THE ISSUE OF FEMINISM IN LOUISA MAY ALCOTT’S
LITTLE WOMEN
A THESIS
Submitted to the English Department, Faculty of Language and Art, State University of Medan, in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for
Degree of Sarjana Sastra
By
Wardania Ningsih Tampubolon
Registration Number 2103220044
ENGLISH AND LITERATURE DEPARTMENT
FACULTY OF LANGUAGES AND ARTS
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
First of all, the writer expresses her best gratitude to the Almighty God,
Jesus Christ for giving the writer blessing, endless love and mercy, especially in
the process of accomplishing this thesis. In accomplishing this thesis, the writer was helped by so many beloved people and the writer would like to express her gratitude to:
Prof. Dr. Ibnu Hajar Damanik, M.Si. The Rector of State University of
Medan.
Dr. Isda Pramuniati, M.Hum. The Dean of Faculty of Languages and Arts
for her leadership and administrative assistance during the process of writing this thesis.
Prof. Dr. Hj. Sumarsih, M.Pd. The Head of English and Literature
Department for her leadership and administrative assistance during the process of writing this thesis
Dra. Meisuri, M.A. The Head of Applied Linguistics Program for her
leadership and administrative assistance during the process of writing this thesis. And also thanks to all beloved lecturers in English and Literature Department who advised and guided the writer during academic years.
Dr. Sri Minda Murni, M.S. Her thesis advisor, who has given her time,
support, guidance, kindness, contributions, and patience in correcting and helping her in finishing this thesis.
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reviewer who has given time to support and guidance in correcting and helping her in finishing this thesis.
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support and guidance in correcting and helping her in finishing this thesis.
Drs. Lidiman Sahat Martua Sinaga, M.Hum. Her thesis reviewer who has
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Rohani Manurung , thank you for the understanding and the big support in
prayer, love, motivation and financial while accomplished this thesis.
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Medan, June 2014 The writer,
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ABSTRACT
Tampubolon, Wardania Ningsih. 2014. The Issue of Feminism in Louisa May
Alcott’s Little Women. A Thesis. Faculty of Languages and Arts. State
University of Medan.
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D. The Objectives of Study...4
E. The Significance of the Study ………..………...5
II. Review of Literature...6
A. Feminism………...6
B. The Quoted of Feminism in Little Women...10
C. Novel………...16
D. Character………...19
III. Research Method...23
A. The Method of the Study...23
B. Source Data………...23
C. The Technique of Collecting Data………....24
IV. The Data and Data Analysis...25
A. Data………...25
B. Data Analysis………....25
C. Research Finding...42
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V. Conclusions and Suggestion...45
A. Conclusions………...45
B. Suggestions………...46
References ………...47
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LIST OF APPENDICES
APPENDIX A...49
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CHAPTER V
CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION
A. Conclusion
After analyzing the value of feminism in Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women novel, the conclusion can be drawn as follow:
1. There were three types of characterization from three women main characters in Little Women novel; those are ambitious, aggressive and sacrificial. Every person of women main characters has different characterizations, like Jo who was ambitious to be a famous writer, aggressive and sacrificial. Meg who was ambitious to get luxury, nice things, dainty food, and good society. Amy who was ambitious to be a gentlewoman.
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quarrel, they never stopped loving each other and very grateful to have the other one. The mother was always there for them to give a lot of inspiration and spirit. Not only in society, they also struggled to get economic equality. When Mr. March lost his property in trying to help an unfortunate friend, the two oldest girls begged to be allowed to do something toward their own support, at least. Believing that they could not begin too early to cultivate energy, industry, and independence, their parents believe that they will be succeeding at last.
B. Suggestion
Referring to the result of this research, there are some suggestions as follows:
1. In reading novel, drama, poems or other literary text, we can get moral lesson that makes us know which is good or bad because it is related to the human experience. It’s suggested for the future research to reading novel or other literary text to get moral lesson from its novel.
2. In Little Women novel, we can learn the struggle of women in life. It’s suggested to learn the struggle of women life in another novel.
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