JOURNAL OF LANGUAGE
Vol 2, No 2: November 2020

TEENAGER RELATIONSHIP IN NICOLA YOON’S NOVEL EVERYTHING, EVERYTHING

Nurtia Pratiwi Siahaan (Universitas Islam Sumatera Utara)
Sri Wulan (Universitas Islam Sumatera Utara)



Article Info

Publish Date
24 Nov 2020

Abstract

This study was conducted to give an overview to all people about the portrayal of teenager relationship and its negative impact in the novel. This study applies  qualitative method which collects the data taken from the novel that have been read. The result shows that the relationship in the novel is portrayed as an unhealthy relationship. It is described as if it were an adult relationship. Their relationship is too romantic and too intimate. Such relationship is, of course, not suitable for their age as the protagonist and her lover are still teenagers. Consequently, the relationship result in negative impacts. The negative impacts which can be found in the novel are opposition, carelessness, and lying. These impacts happen to the protagonist after she has the love relationship. On the basis of the result of this study, it can be concluded that having an unhealthy relationship during adolescence may cause a negative impact on themselves and family.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

journaloflanguage

Publisher

Subject

Humanities Education Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media Social Sciences

Description

Journal of Language (JoL) is an open access and a peer reviewed scientific journal covering research reports in linguistics, literature or language teaching, and critical evaluations of books on the related areas published by Faculty of Literature, Islamic University of North Sumatra (UISU), Medan, ...