KUMPULAN CONTOH SKRIPSI BAHASA INGGRIS NOVEL AN ANALYSIS OF MORAL VALUES FOUND IN MAJOR CHARACTER OF A MAN NAMED DAVE NOVEL

AN ANALYSIS OF MORAL VALUES FOUND IN MAJOR

CHARACTER OF A MAN NAMED DAVE NOVEL

CHAPTER I

INTRODUCTION

1.1 Background of the Analysis

Literature is a permanent expression in words of some thoughts or feeling or idea about life and the world ( Rees, 1973:9). Literature also the writing or the study of books, valued as works of art (drama, fiction, essay, poetry, biography, contrasted with technical books and journalism). The main generic of literature today is poetry, drama and the novel. The novel as a genre of fiction can be defined as : “a work of prose finction, usually an extended narrative that tells a story or uses incidents to dramatize human experience and individual characters”(Grambs, 1925: 93). A novel can be analyzed in several points of view. It can be analyzed from the moral, social and religious point of view. Moral has a close relationship with character, because moral is reflected by character. Character is the element of prose and moral actually is one of four levels of characterization. These levels help us to see the very basic description of character. Moral derives from the latin ‘mos’ which means attitude and habbits. This attitude based on the determination of right and wrong. Values means standard that used to define something and regarded as conventional. In other word, moral values is standard of attitude that based on the determination of right and wrong which regarded by those who make the standart of moral. Novel is prose story telling with a great amount of detail on every page, and usually reveals human values (John Peck and Martin Coyle 1986 : 102). It means in every novel has different

meaning and message from the author. And the novel that the writer want to analyze is A Man Named Dave Novel by Dave Pelzer. This novel is a real story of Dave Pelzer’s life. David James (Dave) Pelzer is an American. He is an army in air force before being an author. In this thesis, the writer analyzes the moral value that found in major character in A Man Named Dave novel. A Man Named Dave novel is one of the best seller book. This novel illustrats good motivation to its reader. That is the main reason why the writer interested in analyzing this novel. The writer wants to know what is the moral value in this novel and hope it can be make my life or every reader be better in the future.

1.2 Scope of the Analysis

There are many characters in A Man Named Dave Novel. To limit the analysis, the writer selected moral of three major characters : Dave pelzer, Patsy and The Father.

1.3 Problem of the Analysis

Problems that the writer would like to analyze are:

1. What are the moral values that found in A Man Named Dave Novel?

2. How do the mayor characters life based on the moral.

1.4 Objectives of the Analysis

The object of this thesis are

1. To know the moral values of mayor character in A Man Named Dave novel.

2. To know the mayor character’s life based on their moral.

1.5 Significance of the Analysis

Significance of this analysis is to give more understanding about moral values found in literary works especially novel. In literary works, like Novel, Poetry and Drama, there are moral values that the author wants to send and emphasize to the reader. The Author send a message directly (explicit) and the reader get the moral value easily and sometimes, it’s send indirectly (implicit).

1.6 Review ot Related Literature

In supporting the data of analysis, the writer gets several books that containing some information related to the subject. Some of them can be mentioned as follows:

1. Literature : English Literature by Thomas E Rankin and Wilford Maikin In this book, Thomas E Rankin and Wilford Maikin writes about Literature as whole. This book is very useful to learners who want to study more about literature and novel. The novel is a record of action due to emotion, the story in prose of a human life touched by emotion or by passionate thought.

2. Literature : English Literature by R.J. Rees (1973).

In this book, R.J. Rees writes about Literature as whole. This book is very useful to learners who want to study more about literature. Rees status, literature is permanent expression in words of some thoughts of feeling or idea about life and the world.

3. Literature : An Introduction to Reading and Writing (Fourth Edition) by Edgar V.

Ronerts and Henry E. Jacob (1995). This book is about literature. It guides us to understand more about literature especially in fiction, poetry and drama. This book is complete enough and good to read in other to enrich our knowledge about literature.

4. Philosophy : Treasure of World Philosophy by Dagobert D Runes.

This book is about philosophy. This book tells about what is moral and how is moral very important in human life, because moral is the main source of human in behavioring.

5. Teori Pengkajian Fiksi by Burhan Nurgiyantoro (1995)

In this book, Nurgiyantoro explains about literature, the Intrinsic and extrinsic elements in literature. This book also explains about the Moral Value in literature.

6. Thesis : The Analysis Of Moral Values Found in Harper Lee’s Novel to Kill A Mocking Bird by Rances Tampubolon (2010). This thesis analyzes

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