Theory of Personality Theoretical Description

19 were separated by death. His mother fell down from the horse‟s saddle and her head hit the rock. His father was so sad; he did not have an idea how to survive without his wife. That moment happened in 1989 and was chosen by Sparks to be an inspiration to write a novel. The second one is the setting of Message in a Bottle. In this novel, there are many settings, but the researcher will mention several settings that frequently appear in the novel. The first place is Cape Code. Cape Code is a place where Theresa finds a bottle. The place becomes the beginning of Theresa‟s love journey. The second place is Boston. Boston is a city in America where Theresa and her son live. The third place is Wilmington, North Carolina. Wilmington is a place where Theresa meets Garrett for the first time. The end of Garrett‟s life also ends in that city. Therefore, Wilmington becomes a history of Theresa‟s life. 20

CHAPTER III METHODOLOGY

In this chapter, the researcher is going to discuss the object matter, the procedure in collecting the data, and also the approach.

A. Object Matter

The novel Message in a Bottle is the object of the study. The novel was written by an American author, Nicholas Sparks. It was made in the mid-late 1990s in Wilmington, North Carolina. The genre of this novel was romance. It was published on April 1 st , 1998 by Warner Books. The main character in this novel is Theresa Osborne who is divorced and is the mother of a twelve-year-old son. She is a columnist of Boston Times. The story begins when she is running at the beach on her vacation. She finds a message inside a bottle. She takes it and her heart beats quickly. She remembers when she was eight years old, she had ever sent a message through the sea, but she never has the reply. Before opening the bottle, she hopes that the message is a reply for her. After taking the bottle, she opens the roll message. She expects that the message is an old message. The message is written on July 22, 1997. She is shocked because the message is sent three weeks before. The message expresses someone‟s love to his wife who passes away.