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Didik Santoso
03004081
ABSTRACT
Didik Santoso
03004081
ABSTRACT
The research is entitled The Impact of Capital Punishment in the Life of the Main Character as Reflected in John Grisham’s The Chamber: A Psychological Analysis. The aims of the research are (1) to describe the characterization of the main character in John Grisham’s The Chamber. (2) to describe the impact of capital punishment in the life of the main character. (3) to draw some moral values from the novel.
The subject of the research is a novel entitled The Chamber which is written by John Grisham and the object of the research is the impact of capital punishment in the life of the main character as reflected in the novel. The writer employs library research done by reading many bibliographies critically and comprehensively. After the data are collected, they are analyzed by using Sigmund Freud and Skinner’s theory of psychology as the main approach to search the impact of capital punishment in the novel.
Some of the important research findings can be stated as follows. Sam’s characterizations are described as racist, murderer, sarcastic, patriarchy, terrorist, committing revenge, intelligent, hopeless, love, and confession his mistakes. The impact of capital punishment toward the main character can be divided into two, good and bad impact. The good impacts are, realizing his wrong act, changing his view toward black and Jews, unitizing between grandfather and grandson, preferring to read books, and being a religious man. While the bad impacts are, hating the agent of punishment (the state and the governor), committing suicide, and became sarcastic person. The moral values in the novel are also divided into two; good moral values, which include optimistic and asking forgiveness; and bad moral values which include hopeless, extravagant, and cunning (bribe).
The subject of the research is a novel entitled The Chamber which is written by John Grisham and the object of the research is the impact of capital punishment in the life of the main character as reflected in the novel. The writer employs library research done by reading many bibliographies critically and comprehensively. After the data are collected, they are analyzed by using Sigmund Freud and Skinner’s theory of psychology as the main approach to search the impact of capital punishment in the novel.
Some of the important research findings can be stated as follows. Sam’s characterizations are described as racist, murderer, sarcastic, patriarchy, terrorist, committing revenge, intelligent, hopeless, love, and confession his mistakes. The impact of capital punishment toward the main character can be divided into two, good and bad impact. The good impacts are, realizing his wrong act, changing his view toward black and Jews, unitizing between grandfather and grandson, preferring to read books, and being a religious man. While the bad impacts are, hating the agent of punishment (the state and the governor), committing suicide, and became sarcastic person. The moral values in the novel are also divided into two; good moral values, which include optimistic and asking forgiveness; and bad moral values which include hopeless, extravagant, and cunning (bribe).
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