KUMPULAN CONTOH SKRIPSI BAHASA INGGRIS N ANALYSIS OF MULTIPLE PERSONALITY OF THE MAIN CHARACTER IN SIDNEY SHELDON’S NOVEL TELL ME YOUR DREAMS

AN ANALYSIS OF MULTIPLE PERSONALITY OF THE MAIN CHARACTER IN SIDNEY SHELDON’S NOVEL TELL ME YOUR DREAMS

CHAPTER I

INTRODUCTION

Literature for the readers can give a pleasure and knowledge. As Roberts and Jacobs (1995: 1) state that literature refers to compositions that tell stories, dramatize situations, express emotions, and analyze and advocate ideas. Roberts and Jacobs (1995: 2) also state that literature may be classified into four categories of genres 1) prose fiction, 2) poetry, 3) drama 4) nonfiction prose.

Novel is one of various literary works as a part of prose fiction. As a prose fiction, novel offers various matters about human and humanity.

Novel sebagai sebuah karya fiksi menawarkan sebuah dunia, dunia yang berisi model kehidupan yang diidealkan,, dunia imajiner, yang dibangun melalui berbagai unsur intrinsiknya seperti peristiwa, plot, tokoh (dan penokohan), latar, sudut pandang, dan lain-lain yang kesemuanya, tentu saja juga bersifat imajiner. Nurgiyantoro (1995: 4)

Based on the statement, novel is created by the author who imitated the real world which is combined with his/her imagination. By reading a novel, people can get pleasure and also much understanding about human characters. As a part of literature, a novel gives us knowledge which is rich in psychological aspects as it can be seen through characters.

Character is one of important element in fiction, especially novel. It has an important role to build up a story. Every character has its own characteristics that

 1.1 Background of the Analysis

create a story and each of it is portrayed in different physical and psychological. Based on the psychological side, literature can be studied and analyzed by using the theory of psychology.

Psychology studies such a wide variety of human behaviors, experiences, interactions and it also suggests ways to improve the quality of human life and literature is covering human activities.

Tell Me Your Dreams is a novel written by Sidney Sheldon in 1998. Like any other Sheldon’s previous novel, this novel tells an interesting mysterious story with a woman as the main character. The main character of the novel is Ashley who suffers from multiple personality because of the childhood trauma. Multiple personality is a condition in which a person displays multiple distinct identities or personalities (known as alter egos or alters), each with its own pattern of perceiving and interacting with the environment. Then, Ashley is suspected as a murder because of her multiple personality. In this thesis, the writer will also analyze Ashley’s other individual identities namely Alette Peters and Toni Prescott and how they are reflected in the novel.

In analyzing the novel, the writer finds that the novel seems to focus on psychological matters as seen through the characteristic of the main character.

The reasons to choose this topic are; first, this topic is very interesting to be analyzed both from literatures and psychology side because it is a rare matter found in daily life but it is a fact that happened, especially in view of psychology. Second, as far as the writer knows that the topic has never been analyzed before,

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especially, by students of English Department of Faculty of Letters, in University of Sumatera Utara.

The analysis of this study based on the following problems:

According to the statements of the problem, the objectives of this analysis are:

 1.2 Problem of the Analysis 1. Is multiple personality reflected in the novel? 2. Does Ashley change her individual identity into Alette Peters and Tony Prescott? 3. What factor causes multiple personality to Ashley in the novel?

 1.3 Objective of the Analysis

1. To find the reflection of multiple personality is reflected in the novel. 2. To find the change of Ashley individual identity into Alette Peters and Tony Prescott. 3. To find factor that causes multiple personality to Ashley in the novel.

1.4 Scope of the Analysis

In writing this thesis, the writer would like to concentrate on the main character only namely Ashley Patterson who suffers from multiple personality in the novel written by Sidney Sheldon Tell Me Your Dream and her other individual identities namely Alette Peters and Tony Prescott.

In finishing this thesis, the writer uses other related literatures in finding some data and information to support the analysis of the novel, they are:

This book describes the way how to understand the characters.

The book provides some explanations about dissociative disorders, especially multiple personality. 

1.5 Significance of the Analysis

 a. Academically, this thesis is hoped to enrich the knowledge of students of Faculty of Letters, especially English Department in the field of literatures and psychology and as a contribution for those who need references in doing a research. b. Theoretically, this thesis can enrich the writer and other researchers’ knowledge about literature and psychology, especially multiple personality

. 1.6 The Reviews of Related Literature

 1. Aminuddin in his book Apresiasi Karya Sastra. 2. Benjamin B. Lahey, in his book Psychology: An Introduction.

Universitas Sumatera Utara 3. Rene Wellek and Austin Warren in Theory of Literature (translated by Melani Budianta into Indonesia language).

This book provides about the relation between literatures and psychology.

This book describes about literature and types of literature (the genre).

This novel is as the main source for the writer in writing this thesis.

This book provides the theory of personality.

Her thesis has helped me in analyzing the main character which is related to my thesis.

Her thesis has helped me to understand how to analyze the psychological disorder through the character. 4. Robert Edgar V and Henry E. Jacobs in An Introduction: To reading and Writing. 5. Sidney Sheldon’s novel Tell Me Your Dreams. 6. Walter Mischel in his book Introduction to Personality: Toward an Integration. 7. Sint Lourence Saragi in her thesis An Analysis of the Main Characters in Flora Rheta Schreiber’s Novel Sybil. 8. Wulan Dini Tanjung in her thesis A Study of Psychological Disorder through the Selected Characters in Sidney Sheldon’s Novel the Naked Face. 

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