The Relation between Literature and Moral
the novel entitled The Man in The Gray Flannel Suit by Sloan Wilson as an author. This novel was published by Simon and Schuster in 1955.
The secondary data are some critics from theses and some books of theories. Some of important sources which the writer used in this thesis are A
Glossary of Literary Terms that is written by Abrams, Understanding Unseens
by Murphy, How to analyze Fiction by Kenney, On Moral Fiction by Gardner, A Handbook of Critical Approaches to Literature 4
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edition by
Guerin. There were some steps done to do this analysis. The first step was reading
the novel many times to get better understanding. the writer tried to concentrate on the problems that faced by Tom Rath. By reading the novel
carefully, the writer will find the problems that Tom Rath deal with. The writer decided to apply moral-pholosophical approach, which considered
appropriate to be applied in this study. The first part of the analysis discussed about the problems of Tom Rath. The second part, the writer analyzed about
the way he solves the problems. And the third part, the writer analyzed about some moral values that revealed from Tom Rath’s in solving the problem.
Finally, the writer drew the conclusion of the analysis.
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