THE MORALITY REFLECTED IN CHARACTERS THROUGH SIDNEY SHELDON’S THE SANDS OF TIME
A THESIS BY
EKA S. HASUGIAN REG. NO. 100705040
THE MORALITY REFLECTED IN CHARACTERS THROUGH SIDNEY SHELDON’S THE SANDS OF TIME
A THESIS BY
EKA S. HASUGIAN REG. NO. 100705040
SUPERVISOR CO-SUPERVISOR
(Dra. Hj. Swesana Mardia Lubis, M.Hum) (Drs. Parlindungan Purba, M.Hum) NIP. 19571002 198601 2 003 NIP. 19630216 198903 1 003
Submitted to Faculty of Cultural Studies University of Sumatera Utara Medan in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Sarjana Sastra from Department of English
Approved by the Department of English, Faculty of Cultural Studies University of Sumatera Utara (USU) Medan as thesis for The Sarjana Sastra Examination.
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Accepted by the Board of Examiners in partial fulfillment of requirements for the degree of Sarjana Sastra from the Department of English, Faculty of Cultural Studies University of Sumatera Utara, Medan.
The examination is held in Department of English Faculty of Cultural Studies University of Sumatera Utara on August 26, 2014
Dean of Faculty Cultural Studies
University of Sumatera Utara
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TITLE OF THESIS : THE MORALITY REFLECTED IN CHARACTERS THROUGH SIDNEY SHELDON’S THE SANDS OF TIME
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
First of all, I would like to thank Almighty God, Jesus Christ for blessing me to complete this thesis and fulfilling one of the requirements to get the Scholar Certificate in English Department, Faculty of Cultural Studies, University of Sumatera Utara.
From the beginning of my study until completing this thesis, I have got much help, guide and direct or indirect supports from many parties. On this occasion, I would like to express my sincere gratitude to those parting namely. Thanks to The Dean of Faculty Letters, University of Sumatera Utara who has authority in my academic years of learning. Thanks to Dr. H. Muhizar Muchtar, MS the Head of English Department who has helped me with her leadership to finish my study. Special thanks also go to my Supervisor Dra. Hj. Swesana Mardia Lubis, M.Hum for her support, suggestions and her willingness to share time in correcting throughout the preparation of this thesis during the period of doing this thesis. Then, I would like to thank my co-Supervisor Drs. Parlindungan Purba, M.Hum who help me to read and check this thesis. I also express my sincere gtatitute to all my lecturers of Faculty Letters, University of Sumatera Utara for their valuable knowledge, guidence, and advice during my study.
viii A great thanks also go to all my incredible friends Apri, Kania, Denny, Dicky, Martin, Petrus, Yudi and Boi, Nonok, Cindy, Hanny, Hetty, Laura, Tami, Wina, Yati, Yosi, Devy for making my day more colorful during 4 years study in this faculty and the whole friends in the campus especially in class B 2010 that I can not mention all of your names. Thank for being such nice friends and supporting me.
Let’s keep our friendship forever.
finally, I realize that my thesis is still far from being perfect. Therefore, advice, constructive critics and suggestions aiming at this thesis will be warmly welcomed, and highly appreciated.
Medan, July 2014 The Writer
ABSTRAK
Skripsi ini berjudul “The Morality Reflected in Characters Through Sidney
Sheldon’s The Sands of Time.” The sands of time adalah sebuah novel yang bercerita tentang kisah empat orang wanita yang terpaksa meninggalkan biara di Spanyol karena ancaman, kekerasan dan hasrat; dan dua pria yang bertikai satu sama lain sampai menimbulkan kematian. sikap kesetiaan, mementingkan diri sendiri, kepedulian dan pembunuhan merupakan aspek moralitas yang terdapat didalam novel ini yang sering terjadi di dalam kehidupan sehari-hari. Moralitas berhubungan dengan tingkah laku yang baik dan buruk berdasarkan standar moral, standar tersebut diukur tergantung dari lingkungan tempat tinggal seseorang.
Moralitas pada thesis ini dianalisis dengan menggunakan pendekatan instrinsik dan ekstrinsik oleh Warren and Wallek dan juga menerapkan theori Kant yaitu Categorical Imperative. Menurut Kant, nilai moral dari tindakan bukan di tentukan dari akibat melainkan dari motif perbuatan tersbut. Motif diatur oleh alasan dan bukan hasrat belaka.
x ABSTRACT
The title of this thesis is “The Morality Reflected in Characters Through Sidney Sheldon’s The Sands of Time.” The sands of time is a novel that tells about the adventures of four woman who are forced to leave their Spanish convent for the outside world of threat, violence and passions; and two men who are against each other in a fight to the death. Faith, selfishness, care and murder are the main aspects of morality in this novel that sometimes happen in real life of society. Morality is concern with the rightness or wrongness of rules based on moral standard which has varied that depends on their environmental.
In this thesis, the morality is analyzed by using the intrinsic and extrinsic
approach by Warren and Wellek, and also by applying the Kant’s theory that is Categorical Imperative. According to Kant, moral value of the act is not determined by the consequencess but the motive, the motive is governed by the reason and not may mere by desire.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PAGES
AUTHOR’S DECLARATION ... v
COPYRIGHT DECLARATION ... vi
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ... vii 2.1 Human Being and Character in Fiction... 7
2.2 Character Traits ... 11
2.2.1. The Main Character... 11
2.2.2. The Minor Character ... 11
2.2.3. The Way Character Disclosed in Novel ... 12
2.3 Review of Related Literature ... 13
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3.1 Research Design ... 21
3.2 Data Collection ... 23
3.3 Data Analysis ... 24
CHAPTER IV:ANALYSIS AND FINDING 4.1 Jaime Mario’s Goodness ... 25
4.1.1. Bravery ... 25
4.1.2. Care ... 29
4.2 Lucia’s Badness ... 32
4.2.1. Murder... 32
4.2.2. Selfishness... 35
CHAPTER V:CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION 5.1 Conclusion ... 37
5.2 Suggestion ... 38
REFERENCES ... 39 APPENDICES
APPENDIX 1: Summary of The Sands of time
