CHAPTER III METHOD OF THE STUDY
3.1 Research Design
To make scientific research, research method is needed. The method used in this research is library research. Library research is by collecting all necessary data
which is collected from books, reports, journals, etc. The writer also uses intrinsic and extrinsic approach. The extrinsic approach is based on the text itself to find out
the meaning of the prose poetry, while extrinsic approach is for relate the meaning of the prose poetry and the self. Those methods will be applied for analyzing and
interpreting the meaning of those selected theme in Kahlil Gibran’s book “The Prophet”
3.2 Data Collection
Based on the research, there are two kinds of sources data which is used to analyzing the prose poem. The first one is known as primary source data, which is
also known as main data. The primary source data is the prose poetry itself. The second one is known as secondary source data such as the books, articles, journals,
and any opinion from previous critical comment. Those things should be related with the main idea of the prose poetry to help the writer writes and analyzes the data.
Here are some steps which are used in this thesis: a.
Select topic, because writer analyzes the prose poetry by choosing the theme that having most connectivity to analyze concept of self based on the writer’s
point of view.
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b. Focus Question, to limit the topic of the prose poetry in discussing and
focusing on the topic trough question and developing possibility in theories and answer.
c. Collect data, collecting the data based on the method which is used in method
research. The main data of this thesis are the text of Kahlil Gibran’s prose poetry that is written in his book “The Prophet”. The central themes of this
thesis is about self that analyzed trough these topics: 1
On Self Knowledge 2
On Talking 3
On Teaching 4
On Pain
3.3 Data Analysis
For analysis and interpret the data, the writer analyzes the data which has been selected. The data is analyzed in order to get the understanding of the Prose
Poetry. The writer consults to L.G Alexander’s theory of poetry because the prose poetry is analyzed by using qualities of poetry. The writer also consults to dictionary
which can tell how a word’s definition and usage by determine how a word being used to find its appropriate meaning and being equally sensitive to the implications
of the word choice.
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CHAPTER IV FINDING AND ANALYSIS
“The Prophet” is collection of prose poetry with a narrative style opening by introducing the main scene of the story and the main character written by Kahlil
Gibran. In this book, the opening and description of Almustafa described in the first prose poetry entitled “The Coming of the Ship”. Here, Almustafa, as the main
character, is described as a narrator that leading each prose poetry by his narrative point of view about the theme that concerning to life in general. Yet, the writer has
chosen the theme that related about the self where the main idea is how we must deal with our self. Here is how Gibran describes the image of Almustafa:
“Almustafa, the chosen and the beloved, who was a dawn unto his own day, had waited twelve years in the city of Orphalese for
his ship that was to return and bear him back to the isle of his birth.”
From the quote above, there is image that Almustafa is a traveller. In general, travelling by seeing the entire world makes people have more experiences because
they have been seeing new place, new condition, new people, new culture and new atmosphere. Travelling gives people more complete perspective of the how the world
works. When someone has seen two or many concepts about the same things, they will get better solution by combining many aspects and take the best of it. Experience
of travelling makes people know the wisdom of entire world, the different concepts, problems and solutions of those problems. That’s what makes the personality is
blander and makes people wiser. Almustafa is described as a wise person. Asking to a wise person is one of
best solution for finding the truth and the wisdom. Selected prose poetry in this thesis is written as dialogue of questioner and Almustafa, here is described as “Prophet of
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God”. Each questioner asks something to Almustafa and he answers their question. So, in the second line of each prose poetry is written “And he answered:” or “And he
said” which ‘he’ represent Almustafa. It has been introduced in first chapter of this book “The Coming of the Ship” that the people ask him to give them his truth about
things between birth and death. “Yet this we ask ere you leave us, that you speak to us and give us
of your truth….Now therefore disclose us to ourselves, and tell us all that has been shown you of that which is between birth and
death. And he answered: People of Orphalese, of what can I speak save of
that which is even now moving within your souls?” Having chosen selected prose poetry to be analyzed that have relation on self
and its developing process, the writer chooses the prose poetry entitled On Self Knowledge, On Talking, On Teaching and On Pain:
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