CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
1. The Objective of the Research
The objective of the research in this thesis is to analyze the relationship of Neil Perry’s character in Dead Poets Society novel with other characters – his family,
his friends and Mr. Keating – and to find out why the character of Neil Perry decide to commit suicide at the end of the story using Abraham H. Maslow’s Hierarchy of
Needs theory since the writer assumes that the character has been undergone psychological disorder.
2. Research Method
In this research, the writer uses qualitative method with the analytic- descriptive writing method. He analyzes the unit of analysis by using Abraham H.
Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs theory. He analyzes every paragraph that shows the relationship of Neil and other characters and also every paragraph that indicates the
process why he commits suicide. From those data the writer tries to give the answer from the research questions by describing the problems in study.
3. The Instrument
The instrument used in the research is the writer’s idea and perception which firstly the writer conducts reading and analyzing activity on ”Dead Poets Society”
novel with all its sentences and paragraphs that can be used to support the research. The writer reads and analyzes those paragraphs in the novel to obtain the data needed.
After analyzing and obtaining the data, the writer also put those data, sentences and paragraphs, in this ”skripsi” as the evidence in this research.
4. The Technique of Data Analysis
In this study, the writer uses Abraham H. Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs theory to analyze the data, and uses the textual-analytic as the technique of data
analysis. The collected data will be analyzed and discussed in order to answer the research questions above by using qualitative method.
5. Unit of Analysis
Analysis unit used during the research is the Novel of “Dead Poets Society” written by N. H. Kleinbaum.
6. Time and Place of the Research
The research is done at the seventh semester December 2005 in the Psychology Faculty Library, The Main Library of State Islamic University Jakarta,
Faculty of Humanity Indonesian University.
CHAPTER IV RESEARCH FINDING
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