MATERIALISM IN NOVEL THE GREAT GASTBY BY F. SCOTT FITZGERALD A THESIS BY NURUL NAYLA AZMI REG. NO 050705055 ENGLISH DEPARTMENT FACULTY OF LETTERS UNIVERSITY OF SUMATERA UTARA MEDAN 2009
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ABSTRACT Skripsi ini berjudul Materialism in Novel The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Di dalam skripsi ini terdapat analisis materialistis yang terdapat di dalam novel The Great Gatsby yang ditulis oleh F. Scott Fitzgerald. Analisis ini bertujuan untuk menjelaskan tentang kesuksesan material yang membuat manusia menjadi tamak sehingga memudarnya rasa kemanusiaan yang diakibatkan oleh kematerialistisan di dalam novel tersebut. Metode yang digunakan adalah metode induktif yang bertujuan menggambarkan fenomena materialisme dari novel The Great Gatsby. Penggambaran ini memuat interpretasi yang kemudian dianalisis berdasarkan fakta atau data yang ada pada novel tersebut. Kata kunci: The Great Gatsby, manusia, kebutuhan, materi, uang, kesuksesan materi, kekayaan, ketidakpuasan, ketamakan, nilai moral.
TABLE OF CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS... i ABSTRACT... iii TABLE OF CONTENTS... iv CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of Analysis... 1 1.2 Problems of Analysis... 3 1.3 Objectives of Analysis... 3 1.4 Significances of Analysis... 4 1.5 Scope of Analysis... 4 1.6 Method of Analysis... 4 1.7 Review of Related Literature... 5 CHAPTER II THEORITICAL REVIEW 2.1 Literature... 6 2.2 Literature and Sociology... 8 2.3 Marxism... 9 2.4 Materialism... 12
CHAPTER III PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS OF THE NOVEL 3.1 Theme... 14 3.2 Character... 16 3.3 Plot... 19 3.4 Setting... 22 CHAPTER IV MATERIALISM IN NOVEL THE GREAT GASTBY BY F. SCOTT FITZGERALD 4.1 Sense of Human Degradation... 25 4.2 Wealth and Greediness... 30 4.3 Material Oriented and Moral Consequence... 33 CHAPTER V CONCLUSIONS AND SUGGESTIONS 5.1 Conclusions... 39 5.2 Suggestions... 40 BIBLIOGRAPHY... 41 APPENDICES... 43
TABLE OF CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ABSTRACT TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION 1.8 Background of Analysis 1.9 Problems of Analysis 1.10 Objectives of Analysis 1.11 Significances of Analysis 1.12 Scope of Analysis 1.13 Method of Analysis 1.14 Review of Related Literature CHAPTER II THEORITICAL REVIEW 2.1 Literature 2.2 Literature and Sociology 2.3 Marxism 2.4 Materialism CHAPTER III PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS OF THE NOVEL 3.1 Theme 3.2 Character 3.3 Plot 3.4 Setting
CHAPTER IV MATERIALISM IN NOVEL THE GREAT GASTBY BY SCOTT F. FITZEGALD 4.1 Sense of Human Degradation 4.2 Wealth and Greediness 4.3 Material Oriented and Moral Consequence CHAPTER V CONCLUSIONS AND SUGGESTIONS 5.1 Conclusions 5.2 Suggestions BIBLIOGRAPHY APPENDICES