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portrays the reality of Vietnamese street children. The writer can gather information about the realities of Vietnamese street children from the novel.
Moreover, it helps the writer to review the category and origin from secondary resources or former researchers. Therefore, the writer can analyze the novel in
order to answer the problem stated in chapter I.
C. Method of the Study
The method of the study is library research. The writer needs many references related to the study. The writer needs to gather the data in order to
support the analysis. According to Rohrberger and Woods 1971: Nor in writing about literature different from ordinary expository writing.
The difference lies in the places one seeks the corroborating data, not in the process used. One uses a combination of personal observations and the
observations of authorities in the field. A person’s own observations gathered from a careful reading of a text become the starting point, the
PRIMARY SOURCE
of his analysis. The observations of others are
SECONDARY SOURCES
used to help corroborate the thesis p.99. The primary source of the study is the novel Dragon House written by
John Shors. The secondary sources are documents related to the study. Those documents are taken from library or electronic sources. The secondary sources are
needed to supplement the writer’s own findings. There were many steps during the process of the study. First, the writer
read the novel Dragon House for several times to get better understanding. Second, the writer decided the point which would be analyzed in the study. The
writer thus was able to formulate the problem of the study. Third, the writer
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would be discussed. Fourth, the writer gathered other related information from other sources. Those sources were from library and electronic sources. The writer
also gathered the theories related to the study. Fifth, the writer compiled all of the information which had been obtained. Sixth, the writer elaborated the analysis
based on the information and the approach. Lastly, the writer reported the result of the analysis. The writer made conclusion based on the findings of the study and it
was completed with suggestions for future research or English teaching.
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CHAPTER IV ANALYSIS
