| Summary: | This research analyze Madogiwa no Totto-chan, a novel by Kuroyanagi
Tetsuko. This novel first published in 1981. The story is about a girl named Tottochan
who was expelled from her school because of her mischievous behavior.
After that, she was transferred to Tomoe Gakuen. There, she felt comfortable and
happy. Everything about Tomoe Gakuen is different from any other school in
Japan. That amazed Totto-chan. She enjoyed every single day of school life in
Tomoe.
This research is aimed at determine Totto-chan�s cognitive development
and the factors that influence it. Because of that, the author used Jean Piaget�s
theory of children�s psychological development to analyze a character in a novel.
This theory can help to understand Totto-chan�s intelligence development.
In conclusions, Totto-chan, the character in Madogiwa no Totto-chan, is
on a transition period
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