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CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHOD
A. Research Approach
The research is a qualitative research. Qualitative research is known as the development of the former research of the quantitative research. If the
quantitative research is aimed to measure the analyzed object with numbers, the qualitative research is aimed to answer the questions related to human
behavior and social relationship that is constructed by human beings, as explained by Yin 2011:3. The researcher analyses words, reports the detail
information and conducts the study in a natural setting. The researcher describes the phenomenon shown without manipulating the data.
The method employed in this research is the descriptive-qualitative research as the data used in this research is non-numeric, as for Moleong
2010:11, the data of the descriptive-qualitative research are in the form of words, pictures and not in numbers. The data are used to describe the racial
prejudice phenomenon in a domestic relationship as seen in the interracial marriage of black and white in the Northern United States of America. Thus
the description of the data helps the researcher to explore the complexity of the research. The analysis of the data can be used to describe the research and
to build deeper understanding for the reader.
A. Data Type
According to Given 2008:185, data refer to a collection of information that will be used in the research. In qualitative research, data are usually in
the form of non-numeric such as words and pictures. Since the research employs qualitative research approach, the data were in the form of language
features such as words, phrases, clauses and sentences expressed in ONeills All Gods Chilluns Got Wings and related to 1 the categories of the causes of
the racial prejudice and its consequences toward the main characters in their interracial marriage and 2 the impacts of racial prejudice in the interracial
marriage revealed in the play.
B. Data Source
The object of the research is a play script entitled All Gods Chilluns Got Wings written by Eugene ONeill in his The Complete Works conducted in
1924 in the United States. The researcher used the edition downloaded from the Gutenberg which was at first uploaded on January 2004. The play consist
of two acts, the first act is divided into four scenes while the second act is divided into three scenes.
The supporting references and information were also employed to enrich, strengthen and analyze the data. The supporting data for this research were
taken from books and online resources. To help understand ONeills works,
