After that, the writer does the analysis on this study. The analysis can be done by looking at the fact written in the novel then analyzing it with the theories
the writer has got or putting the theories as a consideration point to decide and examine the problem in the primary source. As the final step, the writer draws the
conclusion of the analysis as the closure of the study.
CHAPTER IV ANALYSIS
This is the chapter where the problems or questions mentioned in the first chapter answered. According to the arrangement of the problem formulation, this
chapter will be divided into three parts, then an order to make a tidy arrangement can be covered too.
The first part is focused on how the characters are described in the story. Here, the writer divides this part into two parts, the victim of bullying and the
doers of bullying. The victim of bullying is Elsie and the doers examined in this study are Jenny, Diane, and Sharon. The reason of the writer to choose these three
characters is based on their existence on the story since they take big part in the story. Dividing the first part into two main points helps the writer of the study to
examine the description of those characters. The choice of the characters and the descriptions of the characters analyzed is related to the two next parts, the
description of social bullying happening in the story and the impact of social bullying experienced by Elsie.
The second part is focused on how the characters, in this case they are Elsie’s classmates, show social bullying in the story. The analysis in this part is
done by looking at theories written in the Review of the Related Theories. To show that social bullying is done in the story, the writer does not border the
analysis by examining the actions related to social bullying done by the characters in the story, not only the characters examined in the first part of this chapter.
In the third part, the writer is concerned on the impact of social bullying experienced by Elsie Edwards. This concern means the writer of the study
examines Elsie’s actions coming as a sign of experiencing social bullying. This part shows the reader how Elsie experiences social bullying and shows the reader
of the story the impact of social bullying. The analysis in this part is done by considering the theories written in
Review of Related Theories. Accrording to M.H Abrams, characters present the dramatic situation in the literary work.
The persons presented in a dramatic or narrative work, who are interpreted by the reader as being endowed with moral and dispositional qualities that
are expressed in what they say-the dialogue- and by what they do-the action. The grounds in a character’s temperament and moral nature for his
speech and actions constitute his motivation. Abrams, 1981: 34
A. The Description of the Characters
In this part, the writer of this study examines two main points. They are the description of the victim of social bullying and the description of the doers of
social bullying.
1. The Description of the Victim of Social Bullying
Since this story shows many characters, the writer decides to divide the characters into the victim and the doers of social bullying. In this part, the writer
examines Elsie Edwards, the victim of social bullying. Elsie is bullied by her classmates because she is fat.
a. Elsie Edwards
Elsie Edwards, called Elsie, is a fat blond girl that is new in the school at the fifth grade, the same grade with Jenifer Sawyer. In this story, Elsie becomes a
victim of bullying done by her classmates. She hardly can be accepted by her friends because of her physical appearance. She has bigger body than anyone else,
so people close one eyes while seeing at her. Elsie herself thinks that her physical appearance makes her new classmates
staying away from her. She thinks that she is too fat to be seen. .... To be polite, Marianne asked Elsie what movies she’d seen lately. Elsie
said her little sister and her mother had seen a show over the weekend, but she didn’t go.
“How come you didn’t go?” Diane asked. “Mama has a sports car and it holds only two,” Elsie said.
“Then you get to go next time,” Marianne said. “I don’t think so.” Elsie shook her head slowly.
“Why not?” Diane asked. “Well, Mama says I’m big enough to stay home alone and my little sister
isn’t,” Elsie explained. ......
“I don’t think she wants anyone to know I belong to her. I’m too fat, I guess.” DeClements, 1981: 14
Elsie is left alone when her mother and her sister go to see a movie. Putting aside the fact that a sports car holds two people only, Marianne tries to
defend Elsie by saying that Elsie can go on the next time. Here, Elsie feels that the fact that she is fat makes her mother does not want other people to know that Elsie
is her mother’s daughter. She thinks that her mother cannot stand on her physical
appearance. This case shows that Elsie is a lonely girl. She feels alone because her
mother oftenly leaves her herself, on the contrary, her mother asks Elsie’s sister to go with her. Being left home alone makes Elsie feeling no one likes her more. She
even feels that she can be taken outside like a kitten when her mother wants to. Here, she shows that she feels no one is around her and tries to get her close with
her surroundings.
