Problem Formulation Objectikes of the Study

culture. According to Nandini’s thesis, consumeristic society becomes the main point to analyze the characters of both novel. Nandini also studies that the consumeristic society that is described in the novel must be similar to the writer’s society. This thesis states that 2006: 25 “Rebecca Blomwood, the major character, is mostly depicted to show consumerism has affect her.” Consumeristic problem is an impact from the society. It becomes the reason why Nandini’s thesis concerns to analyze about how such phenomenal issue as consumerism has influenced the society as seen in both novel. The similar study is done by Agustina Herni Lestari 2011. In her thesis, “The Influence of Motivation toward Rebecca’s Shopping Disorder as seen in Sophie Kinsella’s Confession of a Shopaholic”, Rebecca is described as a shopping addict. It is more or less similar to Nandini’s thesis. The term of consumerism is also used in her study because of the Rebecca’s behavior as a shopaholic. Lestari tends to discuss to the emotion and motivation of the neighborhood toward Rebecca’s shopping disorder. Motivation in this study is described as the surrounding environment that influences the Rebecca’s shopping disorder. Rebecca is a shopaholic who always tries hard to get all the stuff she wants whatever the way. She uses her instinct as a shopaholic. It is like mother who understand the crying of her baby. The mother uses her instinct to know wat her baby needs, whether the baby needs some milk, feel hunger, or needs a friend. Rebecca always uses her instinct when she shop Lestari, 2011: 48. In the Lestari’s thesis, Rebecca is described as a person who likes to do shopping and it is motivated by her environment. When she shops, Rebecca looks like a person who has instinct to do everything in order to buy something. It is also stated that her instinct as a shopaholic becomes one of her motivation. The two theses mostly discuss on the consumerism of the main character and about the influence of the disorder. The first thesis is about the consumeristic behavior while the second is more about the motivation of shopping. Both of the study also discuss about the Rebecca’s behavior towards the society. This present thesis also chooses Confession of a Shopaholic as the object of the study. This thesis focus to analyze the main character of the novel, Rebecca. Being different to the Teknosastik Journal, Nandini’s thesis and Lestari’s thesis that mostly discuss about the oniomania inside the main character, the representation of over consumptive person or as cosmopolitan London woman, and also the motivation of Becca’s shopping disorder, this present study will focus on the Rebecca’s CBD that is influenced by the social surroundings. Although, all these studies talk about the main character, this present study has different point of view compared with the previous studies. Here, the things that are going to be analyzed further are the characteristic of the society in the novel, the characteristic of CBD inside the main character, and the CBD that characterized in the main character as an impact of the society. In order to know the reason behind Rebecca’s disorder, the writer uses psychology analysis. By using the psychological approach, this study is going to be expanded in terms of social surroundings as an impact.