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CHAPTER III METHOD OF INVESTIGATION
The method of investigation used in analyzing the novel consists of five parts, namely:
3.1 The Object of the Study
The object of this final project is a novel entitled “A Farewell to Arms’ by Ernest Hemingway. This novel is published by Peacock Books, New Delhi.
This work contains 315 pages and 41 chapters.
3.2 Kinds of Data
Since the object of this final project is a written works, the data will be in form of words, sentences, dialogues, and utterances derived from the novel
which has correlation with the topic.
3.3 Procedures of Collecting Data
The procedures of collecting data are as follows: 1
Reading the novel carefully at least twice in order get deep understanding of the content related to the topic.
2 Identifying the data. Here the words identifying means the activity of
separating data and non-data by marking underlining, and bracketing the suspecting data in the novel and then numbering them. To make it clear, if a
datum is a form of a written dialogue, it uses bracketing and numbering, but
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numbering are needed. 3
Inventorying the identified hints. Here means the writer will classify the overall data in several appendixes.
4 Listing the identified data by putting them into a table. The first column is
number of data. It can be specified into five parts including form of data chapter, paragraph, and line. The form of data covering words phrases
sentences, hidden meaning and dialogue. 5
Classifying the inventoried data into groups. Each of which will support answer each question.
6 Selecting the relevant data. From the classified data, the writer selects all of
the listed data that would be related to the topic of analysis using relevancy technique, and
7 Reporting all the types of data in appendices
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Procedures of Collecting Data
Reading
Identifying the Data
Marking Numbering
Understanding Bracketing
Inventorying the Identified Data
ListingTabling
Classifying the Inventoried Data
Selecting the Relevant Data
Reporting
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3.4 Procedures of Analyzing Data
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