45 strategy were put into a table see appendix which helped the researcher in taking
actions and conclusions.
3. Conclusion Drawing or Verification
The last step was conclusion drawing and verification. The last step refers to the act of concluding the final conclusion. Miles and Huberman 1994 state
that from the state of collecting the data, the researcher begins to decide what things mean and has an early conclusion which means conclusion that is light and
still vague. However this conclusion is increasingly clear and grounded.
G. Research Procedure
In doing the research, the writer had to do several steps. The steps were:
1. Analyzing the script
The first step was analyzing the script. The writer analyzed the script to collect the data which was in the form of utterance in the script. The writer made
sure that the script was the authentic one. Then the speaker search for the utterance that contained politeness strategy. The writer analyzed all of the
utterance to find the answer for the research problems.
2. Categorizing the characters’ utterances
The second step was categorizing the characters utterances. The speaker classified the utterances in accordance with the politeness strategies framework of
Brown and Levinson 1987. They were bald on-record, positive politeness, negative politeness and off-record. Each of the utterances was put into the four
46 categories and given the codes to assist the writer in analyzing the data. The
categorization is shown in Table 3.2.
Table 3.2: The Categorization of Politeness Strategies Employed by the Four Main Characters
Characters Utterances
Politeness Strategies BOR,PP,NP,OR
Carl Allen Peter
Norman Allison
3. Identifying the factors of politeness strategies within the utterances
By using the table of the categorization of politeness strategies employed by the main characters, the writer continued the procedure by identifying the
factors that influence the choice of the strategy. The writer employed Brown and Levinson’s 1987 theory about factors in choosing the politeness strategy. There
are two basic factors in choosing the strategy namely payoffs and sociological variables. The payoffs vary from one strategy to another. The sociological
variables include the social distance, the power and the rank of imposition. Thus, the writer provided explanations about the choice of the strategies in analyzing the
choice of the strategy.
4. Writing up the report
