4 did sexual abuse for his own pleasure without knowing the effect of his action
towards Firdaus’ personality development. This childhood abuse has brought a great influence towards Firdaus’ personality development when she grows up into
teenager and adult. The reason why the writer chooses this novel is by seeing the problem of
child abuse that has been a great issue and very interesting to be discussed. Woman at Point Zero
reflects a child who becomes the victim of child abuse. In this thesis, the writer would like to analyze the influence of child abuse towards
Firdaus’s personality development after she experiences child abuse. The problem of child abuse will come after the victims realize that they
have been abused by someone and it will influence their personality development in the future. Experiencing child abuse is a traumatic event in which the victim
will probably have no power to fight against the abuse and become passive person because some of children are afraid to tell their parents about it. Seeing the fact
that many children nowadays still experience childhood abuse, the writer tries to analyze this novel deeper. In analyzing this novel, the writer uses some theories.
An approach is also used in this thesis in order to support the finding.
B. Problem Formulation
There are three problems that will be elaborated in this study. They are formulated as follows:
1. How is Firdaus in Saadawi’s Woman at Point Zero described during her
childhood abuse?
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What kinds of abuses are experienced by Firdaus? 3.
How Firdaus’ experiences of child abuse influence her personality development?
C. Objective of the Study
The objective of this study is to find out the influence of child abuse towards Firdaus’ personality development. Therefore, there are three problem
formulations that should be analyzed and answered. The first is to find out the characterization of Firdaus as the main character in Saadawi’s Woman at Point
Zero during her childhood abuse. The second is to find out kinds of abuses are
experienced by Firdaus. The third is to analyze the influence of child abuse towards her personality development. A personality development that has been
experienced by Firdaus comes from her childhood abuse experience and some important events that remark her personality development.
D. Benefits of the Study
There are some benefits of this study. First, the benefit of this study is for students of English Education Study Program. The writer expects that this study
will give contribution to students especially in Public Speaking II subject. The writer hopes that this study will give a great knowledge in understanding the
novel through monologue activity. Second, the writer hopes that this study will contribute to the future
researchers who will study the same topic; the writer hopes this study will be
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6 supporting knowledge for them. Finally, it is for the readers, the writer expects
that this study will enrich knowledge to their lives about certain issue related to child abuse which has been major issue in many countries and still become a
serious problem to be solved so that children in the world will have right to live better like the other.
E. Definition of Terms
