Criticism REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE

Jessie’s personality development is mostly influenced by family and people around her.

3.2 Approaches

This study uses psychological approach to get an easy understanding about the novel. The description of the approach can be read through this part. The psychological approach helps us to analyze from the point of view of human being. The approach relates with the human being’s behavior patterns and unconscious thought. Jessie’s personality development in this novel is effected by her psychological factor. In order to understand the development of Jessie’s personality, this study analyzes it from the psychological point of view. Automatically, this study analyzes Jessie’s personality from psychological field. In this case the psychological field will not only help this study to understand Jessie’s personality but also how her personality is influenced by other characters.

3.3 Procedures.

This study was done through reading and analyzing a novel. Therefore, we call this study as a library research. In order to be easier in analyzing this novel, this study uses some books concerning with psychology and literature as references. This study uses primary and secondary sources. The primary source was the novel The Mermaid Chair by Sue Monk Kidd. The secondary sources are books of literature, psychology and some sources from the internet. The literature book is about character and characterization, while the psychology books are on personality development. In order to conduct this study, this study used some procedures. Some steps are taken to answer the problem. The first step was reading the novel for several times. It was done in order to get more understanding on the novel. Some necessary notes were made while reading the novel, the notes were focusing on the personality development. Some dialogues which illustrated the development of Jessie’s personality and the influence of other characters were also taken into account. The second step was reading some references related to the theory of literature relate to personality development. Furthermore, finding the criticisms about Sue Monk Kidd on the internet was also taken. The third step was making notes of character detailed explanation. This part was also related to definition of Jessie’s appearance, attitude and personality. The fourth step was observing the main character’s personality development by applying psychological approach. The study focused on Jessie’s personality development. It used the theory of psychology. The last step was investigating the values that people can get from Jessie’s journey in finding the true longing. In this step, some phenomena and lessons about middle age married women were revealed. Hopefully, this study will give good input to people who read this study. PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI

CHAPTER 4 ANALYSIS

This chapter analyzes the minor characters’ personality and Jessie’s personality development which are described in the novel. The first analysis will be the minor characters that influence Jessie’s personality development. Furthermore, it will also analyze Jessie’s personality development.

4.1 The Minor Characters’ Personalities

There is a factor that influences Jessie’s personality development which is minor characters. Minor characters are characters which appear as the complement of the story. Therefore, in this study I would use Murphy’s theory of characterization. This theory is used to analyze each minor character’s character. Jessie lives with her beloved husband and her only daughter. Jessie’s friends describe Jessie’s family as a perfect family. She has a handsome, kind and dependable husband and an amazing daughter. Jessie’s family is described as a family that can give Jessie happiness and composure. When I came down stairs, Hugh was making breakfast. I heard the hiss of Jimmy Dean Sausage before I got to the kitchen. ‘I’m not hungry,’ I told him. ‘But you need to eat,’ he said. ‘You’re not going to throw up again, Trust me.’ p. 24 Before coming downstairs, he’d booked me a one-way ticket to Charleston and arranges to cancel his early- afternoon patients so he could drive me to the airport. p. 24 Jessie’s husband really cares about her and really loves her. She feels that Hugh is very perfect and sometimes she is jealous at him. PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI