HOPE’S OBSESSIVE–COMPULSIVE DISORDER IN HOPE DONAHUE’S BEAUTIFUL STRANGER AN UNDERGRADUATE THESIS Presented as Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Sarjana Sastra in English Letters By ROMAULI BUTAR BUTAR Student Number: 024214034 ENGLISH LETTERS STUDY PROGRAMME DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH LETTERS FACULTY OF LETTERS SANATA DHARMA UNIVERSITY YOGYAKARTA 2010 HOPE’S OBSESSIVE–COMPULSIVE DISORDER IN HOPE DONAHUE’S BEAUTIFUL STRANGER AN UNDERGRADUATE THESIS Presented as Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Sarjana Sastra in English Letters By ROMAULI BUTAR BUTAR Student Number: 024214034 ENGLISH LETTERS STUDY PROGRAMME DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH LETTERS FACULTY OF LETTERS SANATA DHARMA UNIVERSITY YOGYAKARTA 2010 i A Sarjana Sastra Undergraduate Thesis HOPE’S OBSESSIVE–COMPULSIVE DISORDER IN HOPE DONAHUE’S BEAUTIFUL STRANGER By ROMAULI BUTAR BUTAR Student Number: 024214034 Approved by Drs. Hirmawan Wijanarka, M.Hum. August 20, 2010 Advisor Adventina Putranti, S.S. M.Hum. August 20, 2010 Co-Advisor ii A Sarjana Sastra Undergraduate Thesis HOPE’S OBSESSIVE–COMPULSIVE DISORDER IN HOPE DONAHUE’S BEAUTIFUL STRANGER By ROMAULI BUTAR BUTAR Student Number: 024214034 Defended before the Board of Examiners on 30 August 2010 and Declared Acceptable BOARD OF EXAMINERS Name Signature Chairman : Dr. Francis Borgias Alip, M.Pd., M.A. ______________________ Secretary : Drs. Hirmawan Wijanarka, M.Hum. ______________________ Member : Maria Ananta Tri Suryandari, S.S. ______________________ Member : Drs. Hirmawan Wijanarka, M.Hum. ______________________ Member : Adventina Putranti, S.S. M.Hum. ______________________ Yogyakarta, August 30, 2010 Faculty of Letters Sanata Dharma University Dean Dr. Isodarus Praptomo Baryadi, M. Hum iii …Live life as its best… …Because you only live once… iv This undergraduate thesis is dedicated to My beloved parents My dearest sisters and brother My lovely friends v LEMBAR PERNYATAAN PERSETUJUAN PUBLIKASI KARYA ILMIAH UNTUK KEPENTINGAN AKADEMIS Yang bertanda tangan di bawah ini, saya mahasiswa Universitas Sanata Dharma : Nama : Romauli Butar Butar Nomor Mahasiswa : 024214034 Demi pengembangan ilmu pengetahuan, saya memberikan kepada Perpustakaan Universitas Sanata Dharma karya ilmiah saya yang berjudul : HOPE’S OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER IN HOPE DONAHUE’S BEAUTIFUL STRANGER beserta perangkat yang diperlukan (bila ada). Dengan demikian saya memberikan kepada Perpustakaan Universitas Sanata Dharma hak untuk menyimpan, me- ngalihkan dalam bentuk media lain, mengelolanya dalam bentuk pangkalan data, mendistribusikan secara terbatas, dan mempublikasikannya di internet atau media lain untuk kepentingan akademis tanpa perlu meminta ijin dari saya maupun memberikan royalti kepada saya selama tetap mencantumkan nama saya sebagai penulis. Demikian pernyataan ini saya buat dengan sebenarnya Dibuat di Yogyakarta Pada tanggal: 29 September 2010 Yang menyatakan, (Romauli Butar Butar) vi ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS My biggest love and gratitude goes to my Father, Jesus Christ, for the love, the blessing, and always be there for me even though I missed every Sundays. My bigest love for my father, Washington Butar Butar and my mother Surya Ratna Tampubolon for their love, prayer, support, attention and most of an their endless patience during my years in university. Another sweet love for my sisters and brother, Ellen Rini Butar Butar, Windy Erna Butar Butar and Surton Cakradipa Butar Butar, thanks for giving colors in my live. My special gratitude goes to my major sponsor, Drs. Hirmawan Wijanarka, M.Hum; for reading, criticizing, and correcting my work from the beginning until the end of this thesis. I would also thank Adventina Putranti, S.S. M.Hum. as my co-advisor. I thank her for her ideas and contribution for the writing of this undergraduate thesis. My endless love goes to my best friends, GrouPeace, Gratz and also The Rempongs Family for giving me such a wonderful friendship for always loving me just the way I am and for sharing the good times and bad time together. I do not know what kind of life I have here in Jogja without all of you. I would like to say thanks to my friends in English Letters 2002, especially class A, and other friends in English Letters that I could not mention. I thank them for giving me sweet memories during my study in Sanata Dharma University. Romauli Butar Butar vii TABLE OF CONTENTS TITLE PAGE ......................................................................................................... i APPROVAL PAGE .............................................................................................. ii ACCEPTANCE PAGE........................................................................................iii MOTTO PAGE .................................................................................................... iv DEDICATION PAGE........................................................................................... v LEMBAR PERNYATAAN PERSETUJUAN PUBLIKASI KARYA ILMIAH UNTUK KEPENTINGAN AKADEMIS .............................................................. vi ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS................................................................................ vii TABLE OF CONTENTS...................................................................................viii ABSTRACT.......................................................................................................... ix ABSTRAK ............................................................................................................. x CHAPTER I: INTRODUCTION ........................................................................ 1 A. Background of the Study.............................................................................. 1 B. Problem Formulation.................................................................................... 2 C. Objectives of the study ................................................................................. 3 D. Definition of Terms...................................................................................... 3 CHAPTER II: THEORETICAL REVIEW ....................................................... 4 A. Review of Related Studies ........................................................................... 4 B. Review of Related Theories ......................................................................... 6 C. Theoretical Framework .............................................................................. 15 CHAPTER III: METHODOLOGY.................................................................. 17 A. Object of the Study..................................................................................... 17 B. Approach of the Study................................................................................ 17 C. Method of the Study................................................................................... 18 CHAPTER IV...................................................................................................... 20 A. The Characterization of Hope Donahue..................................................... 20 B. The Factors which Influence Hope’s Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder..... 29 C. The Impacts of Hope’s Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder toward her Mental Health .......................................................................................................... 40 CHAPTER V: CONCLUSION.......................................................................... 50 BIBLIOGRAPHY .............................................................................................. 52 APPENDIX ......................................................................................................... 54 viii ABSTRACT ROMAULI BUTAR BUTAR. (2010). HOPE’S OBSESSIVE–COMPULSIVE DISORDER IN HOPE DONAHUE’S BEAUTIFUL STRANGER Yogyakarta: English Letters Study Program. English Letters Department, Faculty of Letters, Sanata Dharma University. This study discusses a memoir entitled Beautiful Stranger. The objective of the writing this thesis derived from the writer’s curiosity to find out the author’s Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. In this novel, Hope Donahue is characterized as a woman who suffers from mental disorder, especially Obsessive- Compulsive Disorder. There are three problems related to the topic of this thesis: (1) How is Hope characterized? (2) What are the factors which influence Hope’s Obsessive- Compulsive Disorder? (3) What are the impacts of Hope’s Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder toward her mental health? In order to answer the problems, a psychological approach is used because this thesis analyzed one’s mental condition and the impacts toward one’s mental health. This study applies library and internet research method. There are two sources used: primary and secondary sources. Beautiful Stranger, the novel, is the primary source in this study. The secondary sources are obtained from books on literature, psychology and websites. Based on the analysis, Hope Donahue is five-feet-eight tall, with a model's built, blonde hair, and green eyes. She is an only child from a wealthy family. She gets everything she wants without having to earn it. Hope does not need to try very hard to get good grades because Hope was being rewarded for the outside, her beauty. The second point is there are four factors which influence Hope’s Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. The first one is genes. The second is environmental influence. The third is guilt and shame. The last one is Hope’s way of thinking. The third point is there are some impacts of Hope's