CHAPTER III
METHODOLOGY
This chapter presents the methodology in analyzing Arundhati Roy’s novel. There will be three sections in this chapter. They are object of the study,
approach of the study and method of the study.
A. Object of the Study
The object of the study is Arundhati Roy’s novel The God of Small Things. This novel was first published in Great Britain by Flamingo in 1998. This novel
consists of 340 pages, and it is divided into 21 chapters. The story tells us about Ammu, the twins mother who is a divorcee, and
flees from her husbands alcoholism and impossible demands. She is a woman with a streak of wildness that makes the children senseful and dreadful. She tries
to get the equality in her society. All of her family are Christian Syrians but they still maintain the caste system. The caste system bans her from doing things. She
tries to pursue her love with an Untouchable man. In fact, the caste system does not allow her to do this. She also struggles to find the right place for her children.
In her daily life, Ammu gets some unfair treatments. She is always compared to her brother. If she does something bravely she will get less attention
from her parents. She always has to obey her parents. Although she has obeyed
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her parents, she will not get any inheritance from them. In India, a woman will not get any inheritance from her parents.
As a widow, she gets some unfair treatment from the society. The society considered her do not obeying the law because she does not obey her husband’s
will and divorces her husband. Actually, she should obey her husband and stay with her husband no matter her husband is.
B. Approach of the Study
The approaches employed in this analysis are the socio-cultural historical approach and the psychological approach as proposed by Rohberger and Woods.
Here, the focus of the analysis is the socio-cultural historical background of India, which influences the differentiation of equality between men and women.
The writer uses the socio-cultural approach because the writer wants to see whether the socio-cultural in India influences the differentiation of equality
between men and women. The writer wants to see how caste system restricts the men and women position in India. This will be used to answer the second
problem. The writer also uses the psychological approach. This approach is used to
know the reason why a person struggles to achieve equality. This approach will see how the society treatment influences someone on achieving equality.
C. Method of the Study
