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CHAPTER III METHODOLOGY
This chapter consists of three parts, namely the object of the study, the approach of the study, and the method of the study. The object of the study deals
with the identity of the novels about and the approach of the study concerns with the critical approach used in analyzing the novel; that is psychological approach.
The method of the study provides the steps taken in analyzing the novels.
A. Object of the Study
The object of this study is the last two novels of Harry Potter series entitled Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince and Harry Potter and the Deathly
Hallows. Those two novels present mostly about the journey of Harry Potter to defeat the evil wizard, Lord Voldemort by hunting the parts of his soul or
horcruxes and destroy them. The sixth book is first published in 2005. It consists of 652 pages and is
divided into 30 chapters. Meanwhile, the seventh book is first published in 2007. It consists of 759 pages and divided into 37 chapters and the last chapter is
epilogue. Those last two novels of Harry Potter series are the fastest-selling books in history. Rich 2007 states that in United States, Harry Potter and the Deathly
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6.9 million copies in the first day. Moreover, Reynolds 2007 reports that the copy of the final Harry Potter book is sold within the first 24 hours of its release,
making it the fastest- selling book in this country’s history. Both the sixth and the
seventh novels of Harry Potter are sold on their first day of release.
B. Approach of the Study
In this study, the writer applied psychological approach because the study focuses on personality development of Harry Potter. This is very useful for the
writer to analyze the novel since someone’s personality development is always
related to their psychological condition. Guerin et al. 2005 state that psychological approach concerns with motives within human behavior p. 153. It
is clear that this approach view works through the lens of psychology. The approach discovers the psychological motivations of the characters or even of the
authors. Moreover, Rohrberger and Woods 1971 explain that psychological
approach pays attention to the psychological situation of the characters in the story to understand more about the char
acter’s goal and intention p. 15. Therefore, psychological approach can be applied as a device to study the human
thought and behavior. The novels themselves deal with the thought and behavior of the character which related to psychology. Thus, this approach is very useful to
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