AICLL: ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
Vol 2, No 1: AICLL November 2020

CAUSES AND EFFECTS OF THE PROTAGONIST’S WORRY IN DANIELLE STEEL’S NOVEL FAMILY TIES

Muhammad Ikhsan (Unknown)
Susi Ekalestari (Universitas Islam Sumatera Utara)



Article Info

Publish Date
05 Nov 2020

Abstract

This research analyses the causes and effects of the protagonist’s worry in Danielle Steel’s novel Family Ties, a story of woman, Annie Ferguson, who must become a mother in her bachelorette. She always worries about the future of her sister’s children. This research applied the theory of worry proposed by Graham (2006), who said that worry is “prominent feature of most anxiety-based disorders including generalized anxiety disorder, specific phobias obsessive-compulsive disorder, panic disorder, and post-traumatic stress disorder“. The research is completed by using descriptive qualitative method in which the finding is presented in the form of description. The data of this study is obtained from the novel Family Ties by Danielle Steel. The analysis finds that the dominant causes of the protagonist’s worry come from her nephews’ life which affects her life negatively. The effects of her worry will be a lesson for human life because every human being certainly has worry feeling in their life in certain situations.

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aicll

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Arts Humanities Education Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media

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Annual International Conference on Language and Literature (AICLL) is a scientific forum organised by the Faculty of Literature in collaboration with Sastra UISU Press, Islamic University of North Sumatra, Medan. AICLL invites researchers, educators, academicians, stakeholders, practitioners, ...