20 each other. In his hard life, Ed always complains to Geoff. Geoff tries to help Ed
in facing his hard life through the Buddha teachings but it is difficult for Ed to understand it. One day, Geoff has an accident when he is working and he passes
away. Ed begins to learn what Geoff has said to him and finally he tries to imitate Geoff and starts practicing Buddhism.
B. Approaches
Since this study deals with the personality development, the writer has decided to employ the psychological approach. The writer makes use of the
psychological approach to analyze Ed’s personality before and after the changes. By using this approach, the writer tries to find out what factors influence Ed’s
personality development, the condition responsible for his personality to change, and how his personality changes. The writer also uses the theory of personality by
Hurlock’s to help the writer in analyzing the personality development of Ed. The personality itself can be observed from the progress personality of Ed.
C. Procedures
The procedures in this study were the steps that were taken to do the analysis in order to answer the problems of the study. These procedures formed a
unity, which built a thorough analysis of the work. The first step was the writer read the novel more than once to obtain a good
understanding of the story. Second, the writer focused her attention on the characters that the writer wanted to analyze. While reading the novel, the writer
21 also took notes of the points that the writer would like to discuss. Third, the writer
read other books to support the answers of problems formulated. In completing this thesis, the writer used the library research method. The
sources the writer used were divided into two, the primary source and the secondary source. The primary source was The Buddha, Geoff and Me novel. The
secondary source was used to gain a better understanding of the story. Therefore, the writer read some books that contained theories of literature and psychology.
The writer analyzed the novel by focusing on the characters using the psychology approach. Then, the writer read some psychology books especially the
developmental psychology books. Finally, the writer made conclusions from the result of the novel’s analysis.
