e. Relapse: The tendency for repeated behavior to earlier pattern of excessive
behavior to recur and for a common return to the most extreme pattern of excessive behavior soon after period of control.
Thus, it is already explained by Rosenberg and Feder that the behavioral addiction has some elements about the personality and the social surroundings
that have to be studied. The main character of the story is the object of the study in CBD. Those elements can be applied in the main character in order to
determine the behavioral addiction.
C. Theoretical Framework
In order to support this study in answering the problems, some theories is used. The theories are theory of character and characterization, theory of setting,
and theory of compulsive buying disorder. The theory of character and characterization is used to describe the
characteristic of the main character Rebecca Bloomwood. The characteristic of the main character is going to be analyzed by using the characterization. The writer
finds out that Rebecca has unusual behavior. She is shopping addictive. According to Klarer’s theory, the writer finds that Rebecca is an individual’s
change character. This character is considered as the round character. Characterization in this study will also be studied by using Murphy’s theory in
analyzing character. In the Murphy’s theories, there are several elements such as personal description, character seen by another, speech, past life, reactions, and
mannerism. In this study, not all the elements are needed to analyze the character
of the story because some of them cannot be applied. Those elements are personal description, character seen by another, speech, past life and reaction.
Theory of setting is used to analyze where the story take place. The term of setting in this study is the social surroundings of the main character. It includes
the place, time, and the social environment. Theory of setting by Murphy 1972: 143 is used to analyze the time, place and atmosphere inside the story that
influence the main character’s behavior. Theory of Compulsive Buying Disorder CBD is related to the Rebecca’s
disorder. Becca’s addiction to shopping makes her become CBD. Based on the Rosenberg and Feder in the theory of CBD which is stated, some components will
be used to analyze Rebecca’s disorder. The components are salience, tolerance, withdrawal symptoms, and conflict.
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