AN ANALYSIS OF CLIFFORD PATTERSON’S LOVE AFFAIR
IN DENISE ROBINS’ NOVEL “THE STRONG HEART”
THESIS
By:
AISYATUR RAHMAH
ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF MUHAMMADIYAH MALANG
AN ANALYSIS OF CLIFFORD PATTERSON’S LOVE AFFAIR
IN DENISE ROBINS’ NOVEL “THE STRONG HEART”
THESIS
This thesis is submitted to meet one of the requirements to achieve Sarjana Degree in English Education
By:
AISYATUR RAHMAH
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ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF MUHAMMADIYAH MALANG
MOTTO AND DEDICATION
B ercita-citalah yang tinggi…
B ermimpilah yang besar…
T api ingat…
Y ang paling penting bukanlah seberapa besar mimpi kita,,,,
T api seberapa besar kita untuk mimpi itu.
(A nonymous)
DEDICATION:
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Alhamdulillah, all praises to Allah, the most Gracious and Merciful, who has given the writer guidance and blessing in finishing this thesis. Shalawat and Salam are also delivered to the Prophet Muhammad SAW who has brought Islam as the rahmatan lil alamin.
Then, the writer would like to express her great appreciation and thanks to the people who have helped her in completing this thesis. She thanks to:
1. Her first advisor, Dra. Thathit Manon Andini, M. Hum and her second advisor, Fardini Sabilah, M. Pd, for their guidance, suggestion, correction, and comment on this thesis. Without their guidance, this thesis would have never finished. 2. Her beloved parents, H. Amiruslan, S. Pd and Hj. Lely Fauziyah, S. Pd, who
always pray, support, and give the affection during writing this thesis.
3. Her beloved husband, Badrud Tamam, S. Si, M. Pd, who always gives motivation and affection during writing this thesis.
4. Her lovely brother (Moch. Qadarusman) and sister (Rizqi Amalia Makkiyah) who give motivation.
5. Her great friends, Aris, Ani, Acha, Li2k, Ri2s, Nu2k (her friends in boarding house) and Eka, Amarten, Farinyot, Fian, Nur, Dendi, Dimas, Ibah, Sasy, and many more (her friends in D class).
Malang, 29 April 2011
TABLE OF CONTENTS
APPROVAL ...i
LEGALIZATION ... ii
MOTTO AND DEDICATION ...iii
ABSTRACT ...iv
CHAPTER II REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE ... 6
2.1 Literature ... 6
2.2 Novel ... 8
2.3 Kinds of Novel ... 8
2.4 Elements of Novel ... 10
2.4.1 Plot ... 10
2.4.2 Character and Characterization ... 13
2.5.2 The Impacts of Love Affair ... 21
CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHODOLOGY ... 23
3.1 Research Design ... 23
3.2 Approach ... 24
3.3 The Object of Study ... 25
3.4 Data Collection ... 25
3.5 Data Analysis ... 26
CHAPTER IV FINDING AND DISCUSSION ... 27
4.1 Finding ... 27
4.1.1 The Causes of Clifford Patterson’s Love Affair ... 27
4.1.2 The Impacts of Clifford Patterson’s Love Affair ... 32
4.2 Discussion ... 34
CHAPTER V CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION ... 37
5.1 Conclusion ... 37
5.2 Suggestion ... 38
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1 CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION
This chapter presents the background of study, the statement of problem, the purpose of study, the significance of study, the scope and limitation, and the definition of key term.
1.1 The Background of Study
Literature is one of human works which reflects the real life. It is human’s life expression. It expresses a series of happening of human life such as their problems, struggle of life and conflict of life. It also describes human beings’ thoughts, feeling, behavior and attitudes. Koesnosoebroto has stated, “Literature exists because it pleases us by imitating life or by displaying its writers’ visions of life” (1988: 2).
According to Griffith (1982:1), “Literature gives pleasure, it has a certain magic that transports us from the “real” world to a seemingly more remote and enjoyable place”. People who read literature will get enjoyment because it gives information, knowledge and experience about human daily life. By reading literature, they can know about the events or the problems which happen in society.
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is an extended fictional prose narrative. Like a short story writer, a novelist creates an imaginary world in order to present readers with a particular vision of life”. In addition, he states that a novel can recreate the fullness, complexity, and on going flow of life itself. So, by reading novel, we are not only able to get entertainment, but also know about vision of life that develops over time.
In this study, the writer is interested in analyzing Denise Robins’ novel “The Strong Heart” because it tells about human daily problems that may happen in the readers’ life. One of the problems in this novel is love affair. According to Vaughan, love affair is a secrecy emotional relationship with someone who is not his or her legal partner although it does not involve sex (2000). Based on this definition, it can be concluded that love affair does not only involve sexual relationship but also emotional relationship.
Love affair can be done by people who are already married or not married yet. However, the writer analyzes on love affair of Clifford Patterson who is not married yet in Denise Robins’ novel. In this study, the writer wants to know the causes and the impacts of love affair on himself and his partner.
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nephew village started to call their name by saying “Your uncle is womanizer”. The last, he divorced his wife, Shuyu.
Based on the writer’s investigation, there was still a few of researchers who analyzed about love affair in novel, whereas it is very interesting to be analyzed. Nowadays, the amount of love affair becomes more increases in the society. Although it is taboo in Muslim societies, many people have still done it. Therefore, it is very important for the researchers to conduct a further analysis about love affair in order to know more detail about the causes and negative impacts of love affair.
The explanation above is the reason why the writer wants to analyze the causes and the impacts of Clifford Patterson’s love affair in Denise Robins’ novel “The Strong Heart”. It is expected to give new insight and important lesson to the readers about love affair especially the negative impacts of love affair.
1.2 The Statement of Problem
Based on the background above, the problems of this study are stated as follows:
1. What are the causes of Clifford Patterson’s love affair in Denise Robins’ novel “The Strong Heart”?
2. What are the impacts of Clifford Patterson’s love affair in Denise Robins’ novel “The Strong Heart”?
1.3The Purpose of Study
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1. To know the causes of Clifford Patterson’s love affair in Denise Robins’ novel “The Strong Heart”.
2. To know the impacts of Clifford Patterson’s love affair in Denise Robins’ novel “The Strong Heart”.
1.4The Significance of Study
The first, this study is expected to be useful for the readers to understand about the story of “The Strong Heart” novel. Besides that, they can know the causes and the negative impacts of love affair, so they can get new insight about love affair in their social life. The second, the writer also hopes it can give contribution to further researchers who want to conduct a similar research with other topics, for example about loyalty, disappointment, etc.
1.5The Scope and Limitation
There are a lot of novels of Denise Robins, but the writer limits this study in analyzing “The Strong Heart” because it is very interesting. It was released in 1965 in London. The scope of this study is focused on love affair. And the writer analyzes the problem only on the causes and the negative impacts of Clifford Patterson’s love affair on himself and his partner.
1.6The Definition of Key Term
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1. Analysis is a description about the element that has purpose to comprehend the relationship between one element and others in supporting the meaning of literary works (Sudjiman, 1964: 4).
2. Love affair is a secrecy emotional relationship with someone who is not his or her legal partner although it does not involve sex (Vaughan: 2000).
