AN ANALYSIS
AN OBEDIENT DAUGHTER
FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF MUHAMMADIYAH MALANG
AN ANALYSIS ON ANNA’S ENDEAVOR TO BE AN OBEDIENT DAUGHTER IN JODI PICOULT’S NOVEL
“MY SISTER’S KEEPER”
THESIS
By:
FANNY KARTIKA SARI 09360035
ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF MUHAMMADIYAH MALANG
OCTOBER 2013
JODI PICOULT’S NOVEL
AN ANALYSIS
AN OBEDIENT DAUGHTER
This thesis is submitted to meet one of the requirements to achieveSarjana Degree in English Education
FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF MUHAMMADIYAH MALANG
AN ANALYSIS ON ANNA’S ENDEAVOR TO BE AN OBEDIENT DAUGHTER IN JODI PICOULT’S NOVEL
“MY SISTER’S KEEPER”
THESIS
This thesis is submitted to meet one of the requirements to achieveSarjana Degree in English Education
By:
Fanny Kartika Sari 09360035
ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF MUHAMMADIYAH MALANG
OCTOBER 2013
JODI PICOULT’S NOVEL
This thesis is submitted to meet one of the requirements to
This thesis written by Fanny KartikaSari was approved on October 22, 2013
This thesis was defended in front of the examiners of the Faculty of Teacher Training and Education of University of Muhammadiyah Malang
and accepted as one of the requirements to achieve Sarjana Degree in English Education
MOTTO AND DEDICATION
MOTTO
:Hargakebaikanmanusiaadalahdiukurmenurutapa yang
telahdilaksanakan /diperbuatnya.
(Ali Bin AbiThalib)
Berangkatdenganpenuhkeyakinan
If you study to ‘remember’,
Berjalandenganpenuhkeikhlasan
you will forget,
Istiqomahdalammenghadapicobaan
but if you study to
‘understand’,
“YAKIN, IKHLAS, ISTIQOMAH “
you will remember…
(Anonymous)
(Bodrum)
DEDICATION:
I dedicated this thesis to:
My beloved father and mother,
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
The highest gratitude is delivered upon Allah SWT who gives His blessing for
the writer to accomplish this thesis in order to achieve Bachelor Degree in Study
Program of English at University of Muhammadiyah Malang.
The writer would like to extend her deepest gratitude to Dr. Sri Hartiningsih, M.M as
the first advisor for her guidance, suggestion, explanation, and correction during the
writing process of this thesis. Her companion during the whole process is very
encouraging and helpful not only in terms of giving suggestion on the writing but also
in terms of giving support. Moreover, the writer’s thanks are addressed to,
PujiSumarsono, M.Ed., M.Pd as the second advisor for his guidance and suggestion
in the thesis writing process.
Finally, a special thank goes to her beloved mother (RachmaKumala Sari), father
(SlametHariono), sister (EkaRahmawati) who always give affection, motivation,
prayer, spiritual and financial support. She also thanks her close friends (Anita,
Nurin, Yenny), and someone special (MuchammadHusein) for their encouragement,
love, care, and prayer she can finish this thesis.
Malang, October 2013
TABLE OF CONTENTS
APPROVAL ... i
LEGALIZATION ... ii
MOTTO AND DEDICATION ... iii
ABSTRACT ... iv
CHAPTER II: REVIEW OF LITERATURE 2.1 Literature ... 7
2.5.1 Kinds of Obedience ... 17
2.6 Reasons of Obedience ... 19
2.7 Effect of Obedience ... 20
CHAPTER III: RESEARCH METHODOLOGY 3.1 Research Design ... 23
3.2 Approach ... 24
3.3 Research Object ... 26
3.4 Data Collection ... 26
3.5 Data Analysis ... 27
CHAPTER IV: FINDING AND DISCUSSION 4.1 Research Finding ... 28
4.1.1 Anna’s Endeavor to be An Obedient Daughter ... 28
4.1.2 Anna’s Reasons to be An Obedient Daughter ... 34
4.1.3 The Effect of Anna’s Endeavor to be An Obedient Daughter on Her Life ... 38
4.2 Discussion ... 42
CHAPTER V: CONCLUTION AND SUGGESTION 5.1 Conclusion ... 45
5.2 Suggestion ... 45 REFERENCES
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CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background of Study
Human beings are social being in nature. All people, moreover those who
seem to be isolated, wish to be part of the society. After a few years with the
family, individuals enter the society. The society has a great impact on the
formation of people’s characteristics. People learn about code of ethics and
social relationships from the society. People enter the society when they are
ready and think that they need other people in society. Some of human’s needs
could be satisfied only in the society.
Talking about society, human beings in this world cannot avoid from
having conflicts, whether it is simple or complicated. According to Sigmund
Freud:
Conflict is an opposition of two struggles between contestants. The component of conflicts might be ideas, wishes, impulses, and tendencies to respond the directions, instincts, emotion, and even perception. Conflict does not only happen in the conscious level, but also in the unconscious level. (Cited in Robert Dilts, 1997, para. 2)
Talking about conflict there must be conflict resolution which is related to
human endeavor. Conflict will not be resolved if there is no endeavor in
completing the problem or conflict. People who just hush oneself without doing
anything to complete their conflict it seems as nothing. Like a proverb, “If there
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goal and find a resolution of a conflict. There are many ways to find and learn
about conflict resolution such as in literary works.
Literature is a medium used by the author in conveying his idea and
opinion to express his point of view towards life. Through literature the author
could write the condition that happen around the society where he lives in. As
Bennet and Royle (2004:35) stated, literature is the kind of writing which most
persistently and most provocatively engages with the uncanny aspects of
experience, thought and feeling. It means that literature is made of the form of
sentence with impressive language and can touch human’s feeling.
According to Connolly (in Koesnosoebroto, 1988: 2) there are two kinds
of literature, they are literature of knowledge and literature of imagination.
Literature of knowledge presents or interprets facts, ideas, or happening; a
description of a person or a place, the explanation of scientific process, the
account of war, or the discussion of political issues. It can be said that literature
of knowledge talks about everything that happened and related to facts of
human life. It can be illustrated by strong evidences, so it gives significant
effects to people.
On the other hand, literature of imagination interprets experience by
factitious presentation of person, ideas, and events. It means that people have
two ways in literature: they will get knowledge and get the values of their life.
Furthermore, literary works can be classified into poetry, novel, short story,
drama, and film. From explanation of the points above, it can be concluded that
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and the problems faced by humanity. Therefore, literature taught them to be
able to feel what others feel. Many literary works also describe about the way
and endeavor how to solve the conflict.
Human endeavor to solve a problem often occurs in literary works as can
be found in the novel. A novel often illustrates the situation of the social
condition in a certain time. Therefore, a novel can increase empathy feeling and
tolerance in a society. It can make the readers know themselves through the
figures or the characters in the story. My Sister’s Keeper tells about the
struggling of a middle class family, named Fitzgerald with three different
children. This novel takes place in Rhode Island, during 1990 – 2004. Jodi
Picoult’s My Sister’s Keeper is a novel which emphasizes the endeavor of the
main character, Anna Fitzgerald, to fulfill her family desire to be an obedient
daughter and how big her endeavor influences her life. The reasons of doing the
endeavor also can be found in this novel.
Jodi Picoult’s My Sister’s Keeper is chosen because Jodi Picoult writes
the novel from the perspective of all characters. Each narrator speaks in first
person which allows the reader to see the story from each narrator’s point of
view. For example, Anna tells her own story that she has a psychological
conflict because she wants to help her sister, Kate but she also wants to become
more independent and get more attention from her family. It goes the same for
the other character in order to give the illustration about how each of the
character feels about the family problem in details. It also displays the emotion
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from one character to the others characters, it helps to understand the deep
emotion of one character. By making point of view of the story in the first
person point of view, the story can allow the readers to understand the feelings
and personal thought along with the main events.
Jodi Picoult’s novel is chosen because this novel tells about the different
way of endeavor to be an obedient daughter. The endeavor to be obedient
daughter that are done by the main character are clearly portrayed in this novel.
Anna’s reasons to be an obedient daughter to and the effect in her life also
become the concern.
1.2 Statement of the Problem
Based on the background of the study above, the problems of the study
are:
1. What was Anna’s endeavor to be an obedient daughter on Jodi Picoult
novel My Sister’s Keeper?
2. What were Anna’s reasons to be an obedient daughter on Jodi Picoult
novel My Sister’s Keeper?
3. What were the effects of Anna’s endeavor to be an obedient daughter on
her life in Jodi Picoult novel My Sister’s Keeper?
1.3 Purpose of the Study
1. To find out Anna’s endeavor to be an obedient daughter on Jodi Picoult
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2. To describe Anna’s reasons to be an obedient daughter on Jodi Picoult
novel My Sister’s Keeper.
3. To dig out the effects of Anna’s endeavor to be an obedient daughter on
her life in Jodi Picoult novel My Sister’s Keeper.
1.4 Significance of the Study
The significance of this analysis contains theoretical and practical
intention. Theoretically, it may enrich the knowledge about literature especially
novel. This analysis is expected to make the readers understand literature
especially novel. Practically, the readers can understand the novel of My
Sister’s Keeper and enrich the knowledge about life especially the endeavor to
be obedient daughter. It is also important for English teacher because it can be
used as a reference in the literature learning process especially in novel
analysis.
1.5 Scope and Limitation
In this thesis, the writer would like to analyze Anna’s endeavor to be an
obedient daughter in Jodi Picoult’s novel My Sister’s Keeper. The scope is on
the endeavor that is done by Anna Fitzgerald in Jodi Picoult’s novel My Sister’s
Keeper. Besides the endeavor of Anna, the reasons and effects of the endeavor
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1.6 Definition of Key Terms
In order to avoid uncertain meaning and misunderstanding of key terms,
which are related to the study, the writer clarifies them as follows:
1. Conflict is something that dramatic, referring to the battle between the
two forces are balanced and implies the action and (Wellek and Waren in
Nurgiyantoro, 2010:122).
2. Endeavor is defined as trying to achieve the goal.
3. Novel is a fiction work which exposes an imaginative world which is
supported by intrinsic elements such as events, plot, characters and
characterization, settings, point of view, etc and all of that is imaginative
(Nurgiantoro, 2010: 4).
4. My Sister’s Keeper is a novel which emphasizes the social conflict of the
main character, Anna, and her endeavor to be an obedient daughter for
her mother and sister.
5. Jodi Picoultis an American author and the author of the My Sister’s
