ANANALYSIS OF MORAL VALUE AND SOCIAL PROBLEM IN

“THE GHOST, A NOVEL BY DANIELLE STEEL

A THESIS

Submitted as the partial Fulfillment of the Requirements of the Degree of

Sarjana Pendidikan at the Faculty of Language and Art Education
Mataram Institute of Teacher Training and Education

By :

JUMIANTI WAHYUNI
NIM. 12411244

MATARAM INSTITUTE OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION

FACULTY OF LANGUAGE AND ART EDUCATION
ENGLISH DEPARTEMENT
2017/2018
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 APPROVAL

This thesis entitled: AN ANALYSIS OF MORAL VALUE AND SOCIAL

PROBLEM IN “THE GHOST” A NOVEL BY DANIELLE STEEL

Has been approved on: April 2018

First Consultant Second Consultant

M. Asrul Hasby, SS., M.Pd. Bq. Zuhrotun Nafisah, S.Pd., M.A.

NIDN. 0813028002 NIDN.0810018801

Approved on: 2018

Acknowledged by,
Dean of Faculty of Language and Art Education

Muliani, M.Pd
NIK: 495200312

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 RATIFICATION

This thesis entitled: An Analysis of Moral Value and Social Problem in The

Ghost; A Novel by Danielle Steel has been approved by the Board of the

Examiners as the requirement for the Sarjana Degree in English Education.

Mataram, April 2018

M. Asrul Hasby, SS., M.Pd. (Chairman)

NIDN.0813028002

Bq. Zuhrotun Nafisah, S.Pd., M.A. (Member)

NIDN.0810018801

Kamarudin, M.Pd. (Member)

NIDN. 0802038701

Mataram, April 2018

Acknowledged by: Head of English Deartment

Dean,

Muliani, M.Pd Heri Hidayatullah, M. Pd

NIK. 495200312 NIK. 552121016

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 STATEMENT ORIGINALY

This undersigned:

Name : Jumianti Wahyuni

Student Number : 12411244

Study Program : English Education Department

Address : Transad, Sambalia, Lombok Timur, NTB

I here by certify that this my own work submitted as a partial fulfillment of ther

equirement of the degree Sarjana Pendidkan (S.Pd) at the Mataram Institute of

Teacher Training and Education (IKIP Mataram) and it is has never been

submitted to any other institutions for other purpose. The works of othercitedthere

in have been properly acknowledge in the bibliography section.

Mataram, 15 Maret 2018

Jumianti Wahyuni
NIM. 12.411.44

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 MOTTO AND DEDICATION

MOTTO:
 “To get a success, your courage must be greater than your fear”

DEDICATION:
 My beloved parents: Badarudin and Sri Wardani, thank a lot for your
fray, being my financial support and every single things that you have
done for me tiil today. I love you both so much.

 My beloved brother, Eko Purnomo who always support and make me

happy.

 For my friends : Kurniawati, Man, Jumahir, wulan, Nanas, Angi,

Linda, firdaus, Riska, Juniawati, Bahri, Indah. Octo, nita Thanks a lot
for everything and let our friendship lives forever.
 My beloved C3 group in PPL- KKN Mataram 2012.
 The Lecturer of English Department, Thanks’ for guidance till I can
know the thing that I do not before

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 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

All praise for Allah SWT, our Greatest God, who has given me merciful

and chage so that I could accomplish this thesis successfully. Secondly, thanks to

our Muhammad SAW, who has brought us from the darkness to the brightness.

In completing this thesis, I would like to express my greatest thanks to as

my frist consultant M. AsrulHasby,SS.,M.Pd. and Bq. ZuhrotunNafisah, S. Pd.,

M.A. as my second consultant for their time and invalueble correction guidence

and also their assistance during the writing process of this thesis.

And also thanks to my family, my parents, my brother and my sister that

always gave me loves and support.

Finally, the greates respect to may beloved friends, thanks for your

support, material and love, so this thesis could be accomplished.

Mataram, April 2018

The researcher.

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 ABSTRACT

JUMIANTI WAHYUNI: An Analysisof Moral values and Social Problems

“The Ghost” Novel by Danielle Steel. (Supervised by Hasrul Hasby, and Baiq.
Zuhrohtun Nafisah)

This research was aimed to know the moral values and social problems of “The
Ghost” novel. by Daniell Steel The method of this research is descriptive
qualitative research. It focused on analyzing moral values and social problems”.
The technique of data collection applied were reading, indentify, and classifying.
Technique of data analysis applied were data reduction, data display, and
conclusion drawing and verification. Based on the analyzing, the researcher found
the moral value such as bravery and honesty, and social problem. The dominant
moral value was bravery consits to bravery, and there were honesty, and following
social problem, such as poverty, unemployment and divorce in novel “The
Ghost” by Danielle Steel.

Key Word: Moral Values and Social Problems

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 SYNOPSIS

With a wife he loves and an exciting London-based career, architect

Charles Waterston’s life seems in perfect balance. Nothing in his comfortable
existence prepares him for the sudden end to his ten-year marriage–or his
unwanted transfer to his firm’s New York office. With nothing left to lose,
Charlie takes a leave of absence from his job to drive through New England,
hoping to make peace with himself.
Christmas is approaching when Charlie leaves New York, heading to
Vermont to ski. But a sudden, blinding snowstorm strands him in a small
Massachusetts town. There, as if by chance, Charlie meets an elderly widow who
offers to rent him her most precious possession: a remote, exquisite lakeside
chateau. Hidden deep in the woods, it once belonged to a woman who lived and
died there two centuries before. Her name was Sarah Ferguson. And from the
moment Charlie sets foot inside the chateau’s graceful depths, he feels her
presence, and longs to know more about the life she led.
It is Christmas Eve when Charlie first glimpses her, a beautiful young
woman with jet black hair. He thinks it is a neighbor playing a joke on him, until
he finds her diaries hidden away in an old trunk. As he begins to turn the brittle,
dusty pages, Sarah Ferguson comes alive. Intrigued and unafraid, Charlie
immerses himself in the diaries, eager to learn more about the woman for whom
the house was built. Sarah’s first entry is dated 1789, the year she arrived in
America. Without self-pity or sentiment, she writes of her harrowing journey from
her native England, having fled the brutality of her aristocratic husband. Settling
in Massachusetts, Sarah finds an unfamiliar land seething with the turbulence of
the Indian wars. Determined to start a new life in the vast new world, Sarah finds
freedom–and danger–as she builds her home in the wilderness and meets a man
who will transform her life. His name is François de Pellerin, a French nobleman
adopted by Indians and drawn into the battle for the growing nation. Their fateful
union is a testament to a love so powerful it reaches across the centuries. And for
Charlie Waterston, caught between Sarah’s world and his own, their story is a
gift–one that gives him the courage to let go of his past, and the freedom to grasp
a future that is right before his eyes.

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 TABLE OFCONTENTS

TITLE PAGE ................................................................................................. i

LOGO ............................................................................................................. ii
APPROVAL ................................................................................................... iii
RATIFICATION ............................................................................................ iv
STATEMENT ORIGINALY ........................................................................ v
MOTTO AND DEDICATION ...................................................................... vi
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ........................................................................... vii
ABSTRACT .................................................................................................... viii
SYNOPSIS ...................................................................................................... ix
TABLE OF CONTENTS ............................................................................... x
CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION
A. Background of Study .................................................................... 1
B. Statement of the Problem ............................................................... 2
C. Purpose of Study ........................................................................... 2
D. Scope of Study .............................................................................. 2
E. Significance of the Study ............................................................... 3
F. The Definition of Key Term .......................................................... 3
CHAPTER II REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE
A. Biography of Danielle Steel .......................................................... 5
B. Definition of Literature .................................................................. 6
C. Kind’s of Literature ........................................................................ 7
1. Prose ......................................................................................... 8
2. Drama ....................................................................................... 8
3. Poetry ....................................................................................... 9
D. Definition of Novel ....................................................................... 9
E. Kindof Novel Belongs to the Story ............................................... 9
1. Romantic Novel ....................................................................... 9
2. Advanture Novel ...................................................................... 10
3. Fantasy Novel .......................................................................... 10
4. Hance Novel ............................................................................. 10

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 F. Intrinsic Element of the Novel ....................................................... 10
1. Character/ Charaterization ....................................................... 10
2. Plot .......................................................................................... 11
3. Setting ...................................................................................... 11
4. Style ......................................................................................... 11
5. Themes .................................................................................... 11
6. Point of view ........................................................................... 12
7. Style ........................................................................................ 12
G. Extrinsic Elements of the Novel .................................................... 12
1. Social Values............................................................................ 12
2. Education Values ..................................................................... 12
3. Moral Values ............................................................................ 13
4. Religious Values ...................................................................... 13
H. Moral Values in Literary Work ..................................................... 13
I. Definition of Social Problem ......................................................... 21
J. Type of Social Problems ................................................................ 21
K. Previous Study ............................................................................... 23
CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
A. Research Design ............................................................................. 25
B. Data ................................................................................................ 25
C. Source of Data ................................................................................ 25
D. Tehniques of Data Collection......................................................... 25
E. Technicques of Data Analysis ........................................................ 26
CHAPTER IVRESEACH FINDING AND DISCUSSION
A. Research Finding............................................................................ 29
1. Moral Value ............................................................................. 29
2. Social Problem ......................................................................... 39
B. Discussion ...................................................................................... 42
CHAPTER V CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION
A. Conclusion ..................................................................................... 44
B. Suggestion ...................................................................................... 44
BIBLIOGRAPHY
APPENDICES

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