Ben Grunewald's behavioral deviations in I Loved You More by Tom Spanbauer - Penyimpangan perilaku Ben Grunewald dalam novel I Loved You More oleh Tom Spanbauer

The study is aimed at analyzing characterization, sexual relationship, and the factor that influenced behavioral deviations of Ben Grunewald as the main character in I Loved You More novel. This study answers two problem formulation: (1) how is Ben Grunewald's characterization depicted in the novel, and (2) how is Ben Grunewald's sexual relationship described in the novel. The method used in this research is the qualitative method. This study reveals 9 of Ben's characterization in the novel. The writer finds Ben feeling interested and having relationship with men like Hunk and Tony, and women like Ruth, Evie, and Betty.This can be said that Ben not only interested in one type gender but also both. The writer also explained and analyzed 4 factors that influences behavioral deviation and the results showed that Ben was affected by the family environment, school environment, social environment and last is weakness of religious's knowledge.