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preferences as much as by explic it sexual practices. ‘Lesbianism’ is no longer to be limited to one form of sexual activity”. It ca n contain many meanings, for
example , a socio-political conception of society and recognition that it is
heterosexuality not simply male economic power Humm, 1992: 163.
Liberal feminism aims to achieve equal legal, political, and social rights for women. It wishes to bring women equally into public institutions and to
extend the creation of knowledge so that women’s issues can no longer be ignored. Contemporary liberal feminists campaign to eradicate gender
stereotyping but do not campaign for alternatives to traditional forms of gender relations such as heterosexual marriage.
Liberal feminism has always informed American feminism much more than British feminism, perhaps because programmes of positive discrimination
the selection of women over men if equally qualified accord with American democratic values Humm, 1992: 181.
For analyzing the novel I use socialist feminism. It highlights the relationship between paid work and domestic labour in which it reveals the impact
of the sexual division of labour, by pointing out that women in the home do more of the work. I also apply second wave feminism as the main basic in feminism.
2. 3 Criticism
In this section, I discuss the criticisms. The criticisms are taken from the internet and the back cover of the novel.
Woman’s Weekly says that Lyn Andrews is “an outstanding storyteller”.
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It means that Andrews is a famous author whom many people have known about her and her novels. Woman’s Realm also says that her novel is a brilliant novel.
Her novel has an interesting story in which the author pours her very good idea. “Lyn Andrews presents her readers with more than just another saga of romance
and family strife. She has a … realism that is almosttangible.” authorpages.hoddersystems.com. From the comment, it means that her novel is
more than just a fiction whose story about romance and family conflict but the story in the novel is almost real as the real life happens in our surrounding. The
same opinion is from Best, it is said that the story is “a vivid portrayal of life at the time”.
Gutsy … a vivid picture of a hard-up, hard working community … will keep the pages turning authorpages.hoddersystems.com. The statement means
that the novel has very clear and strong story about the hard working society. The story makes the readers unbored and they will enjoy the story. Another opinion
says that the novel is “a compelling read”. It means the story is convincing to read.
2. 4 Theoretical Framework
This part explain s some theories used to analyze the problem formulation of the study. It also explains the reason why the theories are used to analyze the
study and how this study will apply the theories in the analysis. The theories are the theory of literature, which consists of theory of character by Abrams , and
characterization by Murphy and theory of feminism by Humm, Fakih, and
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Montagu. The theory of character and characterization are applied to explore more
about the character and characterization of the main character. Then I apply the theory of feminism in analyzing the feminism through the main character.
Those theories, which I stated above, help me gain more knowledge in conducting this study. Besides, I also try to find other sources from the internet
and other related books related to those theories tocomprehend the novel as well to have a better understanding in analyzing the novel.
Conclusion 1. Theory of character
2. Theory of characterization
1. Stubborn
2. Confident
3. Optimistic
4. Independent
5. Strong
6. Hard Working
Problem Formulation
1. How is Jessica Brennan’s character portrayed?
2. How does feminism appear through Jessica
Brennan’s character?
Theory of Feminism
Found that feminism is reflected through Jessica’s
character.
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CHAPTER 3 METHODOLOGY
