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shows his psychopathic sides make this novel interesting to be analyzed. To learn further about Jackson’s antisocial personality, this thesis is entitled: Psychopathic
Disorder in David Baldacci’s The Winner.
1.2. Research Problems
In composing this thesis, there are three major questions that will be answered in the analysis. They are:
1. What are the causes of Jackson’s psychopathic behavior? 2. What are the characteristics of the psychopath that Jackson has?
3. How does Jackson’s psychopathic disorder affect himself, LuAnn, all his surrounding and his family?
Analysis of the character, conflict and setting of place are used to support the analysis of psychopathic disorder and the characteristic of psychopath. Narrations and
statements in the novel will also be analyzed in order to strengthen the evidence of psychopathic disorder.
1.3. Objectives of the Study
The objectives of this study are as follows: 1. To explain the causes of Jackson’s psychopathic behavior.
2. To describe the characteristics of a psychopath through Jackson’s behavior. 3.
To show how Jackson’s psychopathic behavior affects not only himself but also his surroundings and his family especially Jackson’s beloved sister.
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1.4. Methods of the Study
1.4.1. Research Method
Library research is used as the research method. This method helps to gain more about the information that is needed in the analysis. Library research is a
method of research that employs various printed media or any other sources that related to the subject problem that is analyzed Wellek Warren, 1949:51. Books
and internet sources are some kinds of sources from library that are demanded on the analysis in this novel.
1.4.2. Method of Approach
Related to the background of the study, psychological approach is employed in the analysis to show the characteristics of a mental illness sufferer. Psychology is
defined as “the study of the mind and how it influences behavior.” Hornby, 2010: 1183. Psychology is very important for humans because its contribution in
understanding human manner and action. How psychology can be used to analyze literature is explained by Wellek and Warren:
By ‘psychology literature’ we may mean the psychological study of the writer, as a type and as individual, or the study of the creative process, or the study of
the psychological types and law present within works of literature, or, finally, the effects of literature upon its readers audience psychology. 1977: 75.
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This thesis is focused on the study of the psychological types and law present within works of literature. The writer uses theory of antisocial personality disorder by David
Sue to analyze the character’s psyche.
1.5. Organization of the Paper
In writing this thesis, the writer divided this thesis into five chapters. CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION This chapter contains background of the study, scope of the
study, research problems, purpose of the study and organization of the paper.
CHAPTER II BIOGRAPHY OF DAVID BALDACCI AND SYNOPSIS OF
THE WINNER This chapter contains simple biography of David Baldacci as
the author of The Winner and the summary of the novel as well.
CHAPTER III THEORETICAL FRAMEWORKS
This chapter contains theoretical frameworks that are used in the paper. Intrinsic elements and external elements will be
explained in this paper. The intrinsic elements are: character,
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conflict and setting while the extrinsic elements are: the definition of personality disorder, the causes of psychopathic
disorder and the characteristics of a psychopath. CHAPTER IV
PSYCHOPATHIC DISORDER IN DAVID BALDACCI’S THE WINNER
This chapter contains the analysis of the novel such as character, conflict and setting for the intrinsic analysis then
psychopathic disorder as the extrinsic analysis. CHAPTER V
CONCLUSION This chapter contains the summary of the thesis.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
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CHAPTER II BIOGRAPHY OF DAVID BALDACCI AND THE WINNER’S SYNOPSIS
2.1. Biography of David Baldacci
