Object of the Study

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CHAPTER III METHODOLOGY

This chapter is divided into three parts. The first part is Object of the Study. It is about the novel that I use in this study. The second part is Approach of the Study. It explains about the chosen approach and the third is the Method of the Study. It is about the methods that are used in this analysis.

A. Object of the Study

The Journey is an interesting Japanese classic novel. It was written by Jiro Osaragi in 1960. The original text was published by Alfred A. Knopf, Inc as Tabiji. The text that is used on this study was published in 2000 by Tuttle Publishing as The Journey . The Journey was written by Jiro Osaragi in 1950’s after the World War II. The novel tells about the Okamoto’s family relationship including the conflict inside of each member as the character of the novel. The story in The Journey is more or less about the condition of the people in Japan after World War II who must face the changing in their life after the war ended. It is the story about the relationship among people in the middle of new society that is built after the war ended. Moreover, the defeat in the Second World War brought cataclysmic change in Japan and its people. For the first and only time in its history, Japan was occupied by a foreign power for seven years. American occupation brought forth sweeping PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI democratic reforms and in 1952, Japan became a sovereign nation once more. With the defeat of Japan, the Allied Powers occupied the Japanese empire. The United Stated took control of it. Japan was disarmed completely. Article 9 of the 1947 Constitution prevented Japan from ever waging war on a foreign nation. The Emperor also renounced all claims to divinity and was forbidden in playing a role in politics. Japan was democratized and liberalized along American lines. Parliamentary party politics were established. Old left wing organizations such as the Japan Socialist Party and the Japan Communist Party reasserted themselves. The two dominant parties at the time were Liberal Party and the Democratic Party. The first post-war elections were held in 1946. In that election, women were given the franchise for the first time http:en.wikipedia.orgwikiShC58Dwa_period 13 June 2008. The story begins when a young girl named Taeko Okamoto wanted to visit her uncle, Soroku Okamoto, in Kamakura. Arrive in Kamakura, Taeko decided to visit Akira’s grave, the son of Soroku who died in the war in Southern China, before she went to Soroku’s house. In that place, she met with Ryosuke Tsugawa, Akira’s friend. Later, beginning from that meeting, they became a close friend each other. When she arrived in her Uncle’s house, she didn’t see him; he had gone to another place. She met with her uncle’s maid whom she got some information about her uncle who had gone to somewhere else. She felt strange because as long as she knew, her uncle didn’t like to go out from his house. Soroku himself was in a ship moved out of Ryouzu bay leaving Sado Island behind. A professor named Yoshitaka Segi and his follower, Sutekichi, had saved Soroku from the cold water where he tried to suicide. Professor Segi was interested with him who had amnesia and wanted to help him solving his problem. Later, in Professor Segi’s house, Soroku suddenly remembered about who he is. He decided to go home in his house in Kamakura. Taeko herself and Ryosuke were in loved each other and had a deep relationship more than just a friend did. However, later in the end of the story, their relationship was ended because Ryosuke who had a bad behaviour. Meanwhile, Tazuko, Taeko’s sister, wanted to borrow some money from her uncle, Soroku, but he did not give her the money. Nevertheless, later, everything had changed. When he knew that Taeko stole some money from him, he could forgive her. Jiro Osaragi as the author of The Journey presents the post war’s characters that all of their life have been influenced by the changes that happened in their society in many aspects. While in this analysis, the writer will focus on Soroku Okamoto whose personality is changed after the ended of World War II has changed his environment and the people surrounding him.

B. Approach of the study