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B. Implications
Just Another Kid novel is an autobiographical novel. Every event narrated in the story is factual. As the story is factual, the characters are also based on real
people; Geraldine is a real person. What portrayed throughout the chapters are what really happened when she was in Hayden‟s class; her outburst angers,
deviant behavior s, and disorders are all factual. Geraldine‟s story implies that it is
essential to be aware of children‟s psychological condition and mental disorder. Trauma and mental disorder can be developed by anyone. However, an
early identification of them helps the best for the recovery. If Geraldine‟s trauma
is identified earlier, it might not be developed into a posttraumatic stress disorder. Geraldine has been unable to cope with the trauma for too long. It burdens her and
makes her develop PTSD. It is vital for parents, closely relatives, and teachers to be aware of children‟s psychological condition. Children‟s unbalanced
temperament may indicate problems in children‟s psychological condition. Moreover, in the epilogue of the story, Hayden states that Geraldine had been in
the special class without noticeable improvement for several years. Hayden states that Geraldine has grown very difficult to control. Her mental disorder has not
been recovered yet. It is vital to be aware of children‟s psychological condition especially when they ever experienced traumatic event. The researcher learns
many things along the study process. Children with unbalanced temperament might develop something more than just a childhood nagging. They might
develop a trauma especially when the children ever experience tragic or PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI
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unpleasant events in the past. Thus, it is essential to increase awareness of children‟s psychological condition and mental disorder.
In the teaching world, not all students are in a good psychological condition as well. Teachers need to be aware of this kind of condition. However,
psychological condition is hardly noticed. Geraldine is the factual example. She suffers from posttraumatic stress disorder while she looks like a common child.
Thus, the researcher implies that Just Another Kid novel and this study can be a reference for teachers to increase awareness of children‟s psychological condition.
C. Suggestions
The researcher suggests future researchers to analyze the novel by taking other perspectives than psychological perspective. The researcher identifies that
most of Torey Hayden‟s novel are analyzed psychologically. However, the literary work written by Hayden may also be analyzed in other perspectives, i.e.
the literary aspects of the novels can be analyzed. The researcher observes that autobiographical novel tends to have an unpredictable plot. Since the work is
based on the factual event, the story telling within non-fiction may be compiled without clear information about time. Thus, it may be interesting and challenging
to do a study about the plot in this novel. In addition, the future researcher may conduct research on the therapy
method for Geraldine‟s posttraumatic stress disorder. The research will complete the study of Geraldine‟s posttraumatic stress disorder. It will also be a
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considerable help for parents and teachers whose kids or students have developed similar state to Geraldine‟s.
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