philosophical thought based on morality concept. The writer chooses this approach because this approach will help the writer in analyzing moral problem
that is depicted by the character of Silas. So this approach will help the writer in answering the problem formulation from the morality point of view.
C. Method of the study
This study used some methods to complete the data and the main step was library research. The primary source of the study was Dan Brown’s The Da Vinci
Code. The secondary sources were the books and the internet online references.
The writer collected the data from secondary sources to support the analysis. Theories of character and characterization that was applied in this study
were taken from Robert Stanton’s An Introduction to Fiction, Holman and Harmon’s A Handbook to Literature, Murphy’s Understanding Unseen, and
Little’s Approach to Literature. The writer also used the some review on religious fanaticisms in order to
support the analysis on Silas’ fanaticism. The reviews were taken from Wjaya’s Iman atau Fanatisme,
Winston Churchill’s quotation, and some internet references. those internet references were Ghassan Rubeiz’s article entitled My
God is Better than your God http:www.csmonitor.com20040420p25s01-
cogn.htm, Gretty M. Mirdal’s seminar paper entitled The Psychology of Terrorism: Fanatical Identities
http:www.psy.ku.dkmirdalterrorisme1.htm, Jacob
Van Flossen’s
article entitled
Selected Studies
in Fanaticism
http:pages.prodigy.netkrtq73aafanatic.htm, and last was Alexander Pruss’ 26
article entitled Consequentialism and fanaticism religious and otherwise http:rightreason.ektopos.comarchives2007.
The Divine Command theories were taken from Boss’ Ethics for Life 2
nd
edition and Hinman’s Ethics: a Pluralistic Approach to Moral Theory 2
nd
edition. The writer took the review on Christian Morality, from Kohmescher’s Catholicism Today
and Bernard Häring’s The Idea of Catholicism. And last, to support the analysis about the moral-philosophical study in
this literary work, the writer applied the review on philosophy and the Relation between Philosophy and Literature. Review on Philosophy were taken from
Randal’s Philosophy An Introduction, Liang Gie’s Philosophy as an Element of Human Existence,
and Lawhead’s The Philosophical Journey an Interactive Approach, and The Relation Between Philosophy and Literature were taken from
Knight’s Literature Considered as Philosophy and Guerin’s A Handbook of Critical Approaches to Literature.
In analyzing the work, there were some steps taken. After the book was read and reread, the writer identified the character of Silas by applying the theory
of character and characterization. The writer tried to find out the characteristic of Silas through his personal description, his past life, his thought, his manner, other
characters’ point of view, and his attitudes toward other characters. After the characteristics were identified, the writer then tried to find out religious fanaticism
aspects within his character by applying Review on Religious Fanaticism and The Divine Command Theory. And last, the writer tried to find out the significance of
Silas’ fanaticism in The Da Vinci code by applying the review on religious 27
