27 utterances, identifying the factors influencing the use of politeness by the main
characters, and writing up the report.
1. Collecting the Dialogues
The novel Eat Pray Love 2010 was read thoroughly. The dialogues which happened among the five main characters, namely Elizabeth Gilbert,
Richard, Ketut Liyer, Wayan Nuriyasih, and Felipe were collected by the researcher. Afterwards, their utterances were re-typed by the researcher for further
analysis.
2. Analyzing and Categorizing the Main Characters’ Utterances
The researcher used Brown and Levinson’s 1987 politeness strategies to analyze and categorize the utterances used by the five main characters in the
dialogues which had been collected. The researcher read the utterances of the main characters repeatedly so that the researcher was able to analyze and
categorize them into four politeness strategies by Brown and Levinson 1987. Then, the researcher made a classification table as seen in Table 3.1 which helped
her categorize the main characters’ utterances.
3. Identifying the Factors of Politeness
After the researcher analyzed and categorized the main characters’
utterances, the researcher, then, identified each of them in order to find out the politeness factors. The researcher used another classification table as shown in
28 Table 3.2. The researcher employed Holmes’ 2001 theory. There are four
politeness factors, namely social distance, status, formality, and referential and affective functions, which became the basis to solve the second research problem.
4. Writing up the Report
After getting the data, the researcher wrote up the report on the study. The researcher provided the findings and associated them with the theory of politeness
strategies of Brown and Levinson 1987 and the theory of Holmes 2001. In the report, the researcher presented the findings which showed the kinds of politeness
strategies used by the five main characters in the novel Eat Pray Love 2010 and the factors affecting them in speaking politely.
