Furthermore, the theory of feminism is also applied in the analysis in order to define the domestic violence experienced by Elizabeth as the male domination to
female. The theory of conflict, the theory of domestic violence, and the feminism
theory are important in this thesis because the theory of conflicts can be used to indentify the conflicts experienced by Elizabeth while the theory of domestic
violence is to identify each conflict that show or reveal in the more specific kind of the violence, and the feminism is to give a perspective to the violence
experienced by Elizabeth.
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CHAPTER III METHODOLOGY
A. Object of The Study
In this thesis the writer uses a novel entitled
The Lucky One,
a romantic novel with theme of fate and destiny, which is written by number one New York Times
Bestselling author, Nicholas Sparks. The novel was first published in 2008 by Grand Central Publishing, New York.
In the year of 2012 the novel is adapted into a box-office movie using the same title as the title in the novel. It is Warner Bros., who produces the movie and
actually it is is not the first time of Sparks‟ novel that is adapted into box-office
movie. Since February 1999 until recently on February 2013 there are seven novels have been adapted into box-office movie and released in theatre exclude
the novel
The Lucky One
. The movie starring Zac Efron as Logan Thibault and Taylor Schilling as Elizabeth are remakable movie stars, and in the process of the
movie it was directed by an Academy Award-nominated writerdirector Scott Hicks.
The story took the setting during the time of the United States invasion to Iraq. In the story, Logan Logan was a U.S Marine who had the duty tour in Iraq.
His desire to serve in the Marine was influenced by his father who was also a Marine. First time in the duty tour, Logan found difficulty to adapt with the
situation in the camp especially with the issue of the enemy‟s biological weapon
which also strikes most Marines‟ psyche, he tried to spend his days by having the
