4. The Instrument of Research
The researcher will involve herself as a major instrument in this study. The writer will firstly analyze the characterization of the main
character, Frank McCourt. Later on, the writer will consider the words or point of view of Frank McCourt by marking the sentences that show the
view and correlation of the Orient and Occident, then interpret and analyze those sentences by using Orientalism theory by Edward Said.
5. Unit of Analysis
The unit of analysis of this study is novel Angelas Ashes by Frank McCourt, published by Scribner in 1996.
6. Place and Time of Research
This study will be conducted in 2015 and is placed on the campus of UIN Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta, precisely in the campus library.
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CHAPTER II THE THEORITICAL DESCRIPTION
A. Previous Research
There are some researches related to Angela’s Ashes 1996 by Frank
McCourt, they are a thesis titled An Analysis of Moral Development In Angela’s Ashes by MJ Tarigan from University of North Sumatra
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, a journal titled
Angela’s Ashes : Class Struggle and the Dream of Betterment by Hamid Farahmandian from University Putra Malaysia
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and an essay titled Frank McCourt’s Angela’s Ashes: A Picture of an Irish Childhood by Emilia Stopar
from Lund University, Sweden.
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MJ Tarigan in her thesis titled An Analysis of Moral Development In Angela’s Ashes explains about how the main character Frank experience his
moral development. Based on the definition of moral development which is the process through which children develop proper attitudes and behaviors
toward other people in society, based on social and cultural norms, rules, and laws, Tarigan is interested to analyze moral development in this novel
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MJ. Tarigan, An Analysis of Moral Development In Angela’s Ashes, Accessed on 11.00 pm May
22th, 2015. http:repository.usu.ac.idhandle12345678925546.
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Hamid Farahmandian, Angela’s Ashes : Class Struggle and the Dream of Betterment, Accessed
on 11.16 pm May 22th, 2015. http:www.iiste.orgJournalsindex.phpRHSSarticleview83598556.
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Emilia Stopar, Frank McCourt’s Angela’s Ashes: A Picture of an Irish Childhood, Accessed on
11.32 pm May 22th, 2015. http:www.lunduniversity.lu.seluppublication1320926.
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