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CHAPTER III METHOD OF RESEARCH
3.1. Data Data Source
The primary data of this thesis is the novel that becomes the source of analysis. The novel is The Catcher in the Rye. The text of the novel has been read
several times in order to get particular text in reference to the analysis. Thus, the text is selected and classified in the form of quotations. The selected quotations are
treated as primary data in the analysis. The quotations are in the form of group of sentences which are taken from the text of the novel. The selection is done for
classification because they must be regarded as supporting opinions in the analysis.
Other books such as literary books are applied to strengthen the analysis in the form of quotations too. The difference between the two is the former is directed
for the analysis, the latter is for the additional opinion for the analysis need about rebellion that becomes the theme of consideration in this thesis. The text presented in
the novel help to support the writer’s analysis. The whole text will be read, but only certain investigation relates with rebellion against school from the main character
will be quoted in this thesis.
Other sources that the writer uses as a reference to write this thesis are information from the internet and related books that will support the writer
clarification about rebellion against school in this novel. The using of other paper from certain writer which ever analyzes this novel will also be considered as the
asset of data source and will be used to clarify the analysis.
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3.2. Technique of Collecting Data
In analyzing the novel, the most important data collecting procedure that someone can do is by reading the novel more than once. By analyzing the novel
means that we understand not only the mere story but also the whole contain that the author wants to expose. By reading the novel several times the writer of this thesis
expects to find the most precise statement from the novel to support the idea about rebellion.
The first step dealing with the novel is reading it several times in order to understand not only the story, but also the meaning of the text in terms of word,
phrase, sentence, and clause as chosen in the text. The next step is to select the text by classifying them through quotations. They are written as proof to strengthen idea
of the analysis. The selection of the text is related to context of rebellion which is done by the main character. In reference to this, the sense of rebellion is limited to
what the main character says, what he has done, and what other characters say about him.
3.3. Method of Collecting Data
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