1.3 The Scope of the Analysis
In analyzing novel, I am going to focus my attention on the three aspects which deal with the racial discrimination. They are loyalty, hospitality, and
honesty. These three aspects are very dominant throughout the plot of novel. Actually the story of the novel is about the racial discrimination, but it closely
related to the three aspects above.
1. 4 The Objective of the Analysis
The objective of the analysis is to find out whether there is the element of racial discrimination in the story of the novel or not. Besides that, I am going to
prove that the three aspects – loyalty, hospitality, and honesty are related to the main theme of the novel the racial discrimination.
1.5 The Significances of the Analysis
This thesis offers a study on the racial discrimination which happens in the Africam continent. I believe that it can also happen in various parts of world.
Therefore, the reader of this thesis is able to learn how to treat other people although there are more inferior.
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1.6 The Method of the Analysis
Most of the data used to support the thesis writing are collected from the writer form quated from the novel. By reading it carefully, paragraph by
paragraph, I am able to obtain the main data. This kind of getting the data is called the intrinsic appoarch, for the data are obtained from the text.
Besides that, I also obtain the data from some books which have the relationship to the subject matter of the analysis. It can be said that these are two
kinds of sources of the data – the primary data and the secondary ones intrinsic and exterinsic. All the data are arranged so systematically in the references that
the readers can see well which data I have collected and studied. In this study I have applied library research, this kind of reserch makes
me visit the library in order to find the related data for this thesis writing and I also get data from the related site in the Internet for download all supported data
for the thesis. The method used in this analysis is the sociological the people. In this case, I force my attention on the relationship between the Europeans and the
native Africans. I think it is best method in applying it to the analysis. In collecting the data, first of all, I read and study the contents of the
novel until I fully understand them. Then I have to choose the topic which deals with the novel. After that I propose the proposal to the head of the English
Department. I, of course, should choose the method of the analysis. In order to get all the data in completing this thesis, I do the library
research. I visit some libraries and Internet Café in Medan and discriminate all
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information related to the subject matter. I also read some books and sorted the important quotation and put them down into the raw material. After having
revised several time, I retype the thesis, and I am ready for the final test.
1.7 Review of Related Literature