CHAPTER III METHODOLOGY
The study will explain about the primary data, approach, procedures, and organization of the study that are used to write the thesis. This chapter consists of
subject matter, approach, procedures, and organization of the study. In the first part, subject matter, the study explains the novel that is employed as the main
source in analyzing this thesis in detail. The second part is approach, which contains the approach that is applied to analyze the novel. The third part is
procedures, in which will be explained a series of steps the writer utilized in writing this thesis. The last part is completed by the organization of the study.
A. Subject Matter
The novel that is used in this thesis is Audrey Rose. This novel is written by Frank De Felitta and was first published in 1976 by William Collins Co Ltd. It
has 368 pages and is divided into 24 chapters. Audrey Rose has been reprinted several times. It was last reprinted in 1983, published by Pan Books Ltd, Cavaye
Place, London, and printed by Richard Clay The Chaucer Press Ltd, Bungay, Suffolk.
The Audrey Rose novel is a fiction novel written by Frank De Felitta. This novel has a wonderful story about reincarnation, faith, and belief. A girl named
Ivy Templeton is a daughter of a young couple, Bill and Janice Templeton. In analyzing the novel, the character of Janice Templeton, the mother of Ivy
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28 Templeton, is focused to be analyzed. Janice has to believe that her daughter is the
reincarnation of Audrey Rose, someone who died in a car crash. Ivy Templeton was born on the same date of the same year, at the same time when the other girl
died. Janice Templeton, who does not believe in reincarnation, is convinced to face the reality. This novel shows how Janice reacts toward a claim that her
daughter is somebody’s reincarnation. It also shows Janice’s motivation which makes her able to react to save her daughter, Ivy Templeton, from her unusual
nightmare.
B. Approach
This study applied Psychological Approach. Psychological Approach is applied in order to find theory of psychological aspects of human that is related to
accomplish the thesis. This study uses theory of personality in order to analyze the character more profoundly. Psychological Approach also provides some
explanations on the kind of reactions which happened in the main character’s life through the theories from psychology that are theory of psychoanalysis and theory
of motivation. By applying this approach, the writer could reveal Janice Templeton’s reactions toward Elliot Hoover’s claim that Janice’s daughter is
Hoover daughter’s reincarnation.
C. Procedures
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