22 analysing and demystifying the socioeconomic institutions that perpetuate
inequities in the village.
The uncontrolled situation caused by the tax system and the opportunities that come to Dawan by winning the scholarship also the noble hopes of their
teacher encourage her to keep fighting to achieve her goal to have better education and also being free from the unjust rules by the landlords.
2.2 Theoretical Framework
This section explains the theories, which will be the framework to answer the research problem of the study. The explanation includes the significance of the
theories of the study. In addition, the theoretical framework will be the guidance of the analysis of the novel being studied.
Since the research problem aims to find out how the main character is described in the novel, the theory of character and characterization becomes
necessary in order to analyse the personality of the character in the novel. Theory of characterization used in this study to describe the character of Dawan, the main
character in the story. Then in order to answer the second research question, the researcher used theory of psychological approach, theory of motivation, theory of
criticism, and theory of human rights. These theories are used to find out the meaning of Dawan’s struggles for her rights to study in Bangkok.
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CHAPTER III METHODOLOGY
This chapter is divided into three parts, such as, object of the study, approach of the study, and method of the study. The object of the study focuses on
the physical description of the literary works studies. Approach of the study provides the approach employed in the analysis of the Ho’s Sing to the Dawn.
Method of the study describes the steps taken in the study.
3.1 Object of the Study
The object of the study is a novel by Ho entitled Sing to the Dawn, which was published in 1975 by Marshall Cavendish Editions. This novel contains 125
pages and 13 chapters. It tells about a Thai little girl who wants to get her rights to be allowed to continue her study in the big city, Bangkok. Meanwhile, her father
is a strong man who never allows her to study in the city because he feels doubt with her ability to carry on her responsibility as an educated person. Dawan
knows that it is difficult to convince her father, yet she also needs to have a chance to study and to prove her capability as an educated girl.
The novel aims to reveal Dawan’s strong motivation to struggle for her rights to study. As we know that every person needs education to develop her or
his skills further. Education is an important thing that becomes the major need for every person. Even since we were a child, our parents sent us to the school to
study. They believe that through study, their children could develop their future. It
