Jurusan Sastra Inggris

1. A Study on the father and sons’ relationship in William Faulkner’s Absalom, Absalom!

In Absalom, Absalom!, one of his masterpiece, Faulkner describes the father and sons? relationship in the South, The thesis writer believes that the father and sons? relationship in the novel is unique since it reflects the cultural and social condition in the South in 1820s until 1920s, such as the problems of Southern racial prejudice and Southern male domination in the family. In this thesis, the writer wants to know how …
Department : Jurusan Sastra Inggris S-1
Publication Year : 1998

2. A study of village virus in gopher prairie of Sinclair Lewis’ main street

The main concern of the analysis is the Village Virus that runs down in a small Mid-West town called Gopher Prairie, reflected through its inhabitants, in the second period of the twentieth century. Actually, it was Sinclair Lewis, the author, himself who named ?the decease as village virus, and as a matter of fact, he once intended to entitle the novel The Village Virus instead of Main Street. The virus …
Department : Jurusan Sastra Inggris S-1
Publication Year : 2001

3. The ambition of olive chancellor as the main character in Henry James’ The Bostonians

This thesis deals with Olive Chancellor?s ambition to fight for women?s rights as seen in Henry James? The Bostonians. As a leading character in the novel, Olive has a desire to see equal rights and better treatment for women in society. Being a follower of women?s rights movement, Olive wants to be able to voice the rights for women in Boston society. But, she does not have a courage to speak …
Department : Jurusan Sastra Inggris S-1
Publication Year : 2001

4. A study the main female character’s search for self-identity which reveals elements of feminism in edith Wharton’s the Buccaneers

The main theme of this thesis is the search for self-identity, which reveals elements of feminism in Edith Wharton?s novel, The Buccaneers. My analysis focuses on the main female character, Annabel St. George. How Annabel resolves her conflicts with her husband and her mother-in-law appear to have elements of feminism, which she demands to be treated as an equal to her husband. In the 1 century, women frequently faced injustice, not …
Department : Jurusan Sastra Inggris S-1
Publication Year : 2001

5. A study of Jake Barnes’ self-relazation of his weaknesses and his relationship with the woman he loves in ernest hemingway’s the sun also rises

The thesis is a study of Ernest Hemingway’s The Sun Also Rises. It focuses on Jake Barnes’ selfrealization of his weaknesses and his relationship with the woman he loves. Due to this reason, the writer is triggered to know how deep the weaknesses change his life and his relationship with the woman he loves and also how Jake comes to his self-realization and finally could make Jake face and overcome his …
Department : Jurusan Sastra Inggris S-1
Publication Year : 2001

6. A study of conflicting values in the divers matrimony which lead them to a marriage disintegration in Scott Fitzgerald’s tender is the night

The main discussion of this thesis attempts to focus on the key relationship involves a unity into harmony, at least for a time, of two figures who reflect basically opposed value systems and styles of life. The main characters Dick Diver and Nicole Warren, stand for Fitzgerald?s effort as a writer to reconcile the ideal with the real, in the marriage institution. Nevertheless, after conjoining in the bond of matrimony, the two …
Department : Jurusan Sastra Inggris S-1
Publication Year : 2001

7. Luling’s disharmonious realationship with her daughter, Ruth, as a result of Luling’s stressful life events as seen in amy Tan’s the bonesetter’s daughter

Many people often do not realize that inother daughter relationship is a very complicated one. Although a mother and her daughter do not quarrel with each other but it does not mean that they have a harmonious relationship. Sometimes each of them does not understand why her mother or her daughter is very difficult. Thus, the study of Amy Tan?s The Bonesetter?s Daughter is aimed to analyze the mother?s disharmonious relationship …
Department : Jurusan Sastra Inggris S-1
Publication Year : 2002

8. A study in the symbolic relationship of white jacket and captain Claret in Herman Melville’s white jacket

In this thesis the writer attempts to center the discussion in the relationship of the two opposing elements that exist in Neversink. a warship. that is sailing on her homeward bound journey. The crew and the officers form the two opposing elements in the frigate. To voice the element of individual, she singles out the narrator of the novel, White Jacket. He is able to represent the opinions and thought of …
Department : Jurusan Sastra Inggris S-1
Publication Year : 2001

9. Silas lapham’s entanglement in greed and pride and the rise of his morality as seen through William Dean Howells’s, the rise of silas lapham

This tnesis is about Silas Lapham’s Entanglement in Greed and Pride and the Rise of His Morality as Seen Through William Dean Howells’, The Rise of Silas Lapham. The Rise of Silas Lapham is the most important novel William Dean Howells had ever written and this novel is his masterpiece. In writing the novel, Howells shows a true picture of good and evil, foolish and wise, strong and weak, or in …
Department : Jurusan Sastra Inggris S-1
Publication Year : 2002

10. A study of friendship between the characters of Huckleberry Finn and Jim in Mark Twain’s the adventures of Huckleberry Finn

The thesis writer decides to analyze Mark Twain?s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and chooses the title “A Study of Friendship Between the Characters of Huckleberry Finn and Jim” because the writer is interested in the significance of Huckleberry?s and Jim?s friendship that leads Huck and Jim to their maturity. The writer is curious to find out the Characteristics of the relationship between Huckleberry Finn and Jim, and how their relationship …
Department : Jurusan Sastra Inggris S-1
Publication Year : 2001

11. A study of the main male characters efforts to attain self-actualization as seen in Edith Wharton’s the age of innocence and ethan frome

This thesis primarily deals with the efforts of New land Archer as the main male character in Edith Wharton?s The Age of Innocence and Ethan Frome, the main male character in Edith Wharton?s Ethan Frome, to attain their self-actualization. In analyzing them, I see that they have needs as described by Maslow in his theory of human needs, which place sself-actualization as the highest need. Although they are depicted as …
Department : Jurusan Sastra Inggris S-1
Publication Year : 2002

12. The study of the main character’s development from immaturity to maturity in crane’s the red badge of courage

Stephen Crane, who is an impressionist, naturalist and realist writer, without any experience in war, wrote his masterpiece The Red Badge of Courage. This novel talks about an immature young man, Henry Fleming, who becomes mature after he experiences war. The thesis writer is interested to know how the main character develops from immaturity to maturity. That is why the thesis writer wants to show that Henry Fleming experiences a development …
Department : Jurusan Sastra Inggris S-1
Publication Year : 2003

13. Personality disorder of george lansing in Thornton Wilder’s the eighth day

The Eighth Day is a kind of mysterious story about the murder of a character, Breckenridge Lansing that finally leads to the changes of the lives of almost all of the characters in the novel. This becomes the reason why the thesis writer is interested to choose George Lansing, the hidden murderer in the novel, as the character to be analyzed. His personality disorder becomes the issue that the thesis writer …
Department : Jurusan Sastra Inggris S-1
Publication Year : 2003

14. A Study of the different opinion between Carol and the villagers in Gopher Prairie and her process of adapting with them in Sinclair Lewis’ main street

The thesis is about Sinclair Lewis’ Main Street. It focuses on the major character, Carol, who comes to a small village, Gopher Prairie. There she is dissatisfied with the condition and its people. It makes her has conflicting opinion with the villagers in Gopher Prairie. In this thesis, the writer would like to know what kinds of different opinion I that Carol and the villagers have and also how she adapts …
Department : Jurusan Sastra Inggris S-1
Publication Year : 2001

15. A study of newman’s character’s character trait and his obsctacles to his marriage in Hnery James the American

This thesis is a study of conflict through the main characters in Henry James? The American. The main characters are Christopher Newman who represents the American and the Bellegardes who represent the European. The differences in culture and social background really affect them. Newman falls in love with Claire de Cintre, the Bellegardes? daughter yet, the Bellegardes do not agree with their relationship because of Newman?s occupation and social status. Moreover, …
Department : Jurusan Sastra Inggris S-1
Publication Year : 2001

16 . Magdalena and Susannah’s sexual wound and their struggle to achive sexual healing as seen in Alice Walker’s by the light of my father’s smile

In Patriarchal society female s sexuality has been socially constructed Women are demanded to be submissive and not sexually active. or else they will be condemned. The main female characters of Alice Walker?s By The Light Of My Farther’s Smile, Magdalena and Susannah, also endure the same predicament in dealing with their sexuality. Considering that aspect this thesis examines in what way the patriarchal domination causes both main female characters? sexual …
Department : Jurusan Sastra Inggris S-1
Publication Year : 2002

17. The dreams of the main characters in fight stories in Sherwood Anderson’s Winesburg, Ohio and efforts of their realization

This thesis is written to analyze the idea of having dreams in human interaction as social being from the eight characters in Winesburg, Ohio Written by Sherwood Anderson. By discussing these characters in this book, the thesis writer observes that all the eight characters have dreams. Therefore, the thesis writer wants to find what their dreams are and how they meet their failure. In order to achieve the purpose in studying …
Department : Jurusan Sastra Inggris S-1
Publication Year : 2002

18 . Suicide motive of ethan allen hawley in John Steinbeck’s the winter of our discontent

This thesis in about the analysis of Ethan Allan Hawley’s motive to commit suicide in John Steinbeck’s The Winter of Our Discontent. The Winter of Our Discontent portrays the dark picture of American people during Depression era. Ethan Allen Hawley becomes the main character of the novel that commits suicide in the end of story. Related to this topic, the thesis writer curious to know Ethan’s motive to commit suicide. She …
Department : Jurusan Sastra Inggris S-1
Publication Year : 2003

19. The Failure of the main female character’s efforts to escape from her miserable life in Louisa may alcott’s a long fatal love chase

This study discusses one of Louisa MayAlcott?s novels entitled A Long Fatal Love Chase. This discussion talks about the failure of the main female character?s efforts to escape from her miserable life. It is focusing on Rosamond?s efforts and failure to escape from her miserable life. I am interested to talk about her efforts and failure in order to find out the ways Rosamond uses to escape from her miserable life …
Department : Jurusan Sastra Inggris S-1
Publication Year : 2003

20. A study of conflicts which leads the main character, Tommy Wilhelm, to his downfall in Saul bellow’s seize the day

This thesis is a study of conflicts which leads the main character, Tommy Wilhelm, to his downfall in Saul Bellow?s Seize The Day. It analyzes the process of the male major character?s downfall through his conflicts, In the analysis, the writer uses the library research to find the data. She uses the theory of conflict to analyze his external and internal conflicts in order to learn that his character traits have …
Department : Jurusan Sastra Inggris S-1
Publication Year : 2003

21. The study of the impacts of racism on Roxana and her son as seen in Mark Twain’s Pudd’nhead Wilson

This thesis is the study of the impacts of racism on Roxana and her son in Mark Twain’s Pudd’nhead Wilson. The racism can be found in every place in the world. Although people say that we should respect other person fairly and treat them nicely, people still sometimes feel that a particular race is much better than any other. This kind of attitude will cause bad effects on certain people’s lives. …
Department : Jurusan Sastra Inggris S-1
Publication Year : 2002

22. An analysis of Ichabod Crane’s self-destruction in Washington Irving’s the legend of sleepy hollow

This thesis focuses on the analysis of the main character in Washington Irving?s The legend of sleepy hollow Ichabod Crane, who destroys himself because of his Character traits and conflicts. The thesis writer wants to know Ichabod Crane?s characters and conflicts, and how they lead him into self-destruction.Thus, the thesis writer applies the theory of characterization in order to analyze Ichabod Crane?s characters through his words, actions, appearances, background, and the …
Department : Jurusan Sastra Inggris S-1
Publication Year : 2002

23. A Study of the main characters’ kinds of love stages and the impact of their love in Edith Wharton’s The Age of Innocence

This thesis is concerned with the kinds of love stages that the main characters have and the impact of their love. The thesis writer finds out that the main characters have different kinds of love stages: they are liking, romantic love, fatuous love, empty love and infatuation love. The main characters express their love in different ways, but they have the same impact of their love; all of them suffer and …
Department : Jurusan Sastra Inggris S-1
Publication Year : 2002

24. A Study of Alexandra’s needs before and after her success based on the social motives theory in Willa Cather’s O Pioneers

The main theme that is analyzed in this thesis is the motivation of the main female character, Alexandra, before and after her success as a farmer in Willa Cather’s 0 Pioneers! I view Alexandra’s motivation through the measurement of her needs according to McClelland’s Social Motives Theory, which consists of three needs; the need for achievement, the need for power, and the need for affiliation. Since a normal human being is …
Department : Jurusan Sastra Inggris S-1
Publication Year : 2002

25. A Study of the developing and changing character traits of the two main female characters as influenced by the changing setting in John Steinbeck’s the Grapes of wrath

The thesis writer intends to analyze the developing and the changing character traits of Ma Joad and Rose of Sharon as influenced by the changing setting in Steinbeck’s The Grapes of wrath. Through this study, she aims to indicate how Ma’s and Rose’s character traits are changing when they have to face several new settings as resulted by the changing setting they are dealing with. In analyzing the work, she uses two …
Department : Jurusan Sastra Inggris S-1
Publication Year : 1999

26. Study of failure in main character’s life as shown in Edith Wharton’s Ethan Frome

Ethan Frome, a novel by Edith Wharton, is a story of ill-fated love, a tragic love story of simple people in a bleak New England environment. The main character is Ethan Frome, a man who has to drop out of school to take care of his sick mother. In this thesis the writer wants to find out the reasons of Ethan’s failure and how the failure affects his life. The writer …
Department : Jurusan Sastra Inggris S-1
Publication Year : 2001

27. Study on feminism in Edna’s awakening in Kate Chopin’s the awakening

The study is about a woman’s strength in countering against male domination to be an independent and free individual. Edna Pontellier, the main female heroine of The Awakening, is a housewife of a successful Creole stockbroker, Leonce Pontellier, with two small children. Yet, Edna increasingly feels her marriage life is constricting, so that she decides to abandon her domestic role as mother and wife. Edna’s rebellion reflects the essence of feminism. …
Department : Jurusan Sastra Inggris S-1
Publication Year : 2000

28. The Shaping and reshaping of Sandy’s personality to achiefe a better life in Langston Hughes’ Not Without Laughter

The topic about the shaping and reshaping of Sandy’s personality to achieve a better life which the thesis writer chooses is interesting because Langston Hughes, in his novel Not Without Laughter, reveals that good education, hard work, and self-determination will lead someone to his or her success eventhough there are many obstacles in front of him or her. In her thesis, the thesis writer analyzes how the shaping and reshaping of Sandy’s …
Department : Jurusan Sastra Inggris S-1
Publication Year : 2001

29. The Evil Nature in Mankind as seen through Nathaniel Hawthrone’s short stories “Young Goodman Brown”, “My Kinsman, Major Molineux” and “The Birthmark”

In this thesis, entitled The Evil Nature in Mankind as Seen Through Nathaniel Hawthorne ’s Short Stories “Young Goodman Brown “, “My Kinsman, Major Molineux “, and “The Birthmark “, the writer attempts to discuss the evil nature in mankind. The objects of the analysis are the three male major characters, Brown, Robin Molineux, and Aylmer. This thesis is to confirm that there is an evil nature in mankind, which can …
Department : Jurusan Sastra Inggris S-1
Publication Year : 2002

30. A Comparative Study of the Impacts of Skin Color in Richard Rodriguez’s “complexion”, Mary Mebane’s “the scheme of color” and Zora Hurston’s “how it feels to be colored me.”

Richard Rodriguez’s “Complexion” and Mary Mebane’s “The Scheme of Color” and Zora Hurston’s “How It Feels to Be Colored Me” are three short stories from famous American writers discussing their personal experiences in overcoming their skin color problems. Skin color is like an eternal problem that no one in this world seems to be able to overcome it, and that is the reason for the thesis writer to put his interest …
Department : Jurusan Sastra Inggris S-1
Publication Year : 2003

31. A Study of Queen’s success in fulfilling her needs as an Afro-American lady as seen in Alex Haley’s Queen

The main theme that is analyzed in this thesis is the success of an Afro-American lady which is represented by the main female character, Queen, in Alex Haley’s Queen. The writer views Queen’s success not through what kind of survival techniques she uses in enduring the hardness of life, either during or after her bondage, instead the writer views it through Queen’s ability to fulfill her needs as a healthy personality …
Department : Jurusan Sastra Inggris S-1
Publication Year : 2001

32. A Study of Holden’s recognition and awareness of society’s phoniness and fraud, which lead to his maturity in Salinger’s the Catcher in the Rye

Holden Caulfield, J.D Salinger’s main character of The Catcher in the Rye, is an adolescent who feels insecure because of his immaturity. For he sees extremely that the adult world is filled with phoniness and fraud while the children world is promising the genuine. The author of the novel aims to show the main character, Holden’s struggle in facing the phoniness and fraud in the society. Thus, the writer of the …
Department : Jurusan Sastra Inggris S-1
Publication Year : 2001

33. A Study of Hawkeye as a mythic hero in James Fenimore Cooper’s the Last of the Mohicans

The main theme that is analyzed in this thesis is the characterization of a white man named Hawkeye who has been described as a mythic hero by D.H Lawrence. The writer views the characterization of Hawkeye as a mythic hero through his characteristics and honorable deeds of him. As a pure white man, he has a deep relationship with an Indian named Chingachgook and he owns the Indian gifts for he …
Department : Jurusan Sastra Inggris S-1
Publication Year : 2002

34. A Study female circumcision as seen through Tassi and M’lissa in Alice Walker’s Possesing the Secret of Joy

Alice Walker is a black female writer whose perspective in writing mostly about her concerns for the life of black women. Her novel Possessing The Secret of Joy basically is also a study of the struggle of two women in their life, which is caused by the tradition of female circumcision. The two women are Tashi and M’Lissa. Tashi is visualised as a weak woman who is unable to reject the …
Department : Jurusan Sastra Inggris S-1
Publication Year : 2000

35. The Causes and effects of the governess’ hallucination in Henry James’ The Turn of the Screw

In The Turn of The Screw, Henry James presents the governess as the central character pictured as a young woman who is able to have hallucination of ghosts. Due to this fact, this thesis is a study of the causes that make the governess hallucinate about ghosts and the effects of her hallucination itself. Therefore, this thesis intends to prove that there are some causes that make the governess able to …
Department : Jurusan Sastra Inggris S-1
Publication Year : 2003

36. The Main male character’s change in Hawthorne’s the Marble Faun

The Marble Faun is a novel by Nathaniel Hawthorne which talks about the main male character’s consciousness of his sin which changes his character traits. The thesis writer is encouraged to find out what factors makes him change and what kind of change he has gone through. The thesis writer wants to prove that his change happens after his eyes are opened due to the conflict that he faces in his …
Department : Jurusan Sastra Inggris S-1
Publication Year : 2001

37. A Study of how the ideas of feminism flourish and eventually evade during the main female character, Janie Mae Crawford’s, quest for love in a marriage as seen in Zora Neale Hurston’s Their Eyes …

Compared to other black women during the era of post slavery experience for being the victims of the double oppressions both from white people as well as black men, Janie, the main character of Their Eyes Were Watching God completely stands for the opposite. I recognize her actions in fighting over oppressions from her husbands as the flourishing ideas of feminism, which are imposed by her Nanny. In addition to her …
Department : Jurusan Sastra Inggris S-1
Publication Year : 2002

38. Asa Leventhal as victim of his own identity as seen in Saul Bellow’s the Victim

This thesis is about the main male character as a victim of his own identity. The main male character in this novel, Asa Leventhal, is uncomfortable with his Jewishness. He feels that people around him are against him or persecute him because of his Jewishness. He feels uneasy about his own identity. He cannot overcome his becoming a victim of his own identity. Therefore, the thesis writer wants to find out in what ways Asa Leventhal …
Department : Jurusan Sastra Inggris S-1
Publication Year : 2004

39. A Study on Scarlet O’ Hara’s ambitions in Margaret Mitchell’s Gone with the Wind

Women, since the ancient time, have been culturally regarded as inert-frailcreatures who continuously demand the guidance of men. This is what has happened in any place in the world including Southern America. Due to this evidence, I pick out to analyze Margaret Mitchell?s legendary work Gone with the Wind which reveals the spirit of a Southern woman, Scarlett O?Hara. Because of the Civil War, the South undergoes chaos that leads the people into the “darkages” of their …
Department : Jurusan Sastra Inggris S-1
Publication Year : 2004

40. A Study of the main characters’ struggle to fight against their emotional isolation and their failures in Katherine Anne Porter’s Ship of Fools

In this thesis, I focus on the analysis of the emotional isolation of the two main characters, David Scott and Wilhelm Freytag in Katherine Anne Porter?s novel, Ship of Fools. I find that these two characters experience emotional isolations that come from different reasons. Apparently, they also struggle to fight against their emotional isolation, and at the end, they have to encounter the failure. I decide to use literary approach, especially the theory of characterization as the …
Department : Jurusan Sastra Inggris S-1
Publication Year : 2004

41. A Study of Offered’s strategies of survival in the patriachal society as seen in Margaret Atwood’s the handmaid’s tale

The main character in this novel, Offred, has to choose to be a handmaiden when she finds out that the society, the circumstances where she lives has totally changed. Yet, inside the Republic of Gilead, she gets many negative views from the society for being a handmaiden. She thinks that the best way to be afar from death is pressing her own desire to run away from the Republic of Gilead and behaving as what the …
Department : Jurusan Sastra Inggris S-1
Publication Year : 2005

42. A Study on Olivia’s confusion toward her “chineseness” and her acceptance of her “chineseness” as seen in Amy Tan’s the hundred secret senses

This thesis primarily deals with Amy Tan?s work The Hundred Secret Senses which vividly pictures Olivia?s confusion as the second generation of Chinese-American toward her “Chineseness”. The most striking point that I note in this novel is the problem of confusion toward the “Chineseness” that Olivia faces while being trapped in two cultures, Chinese and American. In relevance to this, I intend to discuss the factors that lead Olivia to the confusion of her “Chineseness” and …
Department : Jurusan Sastra Inggris S-1
Publication Year : 2005

43. A Study of the characters’ reasons and results for returning to China as seen in Pearl S Buck’s The Three Daughters of Madame Liang

Reading Pearl S Buck?s The Three Daughters of Madame Liang is the most exciting moment in reading fiction. The message that Pearl S Buck wants to tell about one?s devotion and patriotic attitude through the action of the character?s return to China represents the lesson of life struggle. Nevertheless, from the moment the thesis writer reads the important part, concerning dedication and loyalty of a person, she wants to analyze the two female characters, Grace Liang and …
Department : Jurusan Sastra Inggris S-1
Publication Year : 2005

44. A Study of Ellen Olenska’s rebellion against patriarchal concept of womanhood as seen in Edith Wharton’s The Age of Innocence

Oppression toward women never stops. It happens without considering time and place. In The Age of Innocence, Ellen Olenska is also being oppressed by the concept of womanhood in the patriarchal society. Patriarchal concept of womanhood is a concept about an ideal woman that is owned by patriarchal society. Old New York where Ellen lives in is a patriarchal society that expects women to be pure and innocent, pretending not to know the occasional unpleasantness of …
Department : Jurusan Sastra Inggris S-1
Publication Year : 2005

45. A Study on Francis Dolarhyde’s mental illness in Thomas Harris’s Red Dragon

In the novel of Thomas Harris?s Red Dragon, Francis Dolarhyde suffers from mental illness. That is why, the thesis writer is interested in studying his mental illness. His mental illness becomes the issue that the thesis writer wants to analyze. The thesis writer wants to know the symptoms, causes, and effect of his mental illness. The thesis writer finds that Francis has false belief that he is the dragon and hears voices. She also finds that …
Department : Jurusan Sastra Inggris S-1
Publication Year : 2005

46 . A Study of Josephine March’s character development in Louisa May Alcott’s little women

This thesis concerns with the process of development in Josephine March?s character traits in Louisa May Alcott?s Little women. In the beginning of the story, Jo?s character traits are shown by her early ways in solving her problems. Through some events and conflicts, Jo finally develops. Therefore, I am curious to find out the process of Jo?s development and her changing ways in handling her problems. As I use literary approach, I apply the theories of characterization …
Department : Jurusan Sastra Inggris S-1
Publication Year : 2005

47. The Factors of Nat’s character development as seen in Louisa May Alcott’s Little Men

Little men is a novel by Louisa May Alcott that tells about a young boy, Nathaniel Blake, who experiences character development through his new life at Plumfield school. In the beginning and at the end of the story it is clear the Nat experiences character development. I am curious to know the factors that influence Nat?s character development. Through the analysis, I want to reveal Nat?s former characters as a child and the factors that make …
Department : Jurusan Sastra Inggris S-1
Publication Year : 2005

48. The Acculturation of Indian immigrants in the United States as seen in Bharati Mukherjee’s “A Father”, V.S. Nailpaul’s “One Out of Many”, and G.S. Sharat Chandra’s “Saree of the Gods”

During their migration, acculturation is a process that is inevitable for immigrants. Similarly, Indian immigrants also need to undergo acculturation during their migration to the United States. This literary study discusses the acculturation of Indian immigrants in Bharati Mukherjee?s “A Father”, V. S. Naipaul?s “One Out of Many”, and G. S. Sharat Chandra?s “Saree of the Gods” in terms of the Indian cultural values they keep and leave behind, the American mainstream cultural values they adopt and …
Department : Jurusan Sastra Inggris S-1
Publication Year : 2005

49. An Analysis on Pecola’s experiences of bad treatments and the effects in Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye

The thesis writer chooses bad treatments that is related to racism and physical appearances because she finds this topic is commonly found in the society and she feels that it is interesting to discuss the unfair treatments from a group of people to others that are caused by bad appearances or race. Accidentally, she finds that Toni Morrison often reveals that problem in her novels. As a result, she chooses Tony Morrison?s The Bluest Eye to …
Department : Jurusan Sastra Inggris S-1
Publication Year : 2005

50. The Materialization of the concept of ideal society in Ruby which leads to the attack to the women in the Convent by Ruby’s people in Toni Morrison’s paradise

The topic of this thesis is the materialization of the concept of ideal society in Ruby which leads to the attack to the women in the Convent. First of all, I intend to know what the materialization of the concept of ideal society is by the founders of Ruby. Second, I want to know the reasons that this materialization of the concept of ideal society leads to the attack to the women in the Convent …
Department : Jurusan Sastra Inggris S-1
Publication Year : 2005

51. Defense mechanisms developed by Frank McCourt in order to survive the ordeal of his childhood as seen in Frank McCourt’s Angela’s Ashes

This thesis is the study of the kinds of defense mechanism developed by Frank McCourt in order to survive the ordeal of his childhood. The background of Frank McCourt?s childhood is Irish society especially Catholic Irish society which influences much to the main character, Frank McCourt himself. In this thesis, I want to reveal, through the analysis, how the main character reacted to his poor condition by developing a defense mechanism. Considering those facts, I want …
Department : Jurusan Sastra Inggris S-1
Publication Year : 2005

52. The Study of omniscient point of view in some of Hawthorne’s short stories

This thesis is the study of omniscient point of view in some of Hawtnorne’s short stories. Such topic about the omniscient point of view is rarely analyzed, therefore the writer is interested in doing her thesis on this topic. She hopes that this thesis will be useful to the further study on amniscient point of view. Through the narrator’s descriptions of the main characters in the short stories and also through the conflicts …
Department : Jurusan Sastra Inggris S-1
Publication Year : 1990

53. A Study of theme through character as seen in Salinger’s Franny and Zooey

This thesis is an analysis of the theme through character in Salinger’s novel Franny and Zooey. This analysis is limited to the theme of alienation through the main character Franny. The theme of alienation is revealed through the important incidents in “Franny” and “Zooey”. The alienation of Franny shows the specific cases of the sensitive human being toward the real world. This case gives a picture of an alienated young person caught …
Department : Jurusan Sastra Inggris S-1
Publication Year : 1991

54 . The Reliability of Nick Carraway in the great Gatsby and Marlow in heart of darkness as narrators and commentators, and their similarities as the main characters of the novels

A Narrator is not just a narrative device but his presentation is significant since the reader’s perceptions of the characters and actions depend on the way the narrator presents his story. Accordingly, the quality of the narrator influences the reader’s understanding of the story. The ironic greatness of Gatsby, the protagonist of The Great Gatsby and the remarkable quality of Kurtz, the protagonist of Heart of Darkness is believable and acceptable because of the reliability of Nick Carraway and Marlow as …
Department : Jurusan Sastra Inggris S-1
Publication Year : 1991

55. A Study of the reasons and the results of Pecola’s Sufferings in Toni Morrison’s the bluest eye

In this thesis, the thesis writer chooses Toni Morrison The bluest eye. The novel tells us about Pecola?s suffering through out her life. Therefore, in this thesis, the thesis writer is eager to know the reasons and the results of Pecola?s suffering. She uses the theory of characterization and the theory of conflict to analyze the reasons and the results of Pecola?s suffering. She finds out that her suffering is due to her physical problems: her …
Department : Jurusan Sastra Inggris S-1
Publication Year : 2005

56. A Study of stream of consciousness point of view in Faulkner’s as I lay dying

This thesis is an analysis of the personality of the Bundren family in William Faulkner’s novel As I Lay Dying through the stream of conciousness method of narration. The use of the stream oc consciousness in the novel is revealed through the important incidents around the funeral procession. How the characters behave shows their personality. It is the personality of the major and the minor characters of the Bundrens. Basically, the stream of consciousness in those characters is presented by …
Department : Jurusan Sastra Inggris S-1
Publication Year : 1991

57. A Study of how Jay Gatsby obtains his idea of wealth and shifts it into a tool to gain self-esteem in his social and love life as seen in Fitzgerald’s the great Gatsby

Born in a poor family makes young Gatsby determined to undergo many efforts in order to improve his status. Afterwards, inspired by his meeting and journey with Dan Cody, Gatsby completes his whole idea of materialism by wanting to become a rich person. However, his love story with a rich girl named Daisy makes him sway his dream to become a rich man. Gatsby no longer sees becoming a rich person as a dream, yet he …
Department : Jurusan Sastra Inggris S-1
Publication Year : 2005

58. A Character study of Esther Greenwood in Sylvia Plath’s the Bell Jar

An identity crises in The Bell Jar is a psychological study on Esther Greenwood, the main character who undergoes the identity crises. This study tries to prove that the main character in Sylvia Plath’s novel has an identity crises. Beginning with the split relationship with her mother and after that with the society, then, her experiences in New York and her failure to follow a writing course, all of those have caused her a psychological conflict, a feeling of depression, …
Department : Jurusan Sastra Inggris S-1
Publication Year : 1992

59. A Study of Kunta’s maintenance of his original African culture in Alex Haley’s roots: the saga of an American family

The thesis discusses the causes and the effects of Kunta?s maintenance of his original African culture in America. The writer is curious to find out the causes of Kunta?s maintenance. Moreover, the writer is also curious in knowing the effects that occur due to Kunta?s struggle in maintaining his culture. In the end the writer wants to find out whether in the end the causes and the effects will make Kunta as “someone special” to his …
Department : Jurusan Sastra Inggris S-1
Publication Year : 2005

60. The Roles of religion, society and family love in Holden’s search for self-identity in J.D Salinger’s ” The Catcher in the Rye”

This thesis talks about the teenager’s life in the search for self-identity which involve religion, society and family love. The writer of this thesis is interested in discussing “The Catcher in the Rye”, for through this novel she knows more about psychology of the young. The role of religion, society and family love will be analyzed in Chapter V. While the back ground theories of the three aspects are dicussed in Chapter IV. The writer of this thesis describes …
Department : Jurusan Sastra Inggris S-1
Publication Year : 1991

61. The Study that social life brings destructions to its people in Stephen Crane’s Maggie: a girl of the streets

Stephen Crane’s short novel Maggie: A Girl of the Streets is a successful picture of social life in general. In this novel, Crane tries to present his idea about social life that social life brings destructions to its people. This novel shows but the destructiveness of social environment and inability of man to avoid the forces of social life. The people of Rum Alley society in this novel are forced to …
Department : Jurusan Sastra Inggris S-1
Publication Year : 1990

62. A Study for the reasons in charlotte’s unhappy life as seen in anna tyler’s earthly possession

Anne Tyler is one of the great American writers. One of her novels, Earthly Possessions is the creation of her creative thinking. The novel is about the conflict that appears in Charlotte?s marriage as the major female figure which brings her to an absolute decision to leave her family. Charlotte feels unhappy with her life. She wants to gain the freedom as a house wife to view the outside world. She feels lonely in her home …
Department : Jurusan Sastra Inggris S-1
Publication Year : 2003

63. A Study of the impact of Henry’s relationship with Catherine and his friends in hemingway’s a farewell to arms

Ernest Hemingway was one of the well-known twentieth-century American writers. The novel A Farewell to Arms that I analyze is one of the materpieces which is about a love story with the background of the First World War. I choose this topic because the word relationship has great effect during war. As we know that building relationship during war is difficult, but the main character, Henry, is able to build relationship with Catherine and his friends. …
Department : Jurusan Sastra Inggris S-1
Publication Year : 2004

64. Edna’s rebellion against patriarchal system as seen in Kate Chopin’s The Awakening

In The Awakening, Edna Pontellier is portrayed as a woman who dares to commit adulteries and do some actions which are so contradictory with the male authority that has dominated the world; the patriarchal system. The Awakening is a mirror image to feminism, which is women?s awareness and emancipation to the male authority. Concerning the topic that is brought up in The Awakening that is about Edna?s rebellion against the patriarchal system, I am curious to …
Department : Jurusan Sastra Inggris S-1
Publication Year : 2004

65. The Joads’ reactions to the environment in John Steinbeck’s The grapes of wrath

The collapse of New York Exchange in 1929 marked the great economic depression and several natural disasters colored the American history in the thirties. Steinbeck, as one of the American Californians born in the 19th century witnessed the hardship of the Okies (the name for people who came from Oklahoma) who migrated to California in the hope of gaining a better life. Steinbeck?s The Grapes of Wrath depicts this long and hard journey of the Joads from …
Department : Jurusan Sastra Inggris S-1
Publication Year : 2004

66. A Study of the character-development similarity and differences of uncle Daniel Ponder and Edna Earle in Endura Welty’s Ponder Heart

This study discusses one of Eudora Welty?s novels entitled the Ponder Heart. This discussion talks about the similarity and differences of the main characters. The writer uses the literary theories, such as the theory of characterization and the theory of conflict. In the analysis, the writer finds out that Uncle Daniel Ponder, one of the main male characters, has similar background as Edna Earle, one of the main female characters: lack of love. Besides having a similar …
Department : Jurusan Sastra Inggris S-1
Publication Year : 2004

67. A Study of main female character’s efforts to maintain her inter-cultural relationship as seen in Pearl S. Buck’s letter from Peking

Letter from Peking is a novel by Pearl S. Buck. It is narrated in the first-person by its main character, Elizabeth MacLeod. She is an American woman who married a half-Chinese man. The focus of this novel is family relationships amongst the MacLeod. It becomes a beautiful tribute to and description of a loving marriage that is eventually torn apart by an evil war. This thesis focuses on what Elizabeth?s efforts are to maintain her relationship …
Department : Jurusan Sastra Inggris S-1
Publication Year : 2004

68. A Study of Clarissa’s change of sex preference from a heterosexual person into a lesbian in Michael Cunningham’s The Hours

This thesis presents an analysis on Clarissa Vaughn who changes her sex preference from a heterosexual person into a lesbian in Cunningham?s The Hours. It discusses the external and the internal factors that influence her in changing her sex preference. In order to accomplish the object from this thesis, I use literary devices, both characterization and conflict, and also supported by the concept of lesbian lifestyle. The theory of characterization is used to find out how …
Department : Jurusan Sastra Inggris S-1
Publication Year : 2004

69. A Study of Ian Bedloe’s depression and how he overcomes it in Anne Tyler’s Saint Maybe

Saint maybe is the 13 th novel written by Anne Tyler. Saint Maybe is an amazing story, which tells about a man, namely Ian Bedloe. Ian Bedloe as the main character of the story is involved in a tragedy which leads to a depression and needs to find a way to overcome his depression. He experiences guilty feeling and results in depression. Therefore, I want to know the factors of Ian Bedloe?s depression and the efforts …
Department : Jurusan Sastra Inggris S-1
Publication Year : 2004

70. A Study of Charles Mallison’s moral development in William Faulkner’s Intruder in the dust

William Faulkner is one of the great American writers who is magnificent in writing the subject and themes that he really knows well. His novel Intruder in the Dust is about the transition of a young white boy into adulthood in a Southern society. The thesis writer is eager to know how the main character Charles `Chick? Mallison experiences his moral development. In order to find out the answer, she uses literary approach and literary theory, …
Department : Jurusan Sastra Inggris S-1
Publication Year : 2004

71. The Imagination of the main characters in Ralph Waldo Ellison’s three short stories

This thesis is a study of imagination, which is developed by the main characters in Ralph Ellison?s three short stories. Ellison?s stories present the same main characters; they are Buster and Riley. By discussing the main characters in the stories, Buster and Riley, the thesis writer observes that indeed these characters use their imagination. Therefore, the thesis writer wants to know what their imaginations are and what the result of having imagination is. In answering the thesis …
Department : Jurusan Sastra Inggris S-1
Publication Year : 2004

72. A Study on the processes of the main female’s paranoid schizophrenia in Sidney Sheldon’s tell me your dreams

This is a study about finding the processes of the main female?s character in Sidney Sheldon?s Tell Me Your Dreams. In this study, I will pay attention to how the factors around her affect her personality and leads her to a paranoid condition. I will use Sigmund Freud?s theory of mental disorder to analyze the psychological condition of the main female?s character. In the analyzing, I know that the mental disorder of the main female?s character …
Department : Jurusan Sastra Inggris S-1
Publication Year : 2004

73. A Study on the inhuman treatments that happen in Alan Corde’s life and his efforts in facing them in Saul Bellow’s The Dean’s December

This thesis presents an analysis on Alan Corde who faces some inhuman treatments around his life in Saul Bellow?s The Dean?s December. It discusses inhuman treatments around Alan Corde?s life and the way he faces them. In order to accomplish the object from this thesis, the thesis writer uses literary devices, setting, conflict and characterization. Setting theory is used to analyze the condition of both of the countries, Rumania and America. The conflict theory is used …
Department : Jurusan Sastra Inggris S-1
Publication Year : 2004

74. A Study of cinque’s hardships as seen in Joyce Annette Barnes’ amistad

This thesis is a discussion about the hardships faced by Cinque as the main character who is kidnapped and going to be sold into slavery in America. In the novel, Amistad by Joyce Annette Barnes, Cinque as a black African and the other Africans are kidnapped from his home and will be sold as slaves in America. His long voyage in the ship Amistad to rebel against the American encourages me as the writer, to know …
Department : Jurusan Sastra Inggris S-1
Publication Year : 2007

75. Anil’s ambivalent identity in Michael Ondaatje’s Anil’s Ghost

Michael Ondaatje, as the author of post-colonialism novel, tries to portray the condition of post-colonialism that happens to the colonized immigrant in the colonizer countries. In his novel, Anil?s Ghost, he tells that the main character was born in Sri Lanka, grew up in Western and came back to the Sri Lanka again. From that condition, I find out that Anil, as the main character, faces the problem of identity. That?s how I am interested to …
Department : Jurusan Sastra Inggris S-1
Publication Year : 2007

76 . Danina’s obstacles which prevent her from being united with her lover as seen in Daniele Steel’s, Granny Dan

This thesis deals with popular novel, Granny Dan, which is written by Danielle Steel. It tells a story about a motherless girl who is taken by her father to a ballet school at the age of seven to live in the dormitory. One thing that interests me in choosing this novel is the main character, Danina Petroskova. Steel portrays her as a prima ballerina, has a great name and lives in high discipline. However, she dares …
Department : Jurusan Sastra Inggris S-1
Publication Year : 2007

77 . A Study on Lieutenant Tatsuya’s traumatic experiences and their effects in his present life and his efforts to cope with them in Frederick Pohl & Jack Williamson’s undersea city

As someone who has traumatic experiences, Lieutenant Tatsuya deals with a lot of negatives effects which occur as the result of his traumatic experiences. Therefore, the writer wants to reveal Lieutenant Tatsuya?s traumatic experiences in the past and the ways his traumatic experiences affect his life and to reveal his efforts in coping with his trauma. The writer uses literary approach which consists of theory of characterization, conflict and symbol in order to analyze Lieutenant Tatsuya. The …
Department : Jurusan Sastra Inggris S-1
Publication Year : 2007

78. A Study of oppression toward the main female character and how she deals with it as seen in Isabel Allende’s daughter of fortune

This thesis analyzes the oppression toward the main female character in Isabel Allende?s novel Daughter of Fortune. The thesis writer is interested in finding out how the main female character is oppressed and how she deals with the oppression. The analysis of this thesis will focus only to Eliza Sommers, as she is the main female character. Through this study, the thesis writer wants to reveal the ways Eliza is oppressed and the ways she deals …
Department : Jurusan Sastra Inggris S-1
Publication Year : 2007

79. A Study of the betrayal of the main male character, George Darrow, in Edith Wharton’s the reef

This thesis discusses one of Edith Wharton’s novels, the reef. It talks about the main male character, whose name is George Darrow, who betrays his fiancee. In the betrayal of George Darrow, there are some causes and effects. The effects and causes of George Darrow’s betrayal become the point that the thesis writer wants to analyze in this discussion. Literary approaches, which consist of literary theories such as conflicts and characterization, are used to help the …
Department : Jurusan Sastra Inggris S-1
Publication Year : 2002

80. A Study on Frank Bollinger’s paranoid schizophrenia in the face of fear by Dean R. Koontz

Frank Bollinger in The Face of Fear by Dean R. Koontz, is a character who has paranoid schizophrenia. He often has delusions of being superior than others and visual hallucinations of seeing something that is unreal. Frank has a wrong perception about society and he trusts in his own faith. The environment has become the important factor that caused his disease. That is why, the writer is curious to know what are the symptoms and why …
Department : Jurusan Sastra Inggris S-1
Publication Year : 2006

81. A Study of Marguerite’s efforts in overcoming racism as seen in Maya Angelou’s autobiography i know why the caged bird sings

The title of my thesis is “A Study of Marguerite?s Efforts to Overcoming Racism in Maya Angelou?s Autobiography I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings.” I want to analyze the racial problem in the black life in the America South, focusing on the experience of Maya Angelou?s experience about racial problem in her autobiographical I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. In this thesis, I analyze the main character?s effort in overcoming racism problem. I use …
Department : Jurusan Sastra Inggris S-1
Publication Year : 2006

82. A Study of Lucas Beauchamp’s racial problems and how he copes with them in William Faulkner’s intruder in the dust

This thesis discusses the Lucas Beauchamp?s racial problems and how he copes with them in William Faulkner?s Intruder in the Dust. This topic interests the writer since it involves an issue which always exists in the history of the humankind, that is, racial problem. The writer uses literary approach, that is, the theory of characterization and the theory of conflict to analyze racial problems that happens to Lucas. In addition, the writer also uses sociological concepts concerning …
Department : Jurusan Sastra Inggris S-1
Publication Year : 2006

83. A Study of the narrative structure in Dan Brown’s The Da Vinci Code as seen through Sophie Neveu

This thesis is a study of Dan Brown?s novel The Da Vinci Code. Through this thesis, I pay attention and show the narrative structure of the novel which is seen through the main woman character, Sophie Neveu. As a tool to help me in analyzing the novel, I choose to use Literary Approach streaming in Structuralism. From that point, I choose Binary Opposition by A.J. Greimas which are exposing the Subject - Object, the Sender - …
Department : Jurusan Sastra Inggris S-1
Publication Year : 2006

84. A Study of human’s depravation as seen through the human and the robots characters in ‘Robbie’, ‘Runaround’ and ‘Reason’ written in I,Robot by Isaac Asimov

This thesis discusses the three short stories in the book `I,Robot? . Each of the stories shows how the three laws of robotics apply to different robots and different situations. Each of the stories also shows how the robots take and interpret these three laws differently from the humans beings. As a result, some conflicts between the human and the robots begin. This makes the humans be deprived in term of their authority. It is clear …
Department : Jurusan Sastra Inggris S-1
Publication Year : 2006

85. Study on the main character’s schizophrenia and his efforts to overcome it in Sylvia Nasar’s a beautiful mind

This is a study about the main character?s schizophrenia and his efforts to overcome it in Sylvia Nasar?s A Beautiful Mind. In this study, the writer will focuses on the kinds of schizophrenia the main character is suffering from and how he overcomes his schizophrenia. The writer will use the psychological approach and the theory of schizophrenia as tools to analyze the main character?s schizophrenic condition. Generally, there are five kinds of schizophrenia and each kind has …
Department : Jurusan Sastra Inggris S-1
Publication Year : 2006

86. A Study of the causes and effects of Carrie’s obsession with material wealth as seen in Theodore Dreiser’s Sister Carrie

In Sister Carrie, Carrie Meeber is portrayed as a materialistic girl who sees material wealth and luxurious life are the important part in her life. For that matter, to fulfill her obsession she gets involved with two men and her purpose is for the money. Concerning the topic that is brought up in Sister Carrie that is about the causes and effects of Carrie?s obsession with material wealth, I am curious to know the causes with …
Department : Jurusan Sastra Inggris S-1
Publication Year : 2006

87. A Study on Beth Haxton’s psychological problems and the ways she deals with them in Lurlene McDaniel’s novel , The Girl Death Left Behind

This thesis mainly deals with Beth Haxton?s psychological problems and the ways she deals with her psychological problems. The thesis writer sees that the main female character in Lurlene McDaniel?s The Girl Death Left Behind, Beth Haxton, has experienced painful or tragic event in her life. As a result, it leads her to have her psychological problems. She also tries to handle her psychological problems. Unconsciously, she has built a defense mechanism, which is called repression, in …
Department : Jurusan Sastra Inggris S-1
Publication Year : 2006

88. A Study of Naomi Nakane’s identity crisis in Joy Kogawa’s obasan

Identity crisis can happen to all people that do not have deep knowledge about their own identity especially in the society. Identity crisis that I want to discuss is based from the novel Obasan by Joy Kogawa. I want to know how Naomi as the main character experiences the identity crisis and how she overcomes it. My purpose in this study is to find out the ways Naomi experiences identity crisis and the ways she overcomes …
Department : Jurusan Sastra Inggris S-1
Publication Year : 2005

89. A Study of Sula’s implementation of her ideas on sex and marriage as seen in Toni Morrison’s Sula

The thesis writer discusses the main female implementation of her unconventional ideas on sex and marriage in Toni Morrison?s Sula. The thesis writer wonders what makes Sula, the main female character has unconventional ideas on sex and marriage, and how the ideas are implemented in her attitude in the novel. The thesis writer wants to reveal the reason why Sula has unconventional ideas on sex and marriage, and the ways Sula implemented in her attitude. Utilizing the …
Department : Jurusan Sastra Inggris S-1
Publication Year : 2005

90. A Study on Jani’s process of findings her true love as seen in Zora Neale Hurston’s Their Eyes Were Watching God

Their Eyes Were Watching God is a novel by Zora Neale Hurston that tells about the journey of an African-American woman into womanhood and accomplishment of love. The main character of the novel, Janie Mae Crawford experiences character development from the process of findings her true love through the four persons in her life. Thus, I am curious to know how Janie finds her true love through the four important persons in her life. Through the …
Department : Jurusan Sastra Inggris S-1
Publication Year : 2005

91. The Study of the ways patriarchy oppresses grace and her struggles as seen in Margaret Atwood’s Alias Grace

Patriarchy is an ideology which refers to men?s dominance in all spheres of life. In my study I trace it through family life in which the father holds the authority of the family, and later from the work place and the life of female criminals in prison. In this novel these institutions are proven to perform the patriarchal ideology and they oppress women, especially Grace. Therefore, in this thesis I want to reveal how the patriarchal …
Department : Jurusan Sastra Inggris S-1
Publication Year : 2005

92. A Study of Daisy’s efforts to maintain her pride and the reasons of her failure to maintain her pride as seen in Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby

The topic talks about Daisy?s efforts to maintain her pride and the reasons of her failure to maintain her pride in Fitzgerald?s The Great Gatsby. In relation to this New York, where Daisy lives exactly in 1920 had become a place where parties were often alive, fashion was revealing, cars were flashy. At that time people were very obsessive and greedy to pursue material wealth. Thus, people often associate material wealth and social status as the …
Department : Jurusan Sastra Inggris S-1
Publication Year : 2005

93. A Study on Sayuri’s problems which make her eager be a successful Geisha in Arthur Golden’ memoirs of Geisha

Memoirs of a Geisha is a novel created by an American modern writer named Arthur Golden. He is known to be the first American novelist who writes about Japanese geisha?s life. Memoirs of a Geisha is his first novel. That is set during the 19th century. This novel is dealing with the life of Japanese woman particularly a geisha. I am interested in taking this dominant theme about the woman?s struggle. However, in my analysis, I …
Department : Jurusan Sastra Inggris S-1
Publication Year : 2005

94. Ambiguous Utopia as seen in Planet Urras and Planet Anarres in Ursula Le Guin’s the dispossessed: an ambiguous Utopia

Science fictions are often confused with fantasy. However, science fiction differs from fantasy. Mostly, fantasy consists of imagination, while the contents of science fiction are sensible prediction of the future of the world. Besides, science fiction tries to employ human being as the subject in each story. The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia, one of Le Guin?s prominent novels and one good example on how science fiction tries its best to explore humanity, tells a story of …
Department : Jurusan Sastra Inggris S-1
Publication Year : 2007

95. The Deconstruction of the lie to the truth by lord estraven as seen in Ursula K. Le Gun’s The Left Hand of Darkness

The crucial issue in The Left Hand of Darkness is the dichotomy of the truth and the lie in the novel and its characters, especially in the main protagonist named Lord Estraven. This thematic idea raises a curiosity about the way the lie can be deconstructed into the truth by Lord Estraven, including to know the truth and the falsehood in this character. From the ideas above, this study deals with the deconstruction of the lie …
Department : Jurusan Sastra Inggris S-1
Publication Year : 2007

96. The Sufferings of two women characters under their husbands’ dominance in Kate Chopin’s short stories entitled “The Story of An Hour” and “Desiree’s Baby”

This thesis deals with the sufferings of the two women characters in Kate Chopin?s two short stories entitled “The Story of An Hour” and “Desiree?s Baby” in which both main women characters experience the male domination in their marriage lives that results in their tragic ends. Concerning the topic that is brought up in the two short stories, which is female sufferings due to the patriarchal system, I am curious to know the ways how the …
Department : Jurusan Sastra Inggris S-1
Publication Year : 2007

97. The Main female charaters’ stereotypes as seen in Eudora Welty’s “Petrified Man” and a “Worn Path”

“Petrified Man ” and ” Worn Path ” by Eudora Welty elaborate the concept of sex role stereotypes in the utmost comprehensive analysis in which attached on the three main female characters namely Leota, Mrs. Fletcher and Phoenix. The three characters trigger my curiosity to find out what stereotypes are given to Leota and Mrs. Fletcher and why they accept the stereotypes. Furthermore, I am also interested in discussing what stereotypes …
Department : Jurusan Sastra Inggris S-1
Publication Year : 2007

98. The Causes and the effect of multiple personality disorder in Ashiley Patterson’s character in Sidney Sheldon’s Tell Me Your Dreams

This is a study about the causes and the effect of Multiple Personality Disorder in Ashley Patterson?s character in Sidney Sheldon?s Tell Me Your Dreams. In this study the writer is curious to know what the causes and the effect of Ashley Patterson?s Multiple Personality Disorder are. Ashley Patterson?s past experiences, caused Ashley suffers from her psychological condition. The writer uses Psychological approach to analyze the main character?s problems. Moreover, the writer uses a several theories that …
Department : Jurusan Sastra Inggris S-1
Publication Year : 2007

99. Frederick Douglass struggle for gaining his freedom in narrative of the life of Frederick Douglass , an American slave

I his thesis is a study of the gaining of freedom by Frederick Douglass, an American slave. In this study, the writer highlights the conflict and the idea of survival technique as revealed through the main character, Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey that was changed into Frederick Douglass after he became a free man, as the major problem of the analysis. Frederick Douglass as a Mulatto with his white father as his master …
Department : Jurusan Sastra Inggris S-1
Publication Year : 2003

100 . The Main character’s crisis of identity in her adolescence as seen from McCullers’ The Member of the Wedding

The Member of the Wedding is a novel by Carson McCullers. This novel is about the story of an adolescent whose name is Frankie Addams who cannot accept the physical change in herself and how she is rejected from her peers. Frankie feels that she is a lonely person but the wedding of her brother makes Frankie change herself into F. Jasmine and she becomes the member of the wedding. Yet, …
Department : Jurusan Sastra Inggris S-1
Publication Year : 2002