G. Data Analysis
Data analysis refers to how the researcher categorized the raw data into a certain category, found the relation between the data, discovered the deeper
meaning of the data and gave a deeper analysis to the data. Vanderstop and Johnston 2009:267 agree that in obtaining the data, the reader of the research
should agree and understand how the researcher find the data, and trust the procedure enough to agree that the result found in the research are valid.
Therefore, the data analysis is important to be established for its validity and affectivity of the research.
There were some steps of data analysis done by the researcher. The lists of the steps are below:
1. obtaining the raw data from the novel by close reading, re-reading and taking
notes, 2.
classifying the raw data into two categories made by the researcher to sort them based on their category,
3. identifying the classified data into more specific details of sub-categories,
4. re-examining classified data by checking, comparing and combining the data
in the two categories, 5.
interpreting classified data into a new form of understanding, and reporting the data analysis into a narrative form to gain a deeper
understanding upon the text.
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CHAPTER IV THE RESEARCH FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION
There are two parts of the findings to answer the research questions. The first part of the classifications is essential to reveal the first research question of dark
themes found in John Boyne’s The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas. The dark themes are broken down into five major themes. The second part reveals the answer of
the second research question. It includes the journey of the main characters as the
child characters. The second part of this chapter is essential to reveal how the dark themes represent the pleasure of the main characters. There are three
categories of pleasure to represent the pleasure of the main characters. The last part of this chapter is the discussion on the further implication of the research
findings in John Boyne’s The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas and the pleasure found
in its dark themes.
A. Research Findings
The researcher collected the data and categorized it into some categories to fulfill the purposes of the research. There are two major tables to answer the two
research questions. The first table is used to identify the dark themes of the novel.
The second one is used to reveal how the dark themes represent the pleasure of the main characters. The complete data can be found in the appendices.
1. Kinds of Dark Themes
There are various data found in the novel related to the research. The researcher found
v arious dark themes of John Boyne’s The Boy in the Striped
Pyjamas. The data are categorized into five classifications. There are five dark themes found in the novel: children’s anger, people’s oppression toward children,
children’s sadness, children’s insecurity, and children’s dark environment. Those five dark themes are considered as the main data classification of the research.
These findings are explained in the following.
a. Children’s Anger
The first theme found in the novel is anger. Anger has been one of the most natural expressions of frustration. Anger might be performed in the simplest thing
like losing toys or even the hard ways of separation. Children are not excluded from the expression of anger. Some children will let out their anger and some
others decide to keep their anger inside. Many of them let out their anger without even realizing it. Therefore, it is a form of a spontaneous action when they feel
shocked and angry. The anger
is mostly referred to the child’s main character of the novel, Bruno. As an innocent character, Bruno shows many emotions towards the new
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