AN ANALYSIS OF ALIFÂ’S PERSISTENCE IN REACHING HIS DREAM IN AHMAD FUADIÂ’S NOVEL THE LAND OF FIVE TOWERS

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AN ANALYSIS OF ALIF’S PERSISTENCE IN REACHING HIS

DREAM IN AHMAD FUADI’S NOVEL

THE LAND OF FIVE

TOWERS

THESIS

By:

Farisa Az-zahra

(201110100311104)

ENGLISH DEPARTMENT

FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION

UNIVERSITY OF MUHAMMADIYAH MALANG

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AN ANALYSIS OF ALIF’S PERSISTENCE IN REACHING HIS

DREAM IN AHMAD FUADI’S NOVEL

THE LAND OF FIVE

TOWERS

THESIS

This thesis is submitted to meet one of the requirements to achieve Sarjana Degree in English Education

By: Farisa Az zahra 201110100311104

ENGLISH DEPARTMENT

FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION

UNIVERSITY OF MUHAMMADIYAH MALANG

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iv The undersigned:

Name : Farisa Az zahra

Student ID Number : 201110100311104

Program of Study : English Department

Faculty : Faculty of Teacher Training and Education

I declare that the work presented in this thesis was carried out by myself and does

not incorporate without acknowledgement any material previously submitted for a

degree or diploma in any university. To the best of my knowledge this thesis does

not contain any materials previously publish or written by another person except

where due reference is made in text.

Malang,3 Mei 2016

Farisa Az zahra

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Katakanlah: “Kalau sekiranya lautan menjadi tinta untuk menulis kalimat-kalimat

Tuhanku, sungguh habislah lautan itu sebelum habis (ditulis) kalimat-kalimat

Tuhanku, meskipun Kami datangkan tambahan sebanyak itu pula”.

(QS. Al Kahfi 16:109)

“Dan seandainya pohon-pohon di bumi menjadi pena dan laut (menjadi tinta),

ditambahkan kepadanya tujuh laut (lagi) sesudah (kering)nya, niscaya tidak akan

habis-habisnya (di tuliskan) kalimat Allah. Sesungguhnya Allah Maha Perkasa

lagi Maha Bijaksana”.

(QS. Luqman 21:27)

I dedicated this thesis to:

1. My beloved parents

2. My beloved sisters

3. My beloved lecturers

4. My beloved friends

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Literature is an imaginative writing. It can give new point of view about life. Novel is one of literary works that has purpose of giving entertainment, enjoyment, and information for the readers. By reading and analyzing the novel The Land of Five Towers by Ahmad Fuadi, the readers can take some moral values from the main character, Alif, who is persistent in reaching his dream since knowing that persistence is very needed in everyone’s life

The purposes of this study are to find out Alif’s persistence in reaching his dream and to describe how Alif’s persistence in reaching his dream in Ahmad Fuadi’s novel The Land of Five Towers.In analyzing this novel, the descriptive qualitative method is applied because this study is concerned in analyzing this novel descriptively. The object of the study is the whole events in the form of paragraphs and dialogues in the novel The Land of Five Towers by Ahmad Fuadi.

Based on the result of this study, it is found that there are four Alif’s persistence in the novel they are: (1) Eagerness of effort (2) Work Hardened (3) Ambitious and (4) Perfectionist. There are five Alif’s ways in developing persistence. They are: (1) Definiteness of purpose (2) Self-reliance (3) Accurate Knowledge (4) Cooperation and (5) Habit

Keyword :Analysis, Persistence, Dream

The Advisor I, The Writer,

Dra. Erly Wahyuni, M.Si. Farisa Azzahra

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In the name of Allah, the most gracious and the most merciful, all

praises given to Allah SWT for the uncountable blessing given to the researcher

during this study in English Department of University of Muhammadiyah Malang

and especially in completing this thesis.

The researcher would like to show her deep gratitude to Dra. Erly

Wahyuni, M.Si. as the first advisor and Dr. Sri Hartiningsih, M.M. as the second

advisor, for their patience, kindness, and invaluable advice in guiding the

researcher until she could finish her thesis.

Furthermore a special gratitude to my beloved parents, Abah U. Subary

and Mama Milka Bachdim that always give the researcher motivation, support,

care, and prayer for the finishing of this thesis.

The last, many thanks to the lecturers and my beloved friends who

always give their supports.

Malang, 3 Mei 2016

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CHAPTER I

INTRODUCTION

In this chapter, the researcher presents some topics dealing with

introduction. These topics are background of the study, statement of the problems,

purposes of the study, significance of the study, scope and limitation, and

definitions of the key terms.

1.1 Background of the Study

Language is a tool for communication. It has an important role to reveal

intention to someone. People can express their thought and feeling by using

language. English has become the primary language of communication. It is

spoken by millions of people all over the world. English has become the dominant

language in many fields of activity such as industry, military, business, tourism,

transportation, sports, international relation, art etc. In Indonesia, English is

adopted as the foreign language.

One of English studies in art aspect is literature. “Literature is a speech act

or textual event that elicits certain kinds of attention. It contrasts with other sorts

of speech acts, such as imparting information, asking questions or making

promises” (Culler, 2000). It can be stated that literature is the kind of work that is

be able to be the entertainment that catch the attention of the reader. Literary

works in Indonesia has been developed since a long time ago both in their

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2 feeling, attitude, human problem, and personal experience. Tiastuti (2011) states

“Reading literature will enrich our mental life and moral improvement as a

prospective toward life because, the majority, literary works have many valuable

experiences from human life and are the imitation of social life”. But, they are still

mixed with the imagination of the author. Literature consists of short story, poem,

drama, and novel.

Novel as one of literary works is a kind of prose fiction. Koesnosoebroto

(1988) stated that prose fiction is a work of imagination which is different from an

essay and according to Wright (in Koesnosoebroto, 1988) “Novel is a long work

of prose fiction which makes some claims to be considered as a work of art”. So,

novel has a long story, chapter to chapter to entertain the reader and they will

come into the world of imagination created by the author. Moreover, by reading

from page to page, the reader will feel the real emotion (laugh, cry, get angry)

even it is only a fiction. According to Arp and Johnson (2006), “Novel gives more

detail awareness of humanity in the world that is sometimes friendly and

unfriendly. It also helps the readers to understand their world, neighbors, and

themselves.” Because novel tells about human being and life, provides

information and lesson, and can affect readers’ emotion, in this case, the

researcher only focuses on novel to be analyzed.

Human’s persistence is one of the topics that usually the novel tells about.

Edison says, “Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close

they were to success when they gave up”. This is a motivational quote to help

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3 says if people lack persistence and motivation, they often give up too easily just

when they may be at the brink of success. Seligman & Peterson (in Simbolon,

2013)argues that persistence is one of the character strengths. It is the voluntary

action that is done in order to reach goals although there are obstacles, difficulties

or despairs. Cloninger (in Gautam, 2008) also states that someone who are

persistent, they are are eager to start work, do not give up easily, tend to work extra hard

and will make major sacrifices to be a success

Based on the previous study intended by Hamidah (2012), in her thesis

“An analysis of Akeelah’s struggle to become the winner in spelling bee at

“Akeelah and The Bee” film” stated that the girl who names Akeelah is persistent

to become the winner in spelling bee contest. She faced many problems, but she is

really persistent to reach his goal, and finally she became the winner in spelling

bee contest. The result of this research shows that persistence is one of the

characteristic that human should have. Persistence is included of the struggle. It is

important and interesting to discuss because people have to struggle and

persistence to get what they want and face their problem.

The researcher chooses the novel entitled “The Land of Five Towers”

(2011) directed by Ahmad Fuadi to be analyzed. This novel is a popular novel. It

was adapted into a film with the title ”Negeri 5 Menara” which released on March

2012. More specifically, this study analyzes the persistence of Alif in reaching his

dream. He is still persistent to find his bright future which began half-heartedly

decision. The researcher and also the reader can take many lessons of Alif’s

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4 in human life. Just like phrase that is always held by Alif, man jadda wa jada, he

who gives his all will surely succeed. This novel is inspired by a true story. It is

inspired by the author’s enlightening education experience at Pondok Modern

Gontor, East Java. The main character (Alif) is inspired by his friend, and some

are a composite of several people

1.2 Statement of Problems

The problems which are going to be discussed in this study are as follows:

1. What is Alif’s persistence in reaching his dream in Ahmad Fuadi’s “The Land

of Five Towers”?

2. How is Alif’s persistence in reaching his dream in Ahmad Fuadi’s “The Land

of Five Towers”?

1.3 Purposes of the Study

Related to the statement problems above, the purposes of the study are as

follows:

1. To find out Alif’s persistence in reaching his dream in Ahmad Fuadi’s “The

Land of Five Towers”.

2. To describe how Alif’s persistence in reaching his dream in Ahmad Fuadi’s

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1.4 Significance of the Study

In the significance of the study, the researcher would like to show the

contribution of this study. It might contributes special information for the

students, teachers and lectures, even the next researchers, especially in English

Department and also for the public reader.

For students, it is hoped this study can help them to learn more and

analyze about Alif’s persistence in reaching his dream in order to reflect it to the

real life.

For teachers and lecturers, the result of this study can help them to give a

valuable contribution in teaching English, especially related with literature and

hopefully can be the alternative reference to the teacher in teaching literature.

For the next researcher, it is expected that the study can be a reference for

developing the research.

For the public readers, it is hoped that it can overcome the problem that

may happen in their life which has similarity with the problem in this novel.

1.5 Scope and Limitation

Based on the research objective above, there are many topics and lessons

that can be taken from the novel being analyzed but this research is only focus on

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6 Therefore, this research is only limited on the kind of Alif’s persistence

and how Alif’s persistence.

1.6 Definition of the Key Terms

The definition of key term is used in this study in order to avoid the

misunderstanding, so that is why the researcher makes the term that defined to:

1.An analysis is separating the object of the study into parts in order to examine in details its aspect

2.Persistence is the voluntary action that is done in order to reach goals although there are obstacles, difficulties or despairs (Seligman & Peterson, 2004)

3.Dream is a strongly desired goal or purpose (Vischer, 2008)

4. Novel is a long story about imaginary or partly imaginary characters and events” (Madden, 2007)

5. Alif is one of the main characters in Ahmad Fuadi’s “The Land of Five

Towers”

6.AhmadFuadi is the author of the “The Land of Five Towers” novel

AN ANALYSIS OF ALIFÂ’S PERSISTENCE IN REACHING HIS DREAM IN AHMAD FUADIÂ’S NOVEL THE LAND OF FIVE TOWERS

AN ANALYSIS OF ALIF’S PERSISTENCE IN REACHING HIS

DREAM IN AHMAD FUADI’S NOVEL

THE LAND OF FIVE

TOWERS

THESIS

By:

Farisa Az-zahra

(201110100311104)

ENGLISH DEPARTMENT

FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION

UNIVERSITY OF MUHAMMADIYAH MALANG

AN ANALYSIS OF ALIF’S PERSISTENCE IN REACHING HIS

DREAM IN AHMAD FUADI’S NOVEL

THE LAND OF FIVE

TOWERS

ENGLISH DEPARTMENT

FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION

UNIVERSITY OF MUHAMMADIYAH MALANG

TABLE OF CONTENTS

CHAPTER I

INTRODUCTION