SPLIT PERSONALITY IN ADRIENNE STOLTZ &
RON BASS’S NOVEL LUCID (2012)
THESIS
Submitted to the Department of Language Studies, Graduate School of Universitas Muhammadiyah Surakarta
In partial fulfillment of the requirement for the degree of Master of Education
by
MOTTO
- Personality has power to uplift, power to depress, power to curse, and power to bless.
(Paul Harris)
- Style is a reflection of your attitude and your personality. (Shawn Ashmore)
- Always be yourself, express yourself, have faith in yourself, do not go out and look for a successful personality and duplicate it.
DEDICATION
This paper is proudly and wholeheartedly dedicates to:
- My beloved parents Syamsuhudi and Jumiyati, who always give me
spiritual and material supports; thank you for the love.
- My beloved sister yushinta and her husband yudi.
- My ‘only one’ husband Budi Nugraha S.P. Thanks for your love and your
support.
- My lovely daughter Yasmin Almadina P.S
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
AssalamualaikumWr. Wb.
Alhamdulillahirabbil’alamin, all praises and gratitude be to Allah SWT,
the most gracious and the most merciful for blessing the writer to accomplish this
thesis under the title “Split Personality In Adrienne Stoltz & Ron Bass’s Novel
Lucid (2012)”. This thesis is one of requirement for getting the post graduate
program of language at Muhammadiyah University of Surakarta.
The writer realizes that it would never be possible without contribution
and supports from others. The writer would like to express her appreciation to:
1. Prof. Dr. Khuzaifah Dimyati, S.H., M.Hum, the Director of Muhammadiyah
University of Surakarta.
2. Prof. Dr. Markhamah, M.Hum, the Head of Language Study Department,
3. Dr. M. Thoyibi, M.S and Dr. Phil. Dewi Candraningrum, M.Ed as advisors of
this thesis who give guidance and advices during the arrangement of research
paper from the beginning until the end.
4. All lecturer in Magister Language Study,
5. Her beloved father, mother, brother, and all family members who always give
support.
The writer realizes that this research paper is not perfect and has a lot of
weaknesses. Therefore, the writer thanks to the readers if they can contribute in
giving suggestion and criticism to make this thesis better.
Wassalamu’alaikumWr. Wb.
Author
TABLE OF CONTENT
Page
PAGE OF TITLE... i
SUPERVISOR’S APPROVAL FORM I... ii
SUPERVISOR’S APPROVAL FORM II... iii
APPROVAL OF THESIS FOR SUBMISSION ... iv
STATEMENT OF AUTHORSHIP ... v
MOTTO... vi
DEDICATION... vii
ACKNOWLEDGMENT... viii
TABLE OF CONTENT... x
ABSTACT... xi
CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION... 1
A. Background of the Research ... 1
B. Problem Statement... 9
C. Objective of the Study ... 10
D. Benefit of the Study... 10
CHAPTER II UNDERLYING THEORY ... 11
A. Previous Study ... 11
B. Psychology of Literature... 16
C. Psychological Disorder ... 19
CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHOD... 29
CHAPTER IV RESULT OF RESEARCH AND DISCUSSION... 32
A. Result Of Research ... 32
1. The characteristic of split personality in the Lucid Novel ... 33
2. Depiction of Split Personality in the Lucid novel.. 39
3. The reason Adrienne Stoltz & Ron Bass Address the Split Personality Lucid Novel ... 56
B. Discussion ... 57
CHAPTER VI CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION... 71
A. Conclusion... 71
B. Suggestion ... 73
BIBLIOGRAPHY... 74
ABSTRACT
ISNAINI WAHYU PALUPI. S200120070. SPLIT PERSONALITY IN ADRIENNE STOLTZ & RON BASS’S NOVEL LUCID (2012). THESIS. MUHAMMADIYAH UNIVERSITY OF SURAKARTA. 2016
The subject of the study is a novel entitled Lucid written by Adrienne Stoltz & Ron Bass that was published on October 2nd, 2012. The method of collecting data is library research and the technique of analyzing data is descriptive analysis. Then, the writer analyzes the data of hallucination according to American Psychiatric Association. The writer draws conclusion that first, the characteristic of the Lucid Novel have dual personality, the major character are Maggie and or Sloane. Sloane is a highschooler who lives in Mystic, Connecticut, and Maggie is an actress that lives in New York. Second, Sloane and Maggie have different personality based on dual identity: dual name and different friends; dual lifesytle: different fashion and visited place; dwelling place: different of consumption and leisure time; and dual personality: different of way of talking, way of life, way of behaving, and social relation. Third, Adrienne Stoltz and Ron Bass try to share the phenomenon of split personalities as a way to remind the reader that there are split personalities. Readers need to know the characteristics of split personality disorder and can be used as a criterion of personal character to evaluation. This is due to the behavior of multiple personality that often occurs outside the individual consciousness itself.
ABSTRAK
ISNAINI WAHYU PALUPI. S200120070. SPLIT PERSONALITY IN ADRIENNE STOLTZ & RON BASS’S NOVEL LUCID (2012). TESIS. UNIVERSITAS MUHMMADIYAH SURAKARTA. 2016
Subjek penelitian ini adalah novel Lucid ditulis oleh Adrienne Stoltz & Ron Bass yang dipublikasikan pada tanggal 2 October 2012. Metode pengumpulan data adalah penelitian pustaka dan teknik analisis data menggunakan analisis deskriptif. Peneliti menganalisis data halusinasi berdasarkan American Psychiatric Association. Peneliti memberikan kesimpulan bahwa, pertama, karakteristik Novel Lucid memiliki kepribadian ganda, karakter utama adalah Maggie dan atau Sloane. Sloane adalah siswa sekolah tinggi yang tinggal di Mystic, Connecticut, dan Maggie adalah seorang aktris yang tinggal di New York. Kedua, Sloane dan Maggie memiliki kepribadian yang berbeda berdasarkan identitas ganda: nama ganda dan teman yang berbeda; gaya hidup ganda: fashion dan tempat favorit yang berbeda; Konsumsi dan waktu luang yang berbeda; dan kepribadian ganda: cara berbicara, cara hidup, cara berperilaku, dan hubungan sosial yang berbeda. Ketiga, Adrienne Stoltz dan Ron Bass mencoba untuk berbagi fenomena kepribadian ganda sebagai cara untuk mengingatkan pembaca bahwa kepribadian ganda itu memang ada. Pembaca perlu mengetahui karakteristik gangguan kepribadian ganda dan dapat digunakan sebagai kriteria karakter pribadi untuk evaluasi. Hal ini disebabkan perilaku kepribadian ganda yang sering terjadi di luar kesadaran individu itu sendiri.
