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THE BAD IMPACTS OF DIVORCE TOWARDS CHILD’S PSYCHOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE NOVEL A KISS FOR TOMORROW BY MAUD JOHNSON

ANNURZANI, ROCHMAWATI (2016) THE BAD IMPACTS OF DIVORCE TOWARDS CHILD’S PSYCHOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE NOVEL A KISS FOR TOMORROW BY MAUD JOHNSON. Skripsi,Fakultas Ilmu Budaya.

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    Abstract

    This thesis entitled ‘The Bad Impacts of Divorce Towards Child’s Psychological Development in The Novel A Kiss For Tomorrow By Maud Johnson’ is aimed at finding depression and trauma of Edwina Townsend or Edie as the main character from the bad impact of divorce. In conducting the research, descriptive qualitative method is used to find depression and trauma of the main character. Besides that, two approaches are applied to analyze the data, they are structural approach and psychological approach. Structural approach is used to analyze structural elements such as general description of the main character, conflict experiences, and setting described in the story. Then, the psychological approach is used to analyze the impacts of divorce. By using the structural approach it is found that Edwina Townsend or Edie as the main character is the victim of divorce, who is lonely, sensitive, diffident, over thinking, introvert and caring. As the main character, she also has some external and internal conflicts experiences. The external conflicts experienced by Edie are her conflict against her Mom, her Father, Nick, Sara. The internal conflict experienced by Edie when she always over thinking about something in her mind. She always prejudiced about people around her. The setting in this novel divided into three, they are setting of place, setting of time and social setting. The setting of place are in the kitchen, Gaynorsvile, and the Record. The setting of time are late afternoon, summer. The setting social in the novel is middle high, because Edie shuttled between mother and father in different place by plane and she also lives at apartment. The bad impacts of divorce towards Edie are depression and trauma. She feels depressed because she always remembers about her parent divorce. Because of divorce Edie is also traumatic that makes her have unpredictable emotions and flashbacks.

    Item Type: Article
    Subjects: Universitas Dian Nuswantoro > Fakultas Ilmu Budaya > Bahasa Inggris
    Z Literatur, Sastra > Bahasa Inggris
    Divisions: Fakultas Ilmu Budaya
    Depositing User: Psi Udinus
    Date Deposited: 22 Mar 2016 15:05
    Last Modified: 22 Mar 2016 15:05
    URI: http://eprints.dinus.ac.id/id/eprint/17958

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