ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

First of all, the writer would like to express her special gratitude to the
glory of Almighty God, Jesus Christ for His blessing, love and guidance. This
thesis is arranged in order to fulfill one of the requirements for the Sarjana degree
from English department, the University of Darma Agung Medan (UDA).
The writer would like to express the sincere gratitude to the Dean of
Faculty of Letters Darma Agung University; Prof. Dr. Lince Sihombing, M.Pd for
her kind guidance even though in this thesis her position was as the examiner as
well as her position, the dean of Faculty of Letter of UDA in helping her getting
all administrative assistance. She is also very grateful to Dra. Martha Pardede,
M.S as the second examiner who criticizes and corrects this thesis. The writer
would also like to thank her supervisor, Drs. Reinjaya Sitohang, M.Hum and her
co supervisor, Drs. Gongsar Silaban, M.M, She is not able to write this thesis
without their helps. She works on this thesis until the end, it is because of them.
She really appreciates their patience, kindness and comments for the improvement
of this thesis.
The writer wants to express her thanks to all lectures at UDA who have
shared their knowledge and advice during her study.
The writer also thanks to the staffs of the University of UDA for their
help deals with administration affair during her study in Faculty of Letters UDA.
The writer also wants to express her full-hearted gratitude and deep love to her
beloved father, Elia Lie and her beloved mother, Martha Liman who have been
helpful to support her through their prayer, care, motivation and endless love. Her
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thankfulness is also addressed to her beloved sister, Maelice Kristiagus Elia and
her beloved brother, Odnel Noveri Elia and all of relatives in Medan, Murni
Charoline, Andreas Wongso her pastor, Pdt. R. Simarmata at GPT Kristus Kasih
Medan and her special friend Gidion Saragih, S.S who have given their best
support, love, pray and help, she gives thanks to all and may the grace of the Lord
be with you all.
She thanks all of her friends in Academic years 2007 Faculty of Letters
and all of the members of Christian Student's Community Faculty of Letters UDA
who have prayed for her so that she is able to complete this thesis. She thanks
them for being there for her. Her friends : Tetty M Napitupulu, Nelly A Siahaan,
Sintaria Simatupang, Ristalia Sinaga, Malem Git Sitepu, Dinar Anggrainy,
Jatoman Banjarnahor, Bastian Situmorang, Theresya Simanjuntak, Taty Sitorus
and others whose names she could not mention one by one.
Finally, she realizes that this thesis is still far from being perfect; therefore,
constructive criticism and advice from the reader will be warmly appreciated. She
hopes this thesis would be useful for those who are interested in conduct the
research in the field of literature.

Medan,

July 2012

Elma Oktorina Elia

Reg. Num. 07.071.111.007

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ABSTRACT
This thesis deals with The Modern Womens Conflict in Balancing with the
Role and Position in Danielle Steel's Sisters. This thesis describes the physical
and social conflict of four main female characters: Candy, Annie, Tammy, and
Sabrina in balancing their role and position as modern women in their career and
family.
This analysis is focused on the role and position of Candy, Annie, Tammy,
and Sabrina especially on how the characters in the novel conduct their role and
position due to their life achievement and how the characters in Danielle Steels
Sisters solve their problems.
This study was conducted through library research and all data were
analyzed by applying intrinsic approach particularly related to gender concept in
which ideal woman is applied in the analysis.
The findings show that the four characters in Danielle Steels Sisters are
strong women in practicing their career and family. They do their best and solve
their problems by gathering to their own family.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT.................................................................................
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ABSTRACT........................................................................................................
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TABLE OF CONTENTS...................................................................................
CHAPTER I: INTRODUCTION....................................................................
1.1 The Background of the Study................................................
1.2 The Problems of the Study....................................................
1.3 The Objectives of the Study..................................................
1.4 The Scope of the Study..........................................................
1.5 The Signicance of the Study..................................................
CHAPTER II:

REVIEW OF LITERATURE.............................................
2.1

The Theoretical Approach ......

2.2

The Theoretical Review...............................................

2.2.1 Definition of the Role of Women .......................

2.2.2 The Position of Women in Modern Society .
2.2.3 Gender Concept..................................................
2.2.4 Literary Theory of Conflict
2.2

Relevance Study..........................................................

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CHAPTER III:

RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

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3.1

Research Design..........................................................

3.2

The Object of the Study...............................................

3.3

Technique of Collecting Data......................................

3.4

Technique of Analyzing Data......................................

CHAPTER IV: DATA,

DATA

ANALYSIS

AND

RESEARCH

FINDINGS
4.1 Data..
4.2 Data Analysis....
4.2.1 The Ways the Main Female Characters in Balancing
between Their Role and Position due to Their Life
Achievement

based

on

Modern

Life
4.2.1.1 Candys Role as a Supermodel. .
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4.2.1.2 Annies Role as an Artist....
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4.2.1.3 Tammys Role as a Producer..
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4.2.1.4 Sabrinas Roles a Lawyer..........................
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4.2.2 The Way the Main Female Characters Solve Their
Problems.
4.3 Research Findings.

CHAPTER V:

CONCLUSIONS AND SUGGESTIONS...........................

5.1 Conclusions......................................................................
5.2 Suggestions.......................................................................

REFERENCES..
APPENDICES....................................................................................................
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A. Biography of the Author.................................................................................
B. Synopsis of the Novel.....................................................................................

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