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that served as the shelters for the civilians did not save hundreds of people from being killed and thousands more from being wounded. 60,000 British civilians
died as a result of air raids. However, the Royal Air Force valiantly defended its homeland from the German Luftwaffe, and the Nazis were unable to crush British
morale. In March 1941, the United States supported British in the form of arms and ammunition through the Lend-Lease Act. In January 1942, Roosevelt and
Churchill agreed to establish a Combined Chief of Staff and to the make defe ating Germany their first priority. After three more long years, the Allies won the war in
Europe. Germany surrendered unconditionally on May 7, 1945. The effects of World War II in Britain were manifold: 357.000 Britons had been killed 30.000
of them merchant seamen, 60.000 of them civilian air-raid victims and 600.000
more had been disabled.
2.2 Criticism
Sally Worboyes was born and grew up in Stepney with four brothers and a sister, and she took some of the raw history of her own family background to her
East End sagas. She now lives in Norfolk with her husband, with whom she has three grown- up children. She has written several plays, which have been
broadcast, on Anglia Television and Radio Four. She also adapted her own play
and novel, Wild Hops, as a musical, The Hop-Pickers. There are many praises for Sally’s novel. Daily Mail said that the novel was unbridled passions run riot. The
Guardian gave the compliment that Over Bethnal Green sizzles with passion.
Eastern Daily Press states that the nove l is rich, vivid, three-dimensional, gutsy and sexy; Worboyes makes us turning the pages into the early hours. East
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Angelian Daily Times also give their comment about the novel, it said that Sally’s works is a vivid evocation of a way of life.
2.3 Theoretical Framework
The theories that have been explained in the previous part are very useful
to analyze the three problems stated in the problem formulation.
The theories of character and characterization provide an instrument in discussing the character of Over Bethnal Green. These theories are very important
in collecting and understanding the fact provided by the author in order to determine the character of Jessie Smith.
The writer also uses the theory of conflict and conflict resolution in order to reveal the conflict that faced by Jessie Smith as the main character and how she
overcomes it. Since the novel Over Bethnal Green has many conflicts in it, so the writer
applies psychological approach. This approach may reveal the character of Jessie Smith, determine the conflict and know how Jessie overcomes her conflict.
The writer also provides the historical background of World War II especially in Britain where the main character lives and faces the situation
directly. Through those theories, the writer hopes that the reader would fully understand this thesis.
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CHAPTER 3 METHODOLOGY
