3 the impregnation. The mother will always love her child through many
impediments in life. Thus, she will do anything to ensure her child’s safety and comfort.
1.2 Objective of the Study
The aim of this study is to observe a mother’s love during her chaotic life after her marriage failure as seen in Allison, the main character of Nancy Baker
Jacobs’ See Mommy Run.
1.3 Problem Formulation
The problems of this study can be formulated as follows: 1. How is Allison, the main character of the novel, described in Nancy Baker
Jacobs’ See Mommy Run? 2. How does Allison exercise her motherly love?
1.4 Benefits of the Study
This study may give some benefits for the writers who analyze a literary study, the readers, and the students of the English Language Education Study
Program. Through this study, the writers understand more about one’s love not only to the opposite sex but also parents, sibling, friends, animals, and inanimate
things in any condition. Through the study of this novel, the common readers and the students may
recognize the depth of real life experience reflected in this novel. This study is PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI
4 expected to enrich readers’ mind and point of view about the problem arisen in
this novel. Then, they will get better understanding about this novel. Finally, for the students of English Language Education Study Program, this study is useful to
enrich their knowledge about literature. They also can use this study for a reference to conduct studies on this novel, especially Extensive Reading II.
1.5 Definitions of Terms
In analyzing this novel, there are two terms that need to be clarified in order to provide an accurate analysis and to prevent misunderstanding. The terms
are: 1. Character
Abrams in his book, A Glossary of Literary Terms 20, states that character is the person presented in dramatic or narrative work, who are
interpreted by the readers as being endowed with moral and dispositional qualities that are expressed in what they say–the dialogue, and by what they do–the action.
The grounds in a character’s temperament and moral nature for her speech and actions constitute her motivation.
In this study, character defines as a person in literary work who shows her actions in particular ways.
2. Love of a mother In Merriam- Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary 10
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Edition 688 states that love is strong affection for another arising out of kinship or personal ties.
5 Fromm 41 defines that motherly love is unconditional affirmation of the
child’s life and his needs. This novel portrays the love of Allison as a mother to her only daughter,
Stephanie. In this story, Allison is a mother who lives in predicaments. Her abusive childhood background and her dreams to provide a better life for her
daughter have become a driving force to flee across the country. During her run, she made a network of safe house for woman like her trying to escape brutalizing
men. Allison had been an ordinary wife and mother. Now she is an outlaw in a
terror filled flight through an outlaw world. But she is determined to fight and win, even though all the odds were against her and the little girl she would do
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CHAPTER II REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE
