Research Object RESEARCH METHOD

3.2.1 Data Collection

In analyzing the subject materials, this research uses literary research. Moreover, the procedure of data collecting can be described as follows: 1. Searching data source The data source of this research is Girl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier. 2. Reading the whole script of the novel in order to accomplish a complete understanding. After deciding the data source, I reads the whole script of the novel tries to find the correlation of the story and slavery of patron-slave relationship. 3. Choosing the data which have relation to the Marxist feminism theory. I chooses the data that show the relation to the Marxist feminism theory that describe the slavery or patron-slave relationship. In accordance to Marx 2004:140-141 there are 3 indicators Marxist feminism work, such as: 1 Economic inequality based on private property, 2 Dependence, and 3 Ultimately unhealthy social relations between patron and slave. Between the indicators above, the writer also sorts the data that indicate the slavery of patron-slave relationship. 4. Classifying the selected data Last, the writer analyzes the Marxist feminism conception based on the indicators of Marxist feminism conception. 5. Draw interpretation, conclusion and suggestion.

3.2.2 Data Analyzing

After completed the data collecting procedures, afterward I analyze the data with analyze the representation of the words that has slavery in the novel, then interpretation of each corpus. In Marxist feminism theory, which the writer takes as indicators Marxist feminism work, such as: 1 Economic inequality based on private property, 2 Dependence, and 3 Ultimately unhealthy social relations between patron and slave. There indicator is the root of slavery or womens oppression in the current social context. In this explanation, I try to describe each corpus with the Marxist feminism reading which was explained before.