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e fi l n a m u h f o e c n e ir e p x e e h t e s u s r o h t u a y n a m e s u a c e b t i m o r f e fi l f o s e c n e ir e p x e
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n to suppo tr t he analysist hat t he wrtie rha sexplained before c
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t sutiablet ounderstand t hemaincharacteri n t henovel ,Gracie, before r
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t c il f n o c
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I I I R E T P A H C
Y G O L O D O H T E M
.
A Objec toft heStudy
n o d l e h S n a y D y b l e v o n a s e z y l a n a r e ti r w e h t ,s i s e h t e t a u d a r g r e d n u s i h t n I
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e MyWors tBes tFriend .DyanSheldoni soneoft hewrtiersf o ryoungadul t .
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n Thi snove lwasf ris tpubilshedi n2010byWalke rBookLtd ,London. .
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T My Wors tBes t
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r a y e h T . s r e t c a r a h c o w
t Gracie ,ast hemajo rcharacter ,and Savanna. They have t
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.f l e s r e
h Gracie’si nterna lconfilct sappea rbecauseoneo fSavanna’ scharacteirsitc s .t
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i Finally from he rinterna l s
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c ,the externa lconfilc tappear sbetween Gracie and Savanna so thei r .
n e k o r b s i p i h s d n e ir f
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e b d l u o c t a h t e g a s s e m e h t n o y l n
o seen t hrough the way Gracie respondst o he r .s
t c il f n o c
.
B Approachoft heStudy u p e e d a n i a t b o o t r e d r o n
I nderstanding aboutt hi sundergraduatet hesis,t he s
d e e n r e ti r
w acetrain approach t o suppo tr .Theapproach usedf o ranalyzing t hi s s
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l formails tciritcism. I ti sbette rto know wha tthe meaning o f .t
i e s u e w e r o f e b s i h c a o r p p a c it s il a m r o
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d e e n t a h t e g d e l w o n k n a m u h f o m r o
f to be examined on ti sown t erms”(1998 : )
2 3 9
1 . The quotaiton showst ha tformails tciritcismonly focuse son t hei nt irnsic e b o t e l b a ti u s s i m s i c it ir c s i h t , n o it i n if e d t a h t n o d e s a B . k r o w y r a r e ti l a f o s t n e m e l e
t s e s u y l n o h c r a e s e r s i h t e s u a c e b h c r a e s e r s i h t n i d e s
u hei ntirnsic elemen toft he ,l
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a l o i G d n a y d e n n e
K Ltierature An Introduciton to Ficiton ,Poetry ,and Drama i
d E h t n e v e
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e r u t a r e ti l f o s k r o w e h t f o s i s y l a n a d n a n o it a t e r p r e t n i e h t s i p i h s r a l o h c s y r a r e ti l
s e s u c o f m s i c it ir c c it s il a m r o f t a h t n i a g a e c n o s w o h s n o it a t o u q e h T ” .s e v l e s m e h t
c i s n ir t n i e h t n o y l n
8 1
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C Methodoft heStudy t , y d u t s s i h t n
I he wrtie rdid a ilbrary research .There were two kind so f e h T . s e c r u o s y r a d n o c e s d n a y r a m ir p e h t , s i s y l a n a s i h t n i d e s u e r a t a h t e c r u o s
, fl e s ti l e v o n e h t e r e w s e c r u o s y r a m ir
p My Wors tBes tFriend .I twa sused to e h t f o r e w s n a g n it r o p p u s e h t t e g o t d n a y r o t s e h t f o t x e t e h t r o y r o t s e h t e z y l a n a
T . n o it a l u m r o f m e l b o r
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, k r o w e h t n o h c a o r p p a e h t ,l e v o n e h t n o m s i c it ir
c het heory o fmessage ,confilct , e m o s d n a , y d u t s e h t r o f t n a tr o p m i y r e v e r e w h c i h w n o it a z ir e t c a r a h c d n a r e t c a r a h c
.s e ti s t e n r e t n i n i a tr e c m o r f n e k a t s w e i v e r l a c it ir
c The approach appiled in thi s s
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d i d r e ti r w e h t t a h t s p e t s e m o s e r e w e r e h
T in analyzingt henovel .Fris,t t he s
a w t a h t e c r u o s n i a m e h t d a e r r e ti r
w MyWors tBes tFriend, t hen re-read and re -y a s o t d e t n a w r o h t u a e h t y ll a u t c a t a h w d o o t s r e d n u r e ti r w e h t t a h t o s t i d a e r
t n i e h t t u o e r u g if o t d e ir t r e ti r w e h t , d n o c e S . l e v o n e h t h g u o r h
t eresitng t hingsi n
n e e b d a h t i s A . s l e v o n r e h t o m o r f t n e r e f fi d l e v o n e h t e d a m h c i h w , l e v o n e h t
h t , d e v e i h c
a e wrtie rformulated the problem stha t were used to analyze the r e ti r w e h t , m e l b o r p t s ri f e h t r e w s n a o T . n o it a z ir e t c a r a h c e h t d n a r e t c a r a h c
f d e z y l a n
a romt hep irmarybook ,whichr elatedt ot hecharacte irzaitono fGraciea s e h t r e w s n a o T . y r o t s e h t f o d n e e h t o t g n i n n i g e b e h t m o r f r e t c a r a h c n i a m e h t
ir p e h t m o r f d e z y l a n a o s l a r e ti r w e h t , m e l b o r p d n o c e
s mary book ,which had
h ti w n o it a l e
r Gracie’ sconfilcts especially from the way Gracie responds ot he r s
t c il f n o
c ,t henanalyzedonebyone.
o t d e ir t r e ti r w e h t , d e r e w s n a e r e w s m e l b o r p d n o c e s d n a t s ri f e h t r e tf A
d ri h t e h t r e w s n a o t y a w t n e r e f fi d d a h r e ti r w e h T . n o it s e u q d ri h t e h t r e w s n a
r w e h t e s u a c e b , n o it s e u
q tie ranswered i tby making conclusion some message s m
o r
f the way Gracie responds ot rh e confilcts .A tfer t he analysi spar thad been r e ti r w e h t , n o i s u l c n o c a g n i k a m n I . n o i s u l c n o c a w e r d r e ti r w e h t y ll a n if , e n o d
h m o r f d e tr a t s ; s i s y l a n a e h t f o l l a d e d u l c n o
c ow Gracie i sdesc irbed i n t henove,l s
d n o p s e r e i c a r G w o
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g u o r h
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S I S Y L A N A
e h t r e w s n a o t s e ir t r e ti r w e h t ,r e t p a h c s i h t n
I three problem sformulated i n
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p formulaiton .Moreove ,rt heanalysisi sdividedi ntot hreepatr .sI nthef ris t
r e ti r w e h t ,t r a
p explainst hedesc irp itono fGracie’ scharacteirsitcs.
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I todescirbeabou tthewayGracier esponds
o
t he rconfilcts. In t hi sresearch, t h erearei nterna land externa lconfilcts t ha tshe
e c a
f swtih Savanna ,he rbes tfirend. Those confilct smake he rfirendship wtih
k o r b a n n a v a
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e h t g n i w o n k r e tf a , y ll a n i
F descirpiton o fGracie’ scharacteirsitc sand the
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w ot rhe confilcts, thewrtie rcomest ot het h ridpar twhichconsist s
f
o the ifndingo fmessagestha tcanbeobtainedf romt hestoryoft henovel.I nt hi s
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c message wli l be revealed and observed more . The wrtier , then
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s d n o p s e r e i c a r
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r e t p a h c s i h t ,t l u s e r a s
A consists oft hreesubchapters :TheCharacteirzaiton
f o n o it p ir c s e D , e i c a r G f
o the Way Gracie Responds ot H er Confilcts ,and the
a s s e
M ge sa sSeent hroughtheWayGracieResponds toh erConfilcts.
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F wrtie ranalyzes the characte irsitc o fGracie in My
d n e i r F t s e B t s r o
W .In ordert ounderstand Gracie’ scharacteirsitc ,s thewrtie ruse s
f o y r o e h t e h
t characte randcharacte irzaitonstatedi nchapterI .I
l e v o n e h t h g u o r h
T My Wors tBes tFriend ,Gracie i sthe main character.
s a d e b ir c s e d s i e i c a r G y ll a c i s y h
P an ordinary gri lwho doe sno thavesomething
l a i c e p
s fromhe rappearance .She’ s“Regular .Ordinary .Plain .Quie tbordeirng on
d
a u (ll” Sheldon ,2010 :8) .Even ,he rappearancei s ilkeaboys oi ’tss os eldomf o r
s y o
b to lfri twtih her .I’t s ilkestated ,“Needlesst o say ,nobody eve rfiltred wtih
( ” y o b a e k il d e s s e r d I e s u a c e b s a w t i d i a s a n n a v a S . e
m Sheldon ,2010 :29-3 0 .)
s i t s e n o
H one o fthe mos timpo tran tcharacteirsitc so fGracie. Based on
i r r e
M am Webster Onilne Dicitonary ,honesti s“being i n t hehabi tof t elilng t he
m a ir r e m ( ” h t u
rt -webste.rcom ,2013) .Gracie wli lspeak halitngly when she doe s
. h t u rt e h t l l e t t o
n I ti sshowed when Gracie i stalking wtih Archie ,Savanna’ s
e il a l l e t o t e i c a r G s k s a , d n e ir f t s e b s ’ e i c a r G , a n n a v a S . d n e ir f y o
b wtih Archietha t
y o b r e h t o h ti w d e t a d a n n a v a S y ll a u t c a t u b , d a d s ’ e i c a r G f o y a l p e h t o t t n e w e h
s ,
. n a g r o M
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, m ’ I h g u o h t n e v e , n a e m I . d o o g y tt e r p s a w t I . d o o g s a w t i , w o n k u o Y … s a w
d e s a i b , w o n k u o
y – becauseo fmyd ” ad (Sheldon ,2010 :101).
e s u a c e b l ri g t s e n o h n a s i e i c a r G t a h t s w o h s y lr a e l c e v o b a s n o it a t o u q e h T
y l g n it l a h s k a e p s e h s y a w e h T . e il a l l e t s e t a h e h s y ll a u t c
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s Onceagain,i tmeanst ha tGraciei sanhones tperson.
