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CHAPTER 3 METHODOLOGY
The writer divides this chapter into two parts, namely the object of the study and the method of the study. The first sub-title explains about the novel in
brief, and the second sub-title explains the steps taken within working on the research.
3.1 Object of the Study
The Nanny Diaries was published for the first time in 2002 by Kraus
Emma McLaughlin. This edition was arranged by St. Martin’s Press, LLC through Big Apple Tuttle-Mori Agency. The Nanny Diaries tells about inharmonious
relationship between a mother, Mrs. X and her son, Grayer Addison X. The story starts with telling about Annie Braddock, a fresh college graduate from New
Jersey whose mother is a nurse. She makes an unsuccessful bid to press her into a white-collared business career. Because of failing in the interview test selection,
Annie accepts a job as a nanny and a domestic servant in a very rich family who lives in Upper East Side of Manhattan, known as the X’s family.
Annie has her first real taste of servant life when she arrives at the family’s residence and promptly sinks into the X’s luxury tub. Annie must spend her days
tending to the demands of the couple’s mischievous and bratty son, Grayer. The condition grows both more awkward and sticky when Annie begins to fall in love
with a young man who lives near the X’s apartment, named Harvard Hottie. He
leads her into seriously reevaluating her career goals and priorities after Annie is fired during a family vacation to Nantucket.
3.2 Approach of the Study
The approach applied in this study was the psychological approach. According to Rohrberger and Woods, Jr. 16, the psychological approach
considers that each character’s behaviour could be referred to the psychology of human being, resulting in the deeper interpretation of each character’s actions and
behaviours 16. Therefore, the psychological approach was appropriate to investigate how the authors describe the relationship between Mrs. X and Grayer
and to analyze the impacts of inharmonius relationship with his mother on Grayer’s attitudes.
3.3 Methods of the Study
In conducting the study, there were several steps the writer used. First of all, the writer chose the object of the study, which was a novel, entitled The Nanny
Diaries by Kraus Emma McLaughlin. Next, the writer chose the theories that
would be used for conducting the study namely: character, characterization, mother-child relation, family influences on the growing child, and child emotional
development and physical well-being. Then, the writer explained the steps taken in conducting the study. After explaining the steps, the writer analyzed the novel
by using the already chosen theories. Last but not least, the writer concluded the results of the study.
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CHAPTER 4 ANALYSIS
This chapter consists of two sections. The first section discusses the relationship between Mrs. X and her son. This section includes the description of
the characters of Annie Braddock the Nanny, Mrs. X, and Grayer Addison X. The second section discusses about the impacts of inharmonious relationship with
his mother on Grayer’s Attitudes are.
4.1 Relationship between Mrs. X and Her Son
In this part, the analysis concerns the descriptions of the relationship between Mrs. X and her son in the novel The Nanny Diaries. The analysis will
cover the description of the characters of Annie Braddock the Nanny, Mrs. X, and Grayer Addison X.
4.1.1 The Description of the Characters of Annie Braddock the Nanny, Mrs. X, and Grayer Addison X
There are three characters discussed in this part: Annie Braddock the Nanny, Mrs. X, and Grayer. Based on Henkle’s theory 88 – 97, Annie, Mrs. X.
and Grayer X are the major characters because they deserve full attention from the readers. They become the centre of attention from the beginning to the ending part
of the story. In order to analyze the character’s traits, Murphy’s theory of characterization 161 -173 is used. There are nine ways suggested in the theory,
but not all of them are used in analyzing the characters. There are only three ways used in this analysis: speech, conversation by others, and reactions.
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