conflict.
B. Method of the Study
The writer in this study used library research which means that the data is gathered by taking important notes, reading books and doing research in analyzing
the novel. The writer collected the primary source from the deep analysis of the novel The Good Earth itself.
The secondary sources are some references related to theory of psychological approach, theory of character and characterization, and
theory of conflict and conflict resolution. There were some steps taken in completing this study. First, the writer
read the novel The Good Earth many times in order to get a better understanding and comprehension of the story. The initial reading process was to read without
pauses for several times and the last reading process was to reread the novel thoroughly and underline the important things which reflect the problem
formulated in the problem formulation of the study. Second, the writer formulated the problem of the study. The writer is interested in O-Lan character, the first wife
of the main character Wang Lung. O-Lan faced many conflicts during her life. In order to analyze the conflict faced by O-Lan, the writer needed to analyze the
character of O-Lan in this novel. After that, the writer began to analyze the conflict. So in order to generate the problem formulation about the conflict, the
writer first began to formulate the first question about the character of O-Lan then the second question about the conflict. The method used in the analysis was the
psychological approach. The approach used was from Rohnberger and Wood’s in Reading and Writing about Literature. Fourth, the writer analyzed the character of
O-Lan and the conflicts faced by her based on the novel. The writer also gathered the data needed in answering the questions formulated in the problem formulation.
Noticing the information needed could not be found in the library, the writer used the internet browsing to enrich the information needed. Last, the writer drew
conclusions as a result of the analysis which answered the problems formulated in problem formulation.
CHAPTER IV ANALYSIS
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