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in the text. After eighteen years in prison, Hanna is then about to be released and in the other side. Michael agrees to find her place to stay and work to do, but on
the day of her release in year 1988 she commits suicide. The Reader studies the elements of relationships and social and mental
behaviors of the two main characters. Some are unsolvable conflicts, some forms of Oedipus complex, and inferiority complex which lead Hanna Schmitz to do
socially unacceptable behaviors. This study attempts to reveal the inferiority complex of Hannah Schmitz.
Since the Reader is a first-person-point-of-view novel, here the writer analyzes the answers from the expositions told by Michael Berg, the first main character.
B. Approach of the Study
Since in analyzing the novel this study is closely related to the theory of psychology, the writer employed the psychological approach, which in this case
the theory of inferiority complex is mostly employed. As it is stated by Rohrberger and Woods 1971 that ―the knowledge of psychology ground is
extremely important in order to understand some literary works‖ p. 12, it is believed that Hanna‘s inferiority complex then can be revealed by using the
approach.
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C. Method of the Study
The writer carried out some steps in conducting the objectives of this study. First of all, the writer read and re-read the novel in order to gain some
profound impressions and a better understanding of the content of the story. The first reading, the writer tried to understand the story, and in the next readings the
writer focused and took notes on the character who experiences inferiority complex and how it builds the character and the story.
Second, the writer collected references consisting of any related information about literature and its elements and also some background
information related to them. Besides, the writer also collected the information that the writer found and noted it down. The writer collected the information and
selected it and then decided which one that can contribute and support the analysis.
Then the third, after collecting the sources, the writer took and arranged some notes on the important information and quoted important points. Here some
notes concerning to psychological terms and definition, especially about inferiority complex were made. Some other theories were then really supportive to
collect the evidences. Finally, the writer classified the evidences and put them into the right parts
to find out how the inferiority complexs theory and other supportive theories contributed to the content of the story. After that, the writer made a conclusion of
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her analysis together with some suggestions for future researchers and for learning.
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CHAPTER IV ANALYSIS
