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2.1.4 Context of the Novel
This section presents the actual condition in which the setting of the novel happens in order to obtain deeper understanding of the novel. The setting of See
Mommy Run is rural America in 1990’s. Woman movement made great changes in social life during 1990’s. An
up-to-the-minute topic: secret shelters, the people attending that landmark discussion would not even have imagined the issue of the Women’s Rights
Movement in the 1990’s. Small groups of women in hundreds of communities worked on grassroots
projects like establishing women’s newspapers, bookstores and cafes. They created battered women’s shelters and rape crisis hotlines to care for
victims of sexual abuse and domestic violence. They came together to form child care centers so women could work outside their homes for pay.
http:www.legacy98.orgmove-hits.html, accessed on January 9, 2009
This condition is in line with the story in the novel. It motivates Nancy Baker Jacobs in writing a novel entitled See Mommy Run. The story of the novel
portrays the real situation that was happened in 1990’s, thus, this novel is very contextual.
2.2 Theoretical Framework
This section will explain the reasons why the theories are needed and how to use those theories in the analysis of this study. The analysis deals with Allison’s
love to her daughter as seen in Nancy Baker Jacobs’ See Mommy Run. Therefore, the theory of characterization, theory of psychoanalysis, theory of motivation,
theory of love, and theory katresnanism, are used in this analysis. Also, American social condition supports in having deeper analysis of this study.
21 The first analysis aims to describe the characteristics of Allison, as the
main character in Nancy Baker Jacobs’ See Mommy Run. Therefore, this study needed the theory of characterization by Murphy.
The psychological approach is applied to understanding how the author describes Allison’s actions to protect her daughter. Moreover, how Allison
exercises her motherly love toward her daughter by using theory motivation Maslow and the theory of psychoanalysis Freud. These theories are applied to
know the deeper meaning of Allison’s actions as seen in See Mommy Run. Theory of love by Fromm and theory of katresnanism by Herujiyanto are used to
compare Allison’s love as a mother as seen in the West culture and in the East culture.
CHAPTER III METHODOLOGY
There are four points discussed in this chapter. First is the object of the study that states the work being discussed. Second is the approach of the study.
Third is the method of the study and the last is the organization of the study.
3.1 Object of the Study
The novel chosen for this study is entitled See Mommy Run which was written by Nancy Baker Jacobs. It was firstly published in 1992 by Signet, an
imprint of New American Library, a division of Penguin Books USA Inc. It consists of 363 pages and 68 chapters.
In a nutshell, the novel tells a story about the life of Allison, a woman lived in small village, Woodlake, Wisconsin, who became a fugitive from the law
and her husband in order to save her daughter from unspeakable abuse. This study focuses on the role of Allison as a mother who struggles to
protect her daughter in a very challenging condition. Allison was described as having bad relationship with two important men in her life, those are, her father
and her husband. Those relationships changed the course of her life, from a depressed housewife to an outlaw in a terror-filled flight with her daughter.
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