Theoretical Framework THEORETICAL REVIEW

social-psychological approach can overcome the problems as it is the closest approach for the problems mentioned. In his book A Handbook of Critical Approaches to Literature, Wilfred L. Guerin mentions that “psychological interpretation can afford many profound clues toward solving a work’s thematic and symbolic mysteries, but it can seldom account for the beautiful symmetry of a well-wrought poem or of a fictional masterpiece” 2011: 201. Psychological approach was possibly the most controversial and least appreciated. However, psychological approach can be interesting since its proper purpose to interpret the literary work can improve the writer’s understanding of literature. The approach lets the readers to analyze the characters’ psychology or condition in the literary works” Guerin, 1979: 125. According to the statement above, psychological approach focuses on human psychology which helps us to be close with a literary work from the psychological point of view because it is related to human being’s behavior pattern and unconscious mind. Moreover, this approach is used because personality is a subject of psychology where it involves pattern of behavior, thoughts and feelings. Looking at the fact that the problem discussed in this study, social bullying, cannot be done without any social interaction, the writer chooses social- psychological approach as a term to be a tool to complete the study. The term social-psychological scopes the social interactions between the doer and the victim of social bullying also the psychological problem felt by the victim of social bullying. As a conclusion, social-psychological approach can be a proper tool used to be the approach of this study, in this case, a literary work study containing psychological problem, social bullying and the impact of social bullying.

C. Method of Study

The writer uses a library research in writing the analysis. A library research means the data taken for the research is based on book research. The writer takes the data and the quotation from the book that is related to the study the writer is focused on. In this study, the writers also uses primary and secondary sources. The primary source is the novel Nothing’s Fair in Fifth Grade written by Barthe DeClements. For the secondary sources, the writer takes psychology, literature, and also sociology books, essays, journals, texts, and sites. The first step is that the writer reads the primary source to get closer and understand the problems raised in the story. Reading the primary source carefully makes the writer understanding the significant detail in written in the story. From the first step, the writer is able to see interesting points in the characters, social bullying, and the impact of social bullying. The next step is formulating questions in problem formulation. This is the step the writer uses to give this study a scope so the explanation or analysis will be focused on the points the writer wants to do a study on. For the third step, the writer looks for any kind of secondary source in the form of theories, texts, journals, books, sites, articles, essays, and any other supporting texts to build a strong understanding on this study. After that, the writer does the analysis on this study. The analysis can be done by looking at the fact written in the novel then analyzing it with the theories the writer has got or putting the theories as a consideration point to decide and examine the problem in the primary source. As the final step, the writer draws the conclusion of the analysis as the closure of the study.