depiction of Francesca Dietrich and the second objective is to find out how she
suffers from anorexia nervosa.
D. Definition of Terms
To avoid any misinterpretation in understanding this thesis, the writer provides explanation on the terms that are related to the topic.
1. Eating disorder
Eating disorder is an illness that causes serious disturbances to everyday diet, such as eating extremely small amounts of food or severely
overeating.http:www.nimh.nih.gov, 10 November 2014. 2.
Anorexia Nervosa Anorexia nervosa is an eating disorder characterized by self-starvation,
unrealistic fear of weight gain, and conspicuous distortion of body image. Anorexia Nervosa is characterized by deliberate weight loss most commonly in
adolescent girls and young women. The core feature of this disorder is an obsession
with thinness,
and a
phobic fear
of getting
fat.http:www.encyclopedia.com, 10 November 2014. PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI
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CHAPTER II THEORETICAL REVIEW
A. Review of Related Studies
The Best Little Girl in the World is a novel by Steven Levenkron which
tells about a horrific story of a girl named Francesca Dietrich. The related studies on this study are hard to find. However, there are some studies and criticism
which are related to this study. There are some comments related to this book which mostly focus on criticizing the story.
The study from Stella Cecilia on The Effect of Rebecca Bloomwood’s
Compulsive Shopping Disorder in the series of novels written by Sophie Kinsella,
the writer uses the same approach as this study. The objective of this related study is to find out the factors which influence of the main character’s illness named
Compulsive Shopping Disorder CSD. There are three problems in this related study. The first problem is the depiction of Rebecca Bloomwood in order to show
her CSD. In the analysis, Rebecca is depicted as someone who shows more than four symptoms of CSD which means she suffers from CSD. The second problem
is to discover the causal factor of Rebecca Bloomwood’s CSD. There are some factors which influence Rebecca B
loomwood’s CSD. Those factors are family, society, and media. The third problem is the effect of Rebecca Bloomwood’s CSD
towards her relationship with other people. These people are Luke Brandon, Suze Cleath-Stuart, Jess Bertram, and Elinor Sherman.