AN ANALYSIS OF HANNAH’S CHARACTER

DEVELOPMENT THROUGH HER INTERNAL

CONFLICT IN ROXANNE RUSTAND’S

THE HOUSE AT THE BRIAR LAKE

PAPER

Submitted to The English Department

to Fulfill Partial Requirements for

The Degree of Sarjana Sastra

By:

Siti Sartika Dewi

302014509

FACULTY OF ENGLISH LITERATURE

SATYA WACANA CHRISTIAN UNIVERCITY

SALATIGA

2015

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An Analysis of Hannah’s Character Development

Through Her Internal Conflicts

in Roxanne Rustand’s The House at The Briar Lake

PAPER

Submitted in partial fulfillment

of the requirements for the degree of

Sarjana Sastra

Name: Siti Sartika Dewi

NIM: 392014509

Approved by:

______________________ ______________________

(Supervisor) (Examiner)

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Primary, I would like to offer my greatest thankfulness to the Almighty

God. I believes that without God’s permission, I would not be able to finish this

paper which entitled An Analysis on Hannah’s Character Development through

Her Internal Conflicts in “The House at The Briar Lake” by Roxanne Rustand.

My work is nothing without Your Blessing, because You are the One who makes

every problem during the writing process overcomes well. I also thank to the

following people who have given their help from the preparation until the

completion of this paper. Without their assistant, my paper would never be

finished.

First of all, I would like to thank to the Dean of English Faculty, Mrs.

Victoria Usadya Palupi, S.Pd, MA. ELT and Mrs. Deta Maria S, M.Hum as the

head of literatur major who give the permission for this paper. Thanks very much

for my parents, Kamdani and Rinawati, as well as my grandparents Siswo Utomo

and Mukiyem who always pray and give advice for success. My sisters, Luluk

Rachmawati Dewi and Meirika Kirana Dewi, as well as my brother Muhammad

Wahyu Ardian and Sahid Maulana Pratama, thank a lot for your love and care.

My special thanks to my advisor, Ms. Ervin Suryaningsih S.S, M.Hum for

being kind and patient to encourage, support, and give guidance for the

achievement of this paper. I also thank to my paper reader, Mrs. Deta Maria S,

M.Hum for the help and support in the beginning of the paper process. And many

thanks to all lecturers and administration staff for the help and support.

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Countless thanks to my very best friend in the “GENK’SARU”: Putri Ina

Krisnasari, Nadya Octaviana PP, and Sonya Michaela for motivation, spirit, and

suggestion in a good one of course, You Three are The Best Nda. And for my

future husband, Dedy Sulistyo Harmoko, your love, pray, and support mean the

world to me. I know that I could never requite all good things for me.

I hope this paper will be useful to anyone who studies English language.

At least, I just want to say ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN AS LONG AS WE

BELIEVE THAT NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE.

April, 2015

Siti Sartika Dewi

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ABSTRACT

Paper which entitled “An Analysis on Hannah’s Character development

through Her Internal Conflicts in The House at The Briar Lake by Roxanne

Rustand” is expected to show the relationship between internal conflicts faced by

Hannah with her characteristics which existed in the novel. Internal conflict leads

to the character development of Hannah. The writer is interested in the

relationship between internal conflict and character development because

something which influences human’s mind is the human’s mind itself, not the

others. Considering the fact, the writer attempts to show the reader about internal

conflicts faced by Hannah. The other, the writer wants to show the characteristics

of Hannah before experiencing internal conflict and her characteristics after

experiencing internal conflict. After solves those two cases, the writer wants to

analyze the influences of internal conflict to the characteristic of ten years old girl.

From the discussion and analysis, the writer finds two internal conflicts that

Hannah faces and some her character development after facing internal conflict.

This analysis indicates that there is a character development inside Hannah after

experiencing internal conflict.

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ABSTRAK

Makalah yang berjudul “An Analysis on Hannah’s Character Development

through Her Internal Conflicts in The House at The Briar Lake by Roxanne

Rustand” ini ditujukan untuk menunjukkan hubungan antara internal konflik yang

dihadapi oleh Hannah dengan karakternya yang terdapat dalam novel. Internal

konflik menyebabkan perubahan karakter Hannah. Penulis tertarik dengan

hubungan antara internal konflik dengan perkembangan karakter karena hal yang

dapat mempengaruhi diri manusia adalah pikiran manusia itu sendiri, bukan orang

lain. Mempertimbangkan hal tersebut, penulis bermaksud menunjukkan kepada

pembaca tentang internal konflik yang dihadapi oleh Hannah. Selain itu, penulis

juga ingin menunjukkan karakter dari Hannah sebelum menghadapi internal

konflik dan karakternya sesudah menghadapi internal konflik. Setelah

menyelesaikan kedua hal tersebut, penulis ingin menganalisa pengaruh internal

konflik pada karakter seorang anak berumur 10 tahun. Dari pembahasan dan

analisa, penulis menemukan dua macam internal konflik yang dihadapi oleh

Hannah. Dari kedua internal konflik tersebut, penulis dapat menemukan konflik

utama yang dihadapi Hannah dan beberapa perkembangan karakternya setelah

menghadapi internal konflik. Analisa ini menunjukkan bahwa ada perubahan

karakter dalam diri Hannah setelah ia menghadapi internal.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

TITLE PAGE ...…………………………………………………………………….

APPROVAL PAGE…………………………………………………….................ii

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT……………………………………………......………iii

ABSTRACT………………………………………………………………............v

ABSTRAK……………………………………………………………………......vi

TABLE OF CONTENTS………………………………………………...............vii

CHAPTER I: INTRODUCTION………………………………………….............1

CHAPTER II: THEORETICAL BACKGROUND……………………….............5

2.I Review of Related Theories……………………………….............5

2.1.1 Conflict…………………………………………….............5

2.1.1.1 External Conflict…………………………………..6

2.1.1.2 Internal Conflict…………………………………...7

2.1.2 Character…………………………………………………..8

2.1.2.1 Characteristic…………………………....................9

2.1.3 Character Development………………………..................10

CHAPTER III: ANALYSIS………………………………………………...........12

3.1 Internal Conflict Faced by Hannah………………………………12

3.1.1 Hannah’s desire vs her traumatic experience

about having father………………………………….……13

3.1.2 Hannah’s desire to stay in one place vs her dilemma

whether to choose her desire or her mother desire ............17

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3.1.2 Hannah’s loneliness vs her fear of making friend………. 18

3.2 Hannah’s Characteristics before and after experiencing internal

conflict to see her character development………………………..22

3.2.1 Hannah’s characteristics before

Experiencing Internal conflict……………………………22

3.2.2 Hannah’s characteristics after

Experiencing Internal conflict……………………………25

CHAPTER IV: CONCLUSION…………………………………………31

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