3.4. Technique of Data Analysis In analysing the data, I used several steps. First, analysing the meaning of symbols
that reflects in the novel The Lord of the Ring : the Fellowship of the Ring using Structuralism approach by Levi-Strauss. Second, analysing the influences of ring
symbols in Norwegian myth towards novel including the influences in characters, setting, point of view, theme, atmosphere, and tone.
CHAPTER IV RESULT OF THE DATA ANALYSIS
This chapter is divided into two parts. The first part is about how the symbol of ring in the Norwegian myth is described in the novel as the first problem. The last
part is about how the ring symbol in the Norwegian myth influence the story in the novel. The two parts would be explained more detail as follows:
4.1. The Symbol of Ring described in The Norwegian Myth
Myth is always used to represent the reality. It is used as a form of symbolism. A symbol is visible thing that stands for or suggests something invisble. They
always point beyond themselves. Symbols open up new dimensions of reality for us that would otherwise remain inaccessible. Levi-Strauss said that myths are used
by him to denote the ways of thinking about order in human life. He makes it clear that myths are formed out of ideas, concepts, prover bs, maxims etc.
Panneerselvam, 1999:26. The novel entitled the Lord of the Ring: the Fellowship of the Ring is a novel that describes the fiction world which is
influenced by the Norwegian myth. When the Vikings came to Great Britain in AD 793 and last invaded in 1066, they brought their traditions and beliefs with
them, and even though the Christianisation erased many Norwegian beliefs and covered Norwegian sagas with Christian virtues, the magic of the Norwegian era
is still there in the United Kingdom and can be found in the body of the story The Lord of The Ring. The author using the old sagas as an inspiration and including
