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CHAPTER III METHODOLOGY
This chapter consists of three parts. The first part is object of the study which is the novel For One More Day by Mitch Albom. This is the focus of the
study. The second part is approach of the study that the writer is going to use in analyzing this novel. The third part is method of the study that contains procedure
of analyzing this novel.
A. Object of the Study
The object of the study of this thesis is a novel titled For One More Day 2006, a novel which was written by an American best-selling author, journalist,
broadcaster and playwright, Mitch Albom. Mitch Albom’s For One More Day has 197 pages published by Hyperion. Besides For One More Day, Albom also has
written other novels and books such as Tuesdays with Morrie, The Five People You Meet in Heaven
, Have a Little Faith, Bo: Life, Laughs, and the Lessons of a College Football Legend,
and Fab Five: Basketball, Trash Talk, The American Dream
. Mitch Albom’s For One More Day tells a story of a son named Charles
“Chick” Benetto who has his chance to spend one whole day with his mother who has passed away eight years earlier. Facing his failure in life such as losing jobs,
having a broken family and being eliminate from his own daughter wedding are becoming a real hit for him. He escapes in alcohol and deep regret. In his life
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23 troubles, he remembers his childhood time when every time he gets troubles, his
mother will be there to help him out. Then he flashes back to what he has done to his mother that he has neglected her. One night, he decides to end his life. In a car
accident, he is unconscious and strangely he mets his mother again and spends one day with her. In that one day he spends with his mother, he has his chance to
express his lost love and finding the truth of his family secret. During that chance of living with his mother, he also seeks for forgiveness from his mother. He
recalls his childhood experiences and feeling sorry for what he has done to his mother. From that one day he has spent with his mother, he learns about his
mother sacrifices and things he never knows before about his mother. He tries to put right his life by then.
B. Approach of the Study
For analyzing the novel and answer the problem formulation, the writer needs approach. There are five kinds of approaches according to Rohrberger and
Woods 1-15, those are the formalist approach, the biographical approach, the sociocultural-historical approach, the mythopoeic approach and the psychological
approach. The writer use the psychological approach in this study because the approach may help the writer in analyzing the novel and answer the problem
formulations. The psychology approach is an approach which pays attention in certain recurrent pattern. This approach uses theories of psychology to explain
man’s capacity for creation and the complexity of his thought, motivation and behavior. By using the psychological approach, the study could show us deeper
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24 about Benetto’s behavior to his mother and family. Human motivation is also
needed to explain more about motivation behavior.
C. Method of the Study
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