AN ANALYSIS OF JANE EYRE’S SUFFERING IN CHARLOTTE BRONTE’S NOVEL “JANE EYRE”
THESIS
BY
SEPTIAN ADI KURNIAWAN 09360162
ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF MUHAMMADIYAH MALANG
AN ANALYSIS OF JANE EYRE’S SUFFERING IN CHARLOTTE BRONTE’S NOVEL “JANE EYRE”
THESIS
This thesis is submitted to meet one of the requirements to achieve Sarjana Degree in English Education
BY
SEPTIAN ADI KURNIAWAN 09360162
ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF MUHAMMADIYAH MALANG
This thesis, written by Septian Adi Kurniawan, was approved on January, 2014
By:
Advisor II Advisor I
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
on January 27, 2014
Approved by:
Faculty of Teacher Training and Education
University of Muhammadiyah Malang
Dean,
Dr. Poncojari Wahyono, M.Kes
Examiners: Signatures:
1. Dr. Hartono, M.Pd. 1.
2. Rahmawati Khadijah Maro, S.Pd, M.PEd. 2.
3. Dra. Thathit Manon Andini, M. Hum. 3.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
In the name of Allah the beneficent and merciful, praised to be Allah which Him only we worship and which Him only we ask for help. Thanks to Allah the Lord of the world who has provided me the mercies and blessing until the writer able to finish my thesis. Peace be up on to our prophet Muhammad SAW, who was become the messenger of Allah who has brought the human from the darkness into the brightness.
For my advisor Dra. Thathit Manon Andini, M.Hum and Drs. Munash Fauzi, M.M, thank you very much for your patience, contribution, and suggestion that you give to me to complete this thesis.
My deepest gratitude is also addressed to my parents Mr. Djuin and Mrs. Sulastini who always pray for me every day and give me love, motivation, attention, and financial supports. I also thank to my beloved little brother, you are my biggest motivation to be successful people, and my beloved family that I can’t mention one by one. Thank you for the support, motivation and attention, I can’t say anything and I can’t give anything except I love you all and thank you very much.
Finally, the writer realizes that thesis still needs the constructive criticisms and suggestion from the readers in order to make it perfect and hopefully it can be useful for the readers, especially for the English Department students.
Malang, January 2014
TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER II: REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE 2.1 Definition of Literature ... 6
2.6.4 The Solutions of Suffering ……… 18
3.3 Object of the Study ... 21
3.4 Data Collection ... 21
3.5 Data Analysis ... 22
CHAPTER IV: FINDING AND DISCUSSION 4.1 Research Findings ... 23
4.1.1 Jane Eyre’s Suffering ... 22
4.1.1.1 Feeling afraid in the red room ………. 23
4.1.1.2 Feeling Sadness ……….. 25
4.1.1.3 Feeling Broken Heart ……….. 27
4.1.1.4 Jane got Physical Attack by John Reed ……… 28
4.1.2 The Causes of Jane Eyre’s Suffering ……….. 29
4.1.2.1 Jane had fight to John Reed ……… 29
4.1.2.2 Jane lost her best friend, Helen Burn ……….. 30
4.1.2.3 Jane felt had been lied by Mr. Rochester ……… 31
4.1.2.4 John Reed disturb Jane’s Activity ……… 33
4.1.3 Jane Eyre’s ways to Solve her Suffering ……….. 34
4.1.3.1 Jane imagined if her Uncle had been alive ……… 34
4.1.3.2 Jane Eyre moving to Another Place ……….. 35
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CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION
This chapter presents background of the study, statement of the problems, purpose of the study, significance of the study, scope and limitation, and definition of the key terms.
1.1 Background of the study
Analyzing literature can train the readers’ intelligence and sensitivity about human life. The readers not only express their feeling, idea, thought, and imagination but also get more lessons from good literature. Good literature gives knowledge and some information so that the readers can compare and receive good or bad information to apply in their daily activity.
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other kinds of writing because its purpose is not primarily to transmit facts or ideas.
One of literary works that can impress the readers and give them some values about life is novel. Novel concerns with human beings and often provides valuable messages for the reader through the given story. By reading a novel, the reader will not only get enjoyment but also be brought into a vast, close, and fresh relation to life. It derives us closer to other human being of other nationalities cultures and races. So the readers become richer through our literary knowledge.
However, it is not easy to understand and analyze the novel because the reader must understand the background of life first such where the story takes place in order to get more easily to appreciate the contain of the novel.
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a teacher for a French girl named Adele. Then she met Mr.Rochester which was Thorthern Hall’s owner, and fell in love with him until they decided to get married. When they would say their married vow, someone came and told that the marriage might not happen because the groom was still husband of a wife. Jane eyre was broken heart and ran away from Thorthern Hall. Anyway, Jane is always patient and strong in facing every suffering.
In this case, the writer discusses Jane’s suffering in Charlotte Bronte novel “Jane Eyre”. It is interesting to be analyzed because this novel tells about the great suffer such as the struggle to face this world and also solve the human problem.
The writer of this thesis focuses on analyzing one of the main characters, Jane Eyre related to her struggle to face sufferings in her life.
1.2 Statement of the Study
Based on the background of the study on Charlotte Bronte’s novel, “Jane Eyre”, the problems are formulated as follows :
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1.3 Purpose of the Study
1. To identify Jane’s suffering in Charlotte Bronte’s novel “Jane Eyre”.
2. To describe the causes of Jane’s suffering in Charlotte Bronte’s novel “Jane Eyre”.
3. To explain Jane’s solved her suffering in Charlotte Bronte’s novel “Jane Eyre”.
1.4 Significance of the Study
The result of the study is expected to give the following contributions. First, for the English Department students and literature lectures, it is expected that this thesis can be used as one of the references for literary courses, especially prose. Besides, it is also expected to be used as a model of analyzing novel.
Second, the writer intends to convince the readers that learning literature especially novel, will give valuable lessons to solve the problem in daily life. Finally, it is expected that the result of this study can be used as a picture on how to face and how to solve about suffering.
1.5 Scope and Limitation
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Jane Eyre, who is the main character in the novel because she has the deepest sufferings in her life, and she also has some ways to solve her sufferings.
1.6 Definition of the Key Terms
To avoid misunderstanding in this thesis, the writer gives definition of the key terms. The key term in this study as follows:
1. Analysis is description about the element that has a purpose to comprehend
the relationship between one element and others in supporting the meaning of literary works (Sudjiman, 1964 : 4).
2. Sufferingis the endurance of or submission to affliction, pain, loss (Webster,
2000: 2284)
3. Jane Eyreis the main character in Charlotte Bronte’s novel “Jane Eyre”.
4. Charlotte Bronteis the author of the novel, “Jane Eyre”.
5. Novel is a book-length story in prose, whose author tries to create the sense
