the author. They are maturing physically, rebellion, parenting, peer group and friendship relationship. It can be seen in some statements and dialogues below.
a. Maturing Physically
The maturing physically can easily recognize as an explicit types of themes because many of them are clearly stated by the author. The lines below
show how the author stated openly about maturing physically. When my mother got to the bathroom she said, What is it? Whats the
matter? I got it, I told her. Got what? I started to laugh and cry at the same time. My period. Ive got my period My nose started running
and I reached for a tissue Blume, 1970: 147.
From the sentence, the researcher directly knows the real meaning of the sentences because those sentences are clearly stated by the author, so that it can
be categorized into explicit types of themes. The utterances of Margaret describes that she already reaches her adolescent in which it can be seen clearly when she
said My period. Ive got my period.
b. Rebellion
Further, explicit themes can be seen when Margaret has some arguments with her parents in the dialogue below.
I dont want to see them, I shouted. It isnt fair I want to go to Florida and stay with Grandma. Daddy
—please Dont look at me,
my father said quietly. Its not my fault. I didnt send them a Christmas card. Mom I cried. You cant do this to me. You cant Its not
fair
—its not I hated my mother. I really did. She was so stupid. What
did she have to go and send them a dumb old card forBlume, 1970: 125 The meaning of the dialogues above can be interpreted clearly by the
researcher just looking at to the written words of the sentences. Therefore, the researcher categorized those sentences into explicit types of themes. The text of
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
