such as: making fists, bending her arms at the elbow and moving them back and forth, so her chest is sticking way out. Nancy even chanted I must
—I must—I must increase my bust. By then, all the members follow her movement and chant
together like what Nancy tells before.
e. Relation of Friendship
I practice a lot though, Nancy said. Practice what? I asked. Kissing Isnt that what we were talking about? Kissing How can you practice
that? I asked. Watch this. Nancy grabbed her bed pillow and embraced it. She gave it a long kiss
. When she was done she threw the pillow back on the bed. Its important to experiment, so when the time
comes youre all ready. Im going to be a great kisser some day Blume, 1970: 7.
The researcher finds that the dialogues above are categorized to explicit types of themes. The meaning of the quotation can be directly interpreted through
the written texts. The written texts above describes on how Nancy teaches Margaret about kissing a boy. As known Nancy is Margaret‘s friend. The bold
lines above show how Nancy teaches Margaret the way how to kiss.
3. Implicit Sub-Themes
a. Maturing Emotionally
Maturing emotionally, self anxiety, sexual feeling, parent-child relationship, intimacy of God, understanding the existence of God, and
understanding religion are sub-themes that are implicit. Some expressions that tend to be expressed implicitly are explained in some statements below.
I was really being awful. And I hadnt even planned it. I sounded like Nancy.
Thats when it hit me that for all I knew Nancy made up that story about Laura. Or maybe Moose and Evan made it up just to brag. Yes, I bet
they did Moose was a big liar tooBlume, 1970: 116
The quotation above tends to be implicit because the true meaning cannot be interpreted directly from the written words, but the researcher has to connect
the sentence with the contexts of the story. As a result, the researcher needs to make an interpretation of the sentence meaning by herself. The meaning of the
sentence has implied meaning that Margaret feels guilty to Laura because she accuses Laura with wrong judgment about her. Margaret feels disappointed
because she seems like Nancy who always makes up something that is not true. These implicit meaning can be categorized into maturing emotionally because
these sentences reveal about Margaret feeling, especially guilty feeling.
b. Self Anxiety
..You know God, my new friends all belong to the Y or the Jewish Community Center. Which way am I supposed to go? I dont know what
you want me to do about that Blume, 1970: 37
Quotation above cannot be defined directly because there is implied meaning behind the written words along the sentences. After connecting the
sentences and the context of the story, the researcher makes an interpretation about the meaning of the sentences. By then, the sentences can be categorized into
implicit types of theme. The sentences imply Margaret‘s consciousness about what other people think of her as a person who belongs to no religion. She begins
recognizing that she is different from other kids. She is not a religious adherent while her friends are. Margaret wants to be normal like her friends who have a
certain religion, particularly Jewish Community Center or to Sunday school. Meanwhile, Margaret does not know about what religion she wants to believe.
c. Sexual Feeling
