The Moral Values in Paula Coelho’s Novel The Alchemist

Abstract

Moral values can be seen from two sides, namely good and bad behavior. This paper aimed to describe the types of moral values and the dominant types of moral values in the novel The Alchemist. In writing this paper, the methods used in this paper is qualitative research methods. The data source of this paper is the novel The Alchemist and the data are quotes in the form of words, sentences, or paragraphs in the novel. The steps in researching data sources are reading novels to understand the content of the story, then analyzing the data by marking the data in the form of quotations, be it words, sentences, or paragraphs. After analyzing the data, it can be concluded that the types of moral values in The Alchemist novel consist of good values and bad values. There are 6 good values found in the novel, namely Honesty 15%, Responsibility 15%, Independence 4%, Moral Courage 8%, Humility 23%, and Critical 15%. And the bad value is Irresponsible 4%, Moral Discourage 4%, Arrogant 8%, Careless 4%. The dominant type of moral value from good values is Humility, and the dominant moral value from bad values is Arrogant.