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CHAPTER THREE METHODOLOGY
This chapter consists of three parts. The first section is object of the study. The object of the study consists of a brief description of the novel Deadly. The
second section is approach of the study. Approach of the study explains about the approach to conduct this study. The last section is method of the study. Method of
the study describes the steps of analyzing the novel and the applying approach to answer the questions formulated in the problem formulation.
3.1 Object of the Study
The setting of the story is in Washington DC, in the United States of America. The time is between Halloween up to New Year’s Eve. Furthermore, the
snowstorm lives up the scenery of the story and creates a terrible atmosphere. The characters of this novel can be divided into two sides. The first side is Baron
Bell’s group. The members of this group are Baron Bell and Adel Newsom, both of them are lawyers in Washington. The second side is Maggie’s organization.
Maggie’s organization works to support Elizabeth Fox against Baron Bell. The story tells about the deception and baby trafficking that is done by
Baron Bell. Baron Bell and the Dawsons sign a contract worth one hundred thousand dollars for a child adoption. Baron Bell arranges a sperm donation from
Thomas Dawson to Donna Davis, a surrogate mother. Donna Davis gives birth to twins, a boy and a girl. Since the second baby is never shown up on the
ultrasound, Donna Davis demands more money for the second baby or she will
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the twins back. Baron Bell refuses to defend the Dawsons. Rachel Dawson comes to
Quinn Law Firm afterward. The manager addresses Elizabeth Fox to defend the Dawsons. Elizabeth Fox is also the member of Maggie’s organization. By virtue
of Baron Bell’s record, Elizabeth Fox realizes that she cannot win over Baron Bell on her own. Elizabeth Fox, therefore, asks Maggie for help.
In this novel, Maggie plays her role as a leader, a manager, and a strategist of her organization. Maggie leads the organization to take down Baron Bell.
Maggie uses all the resources of the organization to support the organizational goal. The work groups within Maggie’s organization consist of professional
members so that it makes Maggie’s work easier.
3.2 Approach of the Study
This study analyses Maggie’s organization. Since this study deals with organization, the writer uses socio-cultural historical approach, the last critical
approach from Rohrberger and Woods. This approach focuses on the social, culture, and history background of literary works. It implies that the social, culture, and history
background of literary works will influence the making of the literary works. This approach is used to find out Baron Bell social background, the elements of Maggie’s
organization and the effort of Maggie’s organization to take down Baron Bell.
3.3 Method of the Study
