A CHILD’S EMPOWERMENT IN ENID BLYTON’S THE NAUGHTIEST GIRL AGAIN, THE NAUGHTIEST GIRL IS A MONITOR, AND HERE THE NAUGHTIEST GIRL!

This study aims at describing kinds of child’s empowerment in The Naughtiest Girl Again, The Naughtiest Girl is a Monitor, and Here the Naughtiest Girl!. This study also aims at revealing the methods of empowering children used by the author, Enid Blyton. This study is a qualitative research with the content analysis method. The subjects of this study are The Naughtiest Girl Again, The Naughtiest Girl is a Monitor, and Here the Naughtiest Girl!. The data taken are words, phrases, and sentences related to the topic. The researcher becomes the primary instrument of this study, while the secondary instruments are the data sheets. To get trustworthiness of the data, the researcher used four criteria, namely, credibility, transferability, dependability, and conformability. The researcher finds two kinds of child’s empowerment in these novels; they are (1) empowerment in the form of child’s trait and (2) empowerment in the form of child’s action. In the form of child’s trait, child’s empowerment is divided into (a) knowledgeable, (b) full of understanding, (c) courageous, (d) empathetic, and (e) selfless. In the form of child’s action, child’s empowerment is divided into (a) confessing the mistake, (b) apologizing, (c) giving chance to others, and (d) helping others. The researcher also finds the methods used by the author in empowering the children’s character; they are (1) by presenting round character, (2) omitting adults’ intervention, (3) presenting imperfect adult characters, (4) challenging the child with problems, and (5) showing child’s ability to solve their problems