Technique of Data Collection

1.6.5 Technique of Data Analysis

In this thesis the data were analyzed as the object by using structural approach and psychological approaches. According to Harsono 1999:47, structural approach can be referred to a modern linguistics that is introduced by Ferdinand Saussure which is assumed that a literary work as a work of imagination can stand by itself. The Structural approach was used to analyze character, conflict, plot and setting. As stated by Moghaddam 2004 at www.sagepublications.com , both of psychology and literature examine particular parts of human experience. Both of them have same goal to understand better about individual behavior and mental life. From the previous explanation the psychological approach was used to examine and explain Amir’s anxiety and motive in Khaled Hosseini’s The Kite Runner which can be seen from his behavior. Dealing with those two major approaches, some steps were done in analyzing the data. The first step is applying the structural approach to analyze the intrinsic element such as the character, conflict, plot and setting. In applying structural approach the writer did the following steps: 1. Analyzing the character and characterization of Amir. This part must have correlation with the conflict. 2. Analyzing the setting, such as setting of place, setting of time and setting of social. 3. Making and analyzing the plot of The Kite Runner dealing with the main character’s significant conflict and setting which is revealed in the story. 4. Analyzing the correlation among those elements. The second step is applying psychological approach to analyze and connect between the character, conflict, and setting to understand how the main character experienced anxiety and got motive which both of them belong to the psychological field. Some steps were carried out in analyzing the external element using psychological approach such as : 1. Analyzing extrinsic element. This was done by finding the relation between the internal aspects found previously to the external aspects related to psychological aspects. This analysis focuses on the characterization of main character and his behavior. 2. Analyzing the conflict related to typified character and its development. 3. Analyzing on psychological aspect experienced by the main character, especially anxiety and motive.

1.7 Thesis Organization

The thesis organization consists of five chapters. Those chapters are arranged systematically to present the problem well. Those five chapters consist of: