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CHAPTER III METHODOLOGY

This chapter is divided into three parts. The first part is the object of the study which is novel used for this study. The second part presents the approach which will be used to the study. The third part is the method of the study which explains the procedure to analyze.

A. Object of the Study

The novel to analyze for this study is H.G. Wells’ Love and Mr. Lewisham. It consists of 208 pages within 32 chapters. This novel was published by Everyman in London 1993. The author wrote this novel in 1900. Love and Mr. Lewisham tells about the life of the young student named Mr. Lewisham. In the beginning of the story, the readers will see how Mr. Lewisham is described through his physical appearances, manners, and his habits. Then, he meets Ethel, his soul mate, finally. The problem begins when both of them get married. He is trapped between his personal life and his dreams. As a husband, he needs to finance his daily life. However, he still wants to keep his study and the result is he does badly in a biology exam and says goodbye to Alice, his best friend, because he will not come back for his study anymore. He always shares about Socialism and Literature to her. Those are things that Ethel does not understand at all. The relationship between Alice and him makes her jealous especially when Alice sends letter to him about common things that they often talk. They quarrel over this problem and his failure. PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI 30 Here, the readers can see that it is not easy especially for young married couples to live together. As a young couple, they are still dynamic especially when one still wants to catch his dream but heshe still faces the reality that heshe is married and both spouses should share their time not only for oneself but also for another. The problem starts from a simple thing into the big problem. It is common because there must be different thoughts of two different persons facing the problem. That is why understanding each other is really important to reduce some problems.

B. Approach of the Study

In this study, the psychological approach is applied to analyze the characteristics of the character and also hisher behaviors and motivations which can affect the way heshe solves the conflict in the story. Here, the psychological approach is used to analyze the characteristics of Mr. Lewisham. By analyzing his characteristics through the psychological approach, it can be known how the character faces his problems to decide which choice he wants and to end his matters. Therefore, by this approach it will explain the way that the character solves his problems. Beside the psychological approach, the socio-historical approach is also applied. The socio-historical approach is used to see the relationship between the setting of the time in the novel and the historical facts which happened in the country. It will explain how the problem or the social condition is built in the novel and what the effects of the historical facts on the story. Then, to analyze the conflicts in Mr. Lewisham’s marriage, the theory of conflict is applied to PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI 31 understand the conflict itself and the resolution which can be used to solve his conflict. The theory of marriage is also applied to understand the role of a marriage life generally.

C. Method of the Study