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CHAPTER III METHODOLOGY
This chapter consists of three sections, namely the object of the study, the approach of the study, and the method of the study. The first section, the object of
the study, contains the summary of the novel which is analyzed in this study. The second section, the approach of the study, explains the psychological approach
which is used in this study. The third section, the method of the study, explains about the method used in this study, which is the library research.
A. Object of the Study
This section gives information about the object of the study, which is a novel entitled The Call of the Wild, and the summary of the novel itself.
1. The Call of the Wild
The Call of the Wild is a novel written by Jack London. Jack London was
born on January 12
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The novel tells a story of a dog named Buck, a St. Bernard and Scotch Collie mix breed. The story begins with Buck being kidnapped from his master’s
, 1876 in San Francisco. London, who produced an enormous amount of stories, was very popular at his time when he published The Call of the
Wild . The Call of the Wild is published in 1903 by Macmillan Publishers USA,
and it was recognized and remains as Jack London’s greatest work. This novel contains 108 pages.
13 home in California by one of the gardeners and sold into service as a sled dog. It
happens during the Klondike Gold Rush in 1890s when strong dogs are in high demands. As a house-dog, the world outside is a very different world for Buck.
However, in the wild and primitive situation he is in, Buck tries hard to survive. He learns how to be a sled dog, how to obey men, and most important how to
dominate other dogs. Throughout his journey, Buck meets some people, there are kind people and bad people, and from them Buck encounters many helps and
obstacles. Along the journey, Buck is getting more and more anxious and wants to go into the wild and live by himself. In the end of the story, Buck decides to go
into the wild and joins a pack of wolves.
B. Approach of the Study
The focus of this study is on the influence of the conflicts and the motivations experienced by the main character with his decision to go into the
wild. In this study, the writer chooses the psychological approach as the approach to study the main character. According to Landauer 1972, psychology is a study
which analyzes living thing’s behavior; what a living thing does. In this study, the writer uses the psychological approach to study the types
of conflict faced by the main character during his effort to survive. Moreover, this approach is also used to analyze the motivations that motivate the main character
to go into the wild. The psychological approach will help the writer to understand how the conflicts influence the main character’s life, and how the motivations
affect the main character’s decision to go into the wild. PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI
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