THE DESCRIPTION OF WOMAN ABUSE IN LIANE MORIARTY’S NOVEL BIG LITTLE LIES A PAPER By YULIA HILALIANI POHAN REG. NO: 152202045 UNIVERSITY OF SUMATERA UTARA FACULTY OF CULTURAL STUDY DIPLOMA III ENGLISH STUDY PROGRAM MEDAN 2018 UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA AUTHOR DECLARATION I, YULIA HILALIANI POHAN,declare that I am the sole author of this paper. Expect where the reference is made in the text of this paper, this paper contains no material published elsewhere or extracted another degree. No other one person’s work has been used without due acknowledgements in the main text of this paper. This paper has not been submitted for award for another degree in any tertiary education. Signed : Date : 2018 i UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA COPYRIGHT DECLARATION Name : YULIA HILALIANI POHAN Title of Paper : THE DESCRIPTION OF WOMAN ABUSE IN LIANE MORIARTY’S NOVELBIG LITTLE LIES Qualification : D-III / AhliMadya Study Program : English I am willing that may paper should be available for reproduction at the discretion of the Librarian of the Diploma III Department Faculty of Cultural Studies University of Sumatera Utara on the understanding that users are made aware of their obligation under law of the Republic of Indonesia. Signed : Date : 2018 ii UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA ABSTRACT The title of this paper is The Description of Woman Abuse InLianeMoriary’s Novel Big Little Lies. This paper discuss about abusive relationship experienced by women in the novel Big Little Lies. The researcher refers to the theory of Patricelli. She divided abuse into six parts,verbal abuse, mental abuse, physical abuse, sexual abuse, neglect and hate crimes,but the writer only focused the two of them which are verbal abuse and physical abuse. The purpose of this paper to describe women abuse, especially in verbal abuse and physical abuse also contains two elements which are verbal abuse and physical abuse in dating violence and domestic violence. The method used to reveal women abuse in this paper is descriptive qualitative and data is collected by library research. This descriptive qualitative study used words, phrases, sentences and paragraphs in the novel, note taking to identify, and quoted which shows woman abuse also describe that. Keywords:novel, woman abuse, verbal abuse, physical abuse iii UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA ABSTRAK Kertas karya ini diberi judul‘’The Description of Woman Abuse in Liane Moriarty’s Novel Big Little Lies’’. Kertas karya ini membahas tentang hubungan kekerasan yang dialami oleh wanita dalam novel Big Litle Lies. Peneliti mengacu pada teori dari Patricelli. Patricelli membagi kekerasan dalam 6 bagian, yaitu kekerasan verbal, kekerasan mental, kekerasan fisik, kekerasan seksual, pengabaian, dan kejahatan kebencian,tetapi penulis hanya focus kepada dua dari enam bagian tersebut yaitu kekerasan verbal dan kekerasan fisik. Tujuan kertas karya ini adalah untuk mendeskripsikan tentang kekerasan pada wanita, terutama pada kekerasan verbal dan kekerasan fisik yang juga mengandung dua unsur yaitu kekerasan verbal dan kekerasan fisik dalam pacaran dan dalam rumah tangga. Metode yang digunakan untuk mengungkapkan kekerasan pada wanita dalam kertas karya ini adalah deskriptif kualitatif dan data penelitian berupa kata, frasa, kalimat, dan paragraf yang ada di novel, mengidentifikasi dengan cara mencatat, dan mengkutip bagian yang menunjukkan kekerasan pada wanita juga menggambarkannya. Kata kunci:novel, kekerasanpadawanita, kekerasan verbal, kekerasanfisik. iv UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Bismillahirrahmanirrahim. First of all, I would like to express my gratitude to the Almighty Allah SWT who has given me health and capability to finish this paper as my last assignment to finish my study at Diploma III English Study Program University of Sumatera Utara . Time has been passing so fast that it seems like yesterday when I for the first time came to this faculty as new student in English Department. Now in my last grade in English Department, I have responsibility to make a paper as the requirement on Diploma III (D3). I would like to express my gratitude to Dr. Budi Agustono,M.Si as a Dean of Faculty of Cultural Studies, University of Sumatera Utara. I would like to thank the Head of Diploma III English Study Program, Dra. Swesana Mardia Lubis, M.Hum who gives us a lot of knowledge and advice. I would like to thank to all the lecturers in English Diploma Program for giving me motivation, inspiration, and knowledge. I really appreciate them. My sincere thanks also goes to my supervisor, Drs. Siamir Marulafau, M.Hum, for the guidance, encouragement and advice he has provided throughout my time as his student. Beside my supervisor, I would like to thank to my family: My beloved parents, Yahya Pohan, S.E and Masudiatun, S.H, for giving birth to me at the first place and supporting me spiritually throughout my life. My brother Ahmad Fauzi Pohan thanks for the advices and motivation that you have given to me. v UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA Last but not least, I would like to my deepest gratitude, love, and appreciation to my best friend Atika Rashmasari Srg for helping me from the beginning until finished this paperpatiently, even you always hit me when I got wrong, my comrades Mita Ariska, Syifa Sabrina and Mahfira Syahbandia, thank you so much guys for always being there for me, for all the happiness, sadness, jokes, our memories that we have been done for the past three years and of course I couldn’t mention it one by one, and for my closest friendsat English Diploma III thank you so much for all of your cares, advices, and support to me. However, I realize that this paper is still far from being perfect because it is not easy to finish it to my satisfaction. Therefore, I welcome any constructive criticism and suggestion towards this paper. Medan, 2018 The Writer YULIA HILALIAN POHAN Reg. No. 152202045 vi UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA TABLE OF CONTENTS AUTHOR’S DECLARATION ....................................................................................... i COPYRIGHT DECLARATION................................................................................... ii ABSTRACT ................................................................................................................... iii ABSTRAK ...................................................................................................................... iv ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ............................................................................................ v TABLE OF CONTENTS ............................................................................................. vii 1. INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of Study ................................................................................................... 1 1.2 Problem of Study ......................................................................................................... 7 1.3 Purpose of Study .......................................................................................................... 7 1.4 Scope of Study ............................................................................................................. 7 1.5 Method of Study .......................................................................................................... 7 2. REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE 2.1 Novel ........................................................................................................................... 8 2.2 Theme .......................................................................................................................... 9 2.3 Abuse ......................................................................................................................... 10 2.4 Woman abuse ............................................................................................................ 12 2.4.1 Verbal abuse ........................................................................................................... 15 2.4.2 Physical abuse......................................................................................................... 16 3. WOMAN ABUSE IN LIANE MORIARTY’S NOVEL BIG LITTLE LIES 3.1Verbal abuse ............................................................................................................... 18 3.2 Physical Abuse .......................................................................................................... 21 4. CONCLUSIONS AND SUGGESTIONS 4.1 Conclusions ............................................................................................................... 26 4.2 Suggestions ................................................................................................................ 27 BIBLIOGRAPHY .......................................................................................................... 28 APPENDICES ................................................................................................................ 30 BIOGRAPHY OF THE AUTHOR ................................................................................. 30 SUMMARY OF THE NOVEL ....................................................................................... 34 vii UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of Study Literature is an imagination world created by the authors. The imagination comes from themselves and the environment around them. Usually an imagination created from ourselves relates to conditions experienced by the author and very influential for the