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CHAPTER 3 METHODOLOGY
This chapter is divided into three main parts, namely object of the study, approach of the study and method of the study. The aim of the first part is to
describe the novel used in this study. The second part presents the approach available in this study. Then the third part describes the steps taken to complete
this study.
3.1 Object of the Study
The object of this study is the psychological aspect of the novel The Curious Incidents of the Dog in the Night-Time. This novel, written by Mark
Haddon consists of 226 pages. Mark Haddon wrote this novel in 2003 and was first published by Random House, Inc, New York. The Curious Incident of the
Dog in the Night-Time has been published in two imprints. The first is dedicated for adult written under Jonathan Cape imprint. The second is available for young
adult written under David Fickling Books. In this study, I use the novel available for adult. This novel is unique because this novel does not have chapters inside.
Mark Haddon only put primary number to distinguish every part of the story. He writes this novel like a diary using the perspective of an autistic boy.
This unique novel tells a story about an autistic boy who is curious with the mystery of a murdered dog in the garden near his house. The Curious Incident
of the Dog in the Night-Time also tells about the boy’s effort to uncover the secret information about his mother.
3.2 Approach of the Study
This study implies psychological approach. In view of that, this study aims to answer two questions, in which one of the main characters becomes the focus
of the analysis. Psychological approach is applied to understand the traits, psyche, and personality of the character. Since this study analyzes Mr. Boone as one of the
main characters in the novel, this approach will be a mean to explore the character’s attitude through his conversation, behavior, thought, and other
characters’ point of view. Further, through employing this approach, this study aims to unveil Mr. Boone’s motives for killing the dog.
3.3 Method of the Study
There were several ways in analyzing this novel. The first was finding the primary data and reading it for several times. Through these activities, I tried to
understand the whole story more clearly. The second was literary study. Library study was used to find as much information as possible. Then, the third, I looked
for other related information through the internet. This was used to find out the other information that is important and to grasp the main idea of the novel would
be done more easily. There were also some steps applied to answer the problems of this study.
The first activity was reading the novel for several times. I used this activity to
understand the whole story, the situation and the characters in this novel. The second step was rereading the novel but this time I only focused on Mr. Boone’s
behaviors and actions through some dialogues and character’s description. The next step was to find out the possible theories that were appropriate with my
study. These theories were used to find the answers to the problems properly. Then, the last was drawing the conclusions and suggestions.
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