POSITIVE REGARDS ON THE LEADING CHARACTER AS PORTRAYED IN PALACIO’S WONDER
A THESIS
BY
ROBY MAULIZA
REG.NO : 130705114
DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH
FACULTY OF CULTURAL STUDIES
UNIVERSITY OF SUMATERA UTARA
MEDAN 2017
POSITIVE REGARDS ON THE LEADING CHARACTER AS PORTRAYED IN PALACIO‘S WONDER
A THESIS BY
ROBY MAULIZA REG. NO. 130705114
DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH
v AUTHOR’S DECLARATION
I, ROBY MAULIZA, DECLARE THAT I AM THE SOLE AUTHOR OF THIS THESIS EXCEPT WHERE REFERENCE IS MADE IN THE TEXT OF THIS THESIS. THIS THESIS CONTAINS NO MATERIAL PUBLISHED ELSEWHERE OR EXTRACTED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FROM A THESIS BY WHICH I HAVE QUALIFIED FOR OR AWARDED ANOTHER DEGREE. NO OTHER PERSON’S WORK HAS BEEN USED WITHOUT DUE ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS IN THE MAIN TEXT OF THIS THESIS. THIS THESIS HAS NOT BEEN SUBMITTED FOR THE AWARD OF ANOTHER DEGREE IN ANY TERTIARY EDUCATION.
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Date : July 17, 2017
vii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Alhamdulillah for the blessing, and everything in my life. Salutation to my Prophet Nabi Muhammad SAW, may the peace and blessings be on the most noble of Prophets and Messengers, on his family and all of his Companions.
There are so many steps has been done by the researcher to make this thesis complete entitled Positive Regards On The Leading Character As Portrayed In Palacio’s Wonder, and ready to presented as a thesis of the first graduate. The
researcher has got so many helps, support and motivation from many people to process of doing this thesis from the beginning until the end.
My deepest and greatest gratitude thanks to my beloved mother, Mistuti, the most special woman in my life, and my first love, my father, Syarifuddin, for their pray, unconditional love, attention and support me all the time. For my dear sisters, Kak Ani and Kiky, thank you for your support, happiness and sadness that we always share together. We may fight sometimes, we may argue, but I do love you. And thanks for my lovely nephew, Fairel, for his laugh and smile that makes my day.
I would like to express my sincere gratitude to Drs. Parlindungan Purba, M.Hum as my Supervisor for his help, kindness, patience, knowledge, and immense time for me to write and finish this thesis. And for Dra. Diah Rahayu Pratama, M.Pd as my Co-Supervisor for her suggestion, and kindness to help me in writing this thesis.
I address my high gratitude to the Dean of Faculty of Cultural Studies, Dr. Budi Agustono, M.S., The Head of English Department, Dr. Deliana, M.Hum., and
viii the Secretary of English Department, Rahmadsyah Rangkuti, MA. Ph.D. for their encouragement during my study in this faculty.
I would like to thank to Dr. Matius Cikepen Annalela Sembiring, M.A as my academic Supervisor who has supported me and all the lecturers of English Department who has given me valuable knowledge during my study in this faculty. And also Pak Kirno, thank you so much for helping me in administration.
And special thanks goes to Fandi Kurnia, for the support, love and attention. Thank you for the memories that I will cherish forever.
Thanks to my great friends, abam Yus, Memey, Teddy, for the great time and memories. And also thanks to ‗Pasukan Malay‘ for their support, laughter and for all
the moments we had shared together. I love you, guys. And thanks also to all my classmates in badge 2013.
Despite my effort to produce a faultless paper, I am well aware that the readers will find numerous imperfections, for which I apologize.
Medan, July 2017
(Roby Mauliza)
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ix ABSTRAK
Skripsi ini berjudul Positive Regards On The Leading Character As Portrayed in Palacio’s Wonder. Skripsi ini membahas tentang bagaimana cinta membangun kepribadian dan bagaimana simpati menyokong kepribadian tokoh utama yang mengalami kecacatan wajah. Penulis mengacu kepada teori yang dikemukakan oleh Carl Rogers, yang merupakan tokoh psikologi humanistik untuk mengatasi masalah penelitian. Adapun metode yang dipakai dalam menganalisis masalah dalam skripsi ini adalah metode deskriptif kualitatif. Cinta dan simpati orang terdekatnya seperti Ibu, Ayah dan kakaknya serta beberapa teman baiknya membuat August menemukan identitas dirinya bahwa dia berarti bagi orang lain dihidupnya. Cinta dan simpati merupakan dorongan positif yang menghasilkan aura positif dalam membentuk dan menyokong karakter atau kepribadian pada tataran prilaku sosial untuk dapat hidup berdampingan dalam arti interaksi. Dari hasil analisis, penulis memperoleh bahwa dengan adanya dorongan positif seperti cinta dan simpati yang diberikan oleh orang lain dapat membangun dan menyokong kepribadian tokoh utama yang mengalami kecacatan wajah menjadi lebih positif dalam menghadapi realita dunia.
Kata Kunci: Penghargaan positif, Cinta, Simpati, Analisis Psikologis, Kecacatan Wajah
x ABSTRACT
This thesis entitled Positive Regards On The Leading Character As Portrayed in Palacio’s Wonder. This thesis discusses about how love develops the personality and how sympathy sustains the personality of the leading character who suffered a facial deformity. The researcher refers to the theory of Carl Rogers, who is a figure of humanistic psychology to attempt problem of the study. The method used in analyzing the problem in this thesis is descriptive qualitative method. The love and sympathy from his closely related person such as Mother, Father and sister and some of his best friends makes August discover his identity that he is meaningful to others in his life. Love and sympathy are positive impulses that produce a positive aura in developing and sustaining character or personality at the level of social behavior to be able to coexist in the sense of interaction. From the results of the analysis, the researcher found that with positive regards such as love and sympathy that given by others can develops and sustains the personality of the leading character who suffered a facial deformity to be more positive to face the reality of the world.
Keywords: Positive regards, Love, Sympathy, Psychological Analysis, Facial Deformity
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xi TABLE OF CONTENTS
AUTHOR’S DECLARATION ... v
COPYRIGHT DECLARATION ... vi
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3.3 Technique of Collecting Data... 26
3.4 Method of Analyzing Data ... 26
CHAPTER IV FINDING AND ANALYSIS ... 28
4.1 Love ... 28
4.2 Sympathy ... 44
CHAPTER V CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION ... 53
5.1 Conclusion ... 53
5.2 Suggestion ... 54
REFERENCES ... 55
APPENDICES
i. Author’s Biography
ii. The Summary of Wonder