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that are useful to be explained especially about the influence of setting upon the main character’s personality changing.
Third, I determined the subject to be discussed in the thesis. The subject that existed in the novel is personality changing. Then the writer formulated the problems
of the study. Fourth, the writer makes critical analysis by using sociocultural historical
approach and psychological approach. The last step is that the writer gathered
information and data from various sources to support the study.
3.4 Sources and Data Collection
The writer needs a lot of opinions as well as references from books and notes in order to complete the study. There are 2 kinds of sources that are used to reveal the
influence of environment upon the personality changes in the novel. They are Primary sources and secondary sources. The explanation will be in the next paragraph.
The primary sources are the sources that become the basis of the study on the influence of environment upon the personality changes. The novel is used as the
primary sources because the novel is the object that is investigated and the content of the books become the main sources. The novel is A Painted House by John Grisham.
The secondary sources are the supporting sources in giving information of the study. Firstly, I used some literature books such as “Glossary of Literary” written by
Abrams, “An Introduction to Fiction” written by Stanton, “Reading and Writing about
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Literature” written by Rohrberger and Woods, “Historical Introduction to Modern Psychology” and “Understanding Unseen” written By Murphy.
Besides those books above there is still much information that I gathered from Internet and websites. The example of the website is classic note that explain about the
author’s bibliography and the other books that the authors had written for example
http:www.olemiss.edudeptsenglishmswritersdirgrisham_john.
3.5. Criticism
The Themes of John Grisham’s works usually are not only about law but also about people who mostly live below poverty line. A Painted House is the only novel
outside of the themes. It is far from tapping into anything real, the author seems intent on delivering an upright and safely predictable past in which his readers can take
comfort. It is interesting that he needed much longer time to finish this book compare with the other book he wrote before. New York Times Janet Maslin 02082001
It also relates with John Grisham’s childhood in Arkansas. Once again, Grisham has given us memorable characters but by meaning deeper into his own past
and conscience, he wrote a book that seems more personal, emotional and realistic in an artistic sense than previous work. This may be Grishams best writing to date.
Houston Chronicle: 02082001 The main character in A Painted House is Luke Chandler. Luke Chandler is a
sympathetic character. He gains our sympathy. John Grisham is lighting out for new
