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takes psychological point of view in analyzing literature. Since this study analyzes Geraldine‟s psychological condition, the psychological approach is adopted to
understand Geraldine‟s posttraumatic stress disorder and trauma.
C. Method of the Study
The researcher conducted library research in this study. Some sources used in this study are classified into primary and secondary sources. The primary
source is Just Another Kid novel by Torey Hayden. The secondary sources are electronic sources and books on character and characterization, posttraumatic
stress disorder, and trauma. A number of steps were taken by the researcher in conducting this study.
The first step was reading the novel. The researcher spent one and a half months to read and re-read the novel. It was done to gain deep understanding of the story
and discourse arouse in the novel. The second step taken was drawing three questions as problems in this study. This third step was labeling some parts of the
novel. The parts were labeled because they were regarded important for the study. The fourth step was seeking for theories. Since theories support the study, the
researcher sought and collected them from books in the library and articles in the internet. However, those sources were not enough. Since the researcher only had
little knowledge about mental disorder before conducting this study, the researcher clar
ified assumptions about Geraldine‟s posttraumatic stress disorder. The clarification was sought from a psychologist who is also a Psychology
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for elaboration of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder symptoms from a manual entitled The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders published by the
American Psychiatric Association. Afterwards, the fifth step taken by the researcher was analyzing the novel. Those are several steps taken by the
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