of Faculty of Cultural Studies Dr. Drs. Budi Agustono, M.S. NIP. 196008051987031001 Board of Examiners Sign 1. Rahmadsyah Rangkuti, MA. Ph.D NIP. 197502092008121002 /////////////////////////////////// 2. Dr. Siti Norma Nasution, M.Hum NIP. 195707201983032001 3. Riko Andika Pohan, S.S., M.Hum NIP. 198406092015041001 UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA AUTHOR’S DECLARATION I, LIDYA GABRIELLA BETHLY RISMAULI P, 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 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 ACKNOLEDGEMENTS 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: 15th August 2018 v UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA COPYRIGHT DECLARATION NAME : LIDYA GABRIELLA BETHLY RISMAULI P TITLE OF THESIS : THE IMPACT OF BULLYING ON HANNAH BAKER’S BEHAVIOR IN JAY ASHER’S 13 REASONS WHY QUALIFICATION : S-1/SARJANA SASTRA DEPARTMENT : ENGLISH I AM WILLING THAT MY THESIS SHOULD BE AVAILABLE FOR REPRODUCTION AT THE DISCRETION 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 : 15th August 2018 vi UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA ACKNOWLEDGMENT First of all, I would like to give praise and thank to God Almighty Jesus Christ who has blessed me with all love, luck, strength and ability to complete the studies. I‘m beyond grateful for His kindness and bless, because none of this could happened without Him. Seek God‘s will in all that you do and He will direct your path. The most special thanks I dedicate to my beloved parents and my family. Papa Henry Panggabean for always encourage me to do my best and working hard to support me so that I can finish my study. Mama Venessa Pasaribu for her endless prayer for me and take a good care of me whole time. Both of you are one of my motivation to finish this study on time. I do pray God bless both of you with good health, wealth, prosperity and happiness ahead. Thank you to my brother and sister Oscar Panggabean and Gracia Panggabean. Thank you all for your love and support. I do realize that so many parties have helped and provided advices in the completion of this thesis. Through this opportunity, I would like to express my gratitude to the Advisor, Dr. Siti Norma Nasution, M.Hum and the co-supervisor Ely Hayati Nasution, S.S, M.Si who have provided so much knowledge and on their advice and guidance in making corrections to this thesis. My gratitude also goes to the Dean of Faculty of Cultural Studies Dr. Budi Agustono, M.S the Head of English Department Prof. Dra., Tengku Silvana Sinar, M.A., Ph.D. and the Secretary of English Department Rahmadsyah Rangkuti M.A., Ph.D. I also would like to thank all the lecturers of English Department for giving vii UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA valuable knowledges during my study in English Literature. And thanks for the kindest and friendly Mr. Kirno for helping me in completing the files. Biggest thanks to my source of happiness in campus, great friends of mine, ‗Rahasia Bahagia‘ who have always been there through my hard times, cheer me up, help me and give moral support. Shout out to Rahasia Bahagia Debby Yolanda, Desi Hariani, Enda Hartanta Karina, Endang Rubianti, Nurul Aprilla Marpaung, Syahra Lutfiah Mizani and Sri Rahmadani Sitorus. Thank you for your love, for always make me laugh, smile for my lame funny stories, and understand my mood swings. We do have great time. Four years is never enough to be with you all. We support each other, being crazy together and hopefully we can be as successful and happy as ever. Thank you for itok Reinardo Hutabarat, who kindly helped me. For my friend Ong Shir Nee, who support me with motivation quotes and be a good listener for my random thoughts. For Nurni Wahidah who gives me support, help and permission (along with Uyun) to have your place as my temporary dorm, it means a lot to me. And my all-time friend Duplina Theola who keep encouraging me from afar through whatsapp calls and tells me the secret of good prayer, you teach me that God‘s plan will always be greater and more beautiful than all my dissapointments. You guys are the best, and I love you all. Thanks to my life changing team ‗Rigel‘ of iGV AIESEC USU, Oktavianna Winda, Andre Reza, Fariz Luthfi, Carenina Kurnia and Haposan Turnip. The experiences that I have with AIESEC USU and the team are very precious and priceless for me, I cannot thank you guys enough for the opportunity that given to me. Amazing things happen in AIESEC USU. viii UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA Class A 2014, thanks for a great time during my study, I cannot mention here one by one. Finally, I hope this thesis will be useful and give a good contribution for myself, for the readers, and the others. I also receive any constructive critics and suggestions to develop this thesis. Medan, 15th August 2018 The Researcher Lidya Gabriella Bethly Rismauli P Reg.No. 140705034 ix UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA ABSTRACT This thesis is entitled ―The Impact of Bullying on Hannah Baker’s Behavior in Jay Asher’s 13 Reasons Why‖ discussing about kinds of bullying and the impact of bullying on Hannah Baker‘s behavior. The novel 13 Reasons Why was selected as the source of data because this novel has a strong impact for bullying victim. This story is about a teenager girl who becomes a victim of bullying and it gives her many impacts. The aims of this study are to find out and analyze the impact of bullying on teenage behavior. The study of this thesis used sociology of literature by Wellek and Warren, the kinds of bullying theory by Riasukina, et.al, and Behavioral impacts of bullying by Cowie, et al. The method used in this study was descriptive – qualitative method. The result of the study found that Hannah Baker is a victim of bullying by her peers and senior and the bullying gives various impacts to Hannah Baker one of them is committed suicide. The impacts of bullying experienced by Hannah Baker are behavioral and suicidal impacts. The behavioral impacts are that she is having changes on her behavior, depression, forms of mistreatment self, and avoidance behavior meanwhile Suicidal impacts are that Hannah Baker is having changes in appearance, trauma, giving away personal possessions and threatening suicide. Based on this research, it is found that the life of Hannah Baker in story 13 Reasons Why is a symbol of social problems which are faced by teenagers. Keywords: Impact, Bullying, Suicide, Victims x UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA ABSTRAK Skripsi ini berjudul ―The Impact of Bullying on Hannah Baker’s Behavior in Jay Asher’s 13 Reasons Why‖ yang membahas tentang penindasan dan dampaknya terhadap perilaku Hannah Baker. Novel 13 Reasons Why dipilih sebagai sumber data karena novel ini memiliki dampak yang besar terhadap korban penindasan. Bercerita tentang seorang gadis remaja yang menjadi korban penindasan dan berdampak banyak kepadanya. Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk menemukan dan menganalisis dampak penindasan terjadi pada perilaku remaja. Penelitian skripsi ini menggunakan teori sosiologi sastra oleh Wellek dan Warren, teori jenis-jenis penindasan oleh Riauskina dkk dan dampak perilaku penindasan oleh Cowie dkk. Metode yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah metode deskriptif - kualitatif. Hasil penelitian ini adalah bahwa Hannah Baker menjadi korban penindasam oleh teman-temannya dan seniornya dan penindasan tersebut memberikan berbagai dampak kepada Hannah Baker salah satunya ialah bunuh diri. Dampak penindasan yang dialaminya adalah dampak perilaku dan dampak perilaku cenderung bunuh diri. Dampak tingkah lakunya adalah bahwa dia mengalami perubahan perilaku, depresi,bentuk penganiayaan diri dan perilaku menghindar. Sementara Dampak perilaku cenderung bunuh diri adalah perubahan pada penampilan, trauma, memberikan barang-barang pribadi pada orang lain dan mengancam bunuh diri.