24 334, Berkowitz 66-343, Montgomery 31-177, Crosson 106-140 and Ferrara
31. Through this theory the types of Sheila’s aggression as seen in the novel
One Child and the factors influencing Sheila’s aggressive behavior and the impact of these actions will be analyzed. In addition to this, the theory of character by
Stanton 17-18, Abrams 23, Kalish 52-53, and Murphy 161 – 173 have also been introduced to analyze the Sheila’s character.
C. Method of the Study
The method of this study was library research. Books and internet sources has been used to gain insight into the topic. These were applied to support the
analysis in this study. The primary sources used for this study is One Child by Torey Hayden. The secondary sources include Literature: An Introduction to
Fiction, Poetry and Drama by Kennedy and Gioia, and Understanding Unseen by Murphy. Thsee books were used to understand the theory of character and
characterization and to find out the approaches to analyze the novel. The book Aggression: its Causes, Consequences, and Control by Berkowitz was used in
order to understand the theory of aggression. Books to understand the theory of emotion, such as Children Development-Eleventh Edition by Santrock were also
used. The complete information on these books is available in the references section of this study.
Several steps were taken to analyze this study. The first step was reading the novel One Child many times in order to gain a better understanding of the
25 idea throughout the story. The major character’s behavior is the main focus of the
story. While reading the novel, notes were taken in order to finds the topic to be discussed. The topic of Sheila’s aggressive behavior was discovered using the
previously stated methods. The second step was to find some books about the theory of literature,
psychology, aggression and emotion. The third step was observing Sheila’s character through the theory of
character and characterization as proposed by Stanton, Abrams, Pickering, Kalish and Murphy.
The fourth step was analyzing the types of Sheila’s aggression proposed by Vanden Bos, Bandura, Berkowitz, Fromm and Taylor.
The fifth step was to analyze the factors influencing Sheila aggressive behavior and the impact of her behavior as proposed by Santrock, Taylor,
Crosson, and Montgomery. The last step consisted of making a conclusion for this study and a
suggestion for future researchers and the teachers who want to use the novel One Child. Teachers can use the text to teach Intensive Reading II for the second
semester of the English Language Education Study Program.
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