Theoretical Framework REVIEW OF LITERATURE
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primary data was the novel itself. While the secondary data were the supporting books to help analyzing the study.
The first step which the writer did was reading the novel Beauty and Sadness by Yasunari Kawabata. The writer read the novel in several times to understand the
story. The aim of reading the novel more than once was to understand the story deeply because the novel was the primary source of the analysis.
The second step was determining the topic of the analysis and picking up the problems arose in the story to put in the problem formulation section.
Thirdly, the writer collected data to explore information about the novel. It included studies related to this study and theories which might be used in this study.
Those data were taken from library observation and internet research. The fourth step was analyzing each problem of the study. Psychological
approach was used to analyze the problems because it was related to human behavior patterns. Regarding the first question, the writer tried to describe the sexual pattern
seen from the characterization of the main character, Ueno Otoko, using the theory of character and characterization. In answering the second question, the writer tried to
find the causal factors of Otoko’s homosexuality by using four theories, theory of Homosexuality by Colleman, theory of Trauma by Coleman and some additional by
Freud, and theory of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder by Caroll, and the last is theory of Human Needs by Coleman. The theory of Homosexuality fuctions to analyze the
type of homosexuality and the causal factors of Otoko’s homosexuality. The theory of Trauma and theory of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder function to analyze Otoko’s
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traumatic experiences as one of the causal factors of Otoko’s homosexuality. The last is theory of Human Needs function to analyze how Otoko’s biological and physical
needs which motivate her homosexuality. The last step of this study was to draw the conclusion from what has been
analyzed. This step is simply conducting all data in the analysis and generalized them into representative statements.
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