Object of The Study

the society was with the story of the novel, so that we are able to know Tom’s struggle to get freedom from slavery.

C. Method of the Study

The method of data gathering in analyzing this novel was library research. The writer found the data and information for this study mostly from the library. Some resources were also gathered from the internet. They supply data and information which were not available in the library. The books, texts, electronic Encyclopedia and articles used in this study are those, which are particularly related and support the object of this study. The primary data is the novel of Uncle Tom’s Cabin and the secondary data are the other books, texts, and articles related to the study. The first step of working on Uncle Tom’s Cabin novel was reading the novel thoroughly and carefully page by page. My first impression was that the novel contains a lot of historical things. This was because the novel is very old, published in 1852, and looked more like a history book. The second step was understanding the novel and getting the idea out of it. The language was not easy to understand but it was quite interesting. The story was also exciting; it related to people and society, and of course slavery. The writer worked hard and tried to make a correct interpretation about the novel. After reading it up for several times, the third step was rewriting the ideas coming up in mind and then the writer chose the most interesting and researchable one as the theme of this study. The fourth step was collecting the supporting resources, books, articles, and texts, especially PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI which are related to the theory used to answer the problem formulation in this study. The fifth step was answering the problem formulation by analyzing Tom’s character and his struggle to get freedom. The last step was formulating the conclusion of the analysis, and giving some suggestions for the future researchers and for the teaching learning activities using Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin. PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI