Impacts of Social Rejection on the Leading Character in Leroux’s The Phantom of the Opera

IMPACTS OF SOCIAL REJECTION ON THE LEADING CHARACTER IN LEROUX’S THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA

A THESIS

BY

FARAH DIPA MITRA TAMI

REG.NO

: 120705019

DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH

FACULTY OF CULTURAL STUDIES

UNIVERSITY OF SUMATERA UTARA

IMPACTS OF SOCIAL REJECTION ON THE LEADING CHARACTER IN LEROUX’S THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA

A THESIS

BY

FARAH DIPA MITRA TAMI

REG. NO. 120705019

DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH

FACULTY OF CULTURAL STUDIES

UNIVERSITY OF SUMATERA UTARA

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iii ABSTRACT

Thesis entitled “Impacts of Social Rejection on the leading character in Leroux’s The Phantom of the Opera” discusses about the cause and social impact of the leading character that has teribble scar since he was born. This novel was written by Gaston Leroux, a French author and this novel was written in 1907. The theory that supports this thesis is sociology of literature by Sapardi Djoko Damono. This thesis used qualitative descriptive method by Sandelowski. Writer read the novel, collected the data, analyzed the data and concluded the data. The aims of this study are (1) to explain the cause of social rejection on the leading character in novel The Phantom of The Opera and (2) to explain the impacts of social rejection which occurs on the leading character in novel The Phantom of The Opera. The finding were the cause why the leading character was rejected by the society and the impact of social rejection on the leading character.

iv ABSTRAK

Skripsi ini berjudul “Impacts of Social Rejection on the Leading Character in Leroux’s The Phantom of the Opera” membahas tentang penyebab dan dampak social dari karakter utama yang memiliki luka yang menjijikkan sejak lahir. Novel ini ditulis oleh sastrawan Perancis yaitu Gaston Leroux dan ditulis pada tahun 1907.Adapun teori yang mendukung skripsi ini adalah teori Sosiologi Sastra oleh Sapardi Djoko Damono.Skripsi ini menerapkan metode deskriftif kualitatif dari Sandelowski. Penulis membaca novel, mengumpulkan data, menganalisis data, dan menarik kesimpulan. Tujuan dari kajian ini meliputi (1) Untuk menjelaskan penyebab penolakan sosialpada karakter utama dalam novel The Phantom of the Opera dan (2) Untuk menjelaskan dampak dari penolakan sosial pada karakter utama dalam novel The Phantom of the Opera. Hasil yang didapat adalah penyebab mengapa karakter utama ditolak masyarakat dan dampak penolakan sosial pada karakter utama.

v ACKNOWLEDGMENT

Bismillahirrahmanirrahim,

First of all, I would like to thank Allah SWT, for His compassion and

blessing given to me to finish this thesis. Salawat and salam to the Prophet

Muhammad SAW, along with his family and his companions.

My very special gratitude is for my beloved parents who teaches me how to

treat the people surrounding me, and always takes care of me and reminds me to pray

to Allah SWT in every single day.Who always support me everytime. I always love

you and all of you are always in my deepest hearth.

I would like to express my sincere gratitude to Dr. Siti Norma Nasution,

M.Hum as my supervisor for his kindness, knowledge, patience and motivation for

me to write and finish this thesis. Also, I would like to thank to Dra. Diah Rahayu

Pratama, M.pd, as my co-supervisor for his kindness and knowledge to help me in

writing this thesis.

My gratitude also goes to the Head and the Secretary of English Department,

Dr. Deliana, M.Hum. and Rahmadsyah Rangkuti, M.A., Ph.D., and all of the

lecturers and the staffs of English Department for the facilities and opportunities

given to me during my study in this faculty.

I also want to say special thank to my friends M. Ridho Azhari, S.S, Jay Sita,

S.S and Isti Purwanto,S.S for your kindness and helping me to write this thesis at the

beginning until present. A best thank tothe BIN group Kaltha Septian, Heleri

Sinabutar, Siti Alifa, Khairiah, Tondi Namora, and Wella Juita, you are awesome

vi in my sorrow, for always listening to my complaints, for always help me during my

academic year. I am very blessed to have you as my friends.Thank you for your

endless support. Also for all my friends in English Literature University of Sumatera

Utara, especially Class A 2012 that cannot I mention one by one who share the

priceless experiences to me.

I am really grateful to have everyone supporting me in the process of writing

this thesis. Thank you so much for being my power.

Finally, may this thesis be advantegous for the readers, may the grace and

love of the Almighty Allah SWT be with us all forever. Amin.

Medan, May17th2017

Farah Dipa Mitra tami

vii TABLE OF CONTENT

AUTHOR’S DECLARATION ... v

COPYRIGHT DECLARATION ... vi

ABSTRACT ... vii

ABSTRAK ... viii

ACKNOWLEDGMENT ... ix

TABLE OF CONTENT ... xi

LIST OF TABLES ... xv

CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION 1.1Background of the Study ... 1

1.2Problem of the Study ... 4

1.3Objective of the Study ... 4

1.4Scope of the Study ... 5

1.5Significance of the Study ... 5

CHAPTER II REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE 2.1 Brief Description about Novel ... 6

2.2 Character ... 7

2.2.1 Leading Character ... 8

2.2.2 Protagonist & Antagonist Characters ... 9

2.3 Sociology of Literature ... 9

2.4 Human as Social Creature ... 12

2.5 A Brief Description about Social Problem... 13

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2.5.2 Social Rejection……….. 14

2.6 The Impacts of Social Rejection ... 15

CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHOD 3.1 Research Design ... 18

3.2 Data & Data Source ... 18

3.3 Data Collection ... 19

3.4 Data Analysis ... 19

CHAPTER IV ANALYSIS AND FINDINGS 4.1 The Causes of Social Rejection on Leading Character ... 21

4.2 Impacts of Social Rejection on Leading Character ... 24

4.2.1 Erik Becomes a Loner ... 25

4.2.2 Erik Becomes Obsessive ... 29

4.2.3 Erik Suffers from “Avoidant Disorder” ... 44

CHAPTER V CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION 5.1 Conclusion ... 48

5.2 Suggestion ... 49

REFERENCE ... 51 APPENDICES

i. Gaston Leroux Auto Biography and Works