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CHAPTER III METHODOLOGY
This chapter is divided into three parts namely the Object of the Study, the Approaches and the Procedures. The Object of the Study concerns the work of
literature analyzed in this study. The Approaches used to analyze the novel. The Procedures contain the steps of doing this study.
3.1. Object of the Study
The little of the book, which would be analysed in this study, is Tuesdays with Morrie, the novel is written by Mitch Albom, 47, the No. 1 Sports Columnist
in the Nation for 13 years. This novel is based on the true story of the author himself. He published this book for the sake of his late lecture who had loved him
for all his life. Morrie was Mitch’s sociology lecturer in Brandies University; Morrie was
one of the oldest lecturers while Mitch was one of the youngest students. Even though they come from different generation they can still be friends. They often
spent the time together and talked about many things in life. On the graduation day Mitch promised Morrie to always keep in touch with him but he broke his
promise. He never visited Morrie, someone whom he used to know very well in Brandies University.
Mitch was a hard-working person who sought happiness. He tried to find his own happiness by spending most of his time working. He was working hard as
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a Sport Columnist for Detroit Free Press. After few years passed by, Mitch saw Morrie in one of television programs Ted Koppel’s Nightline the title of that
program was ”A professor’s final course: His own Death” that was the time that he found out that Morrie was dying, and he remembered the time when he
promised to always keep in touch with him. After the graduation day Morrie lived in a suffering. He became a
dependent one. He got an unforgiving illness that would melt his bones until he would totally stay in bed and wait for the final moment to come and there was no
medicine could cure it. He starts to commute everywhere by his wheel chair, with someone who would push it. He became totally dependent on someone. He could
not even lift his own hands and put some food into his mouth. Morrie was a strong person who can enjoy his embarrassing dependency. He felt like he was back to
his childhood he never got. Losing someone in life is the hardest thing to face for someone. Morrie
had bad experiences of losing someone in his past life. He lost his mother and father when he was not there to know what was happening, and then the telegram
came and stated about his mother’s death, and on other occasion he found out his father death by the call that stated his father death. That was why when he lost
Mitch for years and then he got him back he hug him so tight and never let him go again. He felt like finding something that he missed for so long.
3.2.Approaches
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This study focuses on the influence of Morrie’s past life towards Morrie’s dependencies. I used psychological approach, which involves the theory of
psychology to understand the literary works. The reason I chose this approach is because the influences of someone’s behaviors on one’s personality can be
revealed by psychological theories. That is why psychological approach is the most appropriate approach in discussing the problems in this study.
The study discusses the psychological implication in the novel which is dug up from the relationship between the main characters, Morrie Schwartz and
Mitch Albom. To get the complete analysis, the study needs to explore the characteristics of Morrie Schwartz, the main character of this novel. Therefore,
the exploration of the character’s personality uses theory of character and characterization.
The exploration of the main characters’ personalities reveals a characters’ habitual responses, attitudes, desire, motivation, like and dislike, the inner
working of the minds both emotional and intellectual, which precede actions. Psychological implication in the relationship between Morrie Schwartz and Mitch
Albom and the dependency behavior between them are using Theories of Friendship and Theory of Relationship. Since the study analyses on the
characteristic on the main characters and psychological implication among them, the study employs the formalist approach.
According to Guerin 70 formalist criticism has for its object the discovery and explanation of form in the literary work it self and thus the relative
unimportance of extra literary consideration.
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3.3. Procedures
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