Martin and Stendler 1953 believe that society has certain cultural life. Culture represents the ways of thinking and behaving in a society. Culture refers to the
total way of life of people which includes knowledge, beliefs, arts, morals, laws, customs, and any other capabilities and habits acquired by man as a member of
society. p. 154 Further, Langland 1984 stresses that society in the novel does not
depend on points of absolute fidelity to an outside world in details of costume, setting, and locality because a novel‟s society does not aim at faithful mirror of
any concrete existent thing. p.5. Therefore, society depict in the novel does not always represent the real society happened in the certain place.
C. Theoretical Framework
There are some theories that are applied in this study to be able to answer the questions formulated in the problem formulation. The first one is the theory of
critical approach which contains five theories. However, this study is focused only on the psychological approach. Through this approach, the writer is able to
analyze the character‟s thought, personality and behavior in order to identify
Firdaus‟ personality and the change. The second is theory of character and characterization. By understanding
the theory of character and characterization the writer attains better understanding of the character‟s personality, way of thinking, and her change in the story. The
theory of character is used to analyze the role of the main character in the novel. Moreover, the theory of characterization is used to analyze the characteristic of
Firdaus in the novel.
Furthermore, in this study the writer used the psychological theory proposed by Hurlock which explain about personality and the factors influencing
personality change. The theory of personality is used to analyze Firdaus‟ personality. The first one, the writers ana
lyzes Firdaus‟ personality in her early age, and then the writer analyzes the change of Firdaus‟ personality that is seen as
the result of her reaction to her society. The writer uses the theory of society and culture as the basic theory of the role of soc
iety and culture to one‟s personality change.
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CHAPTER III METHODOLOGY
This chapter consists of three parts. The first part is the object of the study. It explains about the novel and the focus of the analysis. The second part is
dealing with the approach used in conducting the study. Moreover, the last part talks about the procedure that is applied in the study.
A. Object of the Study
This study analyzes the work of Nawal El Saadawi Woman at Point Zero as the object of the study. It is a Feminist novel that presents the setting of Egypt
society.. It was firstly published in Arabic as
Emraa enda noktat el sifr
in 1979 . Moreover, in 1983 the book was then published in English by Zed Books Ltd.
under the translation of Sherif Hetata, S aadawi‟s husband.
The novel used in this study is the one published in 2007. It was published by Zed Books Ltd. The book consists of 114 pages. It is divided in to three
chapters. The book also includes information about the author, the praise for the b
ook, foreword, and author‟s preface. The book was written based on the acquaintance of Nawal El Saadawi with a woman prisoner, called Firdaus in Qatar
Jail. Further, this novel tells the life story of Firdaus who received a death sentence for murdering a pimp. Nawal El Saadawi tells Firdaus story from her
unfortunate childhood to her last day in jail before the death sentence.
