AN ANALYSIS OF JOHN NASH AS SCHIZOPHRENIC MAN
ON SYLVIA NASARS’ NOVEL
A BEAUTIFUL MIND
THESIS
By:
VIONA KARTIKAWATI
201210100311050
ENGLISH LANGUAGE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT
FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION
AN ANALYSIS OF JOHN NASH AS SCHIZOPHRENIC MAN
ON SYLVIA NASARS’ NOVEL
A BEAUTIFUL MIND
THESIS
This thesis is submitted to meet one of the requirements to achieve
Sarjana Degree in English Language Education.
By:
VIONA KARTIKAWATI
201210100311050
ENGLISH LANGUAGE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT
FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION
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MOTTO AND DEDICATION
“
I walk slowly, but never walk backward
”
-Abraham
Lincoln-The researcher dedicated this thesis to:
Her Beloved Parents
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Alhamdulillah, Praise and great gratitude to Almighty God submitted by
the author to Allah SWT for blessings and help to complete this thesis. Next,
blessing be on Muhammad SAW who brings us out of the darkness.
My grateful thanks are also expressed to my beloved mother, Mrs. Ratih
Unikawati, who always supporting me to finish this thesis, and for always pray
the best for me, and also my beloved dad, Mr. Nuryadi (Alm), who has always
been my spirit to finish this thesis.
Honorable mention goes to Dr. Sri Hartiningsih, M.M and Nina Inayati,
M. Ed as her advisors for their valuable guidance and advice.
Thanks so my greatest as well as special friend, Agum Eka Paksi, who
always accompany and gather with me in any conditions. For all my family,
especially my cousin, Safira, who always give me a passion while doing this
thesis. Also to all my friends, Dina, Vefti, Imas, Indira, Nesa, Karisma, Safrida,
Rividha, Monica, Adi, Odi, Apri, Istia, Fathon, Mahsa, Uni, Dimas, Mutiah, Zay,
Yudi, Tedy, thanks for the support and always be with me, they are all really
mean in my life.
The Researcher,
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
APPROVAL ... iii
MOTTO AND DEDICATION ... v
LETTER OF AUTHENTICITY ... vi
ABSTRACT ... vii
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ... viii
TABLE OF CONTENTS ... ix
CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of Study ... 1
1.2 Statements of Problem ... 3
1.3 Purposes of Study ... 3
1.4 Significances of Study ... 3
1.5 Scope and Limitation ... 4
1.6 Definitions of Key Terms ... 4
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b. Olfactory Hallucination ... 17
c. Gustatory Hallucination ... 17
2.4.3 Disorganized Speech ... 18 3.1 Research Design ... 20
3.2 Approach ... 21
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3.2.2 Pragmatic Approach ... 21
3.2.3 Expressive Approach ... 22
3.2.4 Objective Approach ... 22
3.3 Object of the Study ... 23
3.4 Data Collection ... 23
3.5 Data Analysis ... 24
CHAPTER IV RESEARCH FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION 4.1 Findings ... 25
4.1.1 Indicators of Schizophrenia ... 25
4.1.1.1 His delusion about being recruited by aliens and the left foot of God... 25
4.1.1.2 His hallucination about the man in red neckties around the MIT campus ... 27
4.1.1.3 His disorganized bad behavior ... 28
4.1.2 Actions of Schizophrenia ... 28
4.1.2.1 His action as being recruited by “Aliens” and the left of God ... 29
a. Shifting station to station on radio ... 29
b. Organizing a defense against “an invasion of aliens” .. 29
c. Asking about the secret number ... 30
4.1.2.2 His action about the man in red neckties around the MIT campus ... 30
a. Speaking loudly and acting like a spoiled little boy ... 30
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a. Transforming his appearance and manner... 31
4.2 Discussion ... 31
CHAPTER V CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION
5.1 Conclusion ... 35
5.2 Suggestion ... 36
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CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION
This chapter presents the background of study, statement of the problems,
purposes of study, significance of the study, scope and limitation and definition of
key terms.
1.1 Background of Study
Novel is familiar to people who love to read. Many of the stories are
inspiring, light reading, fun and informative. Novel can impress the readers to get
knowledge about social values. According to Kennedy (1999: 213), “a book –
length story in prose, whose author tries to create the sense while reading, we
experience actual life”. So, novel can make the reader feel the presence of the
author who made real people living from a real environmental problem. From
novel, we can get the new knowledge, experience, and new case that we do not
know yet but it might happen in our daily life. Furthermore, we can be inspired by
the author about how to solve the cases and help us to understand how people
live, whether in the past or present days.
In this study, Sylvia Nasar’s novel “A Beautiful Mind” is chosen to be
analyzed because it is an interesting novel which shows how John Nash, the
brilliant Princeton University mathematician whose life as a schizophrenic man
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Beautiful Mind” is an economist and journalist. The novel was widely praised. In
1998 it was first published, this novel won National Book Critics Circle Award
for biography. This novel was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for biography. As
the list of New York Times’ bestseller list for biography, this novel was
shortlisted for the Rhone-Poulenc Prize in 1999. One of interesting thing in “A
Beautiful Mind” is that we can understand how the schizophrenia was able to
crush the John Nash’s life.
One of the interesting thing in “A Beautiful Mind” novel is schizophrenia.
According to Semiun (2006: 396), “Schizophrenia is a mental disorder in which
an individual develops a personality that is very different and separated”.
Schizophrenia can cause hallucinations, delusions, and deviated way of thinking
and behavior. This condition makes the sufferers gradually lose the ability to
socialize with other people to take care for themselves. This is will be interesting
discussion because this illness will cause hallucination between real life and
virtual life. The researcher is interested in Schizophrenia because it functions to
give some information about indicators and actions of his mental illness. In
addition, it is possible to express how John Nash was shaken by Schizophrenia in
his life.
Based on the description above, it is interesting to analyze this novel because
schizophrenia suffered by John Nash as a Schizophrenic man in his life allows us
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1.2 Statement of the Problem
1. What are the indicators of schizophrenia faced by John Nash as found on
Sylvia Nasars’ Novel A Beautiful Mind?
2. How does John Nash act schizophrenia on Sylvia Nasars’ Novel A
2. To describe the John Nash act schizophrenia on Sylvia Nasars’ Novel A
Beautiful Mind.
1.4 Significance of the Study
The result of this study is expected to give contribution to students, lecturers
of English Department of University of Muhammadiyah Malang, and for future
researcher. To students, this study will be used as references to enrich the students
in literary study. To lecturers, this study could be used for developing literature
and additional knowledge for English Department at University of
Muhammadiyah Malang and useful for the selection of reading comprehension
material. This study is expected to develop and give description about
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next researcher, the writer hopes that the result of this study can be used as
reference for readers who want to share their knowledge about schizophrenia.
1.5 Scope and Limitation
The scope of this study is John Nash schizophrenia on Sylvia Nasars’ novel A
Beautiful Mind. This study limits in focusing the indicators and actions of
schizophrenia.
1.6 Definition of Key Terms
The purpose of definition of key terms defines the important terms and to
avoid misunderstanding on the concept that is used in this study. The researcher
would like to present the definition of the key terms as follows:
1. Schizophrenia : “Mental disorder in which an individual develops a
personality that is very different and separated”,
(Semiun, 2006: 369). Schizophrenia can cause
hallucination, delusions, and deviations way of
thinking and behavior.
2. John Nash : The main character of this Novel. John Nash (June 13,
1928 – May 23, 2015) was brilliant Princeton
University mathematician whose life story was the
subject of the novel "A Beautiful Mind”.
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create the sense while read, we experience actual
life”, (Kennedy (1999: 213).
4. A Beautiful Mind : The tittle of the novel that would be analyzed on this
study. This novel tells about one of the greatest
mathematical genius of the 20th century, studied and
taught at Princeton University, and suffered from the
mental disease of schizophrenia for most of his adult
life. This novel is published by Simon and Schuster in
1998.
5. Action : “The characterization of action thus requires of us that
we grapple with interconnections between the
intentional”, (Barham, 1993). This action is used to
identify what someone else is doing towards placing a
particular episode in schizophrenia lives to the
