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1.2 Objectives of the Study
This study is intended to find out how someone’s personality development can be influenced by someone’s behavior, and to expose how sexual deviation can
be a factor that changes and influences someone’s personality development. In the Gwen Hunter’s Betrayal we will find out that incest, as one of sexual deviations,
influences the changing of Nicolette’s personality development.
1.3 Problem Formulation
The problems of this study are formulated as follows: 1. How are the personality of Nicolette and Montgomery portrayed in Gwen
Hunter’s Betrayal? 2. How does Montgomery’s sexual deviation influence Nicolette’s
personality development?
1.4 Benefits of the Study
As this thesis tries to explore Nicolette’s development in the novel which is influenced by Montgomery’s sexual deviation, the readers are hoped to get a
better understanding about the story, the personality of Nicolette, the personality of Montgomery, and Nicolette’s personality development in the novel.
I hope this thesis is beneficial for the readers to have a better understanding about how sexual deviation often appears in real life, then, by
having a better understanding, they realize that incest is taboo and must be avoided, so they can prevent incest in their lives.
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Next, it is hoped that anyone who wants to learn more about literature can use this study as a reference which can enrich their knowledge. Then, hopefully,
through this study the readers can get important values as the basic for them in facing their life.
1.5 Definition of Terms
There are some terms that need to be defined to avoid misconception. They are:
1. Sexual deviation According to Baron 567, sexual deviation or so-called paraphilia is a
sexual disorder involving choices of inappropriate sexual objects; such as young children, or the inability to experience arousal except in the
presence of specific objects or fantasies. In my study, sexual deviation is a sexual disorder suffered by Montgomery
involving choices of inappropriate sexual objects that is by having sexual relationship with his daughter and his sister, whereas the two of them have
close blood relation with him. 2. Personality Development
According to Hurlock 463, personality development means the way the personality changes and develops based on the factors that are responsible
for the changes that will affect someone’s life. Thus, personality development in this study means the process of changing
that happened to Nicolette which caused changes to her personality for worse.
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3. Betrayal Fay A. Klinger defines betrayal as the act of not being loyal to a person
who believes you are loyal to himher, often by doing something that hurts that person http:www.meridianmagazine.comarticles051019Betrayal.
html, accessed on Saturday, October 20. In this study, betrayal is Montgomery’s act of being disloyal to Nicolette
who believes Montgomery is loyal to her by assaulting their daughter and by having sexual relationship with his sisters.
4. Incest Rosen, Fox, and Gregory 288 define incest as sexual activity between
persons whose blood relationship is closer than is sanctioned by the culture.
In this study, incest is a sexual activity between Montgomery and his daughter, Dessie, and also between Montgomery and his sister, Bella
Cecile DeLande whom both of them have very close blood relationship with. Montgomery.
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