CHAPTER 3 METHODOLOGY
This chapter consists of three parts, namely object of the study, approach of the study, and method of the study. Object of the study deals with the object of
the study itself. Approach of the study covers the approaches used in analyzing the novel. The last part, method of the study, concerns with the steps and process
that I have undertaken to conduct and complete this study.
3.1 Object of the Study
The novel discussed in this study is Woman at Point Zero. This novel was written by Nawal El Saadawi, a well known feminist Egyptian writer. She writes
many books which most of them are well published. Woman at point Zero consists of 114 pages in 3 chapters. It was published in English in 1983 by Zed
Books Ltd., United Kingdom. The story of the novel Woman at Point Zero was made based on a true
story. It tells about a woman, named Firdaus, who has been sentenced to death for killing a man. Although she has been sentenced to death, she does not assist
herself at all. Firdaus is a professional prostitute. She gets many abuses from men, including her uncle. In the beginning of the story, she does not know that others
abuse her because she is still completely innocent. She can do nothing when men treat her as they like. She also does not know that Sharifa El Salah Dien is only
take the money by selling to men. Firdaus‟ life changes when she meets a woman
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who teaches her how to behave well and how to make up softly but glamorous. She tells many things to Firdaus. This woman is actually the person who
motivates Firdaus to be a prostitute. She tells her that women are able to decide how much they are. She says that men outside will pay how much the woman
asks. Even, they are able to steal somebody else‟s money to pay it. They will do anything to get what they want, including a prostitute. After that, Firdaus knows
that she can ask how much a man must pay for her body. Based on her experiences with men, she finally thinks that being a
prostitute is better than being a wife. It is because a wife cannot do anything when their husband asks them to do this or that. On the other hand, a prostitute is able to
do anything to a man who wants to have fun with them, and man may not say „no‟. Besides, she thinks that nobody is able to make any decisions for a
prostitute‟s life moreover for the higher class of prostitute like herself.
3.2 Approach of the Study
There are some kinds of critical approaches which can be employed to analyze a novel, but in this study the use of the psychological approach to others
as one of the approaches to analyze the novel Woman at Point Zero. The psychological approach is one kind of approach that is usually used in analyzing a
novel. This kind of approach helps to analyze the characters in the novel by seeing the behavior, mind, speech, thought and many more of each character. The
psychological approach is the most appropriate approach to answer the second question stated in the problem formulation and also the title of this study. This
approach explores such concepts as perception, cognition, attention, emotion,
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