novel. The second theory is the theory of personality development by Hurlock 1976. The writer uses this theory to understand the changes of Sister Regina’s
personality. Another theory of psychology the writer uses in this study is the Freudian psychoanalysis. The writer uses this theory in order to know how a
maternal instinct influences Sister Regina’s personality development. Hopefully, the writer
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CHAPTER 3 METHODOLOGY
This chapter is divided into three main parts; they are subject matter, approaches, and procedures. The subject matter explains the object of the study.
The approaches explains the approach used in this study. The last states the procedures that explain the steps in conducting this study.
3.1. Subject Matter
The subject matter of this study is LaVyrle Spencer’s novel entitled Then Came Heaven
. It was written in 1997. It has 332 pages and is divided into 22 chapters. Then Came Heaven is the twentieth novel and the last novel written by
Spencer. It was published by Harper Collin. The story took place in Browerville, Minnesota, 1950.
The novel itself tells about the doubt of a young nun, Sister Regina, toward her life in community. It describes how her maternal instincts grow up and
influence her perception toward the nun’s community rules. Being a teacher in a parochial school makes Sister Regina close to children.
Then, this situation makes Sister Regina’s maternal instinct grow stronger. However, it is not easy for her to accept since the Holy rule forbids every nun to get
close to any seculars including her students. In Then Came Heaven, the reader could find that every single human being
may have problems including Sister Regina whose life is spent in a Holy community. Here, we could learn that we have to be honest to ourselves about who
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we are and what we actually want to do. In this novel, Sister Regina must be brave to recognize the call of
love towards Mr. Olсzak’s children and make a very big decision to leave her community.
3.2. Approaches
In conducting this study, the writer explained the approaches used in this study. The writer only used one approach that is psychological approach.
This study focused on the influence of maternal instinct on Sister Regina’s personality development. Then, the writer used the psychological approach to find
out the influences of maternal instinct on the character’s personality. This approach helped the writer get the deeper description of the character and view the
character’s personality in this story
3.3. Procedures
In conducting this study, the writer followed some steps. The first step was reading the novel Then Came Heaven many times to have a better understanding of
the content of the story. During the reading, the writer took notes of some important points for the analysis. The writer gave attention to each aspect of the story
character, setting, plot, theme, point of view. Then, the writer chose to analyze the main character’s personality development and then formulated three problems to be
discussed further. The second step was trying to find some references and theories which
could be used for analyzing the character in the novel. The writer chose to read psychology books since the main topic of this study was personality development.
