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Analyzing Love, Anxiety, and Happiness in Jenny Han's I Still Love You, Slides of Literature

Wesleyan University Philippines (WUP)Literature

An introduction to a research study on Jenny Han's novel 'I Still Love You'. The study aims to analyze the themes of love, anxiety, and happiness through intrinsic and extrinsic approaches, using characterization, setting, plot, and psychological concepts. The novel follows Lara Jean, a high school girl who falls in love with two boys and deals with anxiety and past relationships.

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CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION
A. Background of The Problem
There are many literature works in this world that can describe concept of love, anxiety, and
happiness of the author’s life or representative human life today, every literature work has purpose
and meaning that the authors want to tell to the reader. One of them is I Still Love You published
by Jenny Han after she released a new book in 2014 called To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before. Han
was born and grew up in Richmond, Virginia and her has one younger sister. After high school,
Han went to college at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and later she earned her
MFA in creative writing at the New School, where she met fellow Young Adult novelists, Morgan
Matson, and Siobhan Vivian, the latter of which she would go on to cowrite the Burn for Burn
Series with. Han currently lives in Brooklyn, New York. Jenny Han wrote her first published book,
Shug, while she was in college. Shug is about Annemarie Wilcox, a twelve-year-old trying to
navigate the perils of junior high school. Her next project was a trilogy for young adults about a
girl's coming of age during summers. The trilogy, which includes The Summer I Turned Pretty,
It's Not Summer Without You and We'll Always Have Summer, quickly became a New York Times
bestseller In 2011, Han began working on a new young adult series with fellow writer Siobhan
Vivian about three high school girls who begin a mission to exact revenge on people who wronged
them. She released a new book in 2014 called To All the Boys I've Loved Before, about Lara Jean
Song Covey, a half-Korean high school girl whose life turns upside down when the letters she's
written to all the boys she's had crushes on get sent out. Han embarked on a national book tour for
To All the Boys I've Loved Before. The sequel, P.S. I Still Love You, was released on May 26, 2015
and was met with another national book tour. Additionally, the book won the Young Adult 2015-
2016 Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature. (kubikelromance.com/2015/10) The novel
tells about a girl named Lara Jean who falls in love with Peter, Initially Lara Jean dating Peter to
prove to Josh if he did not have the feeling again on his ex-girlfriend, while Peter himself wants to
prove to Genevieve that she was able to move on after they broke up. But who would have thought
that a relationship that had been pretending to be a reality, they falls in love. Lara Jean still
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CHAPTER I

INTRODUCTION

A. Background of The Problem There are many literature works in this world that can describe concept of love, anxiety, and happiness of the author’s life or representative human life today, every literature work has purpose and meaning that the authors want to tell to the reader. One of them is I Still Love You published by Jenny Han after she released a new book in 2014 called To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before. Han was born and grew up in Richmond, Virginia and her has one younger sister. After high school, Han went to college at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and later she earned her MFA in creative writing at the New School, where she met fellow Young Adult novelists, Morgan Matson, and Siobhan Vivian, the latter of which she would go on to cowrite the Burn for Burn Series with. Han currently lives in Brooklyn, New York. Jenny Han wrote her first published book, Shug , while she was in college. Shug is about Annemarie Wilcox, a twelve-year-old trying to navigate the perils of junior high school. Her next project was a trilogy for young adults about a girl's coming of age during summers. The trilogy, which includes The Summer I Turned Pretty , It's Not Summer Without You and We'll Always Have Summer , quickly became a New York Times bestseller In 2011, Han began working on a new young adult series with fellow writer Siobhan Vivian about three high school girls who begin a mission to exact revenge on people who wronged them. She released a new book in 2014 called To All the Boys I've Loved Before , about Lara Jean Song Covey, a half-Korean high school girl whose life turns upside down when the letters she's written to all the boys she's had crushes on get sent out. Han embarked on a national book tour for To All the Boys I've Loved Before. The sequel, P.S. I Still Love You , was released on May 26, 2015 and was met with another national book tour. Additionally, the book won the Young Adult 2015- 2016 Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature. (kubikelromance.com/2015/10) The novel tells about a girl named Lara Jean who falls in love with Peter, Initially Lara Jean dating Peter to prove to Josh if he did not have the feeling again on his ex-girlfriend, while Peter himself wants to prove to Genevieve that she was able to move on after they broke up. But who would have thought that a relationship that had been pretending to be a reality, they falls in love. Lara Jean still

compares his relationship with Genevieve. Lara Jean should not have compared the relationship to one another, she always thought that Peter still has feelings for his former best friend, she was always suspicious when Peter get a message or a phone call from someone. And then Lara Jean recieved a letter from John Ambrose McClaren, one of the five people she sent a love letter. Lara Jean never imagined that the letter is in the hands of John. They eventually exchanging letters, Lara Jean pleased to be associated with John again, and besides, she also wants to occasionally Peter jealous with her, not only did he find the feeling. When a young man from the past suddenly comes back into her life, a spark that never he felt back in. Can a girl falls in love with two guys at once? The reason why the writer chooses this novel is the characters of this novel are very representative of teen life today which a lot cases that do research with psychology of literature without knowing the risks of what they are doing also this novel has a conflict on interest to be discussed. In a work of literature, there are few analysys that can be used to examine a literary work. Moreover, this study is expected to be useful for those interested in getting deeper knowledge in analyzing a literary work. This study is expected to be useful because I want to analyze it through intrinsic and extrinsic approaches. Through intrinsic approaches I use characterization, setting, plot, and theme. Through extrinsic approaches I use psychological approaches are love, anxiety, and happiness. B. Identification of The Problem Based on the background of the problem above, I identifiy those problems are Peter is a boyfriend of Lara Jean but still has a relationship with Genevieve and making Lara Jean anxious with him and Lara Jean falls in love with Peter but falls in love too with John, love with two guys at once but ending with happiness. I assume this is the theme of the autobiographical novel: Love and Anxiety ended in Happiness in Jenny Han’s I Still Love You Novel. C. Limitation of The Problem Based on the identification of the problem above, I limit the problem of the research as follows: Theory and concepts that I will apply as follow:

  1. Through intrinsic approach: characterization – showing and telling methods, setting, plot, and theme.

in a range of disciplines, include anthropology, sociology, philosophy, social psychology, and linguistics. Although considerable diversity exist in the type of studies that can be described as ‘qualitative’, it is possible to define a set of core characteristics. Those are study of literature and interpretative character of research or analysis by collecting data which is the literature text of the autobiography entitle I Still Love You by Jenny Han as the primary source and it is supported by other literature which relates to the concepts as the secondary source. Those are from several books such as the books entitled Concise Companion to Literature by James H. Pickering and Jeffrey D. Hoeper, also from some websites. G. Benefits of The Research Based on the methods of the research above, this study is expected to be beneficial for those who are interested in getting deeper knowledge of the novel entitled I Still Love You by Jenny Han. This study is expected to be useful because it is done through a new perspective by applying the concepts of love, anxiety, and happiness that included in the field of psychology literature that shown as something new and uncovered for the next study. H. Systematic Organization of The Research Based on the benefits of research above, systematic organization of this research is arranged as follows: CHAPTER I: INTRODUCTION Consists of: Background of The problem, Identification of The problem, Limitation of The problem, Statement of The problem, Objective of The Research, Methods of The Research, Benefits of The Research, and Systematic Organization of The Research. CHAPTER II: CONCEPTS AND THEORIES OF PSYCHOLOGICAL APPROACHES Consists of: The explanation of the concepts and theories. It includes intrinsic and extrinsic approaches. Intrinsic approach are characterization – showing and telling methods, setting, plot, and theme. Through extrinsic

approach, I use theoretical framework – psychological approaches are love, anxiety, and happiness. CHAPTER III: THE NOVEL I STILL LOVE YOU THROUGH INTRINSIC APPROACHES Consists of: Analysis of characterization through showing and telling methods, analysis of setting and plot through the concepts of setting and plot. The analyses above are shown in some sub-chapters. CHAPTER IV: THE THEME “LOVE AND ANXIETY ENDED IN HAPPINESS IN JENNY HAN’S I STILL LOVE YOU NOVEL” Consists of: Analysis of the novel which reflects love, anxiety, and happiness. The analyses above are shown in some sub-chapters. CHAPTER V: CONCLUSION Consists of the conclusion that prove that the theme of this novel is “Love and Anxiety ended in Happiness in Jenny Han’s I Still Love You Novel”. Attachment: References and Scheme of the Research.