This document analyzes the main character of the novel 'Ugly' by Constance Briscoe using a psychosocial approach, focusing on the dynamics between characters and their psychological development. The study aims to explore the influence of Miss K on Clare's life and the significance of character portrayal within the narrative. It incorporates theoretical frameworks and reviews related literature, integrating concepts from psychology to understand character motivations and relationships.

1. A PSYCHOSOCIAL APPROACH ANALYSIS OF MAIN
CHARACTER NOVEL UGLY BY CONSTANCE BRISCOE
NAME: DELLY ELIM
NPM: 11.IG.S1.567
CLASS: VIIB / ENGLISH PROGRAM
2014/2015

2. CHAPTER I
Introduction
1.1 Background of the Study
Jane Friedman
• Intelectual
point of view
• Depth
• Character
• Style
Ideas in making the story
Interviewing between theme
and plot
Comes with heroic, fantastic
etc
Story goes to a dramatic one,
happy etc

3. Sometimes readers get confused by many things
according to their level of curiosity, as in this novel will
drive the readers too.

4. 1.2 Problem of Study
To use Psychosocial approach to define the Novel
UGLY’s Characters
1.3 Objectives of the Study
• To find out, why is this novel
dedicated to Miss. K
• To find out, on how did Miss. K
bring movements into Clare’s life
1.4 Limitation of the study
This study focuses only to the psychology
side of the Author as the main character
and also Miss K

5. 1.5 Significance of the Study
• To improve the ability to
identify the psychology
side of the characters,
only to Contsnce Briscoe
and Miss Korchinskye
1.5.2 Practical Significant
• How this novel UGLY will
attrack the readers to
read it chapter by chapter
until the last page with
the dramatic plot
1.5.1 Theoritical Significant

6. CHAPTER II
Review of Related Literature, Concepts, and Theory
2.1 Review of Related Literature
1. Hollway, W. and Jefferson, T.,
(2003) “Gender Difference,
Anxiety and the Fear of Crime” ,
discussed about the fearness of
criminality that effected to
someone’s life as the victim.
Their research is based on how
the psychology to defend
themselves from being a victim
2. De La Corte (2007) “ A Social
Psychological Approach To The
Explanation Of Terrorism”
explained about the psychology
of the Psychosocial effects and
relationship to social identity

7. 2.2 Concept
2.2.1 Character : 2.2.2 Psychosocial approach :
Character is one of the important
thing in intrinsic elements as this
literary work Novel Ugly by
Constance Briscoe provides us
such a strong characters like the
Clare and Miss K
Psychosocial approach
explains about how the
character has a relation with
the society emotionally
according to Erik Erikson as
stages of development

8. 2.2.3 Novel Ugly
Novel ugly used first person point of view where used ‘I‘ in the
novel. She was born in May 18th 1957. This book is an
autobiography book, writed by herself about her whole life.
The inspiring number one bestseller.

9. 2.3 Theoritical
framework
2.3.1 Character
According to Karen
Bernardo, Characterization in Literature
(2011)
Character is an important figure at
the centre of the story’s action or
theme
Characters in this story can be divided
based on their function and position into
main and second characters ;
Main character has the most important
role in developing the story with
psychological aspect (Constance
Briscoe).
Second character plays parts in the
story and gives or distributes more
influence to main character (Miss K).

10. Per Linell (2009), ‘dialogue action and
Prescription’
Every character could be distinguished by a
dialog, an action or prescription in the novel.
Dialogue refers to the words spoken
between characters in a short story or novel,.
It also refers to a character speaking to
himself or herself in order to reveal the
personality of a character-( opinions,
thoughts, impressions), create conflict, and
advance the narrative.
Action is the events in a literary work.
Prescription is something prescribed.

11. In chapter 17 – A Taste of
Paradise, page 269-280
The dialogue between Constance Briscoe and Miss K was about
the way Constance asked Miss K’s opinion about her dream to be
a barrister.
Page 273 ;
line 11-14; ‘ That’s right, my girl, aim high,’ she (Miss K) said. ‘
There’sonly one person who can stop you, Clare, you
remember that. Anya Korchinskye says there is only
one person in the whole world who can stop you.’
Line 15; ‘Who is that, miss?’ i (Clare) said.
Line 16; ‘You, Clare. Only you can stop yourself. You have the
ability to go far. So just go.’
The
characteristic
of the
Characters
inside the
Novel Ugly
are ;
 Constance
Briscoe
(Clare) :
strong,
diligent, smart
 Miss K
(Clare’s
teacher) : nice,
care

12. The action Miss K accepted and
did welcome Clare to her flat
The Prescription about the willing
of her to show there was no any
other factor instead of escaping the
blacken of school’s name under the
relationship just between a teacher
and student.
 Page 271
line 4-5; ‘ She showed me my
room and told me to treat
the flat as I would do my
home’ ,
line 10-12; ‘Miss K told me to lie
on the goatskin rug and to
make myself comfortabe.
She said i could ring my
mother if I wanted to.’
 Page 270
line 20-22; ‘Miss K put forward
that if my mother was in
agreement and she herself
was willing, it was very
difficult to see what that
had to do with the school.’

13. Some additional informations about the charactreristics of Contsance Briscoe
and Miss K had according in Chapter 17
Page 272
line 17-22; ‘ She was very kind to me. My mother was happy for me to stay there as
long as the embarrasment was kept away from the school and from her.
Miss K had not asked for a contribution for my keep although my mother
was still getting child benefit for me.
Page 273
line 1-3; ‘My schoolmarks improved and my artwork was pretty impressive
Page 274
line 18-20; ‘Miss K never asked for any money for my keep so after the third month
I offered her $8, which i had saved up from my Saturday job.’
Page 276
line 9-10; ‘ On 18 May I was fourteen years old. Miss K knew
line 14-15; ‘it was my birthday. She bought me a book, ‘ I love Miss K – she was the
mother I had never had.’

14. A psychologist Gordon Allport (1985), psychosocial
is a discipline that uses scientific methods "to
understand and explain how the thought, feeling and
behavior of individuals are influenced by the actual,
imagined or implied presence of other human beings"
It means that this study describes about personality and the
acquisition of social attitudes and skills as the interaction
between a person as character and the environment by
observing our social worlds and trying to understand why
people behave, think, and feel as they do , erik erikson (1950),
psychosocial development stages theory.

15. Stage Virtues Psycho social crisis Significant Relationship Example
Infancy (birth to 18
months)
Hopes Basic Trust vs. Mistrust Mother Feeding, Abandonment
Early Childhood (2 to 3
years)
Will Autonomy vs. Shame and Doubt Parents
Toilet Training, Clothing
Themselves
Preschool (3 to 5 years) Purpose Initiative vs. Guilt Family
Exploring, Using Tools or Making
Art
School Age (6 to 11 years) Competence Industry vs. Inferiority Neighbors, School School, Sports
Adolescence (12 to 18
years)
Fidelity Identity vs. Role Confusion Peers, Role Model Social Relationships
Young Adulthood (19 to 40
years)
Love Intimacy vs. Isolation Friends, Partners Romantic Relationships
Middle Adulthood (40 to
65 years)
Care Generativity vs. Stagnation Household, Workmates Work, Parenthood
Maturity(65 to death) Wisdom Ego Integrity vs. Despair Mankind, My Kind Reflection on Life
CLARE
MISS K

16. CHAPTER III
3.1 Data Resource
• The data resources are coming
from the Novel UGLY itself and
also the supporting researches
before from some researchers that
mentioned above
3.2 Data Collection
• This research uses quantitative
method then the technique is
trough observation by reading the
Novel UGLY, and supporting data
from the reviews in the internet.
Some said this is a bad novel but
some said this is an inspiring
novel.

17. 3.3 Data Analysis
This Novel is dedicated right to
Miss K herself objectively by the
study supports and provides the
informations also reason with the
outcome of the stages.
This shows that how they
engaged with theory of Erik
Erikson about psychology
combine with dialogue, action
also prescription simulated the
characteristics they had.
3.4 Finding Presentation
This research meets the purpose to
reveal the way psychology of
somenone could impact
something, like the character to
another character in example is
Miss K with Clare. As the
movement Miss K gave to Clare
to meet the phase of Clare’s
psychology crisis she never met in
her mom personality by giving
love and care.
Psychology refers to what people Feel and Experience

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