Domestic Violence On Paula Hawkins’ Novel The Girl On The Train (2015): A Sociological Approach

Astrie Ayu Nilasari/A320140001. DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ON PAULA HAWKINS’ NOVEL THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN (2015): SOCIOLOGICAL APPROACH. Research paper. School of Teacher Training and English end Education, Muhammadiyah University of Surakarta. June, 2020. Domestic violence can happen in marriage life. WHO in 2018 showed there are 71% physic and sexual violence, 62% among them were domestic violence. In this study, the researcher focused on domestic violence that happened in The Girl On The Train novel. The objectives of this study were to identify the causes of domestic violence, to describe how domestic violence is depicted in the novel, and to reveal the reason why the author represents domestic violence in the novel. To collect the data results researcher used editing, organizing, and conducting the finding of the result based on the analysis. The results of the study showed first, there are four causes of domestic violence such as economic problems, man’s bad habit violence, jealous woman/man, and disloyalty woman/man. Second, the depiction of domestic violence in this novel divided into characters, plot/events, setting, and style. Third, the reason Paula Hawkins addressed domestic violence in her novel is she was interested in domestic violence phenomena and she wanted women/men aware of domestic violence. In conclusion, this research showed domestic violence occurs for some reasons such as economic problems, man’s bad habit violence, jealous woman/man, and disloyalty woman/man. Domestic violence in this novel is represented to characters, plot/events, setting, and style The Girl On The Train novel