Psychological Health The Development of Masculinity-Femininity

are needed to help the writer analyzing the novel and answering two questions in problem formulation. At first, the writer will use theory of character and characterization to identify how Ronnie‟s character is described in that novel and to analyze the changing of Ronnie‟s characteristics when there is father‟s figure and when father‟s figure lose. The other theories are theory of behavior, theory of parents‟ role in child development, and theory of adolescence. These theories are needed to see how Ronnie‟s behaviors faces the absences of father figure in her certain life. The writer will use theory of repression in psychoanalytic to analyze how Ronnie‟s behavior can change. Theory of repression is ignoring or forgetting the unsolved problem, unadmitted desires or traumatic past events, so that they are forced from the conscious and brought into the unconsciousness. Ronnie experiences traumatic or bad past event which is the divorce of her parents. In that case, Ronnie ignores the past events and brings it into her unconsciousness. It causes Ronnie‟s behavior changed and becomes worse than before. 23

CHAPTER III METHODOLOGY

A. Object of the Study

The object of this research is a novel The Last Song by Nicholas Sparks, number one New York best seller author. The novel was published in 2009 by Grand Central Publishing; New York. The Last Song is Sparks fourteenth published novel fifteenth published book. The Last Song was announced on July 11, 2009. In its short tour, The Last Song debuted at number one on weekly bestsellers charts. In 2010, this novel was adapted into a box office movie using the same title as the title in the novel. The film version of The Last Song was released in the U.S. on March 31, 2010. Nicholas Sparks also wrote the script of the film. He called his friend, Jeff Van Wie to help him in writing the film‟s script. This movie is starring Miley Cyrus as Ronnie, Liam Hemsworth as Will Blakelee, Greg Kinnear as Steve, Kelly Preston as Kim, and Bobby Coleman as Jonah. Before reading the entire story of this novel, readers must have thought it just a novel about love between teenagers, Ronnie and Will. But after reading the whole story of the novel, The Last Song is not only about the relationship between those two persons, but also about the relationship in the family. Ronnie and her little brother, Jonah must face the divorce of their parents. Kim and Steve decide to separate from each other. Ronnie is angry with that divorce and her father. After the divorce, her father leaves their house and lives in the Wrightsville