MATERIALISM IN JOHN PASOSS’S THE BIG MONEY AND MOCHTAR LUBIS’S TWILIGHT IN JAKARTA: A COMPRATIVE LITERATURE. A THESIS BY: AVIANDANI AULIA NASUTION 140721024 DEPARTEMENT OF ENGLISH FACULTY OF CULTURAL STUDIES UNIVERSITY OF SUMATERA UTARA MEDAN 2017 UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA Materialism In Jhon Pasos’ The Big Money and Mochtar Lubis’ Twilight In Jakarta: A Comparative Literature A THESIS BY AVIANDANI AULIA NASUTION REG. NUMBER: 140721024 SUPERVISOR CO-SUPERVISOR Dr. Martha Pardede. MS Drs. Siamir Marulafau. M.Hum. NIP.195212291979032001 NIP. 195805171985031003 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 2017 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, Dr. Deliana, M.Hum Rahmadsyah Rangkuti, M.A., Ph.D NIP. 195711171983032002 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 25 July 2017 Dean of Faculty of Cultural Studies University of Sumatera Utara Dr. Budi Agustono, M.S. NIP. 19600805 198703 1 001 Board of Examiners Rahmadsyah Rangkuti, M.A., Ph.D. Dr. Martha Pardede, MS ___________________ Drs. 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Signed : Aviandani Aulia Nasution th Date : July 25 , 2017 UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA COPYRIGHT DECLARATION NAME : AVIANDANI AULIA NASUTION TITLE OF THESIS : MATERIALISM IN JHON PASOSS’ THE BIG MONEY AND MOCHTAR LUBIS’ TWILIGHT IN JAKARTA: A COMPRATIVE LITERATURE QUALIFICATION : S1/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 :Aviandani Aulia Nasution Date : July 25th, 2017 UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA ACKNOWLEDGMENTS First of all, I would like to thank and praise to Allah SWT, the Almighty God who has given grace and ease to complete this thesis in the Bachelor S1 degree in Department of English Literature in this University of Sumatera Utara. I would also like to thank to my beloved mother who I love about most, Dra. Sri RosidaPulungan.A supermom who always care and give the support to me and also always give prayers to me. And also thanks to all the lecturers in this Department of English Literature, all of which I obtained solely unlikely to be realized without the help some wonderful people who support me. Firstly, I am very thankful to the dean of the faculty of Cultural Studies, Dr. Budi Agustono, M.S. Then thank to Dr. Deliana, M,Hum and Rahmadsyah Rangkuti, M.A, Ph.D as the chairman and secretary In Department of English Literature. I wish to express the deepest gratitude and appreciation to my thesis supervisor Dr. Martha Pardede, MS and Drs.Siamir Marulafau, M.Hum who have taken their precious time giving their dedication to guide, advice and fully supported me in completing this thesis properly. It has been my great pleasure to know and to be advised by them. I luckily also got your expertise, kindness and a bit of friendship for being my supervisors to bring me up finishing this thesis. May God bless you, Mam and Sir. I owe special gratitude to all my friends at English Department. I will not forget the kindness of my gorgeous friends, who give a lot of positive supports for me, time, and energy. I would like to sincerely appreciate those unforgettable friends for their love, help, supports and suggestions in completing my study. I UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA learn from them many thing I‘ve never learned from anyone else. Thank you for all. Medan, July 2017 The Writer Aviandani Aulia Nasution UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA ABSTRACT This thesis entitled: Materialism In Jhon Pasoss’ The Big Money and Mochtar Lubis’ Twilight In Jakarta: A Comprative Literature. The writer is interested in analyzing the two novels because they have the same motive is materialism so that they can be compared. The purpose of this study is to find the similarities and the differences between them around the motive. Materialism is a phenomenon of human tendency to get excess in material and by doing an unsuitable and various ways to get what they want. The writer use Marxism theory to discuss kinds of materialism. The writer also uses the descriptive qualitative method and the library research so that the similarities and differences between the two novels can be found. From the analysis it can be concluded that there are three similarities and one differences kinds of Materialism in The Big Money and Twilight In Jakarta, similarities: moral degradation, try to get the better life and prostitution. different: corruption in activies party and corruption in the environment of senate. Keyword: materialism, novel, comparative literature. UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA ABSTRAK Skripsi ini berjudul: Materialism In Jhon Pasoss’ The Big Money and Mochtar Lubis’ Twilight In Jakarta: A Comparative Literature. Penulis tertarik untuk menganalisis kedua novel karena mereka memiliki motif yang sama yaitu materialisme sehingga mereka bisa dibandingkan.Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk menentukan persamaan dan perbedaan mereka disekitar motif itu. Materialisme adalah fenomena kecenderungan manusia untuk mendapatkan materi yang berlebih dan dengan melakukan cara yang tidak sesuai dan beragam untuk mendapatkan apa yang mereka inginkan. Penulis menggunakan teori Marxisme untuk membahas jenis materialisme. Penulis juga menggunakan metode deskriptif kualitatif dan penelitian kepustakaan sehingga persamaan dan perbedaan antara kedua novel dapat ditemukan. Dari hasil analisis dapat disimpulkan bahwa ada tiga kesamaan dan satu perbedaan jenis Materialisme dalam The Big Money and Twilight In Jakarta, persamaan: degradasi moral, mencoba untuk mendapatkan kehidupan yang lebihbaik dan prostitusi. Perbedaan: korupsi dalam pesta dan korupsi di lingkungan senat. Kata kunci: materialisme, novel, sastra bandingan. UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA TABLE OF CONTENTS AUTHOR DECLARATION .................................................................................... iv COPYRIGHT DECLARATION .............................................................................. v ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ........................................................................................ vi ABSTRACT .......................................................................................................... vii TABLE OF CONTET ............................................................................................... ix CHAPTER I :INTRODUCTION 1.1 The Background of Analysis .................................................... 1 1.2 The Problem of Study .............................................................. 8 1.3 The Objective of Study ............................................................ 8 1.4 The Scope of Study .................................................................. 9 1.5 Significant of The Study .......................................................... 9 CHAPTER II : REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE 2.1 Literature ................................................................................ 10 2.2 A Brief Description of Comparative Literature ..................... 12 2.3 A Brief Description of Thematic Study ................................. 18 2.4 Materialism ............................................................................ 21 CHAPTER III : METHODOLOGY OF RESEARCH 3.1 Data Collecting Procedure .................................................... 26 3.2 Data Selecting Procedure ...................................................... 26 3.3 Data Analyzing Procedure .................................................... 28 CHAPTER IV : ANALYSIS AND FINDINGS 4.1 TWILIGHT IN JAKARTA ............................................... 29 4.1.1The Impact of Materialism on Personal Character ................ 37 4.1.2 The Impact of Materialism on Social Group ........................ 40 4.2 THE BIG MONEY ............................................................. 47 4.2.1 The Impact of Materialism on Personal Character ............... 51 4.2.2 The Impact of Materialism on Social Group ........................ 55 UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA CHAPTER V : CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION 5.1 Conclusion ............................................................................ 60 5.2 Suggestion ...........................................................................