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CHAPTER III METHODOLOGY
This chapter presents the methodology of the study, which can be divided into three parts. The first part is object of study. It describes the novel Ugly and
the focus of the study. The second part is the approach. It states the approach that is used in the study. The third part is the procedure. It explains the steps conducted
in analyzing the novel.
A. Object of Study
The novel analyzed in this study is entitled Ugly. It was written by Constance Biscoe as a memoir of her childhood. Printed in paperback, this novel
consists of 433 pages, which is divided into 25 chapters. It was published in Great Britain in 2006 by Hodder and Stoughton.
The novel
Ugly by Constance Briscoe starts with the description of Clare’s family members. Her mother, Carmen, is a Jamaican. George, her father, comes
from Portland. They meet in England, and then decide to get married. They have six children. As the third daughter, Clare has three sisters and two brothers.
Her mother gives Clare treatments that are extremely different from the treatments given to her other sisters and brothers. In her early teens, she is beaten
and abused by her own mother. The starting point of all problems is her father’s abandonment. After winning Littlewoods Pools, he leaves his family and only
returns at Christmas time with food and presents in his hands. Her mother’s
treatments toward Clare grow worse after her mother gets a new husband named Eastman. They both abuse Clare physically and emotionally. Being considered as
ugly, Clare is never given enough food and decent clothes. The treatments increase the intense of her anxiety. It results her wetting on her bed while she is
sleeping. Moreover, it just worsens her mother’s treatment on her. Although often finding difficult situations and terrible conditions, Clare
manages to struggle and survive to win the battle of her life. She starts to earn money by working as a shop assistant at Roses for her Saturday job to fulfill her
needs. At the age of thirteen, she is left alone by her mother. She has to fend for herself. Working as a cleaning service too, she keeps struggling in these difficult
situations. Handling up a number of different jobs at a time, Clare at last manages to enter university and is qualified as a barrister.
Constance Briscoe as the author tries to share her experiences in facing problems and terrible conditions in her life. She tries to point out that people must
survive and struggle in life. Moreover, in achieving their dreams, obstacles that appear in life should be faced and overcame. This novel is hoped to inspire people
in general to not only hold their dreams, but also to make them come true.
B. Approach