represented in the text should be justified by the reality. So, from the quotations above, sociocultural-historical can be defined as
the belief that puts literary works as the product of civilization in one time that includes society, culture, and history. The approach gives contribution in order to
help the writer to analyze the society in the novel which is Vietnam War that changes Percival‟s ethnocentrism. Sociocultural-historical approach will be
suitable for the study to allow the writer to achieve deeper understanding about the society, culture, and historical background of the society where the novel
takes place and time. By knowing the actual circumstance outside the text, the writer will be able to reveal the idea that the author wants to inform the readers.
C. Method of the Study
In composing this research, the writer used the library research method. The library research means collecting the data from a printed material such as
journals, magazines, and books. To support this study, the writer used two kinds of resources as the requirement of the study. There are primary source and
secondary source. The primary source is the novel itself The Headmaster’s Wager
as the source information in order to answer the problem formulation. The secondary sources were taken from some books, e-books, internet, PDF that
could be used as references and to support the research. The sources of the theories had a contribution on identifying the character, ethnocentrism, and the
society in the novel, while the review of the studies was to get another point of view about the
similar topic and people‟s critical thinking.
There were systematic steps that the writer took for the analysis. First, the writer read the novel
The Headmaster’s Wager for several times to have the understanding of the story itself and to find the focus of this study which was the
diminishing of Percival‟s ethnocentrism as the effect of Vietnam War. Second, the writer collected data from many sources to support this study.
The writer had to understand the theories and the other sources which were stated in chapter two. The sources were acquired from the printed material. The writer
could acquire some books of theory, dictionary, other‟s thesis, and essay. The writer also acquired data from the internet. These data would help and support the
analysis of the research. Understanding theories meant that the writer comprehended the sources so that there was no misleading in applying the
theories to the analysis. After gathering all information of the theories and studies, the writer had
to collect the data from the primary source. The information from the primary source and secondary source had to be matched. So, the problem formulation
could be answered. It can be seen in chapter four. After the analysis completed, there was still one chapter that have to be completed. The conclusion part was the
chapter that
restated the
whole analysis
in a
brief writing.
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