Charles Benetto's Attitude towards His Mother in For One More Day by Mitch Abom

AULIYA RAHMAN, Dra. Esmeraldayanti Sosronegoro S.U

2018 | Skripsi | S1 SASTRA INGGRIS

Skripsi ini menganalisis novel karya Mitch Albom yang berjudul For One More Day. Novel ini bercerita tentang Charles Benetto yang selalu berusaha keras untuk mendapatkan kasih sayang dari ayahnya. Setelah perceraian orang tuanya, perilaku Charles terhadap Ibunya mulai berubah, dan karakter Charles hampir selalu menunjukkan kebencian terhadap Ibunya. Tujuan analisis ini adalah untuk menjelaskan perasaan Charles, yang pada akhirnya mempengaruhi perilaku Charles terhadap Ibunya. Skripsi ini menggunakan objective approach dalam menganalisa karakter Charles Benetto. Tinjauan pustaka dilakukan untuk mendukung keseluruhan analisis dalam mengumpulkan data. Data utama penelitian ini didapatkan dari karya yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini yaitu novel For One More Day, bersamaan dengan data dari beberapa situs internet terpercaya. Hasil dari analisis menunjukkan bahwa perilaku buruk yang ditunjukkan Charles terhadap Ibunya disebabkan oleh kemarahan yang Charles rasakan, dan Charles juga menyalahkan Ibunya sebagai alasan kepergian ayahnya, serta semua hal yang Charles lakukan selalu didasari dengan dorongan dari dirinya untuk membuat ayahnya senang.

This graduating paper analyzes Mitch Albom’s novel entitled For One More Day. This paper looks at Charles Benetto, a character in the novel, who always tries hard in order to get the long-lost love of his father. After his parents’ divorce, Charles attitude towards his mother started to change and most of the time Charles character shows hatred towards his mother. The objective of this paper is to explain the feeling of Charles Benetto which has affected his attitude toward his mother. This graduating paper applies objective approach in analyzing the character. To support the whole analysis, library research is conducted to collect the data. The primary data of this research is the work itself, which is a novel by Mitch Albom entitled For One More day alongside with data from other sources from reliable websites. The result of the analysis shows that the bad attitude Charles shows toward his mother is because he is angry and he also blames his mother for his father departure, and everything that Charles does is always in correlation with the urge to please his father.

Kata Kunci : Attitude, mother, divorce, hatred, blame