The writer decides to use moral philosophical approach because this thesis focuses on the moral values which are trying to be conveyed by the author, especially
through the major character. The writer wants to open the readers understanding about the moral values on Pretty Little Liars. The writer realizes some readers only
focus on the story or the life of the character but do not think about the moral values delivered by the author. Because of that, the writer tries for bringing this issue to
analyze
C. Method of the Study
The writer uses Library Research to conduct this thesis. Library research is methodology uses to collect all data from many books references, also other written
sources. By collecting many written sources and data, the writer can get a lot of inputs, ideas, and thoughts from other perspectives. Reading a lot of references brings
wide perspective to the writer, and this is very useful in research ‟ writing. The writer
uses library research to make a good research that can conclude all aspects and all details, so the writer can get the moral values in Pretty Little Liars.
The writer uses two kinds of resources to collect data for supporting the study. The first resource is the novel Pretty Little Liars which also the main resource of this
thesis. The second is many books and online sources that can be used for supporting the thesis. The writer collects some books and online sources about character,
characterization, and moral values. The writer also collects some critics and studies about the book to give more information about the book itself.
There are several steps taken by the writer for analyzing this study. First, the writer read the novel Pretty Little Liars many times to understand the novel
completely. Then, the writer could find the characteristics of the main character and the development. After that, the writer decided to apply moral
– philosophical approach which appropriated for this study. The first part of this study, the writer
focused on the characters of major character. Then, the writer focused on the major character‟s developments. Lastly, the writer drew a conclusion.
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CHAPTER IV ANALYSIS
A. The Description of Major Character
The character plays important role in literature. It shows the personality of the figure. The major character becomes the main role of literature work. The character
that becomes the center of the world and it is always interesting for talking about the major character. The author uses the character to show human personality and its
development, also brings some values to assert to the reader through major character. There are four major characters in Sara Shepard
‟ Pretty Little Liars but the writer takes one major character only; Hanna Marin. Hanna comes from rich family
and lives in upper-class towns in the country. Her mom is a successful and ambitious woman also has a good figure.
People always have some stereotypes about upper-class society. For example, upper-class people live happily without worry and problem. It is because they can get
anything they wanted or needed easily. Rather than showing the stereotypes is right, the author through major
character; Hanna Marin; shows that everyone in this world is the same. Sara Shepard depicts Hanna Marin as a common teenager with her personality, her changing, and
her problem but those things make the writer wants to analyze this major character. Hanna Marin is innocent, not confident, kind, and honest person.
