Method of the Study

2. Not Confident

Hanna always thinks that she is embarrassing person. She thinks her size of the body makes her become embarrassing people and makes one of the reasons her parents‟ divorce. She thinks her father does not love her because of that reason and decides to leave her. “This was why Dad left, she thought. He wanted a daughter who wouldn‟t embarrass him.”Shepard, 2006: 158 Hanna feels that she is a useless person. She is an imperfect person and out of perfectness standard. Because of that, she does not feel confident about herself. Under that condition, she has nobody to comfort her. Rather than comfort, her father makes her more down. Her father called Hanna as Pig in front of her quasi-sister. This situation makes Hanna feels down with her imperfectness. She can only imagine becoming confident. She cannot feel confident in herself because Hanna thinks there are no reasons for her to be confident. There are no facts make her confident. Being confident is a dream that she dreamt only. “But back then Hanna could only imagine what it would feel like to be so confident.” Shepard, 2006: 89 The one reason she can look stand up because of her popular friend, Ali, who has passed away. Ali is the standard of perfectness. She is beautiful, smart, and popular. “She was perfect. Beautiful, witty, smart.Popular. Boys wanted kiss Alison, and girls-even older ones-wanted to be her.” Shepard, 2006: 3 Ali is not just popular, but the person that makes Hanna feels she is a perfect people. Then Hanna lives under Ali‟s shadow rather than gathers her courage to become confident. PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI Hanna cannot leave Ali behind because she likes Hanna ‟s shield. Ali teaches her how to gain the world when Hanna wants to hide from the world. She thinks Ali will not make her live on the bottom. She can feel safe at least.

3. Honest

Hanna can share everything with her friends including her deep secret. She cannot hide the secret from her close people. She admits that she takes jewelry to her mom honestly. People will keep the secret perfectly and will not admit their false or their secret usually. It is different for Hanna. She can admit her false in front of her mom although she does not admit it with the word, but she admits it with her action. She does not tell to her mom directly that she takes jewelry from the shop. When her mom tells her to give her bracelet, she gives it to her mom including the earring and all of jewelries that she takes from the shop. She is not denied it, but she gives all of the stuffs to her mom directly. This action makes her become an honest girl. “Give it to me,” her mother whispered. “Huh?” Hanna squeaked. Ms.Marin held out her palm. “Give it here. I can handle this.” Reluctantly, Hanna let her mom unfasten the bracelet from her wrist. Then, Hanna reached up and took off the earrings a nd handed them over too.” Shepard, 2006: 93 The other reason why the writer can tell her as an honest person, it is because she is very honest with her own self. One day, Ali told Kate that Hanna can eat everything without gaining of weight, she denies it inside herself. She realizes everything Ali said is a lie. Rather than feels happy, she tells to herself that those things are a lie and that words are mean words according to her opinion. “ Then Ali turned to Kate, her dad‟s girlfriend‟s daughter, and said, “ Hanna‟s so lucky- she c an eat anything and not gain an ounce” It wasn‟t true, of course. That‟s what made it so mean.” Shepard, 2006:155

B. The Description of Major Character’s Development

Hanna Marin is innocent, not confident, and honest girl; but there are some developments in her character. Her biggest changing happens after Ali is gone. Hanna personality changes 180 than before. She turns from the ugly ducky into a beautiful princess. The transformation of Hanna is not just in her appearance but also her personality and her attitude. At the beginning, Hanna Marin is described as innocent, not confident, and honest girl. Then she changes become a popular, slim, beautiful, and confident girl. There are something contrast inside Hanna Marin. Even though she is confident, she has fear and be afraid inside her. She also feels lonely although she is popular. Also, she makes troubles sometimes. There is development and change in Hanna Marin ‟s character. After her friend, Ali, missed; some changes happen in her life. She loses her shield and tries to gain the world by herself. She realizes she must defend herself first to survive in the world, especially in the world named the society. Society is a huge and scary world for teenagers. There are some teenagers who surrender to their true self and their dream for surviving in the society. Teens PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI