Approach of the Study

character, to reveal the factors and the how the factors cause the main character suffers from eating disorder.

C. Method of the Study

The writer used library research in analyzing the work. There were two data that the writer used, primary data and secondary data. The primary data was from Steven Levenkron’s novel entitled The Best Little Girl in the World. The secondary data were taken from some books, journals and articles related to character in the novel, about eating disorder, about psychoanalytical approach, and internet related to the topic. Those sources were used to support and complete the data. Since this research analyzed the main character, there were several books related to the character and characterization, A Glossary of Literary Terms, A Handbook to Literature, and Aspects of the Novel and Related Writing. The writer also used several books and journal related to the approach, they were A General Introduction of Psychoanalysis, The Ego and the Mechanisms of Defence, AbnormalPsychology and Modern Life, Eating Disorders, Ego Deficiencies and Cognitive Disturbances. The books from Peter Barry titled Beginning Theory: An Introduction to Literary and Cultural Theory and Literary Criticism: An Introduction to Theory and Practice by Bressler were needed to give the fundamental understanding about psychoanalytic approach. Moreover, there were several steps taken by the writer in order to do the analysis. The first step, the writer read and reread the entire text to find some points about the character. Then the writer began to analyze the depiction of the PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI main character by using the theory of character and characterization in order to get clear description about the main character and people around her. It started from the intrinsic elements then moved to the extrinsic elements. The thesis started from analysing the characteristic of Francesca. From the analysis, the thesis identified that Francesca’s depiction changed in the middle of the story. It showed that there was something wrong with her. After the depiction has been found, then it was able to find out that Francesca suffers from Anorexia Nervosa. The thesis analysed the reason behind Francesca’s anorexia nervosa by using four concepts of psychoanalytic approach by Bressler in Literary Criticism: An Introduction to Theory and Practice by Bressler. In this part the writer used four concepts of psychoanalytic approach by Bressler. Bressler stated that people used defences to protect mind from the distressing event. From the analysis it is found that Francesca unconsciously used eating disorder as her defence mechanism to protect her mind from the distressing event. The last step, the writer drew a conclusion based on the analysis about the depiction of Francesca and why she suffers from anorexia nervosa. PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI