Data and Source of Data Data Collecting

19 Schema 3.1 Schema 6.1 Here are the explanation of the schema 6.1, the steps of analyzing data: 1. The first step is reading the novel Forrest Gump by Winston Groom. 2. Finding the texts which are related to moral attitudes through the main characters. 3. Making interpretation and then analysis by using descriptive qualitative method. 4. The last is making a conclusion.

3.1.1 Data and Source of Data

This thesis needs several data that related to the study discussed. The data are divided into two, they are: primary data and secondary data. The source of data is Reading the Source of Data: Forrest Gump Select text such as dialogues, words, phrase and sentences from the novel which shows the morality. The writer Conclusion Interpretation and Analysis by descriptive qualitative Universitas Sumatera Utara 20 novel Forrest Gump which are used as the object of analysis. This novel was written by Winston Groom and published in 1986. Primary data is text such as words, phrases, sentences, dialogues or conversation which has good and bad moral conduct which reflected by characters in the novel Forrest Gump. The secondary data is taken from thesis, articles, book, internet or other sources which concerned about the morality studies. These data are used to support the analysis of the main characters in the novel.

3.1.2 Data Collecting

The first step in data collection is collecting the data from the novel by reading the whole story of Forrest Gump for several times. In collecting data for this thesis, the writer uses library research. Library research is the research in the library or researcher tries to get and collect data or information on the research object through books, journal, paper, and articles. The writer also collected some data from internet, like eBooks and journal online that support this thesis and not all the texts are used as references in this thesis because the writer just selected the text which related with the problem that discussed by writer. Those are the text which have relation about morality with benevolence, courage, friendship, disloyalty, and despair. In collected data from the novel, writer underlines the words, phrase, sentences or dialogues which are used as data. Writer also read the text book, journal, and eBook that related with subject matter which can help the writer to answer the problems of study. Universitas Sumatera Utara 21 These are the steps of collecting data will be started by: 1. Reading several times the novel Forrest Gump by Wiston Groom and understanding the story. 2. Underlining the text such as words, phrase, sentences, and dialogue as the data in this novel. 3. Collecting and then selecting data from books, research papers, journals, and eBook which is related the subject matter. 4. Analyzing the data based on related books concerning to the subject matter.

3.1.3 Data Analysis