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Analysis of Oliver Twist Characteristics
in Charles Dicken’s
Oliver Twist
by Using Reader Response Criticism
By :
Netta Eva Wardani 392014520
THESIS
Submitted to the English Department To Fulfill Partial Requirement For The Degree of Sarjana Sastra
ENGLISH LITERATURE PROGRAM FACULTY OF LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
SATYA WACANA CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY SALATIGA
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Copyright© 2016.Netta Eva Wardani and Anna Sriastuti S.Pd, M.Hum
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Praise and great gratitude to Allah SWT for blessings and help to complete this thesis. I would like to thank you to all of those who given me help and guidance, so this thesis can be finished. Completion of writing this thesis, the writer would like to thank to :
1. Best gratitude to Mam Anna Sriastuti S.Pd, M.Hum as my advisor, thank you for your guadiance, help and support during the writing of this thesis. I’m so thankful for had you as my advisor.
2. Mam Rindang S.S, M.Hum as my Academic Study, thank you for always helping and supporting me. And Bu Ristiyanti Prasetidjo as my previous Academic Study. 3. Lecturers of STiBA SW and all of the staffs thanks for the teaching during the
time.
4. The biggest thanks for my parent and family thanks for your love, support and everything. I’m sorry for being late to finish my thesis.
5. For my cats, Uchino, Alien, Muezza, Mio, Kitty, Laila, Luna, Kuni, Nyan2 and the kittens,thank you for giving me a reason to smile everyday, I love you to the moon and back.
6. Thanks to my greatest friend Arnolin Modokh who always accompany and gather with me always in any condition.
7. And also thank you for 2008’ers, Elya, Rencia, Anik, Yulia, Dylla, Dennis, Ian,
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11.And last for my friend from BMX Salatiga, Central Java and Flat Indo, thank you for your support during the time.
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ABSTRAK
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ABSTRACT
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1.1. Background of The Study...1
1.2. Problem Formulation...3
1.3. Objective of The Study...3
1.4. Scope of The Study...4
1.5. Significance of The Study...4
1.6. Definition of Term...4
CHAPTER II : THEORICAL REVIEW...6
2.1. Review of Related Study...6
2.2. Review of Related Theories...7
1. Reader Response Criticism...7
2. Character and Characterization...8
3. Conflict...9
2.3. Theorical Framework...10
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3.1. Object of The Study...12
3.2. Approach of The Study...12
3.3. Method of The Study...14
CHAPTER IV : ANALYSIS...16
4.1 Oliver Twist’s Conflicts...16
4.2. Readers’ Response Through Oliver’s Conflict...18
4.2.1 Reader Responses about Oliver Twist’s Protest to The Master Who Gave Little Meal...21
4.2.2 Reader Response on Oliver Twist’s Decision to Run Away to London after Getting Bad Treatments from Sowerberry’s Family and Noah...23
4.2.3 Reader Responses on Oliver Twist decided Stay with Thieves and Even Learned to be A Pick Pocket...28
4.2.4 Reader Responses toward Situations or Conflicts that Made Oliver Get Arrested...32
4.2.5 Reader Responses on Oliver Twist’s Feeling for Failing to Send Mr. Brownlow’s Books and Giving back Mr. Brownlow’s Money...34
4.2.6 Reader Response of of Oliver’s Contradiction Feeling with the Situation that Made Him to be A Thief...40
4.2.7 Reader Response on Oliver Twist’s Feeling that Put Him on the Robbery...42
4.2.8 Reader Response on Fagin and Sikes’ Reasons to Make Oliver Take A Part in The Robbery...44
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4.2.10 Reader Response on Oliver Decision backs to The House That He
Robbed after Get Hurt...48
4.3 Oliver Characteristic from Reader Response...53
CHAPTER V : CONCLUSION...60
5.1 Conclusion...60
5.2 Suggestion...62
BIBLIOGRAPHY...63
APPENDIX...64
