Buddhi Dharma University An Analysis of Moral Value On The Girl in Pieces Novel Written by Kathleen Glasgow
Buddhi Dharma University An Analysis of Moral Value On The Girl in Pieces Novel Written by Kathleen Glasgow
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ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
TANGERANG
2020
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ABSTRACT
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CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION
This chapter is divided into six parts, there are background of study,
statement of problem, research question, goal and function, scope and limitation
Nowadays, people may realize of many things that created by some people
through using their creativity, great ideas and imagination that aim to inform or
even some creation also aim to entertain and inspire many people. The creation is
such as films, dramas, novels, poetry, short stories and songs. In other words, all
of those elements is a form of literature. Surely, each of the literary work always
develops and creates something that is constantly new. These works are
have aesthetic values, it actually a very special influence around the world.
writings”. Based on the statement above, it tells that literature is full of beautiful
explained that literature is very important for many people because many ideas
will be channeled through studying literature and people can get many
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unexpected things through finding a literature such as knowledge through
reading or watching and its contents are meaningful values for life.
Literature also created by various experiences of human life that can made a
01:307) says that "Literature is a uniquely human activity, born of man's timeless
literature is already a part of human beings, because humans have had a great
literary work, for that reason some people can create some great literary works
that can be shown, enjoyed and also very useful for many people.
Based on the statement above, there are many creation that can enjoyed in
our daily life. Many people create a book to share their creativity, ideas and
imaginatives. One of the creation is a novel which is it made for entertain and
give knowledge to the reader. According to Richard Taylor (1981: 46) says: "A
novel is normally a work process with a quite length complex which attempts to
contains the value of life.” Which means that the novel provides values that are
In our daily life we can know that there are people who has bad or good act
in their activities from moral that they had. Moral is one of the important thing
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that can influence to someone’s life. Meanwhile, According to Veugelers (2008 :
1) says that “Moral values are values that express ideas about the good life.” This
statement explain that moral values can be found from a good command message
that regulates the conditions of human life, through religion or culture that has
aim to regulate someone life more regularly so that through a lot of advice all
In this research the writer interested with Girl in Pieces novel written by
Kathleen Glasgow because this novel show some of the moral value of Girl in
Pieces novel that open the mind and determine something good or bad to
sampling the real life to the reader. Therefore the writer want to analyze it in this
research because it can give something new knowledge for the writer and readers
discussed, regarding the good or bad that occurs through analyzing of the main
character's life of a seventeen years old girl. Charlie is her named, she does not
have to live like another kids. After a lot of things had happened, Charlie became
a terrible figure for himself. For this reason in this research the writer would like
to deeply analyze of the main character activity in the novel and relate it with her
life for being an unlucky girl and also to tell the reader some important messages
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1. How does moral value reveal on the Girl in Pieces Novel written by
Kathleen Glasgow?
The goal of this study is to find the moral values and explain it through the
main character's life in the novel. Which means that the function of the purpose
of this research to give the information to the readers about what happened to
Charlie in a novel written by Kathlen Glasgow and what will be the moral values
that consist in the novel and the writer also wants to give knowledge for other
The scope of this research to find out the moral value that consist in the
Girl in Pieces novel written by Kathleen Glasgow. After reading the novel, the
writer found many interesting aspects that can be discussed in specific but in
order to do this research the writer limits the problem and another aspects to
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3. The writer deeply analyzes of this novel to make her easily understand to
4. In the end, the writer provides “An Analysis of Moral Value in Kathleen
Providing the information of “An Analysis of Moral Value the Girl in Pieces Novel
written by Kathleen Glasgow’’
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CHAPTER II
THEORETICAL BACKGROUND
follows: To deepen this study the writer takes several previous studies as a
comparative study that have relevant point in order to get some important matters
Mataram faculty of teaching and educational sciences. Her thesis entitled, Moral
education. In her thesis, she used qualitative descriptive method. she analyzed,
the construction of moral values, and its relationship with character education.
From that, a student can learn the lesson that taught from each moral value as a
guide to living the life and builds characters that are basic to be possessed such as
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Futhermore, the research conducted by Fanny Yasa (2014), a student of
The Analysis of Moral Values found in Nathaniel Hawthorne’s short story “The
Golden Touch” and its application in English Language Teaching. The researcher
focuses on the explanation the positive moral and the negative moral on the story
and how to apply the narrative text in English Language Teaching. She found
that method and approach is very important in teaching because both of them will
influence teaching strategies which will affect the teaching learning process and
discussed the function of the fable especially Aesop’s fable to the reader
especially children. And, this study analyzes the moral value and character
University Ar- Raniry. His thesis entitled, Moral Values Analysis in The
Rainbow Troops Novel Written by Andrea Hirata. His research attempts to find
out and analyze moral values in this novel and the way the author presented
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them, there are several moral value presented explicitly by the author in The
Rainbow Troops. His analysis is about to find reveal that In terms of human
relationship with themselves, the major type of moral value is tenacity, in respect
nature, the dominant moral value is friendship, and regarding human relationship
with God, the most presented type of moral value is obedience. And, the
researcher did several steps of extracting the data commencing trough reading the
phrases which are considered as moral values, to making table based on the
Moral Values in Ernest Hemingway’s “The Old Man and The Sea”. To conduct
analysis using the moral value theory which is also supported by characterization
theory. This analysis is called the pragmatic approach proposed by the M.H.
Abrams. The goal of a pragmatic approach is to teach and delight readers. The
moral values found in this novel are courage, caring, honesty, respect, and
2.2 Literature
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Nowadays people easily find literary works that want to be search or read
through advanced technology now just write the title through Google can all be
or outcome of a person's real life story with an objective to attract the attention of
many people.
important role in literature that can make a view of literary work better and can
build a positive mindset to the reader. Example of one of the literary works that
imagination or the real events that may happen in the real life.
drama, and novels and literary works that have the value of beauty so that gives a
good impression to the reader. Some people also to express feeling or looking for
new inspiration. Then, the literature also has a function to readers like just for a
hobby, adding new vocabulary or knowledge and about the moral message in a
literary work.
Novels are literary works that are much in love by people who like to
read the books. Many beautiful words and storyline that make the reader happy
to read a novel. In other words It also has a good value content can be found by
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the reader and it makes the reader interested find a new novel to satisfy their
feeling.
them, but the development of the novel reflects a move away from an essentially
experience. Most of novels are concerned with ordinary people and their
problems in the societies in which they find themselves” (John Peck and Martin
Coyle, 1984:102). It conclude that the real story of someone is more interesting
to make a literary work by a writer. In addition, the author's imagination can also
The content in the novels is also made to remind an event in real life
for the readers or That memory can be a value that can make a new spirit.
According to Reeve (1785: 26) Novel is a picture of real manner and of the time
in which it was written”. It conclude, the novel is part of a true story of everyone
and novels are written deliberately to remind the situation and condition
especially by people who like to read. Mucthar Lubis in his Tarigan’s book,
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a. Avontur novels are novel forms that are centered on a play or main
character. The story starts from the beginning to the end the
characters.
investigation.
d. Political Novel or social novels are a form of story about the life of
a group in society with all its problems, for example between the
(overall) and all its ins and outs. Collective novels do not concern
From the statement above the writer conclude that in every literary works.
It has various of novel that will amuse the reader. On the other hand, there is
elements of novel into two, those are the intrinsic elements and extrinsic
elements.” It tells about characters, theme, plots, setting, moral messages and
point of view.
2.4 Moral
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According to James R. Rest said in a book entitled “The Main
into three parts, namely though about morals, moral feelings and moral behavior.
Besides that, Bernard Gert (2005 : 9) said in his book that Hobbes is one of the
few philosophers who realized that the moral virtues are praised because of the
calamities everyone avoids if people act morally. Hobbes’s point is that morality
affects others; it prohibits the kind of conduct that harms others and encourages
the kind of conduct that helps them. Morality is an informal public system
applying to all rational persons, governing behavior that affects others, and
includes what are commonly known as the moral rules, ideals, and virtues and
has the lessening of evil or harm as its goal. (Bernard Gert 2005 : 27)
engraved [kharassoē]; but the sand and the sea have no character and neither has
social standards and which is also carried out voluntary by the individual. It
comes with the transition from external to internal authority and consists of
responsibility for the act. Based on the above theory I can conclude that the
moral is almost synonymous with ethics. Moral specifically talk about right or
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wrong. It is based on the social agreement which are becoming a common
standard.
From the statement above the writer conclude that, an attitude will
produce morals and morals will show an attitude. In addition, some people will
2.5 Value
a. Positif Values
1. Emotional benefits
b. Negative Values
1. Emotional costs
2. Economic costs
4. Physical demands
5. Family costs
c. Large-Family Values
1. Sibling rivalsy
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2. Sex preference
3. Child survival
d. Small-Family Values
1. Sociental costs
2. Maternal health
From all the above the writer concludes that economic, family, school,
children so they can help to build their good character. In addition, all the negative
values also should be pay attention. Then, from the Living Values Education book
with the context of school Damardi (2009:28) describing a foundation moral value
and norms.
1. Religion
2. Knowledge
Logic 3. Political, ideology, social
economy, cultural,
Values Ethic
defense and security.
Aesthetic 4. Positive Law
5. Customs and Cultures
The values referred are those related about three concepts such as
logic, ethics and aesthetics as seen as basic values in various aspects of life.
value is necessary for balance and life as moral beings can be controlled.
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According to Djahiri (1985: 23) also states that human awareness of values can
of life. Therefore the value occupies as the most important in the life.
1. Bravery
situations. The bravery to take the decision is very useful to face the
problem. It is not doubtful in facing the danger because gives the strength
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2. Humbleness
have a humble attitude like have a more peaceful, more friends, will emit a
3. Honesty
Honesty is the quality of being honest. It always tells the truth and
And besides that, the one who waits is a force requires someone to commit
4. Steadfastness
Steadfastness means that our attitudes and aims are not changes
(Hornby, 2010:1460)
5. Sympathetic to others
that we understand and care about the problem of the other people.
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stuck by the disaster. Even for example, a means of implementation in
sympathy.
6. Cooperativeness
7. Thankfulness
8. Kind-hearted
The example of kind-hearted likes does not hurt the feeling of the other
9. Trustworthiness
10. Sincerity
or feel (Hornby,2010:1385)
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Love is a strong feeling or deep affection for somebody or
example of love and affection likes the parents love their children, the
an adolescent of seventeen years old who has named Charlie. she has Non-
Suicidal Self-Injury (NSSI) disease. An unlucky life, a girl feels so lonely and
she does not believe to anyone. And memories that she had made her succesfully
tortured.
This novel tells the story of Charlie’s life in the past and to create a positive
life for herself. In this story Charlie’s father shows sign of mental illness and he
killed himself when Charlie was young. Her mother was depressed and vented all
At school because she is poor and Charlie also has a scar on her arm, she
meets a girl names “Ellis” who accept her as she is. When Charlie got tired of her
mother hitting her and hit her back, Charlie’s mother threw her out of the house.
Charlie lived with Ellis until Ellis’ parents found drugs. The drugs belonged to
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Ellis’ boyfriend, but she blamed it on Charlie. Charlie was left to live on the
street.
On the streets, Charlie meets Evan and Dump who save her from a man who
tries to rape her. She lived with them for several months until they took her to a
sex house owned by a man called Charlie Fucking Frank. He tells that she has to
work as a prostitute to get her room and food. Charlie refuses, ending up in the
her. She only began talking after the doctors removed the bandages and stitches
from her wounds. Charlie is a silent girl, she only talks through sketch. It is
easier to understand for her. Because, Charlie did not have health insurance to
pay for expensive inpatient therapy. Then, the hospital stopped to take care of her
because her condition had improve. But the rules made was that she returned to
live with her mother. Charlie’s mother arrived to take Charlie home when the
hospital dismissed her. When, they were some distance away from the hospital,
Charlie’s mother gave her an envelope containing Charlie’s birth certificate and
other identifying papers along with a bus ticket to Tucson. Charlie was sad that
she can live with her mother together anymore. One time, Charlie got a job doing
the dishes and found a room to rent and she was proud of her accomplishment.
Soon, Charlie met Riley West and be friend of him. He is a musician who
has a sister named Julie. She is an owner of Cafe and Charlie works of there.
Riley is a chef who can give Charlie free food. Many things happened between
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them. she attempts to dedicate herself to Riley even though she knows that Riley
CHAPTER III
THEORETICAL BACKGROUND
This chapter provides the description of how the research was conducted
research approach, subject matter, data source, data collection, and data analysis.
In this research approach part of the study conducted there are two types
of analysis are qualitative and quantitative, from these two methods can be
distinguished from how to analyze and the data used. According to Riessman
(1993:10), a qualitative research study has five “levels,” These are as follows:
telling: these people tell the researcher about this internal picture. This often
occurs in the form of an interview, although other forms of telling are possible
researcher;
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analysing: the transcriptions are analysed by the researcher, via for instance
content analysis;
research report.
After that, the writer used qualitative approach and the writer gets other
sources such as books, articles, journals, and websites which related to the study.
Therefore, the writer also analyze the life of the main character in the novel to
Glasgow. In this research, the writer focuses on the main character in the novel.
Charlie went away from her mother and met people who made her get worse. She
lived full of sadness and a bitter life. It starts, when Charlie has found by the
security guard that she was bathed in menthol cigarettes, no clothes and flat stink
of machine coffee. A girl is not wanted by her mother. With the condition she
has, it makes her not confident and weak. She does not want to talk with people
during in the psychiatric hospital. Besides that, when she went out from hospital,
she keeps trying to find her true self, she tries to find a job and also her true love.
When the hurt comes she likes to hurt herself that because she has NSSI disease.
Through all this brief explanation, dialogues and action of the main character the
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writer wants the reader more understand about the moral value that will be
analyzed.
The data source of this research is taken from Kathleen Glasgow’s novel
entitled Girl in Pieces which published in 2016. The sources of data were very
document as the sources data, using the novel and find another resources to
In this part, the writer reads the novel and underline the important as the
information that will be analyzed. Collect the data to discussed by the writer.
Previously, the writer tries to find the topic of the content in the novel. Besides
that, the writer also search the sources by online research and offline research to
find the information of theory. Next, the writer finds theory of moral values from
the expert that related to this analysis such as : Bravery, Humbleness, Honesty,
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d. The writer read and understand about the moral value theory.
h. The writer connects each of the quotation in accordance with the theory
used
The next step to do this analysis, the writer analyzing the novel with the
moral value through finding the dialogues and quotation of the main character
in the novel. And after that, the writer will put the quotation on the moral
values in its sections. Finally, It will be noted and the writer makes the
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CHAPTER IV
ANALYSIS
In this chapter, the writer would like to discuss about the evidences of Girl in
1. Bravery
2010:169).
going to look for the toilet and she was curious with a bell and ding it,
it sounds loud and horrible in the quite hall. Then, suddenly the big
man came to her and he showed his bad attitude to her. She tried to ask
about how long she has been here by using a sticky note but he did not
Page 16
“Barbero thinks that I am afraid of him, but I’m not. There’s only one
person I’m afraid of, and he’s far away, on the whole other side of the
river, and he can’t get to me here.
I don’t think he can get to me, anyway.
Another sticky note. Just tell me, you oaf. My hands are shaking a
little, though, as I hold it up.
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Barbero laughs. Chips clot the spaces between his teeth. (page 16)
From the dialogue above, we can know that she might be alone
when she try to talk with a stranger someone who has a big body
clumsy lazy guy and Charlie is a brave girl. She kept ask about how
long she has been in the hospital to him. And, it still continues to the
Page 17
“The plastic chair bounces off the nurses’ station. The container
holding the pens with plastic flowers taped to them falls to the floor,
the pens fanning out across the endless beige carpet. I start to kick the
station, which is bad, because I have no shoes, but the pain feels good.
So I keep doing it. Barbero is up now, but I grab the chair again and
he holds out his hands, all calm down, you crazy fucker. But he says it
really soft. Like, maybe he’s a little afraid of me now. And I don’t
know why, but this makes me even angrier.”(page 17)
The quotation above shows that Charlie is mad with him. She
is not afraid with Barbero. she showed that she is strong and he has to
answer her question. Then, the writer found about bravery again in the
next story in Girl in Pieces novel. It started when she had gone from
the hospital and she was alone, she tried to find a job.
Page 117
“It takes me two hours to get up the nerve to leave the house. I spend
those two hours walking the perimeter of the small guest house,
talking to myself, rubbing my arms, doing my breath balloons. Going
out the shop to ask about a job means talking. It means opening my
mouth and hoping the right words come out. It means letting people
look me over, cast their eyes up and down me and my weird overalls
and long shirt, funny hair, all of it. Right? Isn’t that how job things
go? You have to tell people where you’re from, where you worked,
what you like to do, all that shit.”(page 117)
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From the evidence above we can know that she pushed herself
to make herself better. She wants to talk through finding a job. she
wants to force herself to open her mouth and she tries to speak to make
the words come out from her mouth or she wants to make herself
better and she is brave to do it. She is alone but she tried to do it
independently.
2. Humbleness
Page 166
“He stops to brush a fly off his pants leg. His toes are gnalerd and
dirty in his sandals. “I’m Leonard. Why don’t you tell me your name?
and we can start this beautiful friendship.” He searches down to help
me from the tub.
I take his hand. It’s surprisingly soft, and smile in spite of myself. I
relax a little. He seems so nice, and honest. “Charlie,” I tell him.
“Charlie Davis is my name.”
responds him nicely, she wants to shake hand with the stranger she has
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3. Honesty
Honesty is the quality of being honest. It always tells the truth and
Charlie was not in the hospital when Casper tried to ask about her past.
But Charlie did not want to answer the question and suddenly, her
Doctor came run into her room, she grabbed her waist and Charlie
(Page 80)
“I tell her. After my father died, my mother curled up into something
tight and awful and there was no more music in the house, there was
no more music in the house, there was no more touching, she was only
a ghost that moved and smoked. If I got in her way, if the school
called, if I took money from her purse, if I was just me, the yelling, she
started hitting.
Casper blots my face with a cloth as I talk. Louisa wrings her hands in
the doorway. Girls pile up behind her, pushing, trying to get a look.
I say: she has been hitting me for a long time. I say: I started hitting
back.”
her Doctor, her life is full of sadness and it is a honesty from her.
There is no one with her to make her comfort or think straight and to
decide something. Because, we can read her words above when she
said that she started hitting back her mom cause her mom hit her first.
Then, we can know that she did not have a good life as a teenager.
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Next, when she met with a guy who named Mikey, they are
seeing each other after for a long time they did not meet. Mikey is the
one who know about her life and he was trying to ask to make her tell
Page 172
“So out with it. Tell me. What did they tell you in there? Is there, like
a name for what you . . .have? the cutting thing.”
Mikey stares at me intently. When did he get so handsome? I look
down at my plate. We’re at a place called Gentle Ben’s and sharing a
Black & Blue Burger and peppery fries.
His question makes me nervous –how much should I tell him what’s
the quick factor on cutting and psychotic behavior, after all? I
swallow a French fry and take a deep breath. “It’s called NSSI. Non –
Suicidal Self Injury.”
He wipes his mouth and take a sip of his Coke, his eyes flashing.
“What’s that supposed to mean, exactly? Did . . .does Ellis have that,
too?
“It means I hurt myself, but I don’t want to die.”
condition. She was not complain and she told the truth to him. We can
read from her answer that she got NSSI problem in her life, she likes
After that, when she opened her email. Before, she is mad with
him, she had Mikey the only one she could talk about her feeling.
Since Charlie kissed him, they did not meet each other. And the next,
afternoon when she woke up, She was thinking that she wants to talk
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throwing herself at Mikey. she wanted to tell everything to her Doctor.
Page 194
“And then I write to Casper, because I should tell her what did. I tell
her I drank three beers, that I tried to kiss Mikey, that I did kiss Mikey,
and he didn’t like it. But I also tell her I didn’t cut, even though not
cutting made me exhausted.”
she said that she drank three beers. She is trying to tell that she broke
the rules by saying she drank, because she wanted to listen her Doctor
and she also promised to herself that she will not drink anymore after
together and talking each other. Mikey told her to make the right
friends and he said that somebody has seen her walking with Riley
West. She is mad with that question. She wondered, why did he care
about her.
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“He gave me a job. A fucking job washing dishes.” I push the plate
away angrily. “he can’t fucking get up in the morning, so I go over
and get him. Don’t worry Michael, I’m just his alarm clock. I mean,
who’s going to want to fuck me when I’m all scarred and crap? Not
you, right? You wiped your mouth after we kissed.”
Riley west that he was the one who can gave her a job and now she
just as his alarm clock. She is not complaining about Riley. Besides
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that, she tried to tell her feeling that she is mad to Mikey. Because, he
wiped his mouth when Charlie kissed him. After that, the writer still
found of honesty, when she and Riley talked each other in her room in
Page 273
“He huff twice, queer sounds, like someone’s knocked him in the
chest. “what the fuck is this?”
Before I can stop my self, I blurt, “it is me. It is what I do.
What I did, I mean. I am trying not to do anymore.” I hold my breath,
waiting.
It is like he did not hear me. Angry, he holds out the box, his voice
rising. “what is this shit?”
He holds up th pieces of glass one by one, the small plastic container
of hydrogen peroxide, the tube of ointment, the roll pf gauze.
“it is what I use. To cut my self. Those are my things.”
From the dialogue above, we can know that Charlie tells the
truth to Riley that she liked to cut herself. The moral value shows that
the main character was not hide the rightness about her past to Riley.
After that, when she looked for Blue when she get home from work.
She found her in Riley’s front room. They talk, laugh and joke each
other and she just look from the screen door. And then, Blue has fallen
Page 327
“He is behind me, pressing me against him, his breath against my
cheek. “your friend, she was just talking shit, right, about rooming
with you? I do not know how I feel about that.”
I close my whirling eyes, I am so tired of drinking, and cleaning up
after him up for work. Where I am? What I am doing?
My voice skips, my throat is sore from cigarettes, but I push it out and
it comes out angry and I can tell he feels it ; his body shrinks back,
just a touch.
“you won’t even let me have a friend? Like, just one friend?”
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My words are slurry and I start to panic a little. I don’t want to lose it,
but the ball is getting bigger, the alcohol is pushing it along greedily.
“Hey, now.” Riley’s voice is soft. “I didn’t.”
“I mean, do you know how hard is it to be around just you all the
time? When you are so fucked up?”
Riley is silent.
My voice gets louder. I push his hands away, press myself against the
wall, the window open above me. Can the neighbors hear me?
“You never ask me anything about myself. You have never been asked
me about scars. Or about my parents. Blue at least knows, she
understands.
Hey, listen, everybody’s got shit, honey, I just didn’t ask because
You didn’t ask because I don’t think you really care, as long as I’m
here when you need me to be” A cookie or a book or a record on a
shelf, like Julie said”
about her feeling to him that she felt Riley did not care of her because
she said that he also never wanted to ask about what happened about
her in the past. It showed that she is an honest girl. She revealed all her
feeling to him. And it still continues to the page 328, Charlie still
Page 328
“I had a friend and she tried to kill herself, and it was my fault. And I
broke my mother’s nose and she kicked me out. There was never a
heating grate, but here’s what there was: a loaf of bread can last
week, but you get stopped up” my words are tumbling out, caught in
slurry clouds in my throat, but I can’t stop.
When I ask you for change, you will give it to me because I am small
and I look sad and I am dirty and you have some secret thought about
me, because I am small and sad and dirty. You think maybe you could
do the things to me, and I would let you because I need money. And I
know this, so when I say we should walk to the park and talk some
more, privately, you are happy to come with me, you are excited and
nervous.”
Riley whispers, “Do not”
He covers his face with his hands.
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We can know from the evidence above that she keeps telling
the truth about her past to him. And, the next page, the main character
Page 329
“I lean down close to Riley’s face. He shuts his eyes tight. “I lived in a
sex house. Someone tried to sell me money. So I tried to die. There’s
my story, Riley. When do I get yours?”
We can read from the evidence above that she keeps telling
about herself, besides that, she also wants to know about Riley in the
past. She also asked him about she wanted to know about Riley’s past.
4. Cooperativeness
Doctor. Casper told her to do some rules to make her better or she tries
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“I’m trying to follow the rules. I am trying to go where.
I’m supposed to go when I’m supposed to go there and sit like a good
girl even though I don’t say anything because my throat is filled with
nails. I’m trying to follow the rules because to not follow the rules
means to risk outside.”
do the rules from her Doctor. So, her mental health can get well soon
and it is a cooperativeness.
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5. Thankfulness
when Charlie wanted to make her way out of the library to the plaza
Page 158
“Three grubby guys on the library lawn catch my eye. They’re
grolling cigarretes, sitting against their dark backpacks I grit my
teeth. I don’t want to talk to them, but I’m going to, because they’ll
have information I need.
Two of them grunt when I ask where the food bank is, but the third
man points down the street and tells me the name of the place. One of
the other man says, “Yah, but you won’t get in, girl. Got to get in line
for dinner practically at the crack of fuckin’ dawn and lately, it’s all
babies and they mamas. Can’t take a plate a food might be for a baby,
girl.
I say thanks and unlock my bicycle.
(Page 158)
From the evidence above, we can know that even though she is
a silent girl, Charlie is still has a good attitude. Because, when she asks
someone to help her, she does not forget to say thank you.
6. Kind-hearted
From the novel, the writer found the kindness of the main
character. It happened when, a guy who named Riley asked her to help
him to be his alarm in the morning and she agreed with it. When the
time comes to wake him up, the rain fell and she got wet in the rain.
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“The rain happens very early, while I am riding my bicycle to Riley’s
to wake him up for work. It was humid all night and I slept with the
fan right against my body, but it did not do any good. I rinsed off in
cold water in the tub, but my clothes stuck to me instant I got outside.
About a half to his house, It is a though someone drew a dark curtain
across the sky and suddenly, the fattest rain I have ever seen or felt
starts pouring down. It is like a thousand faucets have gone off in the
sky once. The street fills up instantly and cars driving by skitter and
splash even more water all over me. I almost crash when someone hits
a puddle and the water slashes across my face. The rain is warm and
powerful.
I am soaking when I got his house. I run up on the porch, kick off my
boots. I call out through the door, but there is no answer. I do not
want to get his floor wet, but I think, what is he going to care,
anyway? So I run through his house straight to the bathroom. The
only towels are on the floor. I start mopping myself off, shaking water
from my hair.”(page 241)
kindhearted girl. Because she still wants to help Riley even its heavy
rain.
7. Trustworthiness
about Ellis to her Doctor, her named is Casper. Because, she asked
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“and in her room, with the wild blue walls and so many posters and
solar system ceiling, I could tell her anything, I did. Charlie, Charlie,
you are so beautiful, so fucking angelic. Her hand in mine. She wore
white flannel pajamas with black skulls on them. And that was that.
My secret keeper. (page 71)
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From the evidence about we can know that she put her
trustworthiness in her good friend. She said that Ellis is her secret
keeper.
8. Sincerity
feel (Hornby,2010:1385)
to Mikey even though its a small problem, she wanted to say sorry to
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Mikey turns and sees me. My stomach luches as he smiles and walks
over, bunny staying behind to chat with someone. I cannot help but
notice the glint of plain gold on his finger. Blue stays by my side,
quiet.
“Hi,” he says shyly.
“Hi.”
“Charlie,” he says. “I am really happy to see you are here. I am
really happy to see you.”
I motion to his finger. “So, things are pretty different for you now.”
Mikey nods. “You could say that.” He laughs.
I take a deep breath. “I am sorry for the way I acted, Mikey. Michael.
I am sorry. I should have answered your emails.”
From the dialogue above, we can know that she does not feel
shy to say sorry for her mistake to him. It shows that she has a good
heart and she really think about she did to her good friend.
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9. Love and Affection
The writer found about a love and affection in the novel. When
she was in the Julie’s office to find a new box of order pads, and she
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“I loved you, Riley.” It hurts, saying it out loud, letting it balloon up
and away from me.
“Please,” he cries, “Baby-“
The line goes dead.
with a guy named Riley West. She has a strong love feeling or deep
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CHAPTER V
CONCLUSION
research.
A. Conclusion
the research. The writer would like to draw the conclusion as follows:
chapter the writer would like to the conclusion of moral value in “Girl in
Pieces” Novel. Moral values can take and learn in daily life, in relation with a
good or bad attitude of people. We also can decide what should we do or not
through studying moral values. It will help and lead us to take care of
always facing difficult situation everyday and she kept strong herself.
Actually, there are eleven moral values written by Hornby such as bravery,
But, the writer found nine of moral values in the novel that can be learned in
“Girl in Pieces” novel to the reader. They were: The writer found four
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evidence in the novel. Next, in the novel the writer found eight evidences of
honesty. Moreover, the moral values which are discovered in the Girl in
Pieces novel have implication in the education life of adolescent especially the
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B. Suggestions
In the end of this paper, the writer would like to give some suggestions
as follows:
1. The novel Girl in Pieces novel was an education life of novel. It was
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