THE ANALYSIS OF THE CHARACTERS IN DENNIS LEHANE’S SHUTTER ISLAND - Unhas

THE ANALYSIS OF THE CHARACTERS IN DENNIS LEHANE'S SHUTTER ISLAND

A THESIS Submitted to the Faculty of Cultural Sciences of Hasanuddin University in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements to Obtain Bachelor Degree

in English Department BY

Andi Abualief Amrullah F21112904

English Department Faculty of Cultural Science Hasanuddin University Makassar 2017

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Alhamdulillah, all praises be to Allah SWT, The Beneficent, The Most Merciful, and The Lord of the entire world who always gives the best for His creatures. The Lord who gives brain and feeling to learn everything in this world. The Guide for His help in Completing this research. This thesis is intended to fulfill the requirement to achieve Sarjana Degree in the Faculty of Cultural Sciences at Hasanuddin University in Makassar. Shalawat and Salam may always be given to our Prophet Muhammad SAW, the best leader ever existed in the world who had guides us from the darkness into the brightness.

This research could not be accomplished without the support of some people that surround the writer with their love, motivations and advices. On this opportunity, the writer likes to express his profound gratitude, more than he can express to:

His beloved parents A. Mustawa and A. Megawaty Latief, BA for their love, prayer, help, motivations and advices in whole of his life. They are the shines of the writer's life.

Drs. Raden SM. Assagaf, M. Ed and Drs. Agustinus Ruruk L, M.A as the first and the second consultant for their guidance, knowledge, experiences and advices in correcting his thesis. He also wants to say thanks to Dra. Harlinah Sahib M. Hum as his academic advisor.

The Dean of Faculty of Cultural Sciences, Hasanuddin University Prof. Prof. Dr. Akin Duli, M.A., The Head of English Departement Dra. Nasmilah., M. Hum., Ph. D, The Secretary of English Department Abbas S.S., M. Hum and all lectures in English department for their immense knowledge. And also to all the staff of English Department, Pak Udin and Kak Agus for their help during his academic years in campus.

The writer's best friends for their best companion, love, motivation and advices. Big thanks also to Jumardi Ladirman and Nila Novita who always help me in correcting my thesis.

His friends the member of Scarecrow 2012, English Department, and his friends in Perisai KMFIB-UH.

Makassar, October 11th 2017

The Writer

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ABSTRAK ANDI ABUALIEF AMRULLAH (F21112904). The Analysis of The Characters in Denis Lehane's Novel Shutter Island (Dibimbing Oleh Raden SM. Assagaf dan Agustinus Ruruk Lilak)

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menjelaskan tentang karakter beberapa tokoh didalam Shutter Island. Shutter Island merupakan salah satu karya Dennis Lehane yang mendapatkan penghargaan sebagai New York Time Best Seller dan diadaptasi sebagai film dengan nama yang sama pada tahun 2010. Hal tersebut membuat pengarangnya mendapatkan reputasi Internasional. Penulisan ini juga bertujuan menjelaskan bagaimana konflik internal pada karakter utama mempengaruhi tindakannya didalam cerita.

Penelitian ini menggunakan pendekatan strukturalisme. Suatu metode penelitian yang menekankan pada unsur intrinsik pada karya sastra seperti karakter, plot, setting dan tema. Data utama dieproleh dari novel Shutter Island dengn membaca setiap bagian dari novel dan mengambil data yang berhubungan dengan topik yang akan dibahas yaitu analisis karakter. Sedangkan data lainnya diperoleh dari beberapa buku dan beberapa artikel dari internet dan sumber lain seputar analisis karakter.

Penelitian ini menunjukkan bagaimana konflik internal pada karakter utama mempengaruhi tindakannya didalam cerita. Konflik internal pada karakter utama muncul karena kesalahannya di masa lampau yang tidak mampu menyelamatkan keluarganya dan sebagai mekanisme pertahanan untuk menghindarkannya dari rasa bersalah, konflik tersebut merubah hidupnya. Karakter utama mulai membangun karakter baru dan cerita baru untuk dia mainkan sendiri demi melupakan masa lalunya. Akan tetapi hal tersebut malah merubahnya menjadi berbahaya bagi setiap orang yang berada disekitarnya. Ada beberapa karakter yang menolongnya untuk kembali mengingat identitas aslinya akan tetapi traumanya membuatnya mengalami kemunduran ketika dia mulai mengingat masa lalunya yang kelam yang telah gagal menyelamatkan keluarganya.

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ABSTRACT ANDI ABUALIEF AMRULLAH (F21112904). The Analysis of The Characters in Denis Lehane's Novel Shutter Island (Supervised by Raden SM. Assagaf and Agustinus Ruruk Lilak)

This research aims to explain the characterization of Shutter Island. Shutter Island is one of Dennis Lehane's works which get reward New York Time Best Seller and adaptation to be a movie with the same name in 2010. It makes the author get international award. This research also explains on how the main character's internal conflict influence his performance in the story.

This study uses a structuralism approach. It is a method that focuses on intrinsic elements of a novel like character, plot, setting and theme. The main data are obtained from Shutter Island novel by reading every part of the novel and taking data that correspond to the discussed topic about character. Whereas, the other data are obtained from several sources of books and articles from internet and other sources that also take character analysis as the topic.

This study shows how internal conflict of the main character may affect his action within a story. Internal conflict on the main character emerges as a result of his inability to save his family from a tragic death and as a defense mechanism to prevent him from feeling such pain of guilty. Consequently, this conflict changes his whole life. The main character starts to build a new character and a new story for him to play as his effort to forget his pasts. However, it just changes him into a dangerous person to his surrounding and people around him. There are some characters who help him to resurrect his true identity and past but his trauma prevents it. Instead, he keeps showing a regression every time he starts to remember his past that full of misery since he fails to save his family.

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