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
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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
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