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Kamis, 12 Juni 2008

- An Analysis of Adolescence Problems as Reflected in the Main Character in Meg Cabot’s The Princess Diaries




The title of this study is An Analysis of Adolescence Problems as reflected in the Main Character of Meg Cabot’s The Princess Diaries. The writer is motivated to choose the novel The Princess Diaries as her topic in this SI thesis because of the following: firstly, The Princess Diaries as a masterpiece of Meg Cabot’s work is a very interesting novel to be discussed. Secondly, the language, the structure and the vocabulary of the novel are not too difficult to be understood. Thirdly, Meg Cabot’s presents theme and issues that are particularly interesting for the writer. The purposes of the research are describe (1) The problems faced by main character in the novel The Princess Diaries, (2) Character and characterization of the main character in the The Princess Diaries.

In this research, the writer uses the psychological approach to analyze the adolescence problems. The subject of the research is novel entitled The Princess Diaries written by Meg Cabot and the object of the research is focused on the problems faced by Mia Thermopolis as the main character in the novel. To get the data and information, the writer employs a library method by reading carefully and critically the relevant sources to get deep comprehension about the narratives and the description of the character of Mia Thermopolis.

The result of this study can be briefly stated as follows: the novel talks about a teenage named Mia Thermopolis who has psychological problems dealing with the physic. She always feels inferior because she is flunking in algebra. Besides, Mia is shocked when she knows that she is a princess. Mia thinks she is not appropriate to be a princess, because she is does not look like a princess. She is also faces the problems in adolescence period such as: love, jealously, anger. Besides, the problems also come from internal and external factors of her life. The problems come from her surrounding such as friends, family and school.
ABSTRACT Rukiyat, by Mike Nur

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