Boma Dipta Bagaskara , 2211412038 (2017) THE REPRESENTATION OF ALGAE ISLAND AS AN AFTERLIFE DEPICTION REFLECTED IN YANN MARTEL’S NOVEL LIFE OF PI. Under Graduates thesis, Universitas Negeri Semarang.

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Abstract

The concept of afterlife on each religion is very different with one another. Yet in this final project I ‘am using Yann Martel’s belief as my reference in doing the study. The western concept about the afterlife is not far from Christianity which is Yann Martel religion, considering that the Christianity has spread vastly in western civilization. Christianity believes of the existence of afterlife that can be distinguished into two places, called heaven and hell. In this study the literary works that is researched is a novel entitled Life of Pi by Yann Martel. The concentration of this study is how the Algae Island that appears as a one of the setting in the story is represented as an afterlife. In analyzing the Algae Island, I put two main research questions to be answered. First, to show the description of the daytime and the nighttime condition that shown in the novel. Second, is to show how the daytime and the nighttime condition in Algae Island become a representation of the afterlife depiction based on Yann Martel’s belief. I used a qualitative descriptive method in conducting this research. Since the method is qualitative, the forms of data were in the form of words, phrases, sentences, etc. Data collection was done through certain steps. The first step was repeated reading, reading the text carefully to understand the deep meaning of the text. The second step was identifying the deep meaning as the raw data. The third was observing data and correlating it with the concept of the afterlife in Christianity belief that was taken from the Bible verse. The result of the study shows the description of the daytime and the nighttime condition in Algae Island that is completely different. Moreover, the Algae Island becomes the next journey in Pi’s life which is the symbolization of the afterlife directly derived from Yann Martel perspective on the Christianity belief. The symbolization of the afterlife that is differentiate into two forms called heaven and hell are shown through the setting of the place, the different condition during the day and the night in Algae Island, and the condition that Pi feels when living in the Algae Island.

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