2.2 Theoretical Framework
In order to analyze the relationship between Mrs. X and Grayer, the psychological approach is used. Then, theories of character and characterization
are used to determine the characters of Annie, Mrs. X, and Grayer. Next, theories of mother-child relation and family influences on a growing child are also used to
determine how the relationship between Mrs. X and Grayer is. Furthermore the theory of power and parent-child relationships is used to
analyze he parental role, specifically the mother’s parental role. The analysis will be supported by the theory of child emotional development and physical well-
being. Then, The theory of child emotional development and physical well-being will also be used for identifying some impacts of his inharmonius relationship
with his mother on Grayer’s attitudes. When the analysis is done, the writer will conclude his findings regarding to the novel and the analysis.
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CHAPTER 3 METHODOLOGY
The writer divides this chapter into two parts, namely the object of the study and the method of the study. The first sub-title explains about the novel in
brief, and the second sub-title explains the steps taken within working on the research.
3.1 Object of the Study
The Nanny Diaries was published for the first time in 2002 by Kraus
Emma McLaughlin. This edition was arranged by St. Martin’s Press, LLC through Big Apple Tuttle-Mori Agency. The Nanny Diaries tells about inharmonious
relationship between a mother, Mrs. X and her son, Grayer Addison X. The story starts with telling about Annie Braddock, a fresh college graduate from New
Jersey whose mother is a nurse. She makes an unsuccessful bid to press her into a white-collared business career. Because of failing in the interview test selection,
Annie accepts a job as a nanny and a domestic servant in a very rich family who lives in Upper East Side of Manhattan, known as the X’s family.
Annie has her first real taste of servant life when she arrives at the family’s residence and promptly sinks into the X’s luxury tub. Annie must spend her days
tending to the demands of the couple’s mischievous and bratty son, Grayer. The condition grows both more awkward and sticky when Annie begins to fall in love
with a young man who lives near the X’s apartment, named Harvard Hottie. He
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