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CHAPTER III METHOD OF RESEARCH
The important part of a research in analyzing the data is a method of research. By using method of research it will be easier for the writer in understanding the
concerns expressed in a work that is going to be analyzed, to solve the problem and find a solution for the problems. In this study, the writer also uses method to analyze
the object of the study, to understand all the data and finally transform it into a complete study. The writer tries to analyze the characteristic of the main character
in“Into The Wild”novel as the main object of the analysis.
3.1 Research Method
The method that is used to collect and analyze the data of this research is descriptive qualitative method. Nazir 1998:75 describes “Descriptive method is a
method of research that makes the description of the situation of the events or occurrences, so that the method has an intention to accumulate the basic data”.
According to Azwar 2004:126: “Analisis deskriptif bertujuan untuk memberikan deskripsi
mengenai subjek penelitian berdasarkan data dari variabel yang diperoleh dari kelompok subjek yang diteliti dan tidak dimaksudkan
untuk pengujian hipotesis”. Descriptive analysis is aimed to give a
description about a research subject which is based on the data taken from some variables which are obtained from the group of subject and is
not aimed to examine a hypothesis.
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of using statistic. Qualitative methods are developed in the social sciences to enable research to study social and cultural phenomena Myers, 1977. According to
Sukmadinata 2005 the primary thing about qualitative research is constructivism which assumes that reality is multi- dimensional, interactive and an exchange of
social experience is interpreted by each individual. Qualitative research is an inductive approach, and its goal is to gain a deeper understanding of person’s or
group experiences. Source of the data divided into two parts, the subject and object research. The
subject is “Into The Wild” novel itself and other references to support the research. The Object is the leading character’s personality and the factors that make the
leading character become and Idealist. In collecting the data, the writer chose and collect important information
related to the object of the research from novel itself and read another novel or book from another author which have relation to the object of the research. Further
information about the research are found out from other sources such as internet and so forth.
In order to analyze the data the writer uses descriptive method to describe the main data of the novel which presented int the form of quotation. And after all, in
presenting the data, the writer will put several examples of events that occur related to problems.
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3.2 Source of Data
