Chart 3. 1 Research Design
3. 2 Data Collection
Library research is a kind of research where the writer gained the data from related books and other literature, which has a connection with the analysis, such as
Reading the novel My Sister’s Keeper by
Jodi Picoult
Deciding the problem of
analysis
Finding related theory
Choosing and collecting the data from
the novel and references from the
other data
Making conclusion and suggestion
Analyzing the data and finding the
answer of problems
Using intrinsic approach and applying
descriptive method and theory
Taking data from the novel, references and
other source
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text book, article, dictionary and it can be a thesis. The writer use library research to collect data that related to the analysis, such as quotation from the novel and the
other reference books. The example of data quotation can be seen in chapter two pages six in this thesis which is the quotations of character by Edgar. V Robert and
Henry E. Jacob 1995:131, they stated that a character may be defined as a verbal representation of human being. Through action, speech, description, and
commentary, authors portray characters that are worth caring about, rooting for, and even loving, although there are also characters you may laugh at, dislike, or even
hate. The writer also need source of data as the reference, theory and information in order to support this thesis. After all the data are collected, the writers only use the
significant data in the process of doing the analysis.
3. 3 Data Analysis
The data analyzing procedure is applied when all the primary data from the novel is collected and selected, as the data from the novel is in a form of written text,
which concern about the sacrifices found from the main character, that has been chosen to the most significant data and will be interpreted and to be brought into this
thesis as the subject matter of analysis. Next, the analysis will be stated by explaining the sacrifices of the main characters based on descriptive method and intrinsic
approach to analyze the text.
Descriptions of character written very descriptively with extensive and detailed depiction. These descriptions include the physical condition character, employment
character, and conclude with details of character information. This thesis analyzes the sacrifices found main characters named “Anna” in Jodi Picoult’s novel, My
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Sister’s Keeper. Anna is a character which is age around thirteen, born for a very specific purpose, to save her sister life. She should be an allogenic donor for her
sister, Kate because her sister has leukemia. She used to do sacrifices for her sister, Kate. The first time Anna gave something to Kate, it was cord blood, the next time
Kate relapsed, Anna was five and she had lymphocytes drawn from her, three times over, and then they took Anna’s bone marrow for a transplant and many sacrifice
more. To strengthen the descriptions above that Anna has done many sacrifices and her born was designed to save her sister, the data will be quotes from the novel. For
example: They had me so that I could save Kate, the girl explains. They went to special doctors and everything, and picked the embryo that would be a perfect
genetic match. Picoult, Jodi, 2009 : 21. This quote was taken from the novel to prove that Anna was born for a very specific reason. For whole detail descriptions
will be in the next chapter.
CHAPTER IV ANALYSIS AND FINDING
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