20 works of history. He was also the founder of the Eisenhower Center and the
recipient of a National Humanities Award in 1999 as well as the Distinguished Civilan Sevice Medal from the Department of Defense in 2000. He passed away
on October 13, 2002 in Bay St. Louis Mississippi. In this novel, Stephen describes some major characters. One of them is
Richard Dick Winters, who gave influences to Easy Company. He was one of the leaders who affected the company. There were also some supporting characters
who could give a description on how Winters led them.
B. Approach of the Study
In analyzing this book, the author uses psychological approach, because it is suitable to analyze the book based on the problem formulation. Psychological
approach can analyze the theories that have been used, such as theory of motivation, leadership, conflict, even character and characterization. The theories
above will help the writer explain the description of Winters and the meaning of Winters’ action, which the main focus of this study.
C. Method of the Study
This study belongs to a library research because the sources and also the object taken from literary work and written work. There were several methods or
steps to do in this study. The first one was reading Band Of Brothers book. The writer reads it for several times and focused on Winters’ character, that becomes
21 the main subject of this study. The writer made the notes of Winters, how his
action was, how his way of speaking, his behaviour, reaction and thought. The second step, the writer found the theories of psychological approach
and theories of literature which were taken from the library or online sources. The writer chose the suitable theories to analyze this study.
The third step was analysing the Winters’ character by using the theory of psychological, and the theory of character and characterization. The writer made a
limitation for the character that is related to the meaning later. The fourth step was analysing the meanings of Winters action. Theory of
motivation was used to analyze why he did a combat and the influence on the company. Then, theory of leadership presents how Winters did action to lead his
company and the last is theory of conflict that was used to analyze what happened when he led his company.
The last step was drawing the conclusions of this study and giving suggestions for future researchers, and for teachers who want to use this book
Band Of Brother, especially for teaching reading class.
D. Context of the Novel
In further analysis of the topic related to the novel entitled Band of Brothers, the writer makes effort to find the social and political condition on the
setting of the story. Those conditions provide more explanation that may help the reader understand the story of the novel.
