the sentence can be interpreted directly on how Margaret confronts her mother. Margaret‘s statement which shows her confrontation to her mother can be seen in
the bold lines above. Margaret shows her emotion to her mother directly. Margaret even yells to her mother that what she did to her is not fair.
c. Parenting
I wore my brown loafers without socks. My mother thought that was dumb. Margaret, you have to walk three quarters of a mile. So? So,
you know you get blisters every time you go without socks. Well then, Ill just have to suffer. But why suffer? Wear socksBlume, 1970:
24
The quotation above is openly stated by Margaret‘s mother. Therefore, it can be interpreted directly from the written words of the sentence and categorized
into explicit types of theme. From the written sentence above, we can know how Margaret‘s mother insists her to wear socks then she will not get blister.
d. Peer Group
If you ever want to get out of those baby bras you have to exercise, she told us. What kind of exercise? Gretchen asked. Like this, Nancy said.
She made fists, bent her arms at the elbow and moved them back and forth, sticking her chest way out. She said, I must
—I must—I must increase my bust. She said it over and over. We copied her movements
and chanted with her. We must —we must—we must increase our bust
Good, Nancy told us. Do it thirty-five times a day and I promise youll see the results. Blume, 1970:46
The statement above is categorized into explicit types of themes because the meaning of the sentences is clearly stated from the written texts of the novel.
The meaning of the dialogues describes about the activity of Margaret and her peer group when they are doing an experiment to make their baby bra looks more
bursting out. Nancy says that they need to do an exercise by taking some steps
such as: making fists, bending her arms at the elbow and moving them back and forth, so her chest is sticking way out. Nancy even chanted I must
—I must—I must increase my bust. By then, all the members follow her movement and chant
together like what Nancy tells before.
e. Relation of Friendship
I practice a lot though, Nancy said. Practice what? I asked. Kissing Isnt that what we were talking about? Kissing How can you practice
that? I asked. Watch this. Nancy grabbed her bed pillow and embraced it. She gave it a long kiss
. When she was done she threw the pillow back on the bed. Its important to experiment, so when the time
comes youre all ready. Im going to be a great kisser some day Blume, 1970: 7.
The researcher finds that the dialogues above are categorized to explicit types of themes. The meaning of the quotation can be directly interpreted through
the written texts. The written texts above describes on how Nancy teaches Margaret about kissing a boy. As known Nancy is Margaret‘s friend. The bold
lines above show how Nancy teaches Margaret the way how to kiss.
3. Implicit Sub-Themes
