AN ANALYSIS OF MAIN CHARACTERS CONFLICT IN FLORA RHETA SCHREIBER S NOVEL SYBIL A THESIS BY: DINI DITA FAURIKA REG. NO.: 080721005 ENGLISH DEPARTMENT FACULTY OF LETTERS UNIVERSITY OF NORTH SUMATRA MEDAN 2010 i
AN ANALYSIS OF MAIN CHARACTERS CONFLICT IN FLORA RHETA SCHREIBER S NOVEL SYBIL A THESIS By: DINI DITA FAURIKA REG. NO.: 080721005 SUPERVISOR, CO-SUPERVISOR, Dra.Swesana Mardia, M.Hum Drs. Parlindungan Purba, M. Hum NIP. 19571002 198601 2003 NIP. 131837561 Submitted to Faculty of Letters University of North Sumatra In partial fulfillment of the Degree Of Sarjana Sastra in English Literature UNIVERSITY OF NORTH SUMATRA FACULTY OF LETTER ENGLISH DEPARTMENT MEDAN 2010 ii
Approved by the English Department of Faculty of Letters University of North Sumatra (USU) Medan as the Sarjana Sastra Examination. Head, Secretary, Dra. Swesana Mardia Lubis, M. Hum Drs. Parlindungan Purba, M. Hum NIP. 19571002 198601 2003 NIP. 131837561 iii
Accepted by the Board of examiners in partial fulfillment of requirements for the degree of Sarjana Sastra from the English Department, Faculty of Letters, University of North Sumatra, Medan. The Examination is held on the Faculty of Letters, English Department, University of North Sumatra on Tuesday, December 29 th, 2009. The Dean of Faculty of Letters University of North Sumatra Prof. Syaifuddin, M. A, Ph. D NIP: 19650909 199403 1004 Board of Examiners: Dra. Swesana Mardia Lubis, M. Hum. Drs Parlindungan Purba, M. Hum. Drs. Siamir Marulafau, M. Hum. iv
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ABSTRAK Di dalam sebuah karya sastra terdapat beberapa elemen penting. Salah satunya karakter. Karakter merupakan pelaku yang memainkan cerita dari karya sastra tersebut yang kemudian ceritanya dapat dipahami oleh pembaca. Di dalam sebuah karya sastra, karakter memiliki macam-macam konflik yang dapat membuat cerita tersebut semakin menarik. Konflik adalah perasaan ataupun masalah yang timbul akibat dari ketidakpuasan hasrat yang ingin dicapai dimana konflik tersebut erat kaitannya dengan ide, kepercayaan, kebiasaan, peraturan, kebutuhan, nilai dan lain-lain. Oleh karena itu, skripsi ini dibuat untuk menganalisis tentang jenis konflik pada karakter utama di dalam sebuah karya sastra yaitu di dalam sebuah novel karya Flora Rheta Schreiber yang berjudul SYBIL, dan karakter utama yang akan dianalisis adalah Sybil dan Dr.Wilbur. Skripsi ini menganalisis tentang jenisjenis konflik yang sesuai dengan teori yang dikemukakan oleh Kurt Lewin, dimana dia membagi konflik menjadi tiga jenis yaitu Approach-approach konflik, Avoidance-avoidance konflik dan Approach-avoidance konflik. vii
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Bismillahirrahmanirrahim, First of all, I would like thank and praise to Almighty God, Allah SWT, for blessing and giving me strength, health, patience and as in finishing this thesis in order to get a S1 Degree in English from Faculty of Letters, University of Sumatera Utara. Then, I would like to express a deep gratitude, love and appreciation: To my father, A.Natsir Tanjung, SE, my mother, Diana Roswita Iriani Sitorus and to my beloved brothers and sister. Thank you for the material and emotional support. You all know how much I love you and I present this thesis for you. To Drs. Syaifuddin, M.A, Ph.D. as the dean of the Faculty of Letters, University of Sumatera Utara. To Dra. Swesana Mardia Lubis, M.Hum as the head of English Department program and as my supervisor for her time in giving suggesting for this thesis. To Drs. Parlindungan Purba, M.Hum, as my supervisor for his time to guiding and giving suggestion and support to improve this thesis. viii
To all Lecturers in English Department Program for giving me instruction, tuition and knowledge. To my beloved M. Ikhwan Husni, thanks for your advice, your support for making me cries, make me laugh and you re standing beside to hear my entire story. Last but not least, thank you to Chocolate Gank, thanks for your support and you re standing beside. Medan, 19 th March 2010 Dini Dita Faurika 080721005 ix
TABLE OF CONTENT AUTHOR S DECLARATION COPYRIGHT DECLARATION ACKNOWLEDGEMENT... i ABSTRACT... iii TABLE OF CONTENT... iv CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION 1.1 The Background of the Analysis... 1 1.2 The Problem of the Analysis... 4 1.3 The Objective of the Analysis... 4 1.4 The Scope of the Analysis... 4 1.5 The Significant of the Analysis... 5 1.6 The Methods of Research... 5 1.7 The Review of Related Literature... 6 CHAPTER II: CLARIFICATION OF THE TERMS 2.1 General concept of Novel... 7 2.1.1 Theme... 7 2.1.2 Character... 8 2.1.3 Plot... 9 2.1.4 Point of View... 10 2.1.5 Setting... 10 2.2 General concept of conflict... 11 2.3 The Types of Conflict According to Kurt Lewin Theory... 14 2.3.1 Approach-Approach Conflict... 14 2.3.2 Avoidance-Avoidance Conflict... 15 2.3.3 Approach-Avoidance Conflict... 16 x
CHAPTERIII: THE RESEARCH METHODS 3.1 The method of the analysis... 18 3.2 The technique for collecting data... 18 3.3 The technique for analyzing data... 19 CHAPTER IV: AN ANALYSIS OF THE MAIN CHARATERS CONFLICTS IN FLORA RHETA SCHREIBER S NOVEL SYBIL 4.1 Sybil s conflicts... 20 4.1.1 Sybil s approach-approach conflict... 20 4.1.2 Sybil s avoidance-avoidance conflict... 24 4.1.3 Sybil s approach-avoidance conflict... 27 4.2 Dr.Wilbur s conflicts... 31 4.2.1 Dr.Wilbur s approach-approach conflict... 32 4.2.2 Dr.Wilbur s avoidance-avoidance conflict... 33 4.2.3 Dr.Wilbur s approach-avoidance conflict... 35 CHAPTER V: CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION 5.1 Conclusion... 39 5.2 Suggestion... 40 BIBLOGRAPHY SUMMARY OF THE NOVEL BIOGRAPHY OF THE AUTHOR xi