26 This study uses the psychological approach. The psychological approach is
used to analyze the topic discussed from the psychological point of view. Since the topic discussed is the interpersonal and intrapersonal conflicts faced by the
main characters are closely related to human psychology so the writer uses the psychological approach.
The first question is used to analyze the novel by referring to the theory of character and characterization. By using theory of character and characterization,
the writer can discover Daniel Stone and Trixie Stone’s characteristics by analyzing their speech, past life, reactions, thoughts and attitudes, and also from
others’ comment and conversation with others. By analyzing the characteristics of Daniel Stone and Trixie Stone in Jody Picoult’s The Tenth Circle, the writer can
find out how Daniel Stone and Trixie Stone deal with the conflicts. The theory of conflicts is applied to answer the second question. Theory of
conflicts helps the writer to find out the conflicts faced by Daniel Stone and Trixie Stone. It also helps the writer to distinguish the interpersonal and intrapersonal
conflicts faced by Daniel Stone and Trixie Stone. The last theories are theory of conflict resolution and theory of motivation.
After finding out the interpersonal and intrapersonal conflicts experienced by Daniel Stone and Trixie Stone, the writer analyzes the conflict resolution done by
Daniel Stone and Trixie Stone to solve their conflicts. Moreover, theory of motivation is used to find out the motivation behind Daniel and Trixie to choose
two different things in their intrapersonal conflicts.
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CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
This chapter presents the methodology which was used to gather the data. It consists of object of the study, approach of the study and method of the study.
A. Object of the Study
The object used in this study is a novel written by Jody Picoult entitled “The Tenth Circle”. Jody Picoult is one of the international bestselling authors
who has written twenty-one novels. Mostly, the novels are about tragedy happened in a family. Besides, Jody Picoult explores the relation between the
parents and the children in her novels. Furthermore, Jody Picoult’s The Tenth Circle was published by Pocket Books in 2006. It consists of 481 pages with some
pages are comic illustrations. This novel’s point of view is third person point of view.
In the novel itself, there are two main characters; they are Daniel Stone and Trixie Stone. Trixie Stone is the only-daughter in her family. Trixie is a
fourteen-year-old girl who has a best-friend named Zephyr Santorelli-Weinstein. In her age, she has also a boy friend, Jason Underhills. Both, Zephyr and Jason,
have a big influence for Trixie’s life. As Trixie’s best friend, Zephyr gives Trixie a lot of suggestions to get Jason’s attention back. However, those suggestions
create problems which change Trixie’s life.
28 As the only one daughter in her family, Trixie has parents who give her so
much love and affection especially her father, Daniel Stone. As a father, Daniel’s role is not only to protect Trixie but he also does his wife’s role as mother in their
home because Daniel is a comic book artist who spends most of his time in his house and his wife, Laura Stone is a lecturer in a college. Most of Laura’s time is
spent to teach in the college or to have an affair with her student. So, this is the reason why Daniel takes Laura’s role.
Thus, for Daniel, Trixie is everything. Daniel will do anything to protect his daughter even when Trixie makes big mistakes in her life. As a father, Daniel
never leaves Trixie alone in going through her problems. The problems have started when Trixie confesses that she had been raped by Jason and at the same
time, Daniel realizes that Laura has an affair with another guy. The problems are getting worse when Jason is found dead. Few hours before that, Daniel saw Trixie
met Jason. Thereafter, Daniel attacked Jason and asked him to leave Trixie alone.
B. Approach of the Study
The approach used in this study is the psychological approach. The psychological approach is the suitable approach to be used in this study. The
psychological approach analyzes novels from the psychological aspects such as the human motivation and the human behavior that affect human’s personality to
react toward the issues. Therefore, this approach will help the writer to analyze the interpersonal and intrapersonal conflicts of Daniel Stone and Trixie Stone as seen
in the novel. Moreover, the psychological approach will also help the writer to
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intrapersonal conflicts.
C. Method of the Study
The method used in is library research. The writer used the primary and secondary sources to analyze the topic discussed. The primary source was the
novel itself, Jody Picoult’s The Tenth Circle. The secondary sources were some theory books and journals which were related to the topic discussed as the
supported ideas. In conducting the library research, the writer had through some steps. The
first step was reading the novel Jody Picoult’s The Tenth Circle. The writer read and reread The Tenth Circle several times to choose the topic that would be
discussed. Rereading the novel also helped the writer to have deeper understanding in the story of the novel. After rereading the novel, the writer
decided to choose the topic that is about the interpersonal and intrapersonal conflicts undergone by Daniel Stone and Trixie Stone as the main characters in
The Tenth Circle. The writer, then, took some important notes from the novel that would help the writer to analyze the interpersonal and intrapersonal conflicts
undergone by the main characters based on the theory of types of conflicts by Worchel and Cooper.
After taking some important notes from the novel, the writer formulated the questions about the topic discussed and the object of the study. The problem
formulation was formed to limit the discussion of this study. After that, the writer
