28 Table 3.2. The researcher employed Holmes’ 2001 theory. There are four
politeness factors, namely social distance, status, formality, and referential and affective functions, which became the basis to solve the second research problem.
4. Writing up the Report
After getting the data, the researcher wrote up the report on the study. The researcher provided the findings and associated them with the theory of politeness
strategies of Brown and Levinson 1987 and the theory of Holmes 2001. In the report, the researcher presented the findings which showed the kinds of politeness
strategies used by the five main characters in the novel Eat Pray Love 2010 and the factors affecting them in speaking politely.
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CHAPTER IV RESEARCH FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION
In this chapter, the researcher presents the research findings and discussion in order to solve the two research problems which have been formulated in
Chapter I. The first research problem is about the use of politeness strategies by the main characters of the novel Eat Pray Love. The second research problem is
about the factors determining the use of politeness strategies by the main characters of the novel Eat Pray Love. There are two parts in presenting the data
— part A presents the findings and discusses the use of politeness strategies and part B discusses the factors determining the use of politeness strategies.
A. The Politeness Strategies Applied in Eat Pray Love
The utterances of the five main characters of the novel Eat Pray Love 2010
— Elizabeth Gilbert, Richard, Ketut Liyer, Wayan Nuriyasih, and Felipe, were analyzed by using politeness strategies of Brown and Levinson 1987.
Based on the analysis, the researcher found that all of the main characters applied the four politeness strategies proposed by Brown and Levinson 1987 in their
utterances. To be more precise, there were 140 utterances of Positive Politeness, 56 utterances of Negative Politeness, 53 utterances of Off Record, and 51
utterances of Bald-on Record produced by the five main characters as seen in Table 4.1.
