to entice his wife and then he agrees to let them out but all of her daughters has to go together and she and Mr. Lisbon have to go to the party Also. In the D-day, the
girl is picked up at their house by car and they go together. In the party Bonnie have a first kiss with Joe. Mr. and Mrs. Lisbon go home early. At 9.30 PM they do
not go home because still waiting for Lux. Mrs. Lisbon asks them to be at home at 10 PM. They are waiting until 9.55 PM but Lux never comes. Finally they go
home without lux. When Lux comes home, they all are punished. They are not allowed go to outside of the home. Finally they all commit suicide. The cause of
the suicides is still in mystery. The story is tragic because five young women end their life, whereas they still have so many dreams.
B. Approach of the Study
The approach that is applied in this study is psychoanalytic approach. According to Rohrberger and Woods’ Reading and Writing about Literature,
psychoanalytic approach is approach that is used to explain human motivation, personality, and behavior pattern written in literary object 1971: 2.
Analyzing character of Lisbon’s daughters who commit suicide, the writer
uses psychological approach through the interpretation of their behavior, attitude, thought, and feeling. This approach is appropriate because in analyzing this topic,
the writer focuses on the character psychological aspect.
C. Method of the Study
In order to reach the objective of the study, the study used library research to collect the needed theories. The primary data was Jeffrey Eugenides’s novel
entitled The Virgin Suicides. The theories were taken from the other source, which were closely related to the study, such as internet and other books; The books that
the writer used in this study were: Beginning Theory: An Introduction To Literary And Cultural Theory by Peter Barry, An approach to English Literature by E.Van
De Laar and N. Schoonderwoerd, Abnormal Psychology by Davison and Neale, Psychology By Robert A. Baron, Social Psychology: Understanding Human
Interaction by Robert A. Baron and Donn Byrne and Theory of Personality by Feist.
In analyzing this novel, there were four steps that were applied. The first step was reading several times and making notes of points, quotation, and also
summary of the story, which were used to find the important element of the story. The second step was referring to some references that are related to the studies
and some theorist, that were, theory of characterization, theory of psychoanalysis, theory of mental disorder, and theory of suicide. The references supported the
study in gathering more data to link all of the findings. The third step was applying the theories such as theory of character and characterization, theory of
psychoanalysis, theory of mental disorder, and theory of suicide in order to answer the problem formulation and the fourth step was making conclusion based
on the analyzing that had been done.
