CHAPTER III METHOD OF RESEARCH
3.1. Research Design
The method of research that is used to collect the data is descriptive- qualitative methdod. A method is required to set the procedures to control the writer
in doing the reasearch. Descriptive-qualitative method is a method to reveal the facts,
circumstances, phenomena, variables and circumstances that occurred while running the research and presenting what it is. Interpret qualitative descriptive study and said
that the data is concerned with the current situation, attitudes, and opinions that occur in society, the relationship between the variables, the difference between fact, the
effect of the condition, and others. In qualitative research problem and title brought by researchers still
tentative and holistic, so that qualitative researchers would not specify the problem was simply based on study variables, but the overall social situation under study that
includes place, actors, activity that interact in synergy. All the information in this analysis is collected from internet, books, and any
other sources. The source data of this research is the novel The Perks of Being A Wallflower written by Stephen Chbosky. This novel was published in 1999 in New
York, USA. The data of this research is texts which refer to the Personality through the leading character.
Subsequent to the whole data that the writer has been collected and analyzed by applying descriptive-qualitative method approach to complete the research. The
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final step is the conclusion and suggestion gained from the study as the result. A Research Design is a picture of the planning and the implementation of this study in
order to back up the researcer in completing this analysis in accordance with the correct elements. So, the writer makes the chart to help the readers in understanding
the research method, and here is the chart that has been arranged below.
3.2. Data Collection
The data that taken in this study is from several sources, and some steps which are made in analyzing the problems of the research. To determine the
personality of the leading character in the novel, first step is read the whole story of the novel, The Perks of Being A Wallfower to get the comprehension deeply. Then
RESEARCHER SOURCE DATA:
Novel The Perks Of Being A Wallflower by
Stephen Chbosky DATA
SELECTION: QUOTATIONS
INTERPRETATION
CONCLUSION Analysis
Descriptive- Qualitative
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the writer chooses and find the problems in the novel to discussed in the analysis as the research. Then the writer also finds some informations about character and
connecting it to the context of the novel, which is the personality of the leading character. The last is, the writer makes interpretation based on the novel which
already read before. The writer takes two kinds of research which can be applied. The two types
of data collection in doing this research are the primary data and the secondary data. The primary data in this research is the novel that will be the source data in making
this analysis. And the secondary data is the library research, and some other online research which are related to the object and help the writer to complete the analysis.
The whole data that have been collected is related to the topic of the analysis and the research that has been done by some experts from their respective fields. And
as the source data of this analysis came from novel The Perks Of Being A Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky that determine the personality of leading character towards his
Id, Ego, and SuperEgo. This analysis is aimed to reveal as the psychology comprehension about personality that every people got since childhood.
3.3. Data Analysis
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