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and can be interpreted in light of human being ‟s experience” p. 14. The deeper
meaning of grown-ups can b e revealed by analyzing the character‟s thought,
behavior, personality, and motivation. Those aspects are gotten after analyzing the character with the theories that have been mentioned in Chapter Two.
C. Method of the Study
The method that is used in this study is a library research. There are some steps to get the answers from the problem formulation in the study. Before starting
to analyze, the researcher tried to gather the data. There are two important sources that are used to analyze the problems. The first data is
Antoine de Saint Exupéry‟s The Little Prince novel. The second source is the secondary sources which are
some books about psychology and literature and also some informations from the internet.
This study is meant to analyze the meaning of grown-ups as seen by the narrator in The Little Prince novel. This is some steps to get the answers to the
problems. First, the researcher read the primary data in order to understand the story and be able to decide the problem limitation. This step helps the researcher
to know precisely which parts that are going to be analyzed. Next, reviewing the secondary sources. The secondary sources are gathered to answer all problems
that are related to the story. They are used to answer the questions in the thesis logically. After the researcher understands the primary data and also has gathered
the secondary sources, this is the time where the researcher apply all the sources to analyze the problems. These steps are very important in order to answer the
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problems scientifically. The last step is drawing a conclusion. In this step, the researcher sums up all the answers that have been gotten from analyzing all the
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CHAPTER IV ANALYSIS
This chapter discusses those two questions that have been formulated in the previous chapters. This chapter is divided into two sub-chapters. The first sub-
chapter discusses how the narrator is described in the novel. The second sub- chapter discusses the meaning of grown-ups as seen by the narrator.
A. The Narrator
1. The Narrator’s Character
To know more deeply about the character, analyzing the character is the important thing to do. It helps the reader to have a better understanding of the
story. Understanding the character means understanding the whole story; from the intrinsic elements to the extrinsic elements. To understand the meaning of the
story or the extrinsic element, first, the reader must understand the character. In this part, the researcher focuses on the discussion of the characters in the novel.
Abrams 1981 said that character is the person presented in a narrative or dramatic work in which the readers interpreted the characteristics expressed in
what they say and do. Abrams then divided it into two definitions. They are major and minor character. Major character is the character who has the important role
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