Analysis the Thesis of a Semiotic Analysis on the Novel”

The Five People You Meet on the Heaven”

Ratna (1452140010)
Imran Said Yusuf (1452140011)
Maya (1452140021)
Hijra Suriyani (1452140019)

SASTRA INGGRIS A
FAKULTAS BAHASA DAN SASTRA
UNIVERSITAS NEGERI MAKASSAR
2016/2017

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 An Analysis of Weakness and Over plus of the Thesis a Semiotic Analysis on the Novel
“The Five People You Meet in the Heaven”

CHAPTER 1
INTRODUCTION
A. Background of the Study
B. Method of Research
C. Research Question
CHAPTER III
RESEARCH FINDING
A. Data Description
According to first research question of this thesis mentions that “who are the people
that Eddie met on his way to heaven?”, it is suitable with the first research finding on
page 17 about a date which mentions several people who met with Eddie. For the data,
which is inputted of people who met with Eddie as a main character in Novel “The Five
People You Meet in the Heaven” it is a very simple explanation but complete. It means
that the writer enters a main point of the first people who met with Eddie, he is “The blue
Man”.
In the other hand, the data which entered by the writer shows of Column about sign
(representamen), object and, represent, it is clearly that each column represent of pierce’s
triadic. First column reflects of the sign which to be a sign of the novel. It follows by the
object has relationship between a sign in the novel. Third column shows a reason of the
sign and result of relation between the sign and object.
There is also something which make a wedge in mind that about the first research
question. According to the commentator of this thesis that the research question is very
good but it does not show that it is for a symbol question.
“WHO ARE THE PEOPLE THAT EDDIE MET ON HIS WAY TO HEAVEN?”

According to the commentator that it can be changed with “what does the people that
Eddie have met symbolize as? In other hand, for the second research question can be
shown what we need in the novel according to semiotic approach that to be a basic of the
analysis.

NOTE :

1. In this thesis bibliography, there is a link to Roland Barthes but in the chapter II there
are no mention of Roland Barthes.

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2. The author need to re-check his work for grammatical errors such as :
- The meaning and the usage of “Then” and “Than” are not interchangeable
 “Than the Blue Man teach Eddie about his life”  Then the Blue Man teach Eddie
about his life (p.20)
 “… while attempting to calm his nervous, than his skin went from gray to blue…” 
… while attempting to calm his nervous, then his skin went from gray to blue…(p.21)
- Possessive form
 “… and his father took him from his school at ten years old than joined with his
father job…”  … and his father took him from his school at ten years old then
joined with his father’s job….(p.21)
 “… Blue Man joined their carnival and the Blue man life as commodity had begun.”
 … Blue Man joined their carnival and the Blue man’s life as commodity had
begun. (p.22)
- Misplaced words in a sentence
 “… by Mitch Albom and limited merely on analyzing…”  … by Mitch Albom and
merely limited on analyzing…(p.6)
- The use of pronouns
 “The instrument of the research is the writer his self as the subject of the study…” 
The instrument of the research is the writer himself as the subject of the study…(p.8)
- The use of “to be”
 “… definition of the semiotic as a sign of something and is understood by someone
or has meaning…”  … definition of semiotic as a sign of something and understood
by someone or has meaning (p.12)
 “It’s mean that all lives intersect for a certain reason…”  It means that all lives
intersect for a certain reason … (p.21)