Juvenile Delinquency In The Novel Love Letters To The Dead By Ava Dellaira

This research examined the issue of juvenile delinquency in the novel Love Letters to The Dead by Ava Dellaira. The purposes of this research are to depict the forms of juvenile delinquency and analyze its influence on the main character’s behaviors. The novel talks about the main characters named Laurel who committed a bad delinquent act influenced by other juvenile. This study used descriptive qualitative method to describe the forms of delinquent act and its effect towards the main character’s behavior. To support the analysis, the researcher used the concept of Juvenile delinquency by several experts and new criticism to analyze the main character’s behavior. The data analyze taken from the quote which could explain the forms of juvenile delinquency. The result of this research found that there were several forms of juvenile delinquency in the novel and its effect towards the main character’s behavior. The forms of juvenile delinquency in the novel are smoking, drinking alcohol, consuming drugs, violating school rules, and sneaking out of the house.This research also revealed that the influence of juvenile delinquency on the main character’s behavior was affected to join a naughty club and the family background. It has a big influence on the main character’s life. The influence of juvenile delinquency on the main character’s behavior have made the main character lying, drinking alcohol, stealing, and dating.