The Type of Research Data Collection Data Processing and Analysis

CHAPTER 3. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODHOLOGY

In conducting this presented research, using method is needed to analyze the research problem. Every researcher has to use method because method will lead a researcher how to research. This chapter is clarified about a method that is divided into some subchapters. There are type of research, data collection, data processing and analysis.

3.1. The Type of Research

This research is a qualitative research since I use qualitative data to analyze racism in To Kill a Mockingbird. According to Blaxter, et al, qualitative data focuses on collecting and analyzing data without numeric data 1995:60. The data here are all information about racism from novel and other sources. Primary data in this thesis are facts and information about racism in the novel. Meanwhile, secondary data are information and facts about Southern society condition in 1930s and 1950s.

3.2. Data Collection

I collect the data by close reading to get deep interpretation of the novel. Moreover, documentary research technique is used because the main and the supporting data are gathered from books. The data sources are taken from various books and documents to obtain supporting information such as theoretical reviews and the topic discussed. Internet source is also functioned to complete insufficient information from books periodically and provide another information such as journal, article, and anything that support the analysis. The qualitative data in this thesis are in a form of words, sentences, paraphrases, and clause and written all of the direct or indirect quotations or paraphrasing.

3.3. Data Processing and Analysis

These data are categorized into two parts. The first categorical data are taken from the novel dealing with racism. The data are about the life of blacks and whites in the novel and racism . The second categorical data are taken from books and internet dealing with historical background discussing racism in Southern society and another sources such as biography of the author, article, etc related to 1930s in Southern America. After categorizing and clasifying, the research begins with an analysis of the novel by applying Goldman n’s theory to get general description. The theory is applied to find the world view of the author through the characters Blacks and Whites are a way of thinking and the illustration of racism mindset in the novel. I use Genetic Structuralism framework to answer the second question by covering human fact, transindividual subject and significant structure to find the world view in the novel. Then, I analyze socio-condition in Southern society that deals with racism to point out the world view in the novel as an effect of racism that is realized by the white’s mind. This thesis continues to answer the last question with analysis of socio- historical context about a condition of Southern America in1930s toward racism contruction. The description focuses on social phenomena such as facts about Black and White dealing with racism. I connect between the description of racism in the novel and Southern America in 1930s to get racism construction based on the life between black and white.

CHAPTER 4. DISCUSSION