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B. Research Problems
This study intends to reveal two problems as follow 1.
How is Clare’s personality portrayed in the novel? 2.
How does Clare’s childhood abuse influence her struggle to be the first black female judge in the United Kingdom?
C. Objectives of the Study
This study has two main objectives. The first objective is to describe Clare’s personality as portrayed in Briscoe’s Ugly. Clare’s personality really
influences her struggle in life. The second objective reveals how Clare’s childhood abuse influences her struggle so she can achieve the position as the first
black female judge in the United Kingdom.
D. Benefits of the Study
This study hopefully can share the importance of childhood abuse to one’s struggle in life. There are two elements that will get the benefits. Firstly, for
English Education students who read this study can know the influence of childhood abuse so they can treat children as how it should. For students who are
interested to discuss the same novel can use this study as a reference in comparing their study. Secondly, for English Education Study Program, the writer designs a
lesson plan for Intensive Reading 2 that uses some selected parts of this novel as the implementation of this study.
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E. Definition on Terms
There are some terms that are often used in this study. The writer would like to define those terms to avoid misunderstanding. There are three terms to
define. First is Childhood. Hurlock states childhood as the period from age to
adolescence 28. Fleming adds childhood as a period of mental passivity from which there is a gradual escape to mental activity through a successive maturing
of faculties 33. In this study, childhood refers to a period when Clare grows up as an adolescence until she is going to enter the University.
Second is Abuse. Based on The Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment
Act CAPTA, abuse means “any recent act or failure to act on the part of a parent or caretaker, which results in death, serious physical or emotional harm, sexual
abuse, or exploitation, or an act or failure to act which presents an imminent risk of serious harm” Child Welfare International Gateway. In this study, abuse
means any physical and emotional injuries which Clare gets during her childhood.
Third is Struggle. Struggle means to try very hard to do or achieve
something that is difficult Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. In this study, struggle means Clare’s efforts during her childhood in order to accomplish every
requirement which she has to fill for reaching her dream to be a barrister in her
very hard times.
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