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ROLES OF MOTHER IN EMMA DONOGHUE’S NOVEL ROOM
Muhammad Fadil Citra;
Sri Wulan
JOURNAL OF LANGUAGE Vol 4, No 1: May 2022
Publisher : Universitas Islam Sumatera Utara
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DOI: 10.30743/jol.v4i1.5212
This study focuses on the roles of mother performed by Ma in the novel Room. The purpose of this research is to show Ma's dominant roles in educating, maintaining, and managing the life of Jack, her son. The descriptive qualitative method was applied to analyze the data and to answer the research problems in this study. The data are obtained from the quotations in the novel Room. This research is analyzed based on a theory of the roles of mother proposed by several experts such as Ki Hajar Dewantara in Muthmainnah, McGuigan, and Good. Twelve data could be used as evidences of the mother's roles represented by Ma. The results of the study show that there are four dominant roles of mother performed by Ma. The four roles of a mother in the novel are mother as an educator, mother as a carer of family's physical and mental health, mother as a company, and mother as a communicator. From the data presented in the analysis, it is very clear that Ma performs her roles as a mother well. With limited space for movement, Ma can still provide education, health maintaining, attention and affection, play and guide for Jack through life.
DESTINY OF INJUSTICE IN WILLIAM LANDAY’S NOVEL DEFENDING JACOB
Sudwintari Sudwintari;
Sri Wulan
JOURNAL OF LANGUAGE Vol 1, No 2: November 2019
Publisher : Universitas Islam Sumatera Utara
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DOI: 10.30743/jol.v1i2.2458
This study discusses Protagonist’s Destiny of Injustice in William Landay’s novel Defending Jacob. This study adopts much of Gulen’s theory about destiny and injustice which is quoted by Haderi. Then, this research is completed by adopting descriptive qualitative method. There are three forms of the protagonist’s destiny of injustice. They are being accused of murder, being dismissed from school, and being isolated. The findings of the analysis are the protagonist has got many things for his injustice. The protagonist really suffers the injustice. The protagonist has passed several trials to be declared not guilty and free. It can be found clearly that the protagonist in this novel meets his destiny of injustice. At last, fortunately the protagonist is free from the accusation because the murderer has been revealed. The ending of the story shows that the protagonist can be free from the accusation because actually the one who kills his classmate is a pedophile.
TEENAGER RELATIONSHIP IN NICOLA YOON’S NOVEL EVERYTHING, EVERYTHING
Nurtia Pratiwi Siahaan;
Sri Wulan
JOURNAL OF LANGUAGE Vol 2, No 2: November 2020
Publisher : Universitas Islam Sumatera Utara
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DOI: 10.30743/jol.v2i2.2757
This study was conducted to give an overview to all people about the portrayal of teenager relationship and its negative impact in the novel. This study applies qualitative method which collects the data taken from the novel that have been read. The result shows that the relationship in the novel is portrayed as an unhealthy relationship. It is described as if it were an adult relationship. Their relationship is too romantic and too intimate. Such relationship is, of course, not suitable for their age as the protagonist and her lover are still teenagers. Consequently, the relationship result in negative impacts. The negative impacts which can be found in the novel are opposition, carelessness, and lying. These impacts happen to the protagonist after she has the love relationship. On the basis of the result of this study, it can be concluded that having an unhealthy relationship during adolescence may cause a negative impact on themselves and family.
RESISTANCE FOR TRUTH IN NICOLA YOON’S NOVEL EVERYTHING, EVERYTHING
Siska Dewi Rahayu;
Sri Wulan
JOURNAL OF LANGUAGE Vol 1, No 2: November 2019
Publisher : Universitas Islam Sumatera Utara
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DOI: 10.30743/jol.v1i2.2459
This study is concerned with the resistance of the protagonist. The protagonist, Madeline Whittier has a great bravery to resist rules and fear to find the truth although she is still teenager. The protagonist’s form of resistance and truth are formulated in the statement of the problem. Various theories are adapted to support the analysis, and one of which was proposed by Eric and Jay in theirs book Resistance and Persuasion. The method used in this study is qualitative. The method gives a significant portrayal of the protagonist’s resistance. The findings of this study are two forms of resistance done by the protagonist, i.e. resisting her mother’s rules and resisting her own fear. Such resistance results in the truth that the protagonist discovers. First is about her true disease, and second her mother’s lies to her for seventeen years. In conclusion, the protagonist conducts resistance to find truth of her own life.
INTERPERSONAL METAPHOR OF MOOD IN ANTHONY DOERR’S NOVEL ALL THE LIGHT WE CANNOT SEE
Ali Sofyan;
Sri Wulan
JOURNAL OF LANGUAGE Vol 3, No 1: May 2021
Publisher : Universitas Islam Sumatera Utara
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DOI: 10.30743/jol.v3i1.3705
This study aims to explore the transference of mood in interpersonal metaphor. The design method is descriptive and the approach is qualitative research. The main data are taken from the novel All the Light We Cannot See written by Anthony Doerr. The analysis is done by identifying the interpersonal metaphor of mood in the novel, describing them, and determining the dominant transference by using the percentage formula. 160 pages or one-third of the novel were taken as the data of this study. By completing the steps of the objectives, the significance is to give a thorough comprehension about interpersonal metaphor of mood and the transferences occurred in the sentences whether it is in texts or in speeches. The finding shows that the dominant mood found in the novel is declarative which reaches 44% occurrences. The second mood which often occurs in the novel is interrogative with 40%. The third is command in interrogative mood with 12%occurences and the statement in imperative mood follows with 4% occurrences; while there two patterns which cannot be found in the novel. They are question in declarative mood and imperative mood. It implies that most sentences in the novel give command in declarative form.
Development of the Trust Issue in the Movie Raya and the Last Dragon
Sri Wulan Wulan
International Journal of English and Applied Linguistics (IJEAL) Vol. 1 No. 2 (2021): Volume 1 Number 2 August 2021
Publisher : ITScience (Information Technology and Science)
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DOI: 10.47709/ijeal.v1i2.1042
The study discusses the development of Raya’s trust issue in the movie. The qualitative method is applied to analyze the data in this study. The result shows that the protagonist in the film suffers from trust issues. There are two reasons to trigger her trust issue. T. Her friend betrays her. Her friend and her people try to steal her village’s gem. This hurt the protagonist. This protagonist makes her start hard to trust anyone else. Next is trauma. Losing her village, Kumandra leaves her traumatic. She begins to show signs of trust issues. Some signs of her trust issue are overprotective toward Sisu, her beloved dragon, being wary, and keeping distance from others. The protagonist expresses such characters. She fears something terrible which can happen to Sisu. Therefore, she never trusts other people around her. She also distances herself from other people because of wariness. Sisu sees this. Sisu thinks that such a trust issue will make Raya in trouble. Finally, Sisu tries hard to teach Raya to trust other people. They eventually succeed in building Raya’s trust in others, and then a magical work happens as the impact of her trust.
Symbolism in The Animated Film Raya and the Last Dragon
Sri Wulan;
Nurhasanah;
Nada Febriansyah Putri
International Journal of English and Applied Linguistics (IJEAL) Vol. 2 No. 3 (2022): Volume 2 Issue 3 December 2022
Publisher : ITScience (Information Technology and Science)
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DOI: 10.47709/ijeal.v2i3.1890
The aim of this study is to find out the major symbols in the animated film entitled Raya and the Last Dragon. The film presented lots of signs. This study focuses on the major symbols in the film. The major symbols are most frequently mentioned and presented in the film. They are considered representative symbols in the film. The major symbols were analyzed by the application of the qualitative approach. Five symbols are presented in this study. To begin with, the land of heart symbolically means the center of prosperity. The heart is considered the land of welfare. In addition, Kumandra means the land of harmony and peace. The people live harmoniously and peacefully with nature in Kumandra. Furthermore, Dragon’s Gem has also a symbolical meaning of unity. The gem gives a message of being united. Additionally, Sisu is the last dragon awakened by Raya, the protagonist. Sisu also gives a symbolic meaning of trust. Sisu teaches other characters to trust each other. Lastly, Drunn implies a symbolical meaning. It conveys the threat of sustainable development for humans and the environment. All in all, the five major symbols in the film contain meanings. Their meanings are the message of the film. Above and beyond, the five symbols give a message of living with unity, harmony, and peace with nature to maintain environmental sustainability. The five symbols as well prove reading a literary work is advantageous because the readers can be enlightened by the moral message of the literary work.
POLITICAL ACTIVIST COMMUNITY PORTRAIT IN LEILA S. CHUDORI’S NOVEL LAUT BERCERITA
Efendi Barus;
Saiful Anwar Matondang;
M. Manugeren;
Purwarno Purwarno;
Purwanto Siwi;
Susi Ekalestari;
Sri Wulan
English Review: Journal of English Education Vol 11 No 1 (2023)
Publisher : University of Kuningan
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DOI: 10.25134/erjee.v11i1.7540
In the process of democratization in a state, the position of university students is decisive. Every student must be responsible to the society, able to see what is happening and to provide the best solutions to the societal problems as well as being a mouthpiece from the common people to the government, nation and state. In addition to developing their cognitive abilitie0s, students are required to participate actively in everything that is social in nature to foster a social spirit in the community. This picture is reflected in the political activist community in the novel Laut Bercerita by Leila S. Chudori. The research was conducted using a literary sociology approach related to the author's relationship with society and texts revealing problems in society. The focus of the research is related to the disclosure of social phenomena. Holistically, a qualitative descriptive research method is implemented. The data source is the novel and data collection is based on documentation techniques, obtained from the novel in the forms text referring to the attitudes of the students in their struggle for reform in all areas of public life and also based on the content analysis techniques with an objective approach. The results of the study show that the attitudes reflected in the political activist movement are social awareness, hard work and tolerance.
BAD EFFECT OF PATRIARCHAL CULTURE IN NAWAL EL SADDAWI’S NOVEL WOMAN AT POINT ZERO
Adinda Liasna Munthe;
Sri Wulan
JOURNAL OF LANGUAGE Vol 5, No 1: May 2023
Publisher : Universitas Islam Sumatera Utara
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DOI: 10.30743/jol.v5i1.6793
This study raises the theme of patriarchal culture experienced by the characters in Nawal El Saddawi's novel Woman at Point Zero. The novel is considered a feminist novel because it reveals many dimensions of oppression against women and the characters' struggle against gender discrimination to get their rights. Firdaus is the main character, who lives her life in a very tight patriarchal culture from pre-marriage, marriage, and post-marriage. The research in the novel is motivated by the social reality of patriarchal ideology ingrained in society so that women are always in the realm of domesticity. The purpose of this research is to explain the bad effects of patriarchal culture to the protagonist. The data obtained from the novel are analyzed using a qualitative descriptive method because it is used to describe and interpret the subject matter. The findings of this study indicate that there are three bad effects of patriarchal culture in the novel: violence against women, subordination, and sexual exploitation.
Ecocritcism On Kumandra as Environmental Sustainability in Raya And The Last Dragon
Sri Wulan;
Nurhasanah;
Zulfan Sahri
Metathesis: Journal of English Language, Literature, and Teaching Vol. 7 No. 1 (2023): Metathesis: Journal of English Language, Literature, and Teaching
Publisher : Universitas Tidar
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DOI: 10.31002/metathesis.v7i1.339
There is a harmonious relationship between the environment and humans depicted in the film Raya and the Last Dragon. A good environmental lesson is represented through Kumandra. Therefore, This study aims to explore Kumandra as a symbol of environmental sustainability in the film. The analysis was carried out based on the theory of Ecocritism. The theory is applied to find out the characters’ harmonious relationship with nature. The harmonious life is symbolized by the place, Kumandra. Data collection was done by qualitative descriptive method. The results of the analysis show that Kumadra is illustrated as a place where the community can maintain a harmonious life with nature. In Kumandra, the community is depicted as maintaining environmental harmony and balance. Although, Kumandra has been divided due to greed and the struggle for dragon’s gems, Benja and Raya still struggle to make all tribes return to what they used to be, namely Kumandra. Living in harmony in Kumandra brings peace, prosperity and unity for the people. It can be concluded that there are environmental lessons delivered by the film Raya and the Last Dragon.