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unconventional images of children and how deconstruction was presented, which
were found in Wilson‟s The Illustrated Mum. The form of data was presented as follows:
Table 1: The List of Data 1 No
Category Sub Category
Code Quotation
Page Meaning
1. Traits
Caring 1.a 1
„…Are you all right? Is
Marigold OK? Where
have you been?
‟ Star paused. I
paused too. 116
Though Star
leaves home, she
still cares about her
sister and her
mother
‟s condition.
Table 2: The List of Data 2
No Category
Code Quotation
Page Meaning
1. Creating
complicated plot 2. a
I felt empty, totally
hollow , as if
all my insides had
been sucked out of me.
140 Dolphin feels empty
when Star is not around her. Star is a
part of her, and when she goes away, she
feels very empty. She could not tell it to
anyone,
only she
feels it herself.
D. The Technique of Data Collection
There were some steps in collecting the data of this research. The first step was reading and rereading the text, in this research was Wilson‟s The
Illustrated Mum. The next step was classifying the data that were in the forms
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of words, phrases, clauses, sentences, and discourses, related to the unconventional images of children as well as how deconstruction was
presented.
To have clearer and better understanding of the content from the text, the researcher performed careful and comprehensive reading. After that, the
researcher made note in order to collect the data by rewriting them in the form of words, phrases, clauses, sentences, and discourses which were related
to unconventional images of children deconstructed by Wilson‟s The
Illustrated Mum and how they were presented in the novel. The data, then, were categorized, labeled, and coded, such as the traits, the roles of children
and the ways of deconstruction, etc.
Labeling the data was based on the research questions‟ needs. Therefore,
there were two main data categorizations based on the unconventional images of children and the methods of deconstruction that were presented in
Wilson‟s The Illustrated Mum. The unconventional images of children established the first type of the label by presenting new and positive traits and
roles of children built in the novel. The traits were caring, sensitive, responsible, etc. The roles of children were parenting, protecting one another,
etc. The second type of label was how deconstruction was presented in Wilson‟s The Illustrated Mum. It was then categorized into some categories
such as creating complicated plot, using different point of view, subverting
