INTERPRETATION OF HAPPINESS BY THE MAIN CHARACTER IN THE NOVEL THE MIDNIGHT LIBRARY BY MATT HAIG

NURUL KHUSNA, 12203193156 (2023) INTERPRETATION OF HAPPINESS BY THE MAIN CHARACTER IN THE NOVEL THE MIDNIGHT LIBRARY BY MATT HAIG. [ Skripsi ]

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Khusna, Nurul. Student Register Number. 12203193156. “Interpretation of Happiness by the Main Character in the Novel The Midnight Library by Matt Haig”. Sarjana Thesis. English Education Department. Faculty of Tarbiyah and Teacher Training. State Islamic University (UIN) of Sayyid Ali Rahmatullah Tulungagung. Advisor: Dr. Susanto, S.S., M.Pd. Keywords: Happiness, Structural, Positive Psychology, Novel Happiness is something that everyone wants to achieve. Even, it can be said that happiness is the purpose of human life. The theme of happiness can’t be separated from the scope of literature include novel. Study on novel is often become the subject of study because it describes about human life in the real world. However, the study often raises the negative side of human. While research with positive psychology that sees humans from the good point of view is still not widely done. The Midnight Library by Matt Haig was chosen to be studied because the entire plot in the novel tells about the main character's search for happiness. The novel describe a person named Nora who is filled with negativity and full of hopelessness but tries to start a new life and looking for the happiness she wants. This research aims to examine the interpretation of happiness by the main character and examine the indicators represent the main character happiness in the novel The Midnight Library by Matt Haig. The methodology used in this research is descriptive qualitative method. The research design used was library research design. In this study, the researcher applied documentation method for the method of data collection. The data in this research are units of lingual, words, phrases, clauses, and sentences in narrative form. In this research, the researcher used Content Analysis (CA) model. The content analysis consist of three activities, namely: data reduction, data display and drawing conclusions. The research produced two subjects regarding the main character interpretation of happiness and the indicators that represent the main character's happiness in the novel The Midnight Library. Happiness according to the main character a condition in which a person fully accepts himself/herself (self-acceptance), understands the meaning of life, appreciates every moment in his/her life, and has strong and loving social relationships. While the indicators of happiness found are wisdom, courage, humanity, justice, temperance and transcendence.

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