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character, future researchers can use another approach to analyze other aspects of the novel. The story of the novel was inspired by the writer’s childhood in rural Alabama
where racism was still in the air. Thus, the writer suggests for the future researchers to analyze the relation of the writer’s personal life to the story of the novel by using the
biographical approach. Another interesting aspect in this novel is about Tom Robinson who is accused
of raping a white girl. Here, the future researchers can analyze aspect of racism at that time using socio-cultural historical approach. Moreover, each of the characters has
their own qualities that represent their existence and function in the story. As well the character of Atticus, the writer also finds another interesting character that might be
good to be analyzed that is, Scout and Jem. Their personality is interesting to be analyzed.
5.2.2. Suggestions for Teaching Writing Using Literature
A literary work, a novel in this matter, does not only give pleasure and enjoyment to its readers, but also the moral teaching which the novel has. Moreover, it
is also a source of knowledge. Therefore, teachers may use it as a material for his teaching learning process. Although the text that is used and students’ responses will
be discussed in literary terms, the basic intention is to teach the language. Implementing literature in teaching of English is quite necessary because the
students can enrich their vocabulary mastery and language skills: listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Literary work, in this case a novel, offers potential benefits of a
high order for English as a second or foreign language. It can be used to reach the goal in teaching English that is the language mastery.
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Furthermore, literature provides a balance of the goals teachers should be aware of. Teachers must not only help to develop individuals’ personal and
intellectual potentials, but also their capacity to be more responsible for their own development.
Therefore, the writer suggests using this novel in the teaching of writing, especially writing I for the first semester students of Sanata Dharma University.
Writing is the way of people to express their opinions, feelings, and points of view. Writing needs more effort to produce meaning than to identify meaning through
listening or reading, because what can be told cannot be expressed easily and quickly in writing. The students have to follow the conventions of the spelling and punctuation
that will make their compositions understandable for others. In writing activity, the students are also exploring, observing, imagining, and
listing their experiences and knowledge. Then, they categorize, compare, analyze, and compose their opinions and ideas into written form. Thus, it is a must for the students
to apply their imagination and literary abilities in interpreting the novel and pouring them out on the paper. Some students find that writing task is a difficult and boring
activity. So, the purpose of this writing activity is to stimulate the students’ creativities in giving opinions, in making suggestions, and in exploring ideas.
There are many ways to teach writing using this novel. Descriptive writing is a way in which the students are to describe: a thing, a person, a place, an event, and a
concept, while in narrative writing the students are asked to write about series of events according to the novel. Another way is argumentative writing in which the
students are to state their opinion or explanation about certain aspects in the novel.
