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3.2 Data Collecting

Library research is applied to support the topic which is being discussed in this thesis by using some related books as references. The writer also got some information from the internet and used that as the supporting reference of this thesis. The primary source of data is acquired from the novel which being analyzed in this thesis entitled The Minds of Billy Milligan by Daniel Keyes. The secondary source of data is obtained from other books as the references which are most concerned about multiple personality disorder or dissociative identity disorder as the cause of abused child and theory of personality. The writer of this thesis applied some steps in collecting data. Firstly, the writer read the novel The Minds of Billy Milligan and tried to recognize what the story about. The writer read both the English and Indonesian version of the novel. Secondly, the writer underlined the important things from the leading character. Thirdly, the data from some books which are focused on multiple personality and abused child are collected. Finally, the writer selected some best quotations which are appropriate to support the idea of multiple personality through the leading character.

3.3 Data Analysis

In analyzing the writer uses descriptive approach. There are some steps of descriptive analytical method. First, data is identified from dialogues or statements which lead to the certain characteristics of multiple personality. Then, the writer will get some certain characteristics through some quotations of novel ‘The Minds of Billy 24 Milligan ’. Second, those quotations will be analyzed to give interpretation about multiple personality through the leading character of the novel. The interpretation will be supported by quotations from some other books about multiple personality, encyclopedias, and some documents from the internet. Finally, conclusion will be inferred from the analysis. 25 CHAPTER IV ANALYSIS AND FINDING

4.1 Multiple Personality Pictured in the Novel The Minds of Billy Milligan