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CHAPTER III METHODOLOGY
A. Object of the Study
The literary work that the researcher analyzes in this study is Kurt Vonnegut’s
God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater, or Pearls Before Swine.
The novel itself was first published in 1965 by Dial Press Trade Paperback. This novel
consists of 288 pages and is divided into 14 chapters.
God Bless You, Mr.Rosewater, or Pearls Before Swine
was written by an American author Kurt Vonnegut.
Kurt Vonnegut in full Kurt Vonnegut, Jr was born in Indianapolis, November 11, 1922. As a teenager, Vonnegut wrote for his high school
newspaper, and he continued the activity at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, where he majored in biochemistry. He was later employed as a public
relations writer in New York, but his reservations about what he considered the deceitfulness of the profession led him to pursue fiction writing full-time. He was
once a volunteer fireman in Alpaus, New York-Badge 155. He writes books, magazine pieces, and book reviews. The work of Kurt Vonnegut was known for
his satirical novels that frequently used postmodern techniques as well as elements of fantasy and science fiction to highlight the horrors and ironies of
20th- century civilization. Much of Vonnegut’s work is marked by an essentially
philosophical world-view that nonetheless embraces modern humanist beliefs
17 http:www.biography.compeoplekurt-vonnegut-9520329later-years
. January 23, 2017.
In
God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater, or Pearls Before Swine
the story no ony centers on the title character, an eccentric philanthropist, but also introduces the
writer Kilgore Trout, a fictional alter ego of Vonnegut who appears throughout his work. Furthermore, the story of the novel is a satirical story of a millionaire Eliot
Rosewater, the president of a fabulously rich Rosewater Foundation, who suffers from total love for all humanity. He decides to go his own way and moves with
his money to Rosewater, Indiana. There he becomes a volunteer fireman one of his obsessions and opens an office where he helps all people who need help
http:www.nytimes.com20070412books12vonnegut.html .
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2016. In this study, the researcher focuses on the character and searches for the
message of the novel so that the reader understands the messages can get
.
Therefore, by the explanation about the novel above, the researcher intends to focus on the main characters
’ thoughts and acts towards humanity to reveal the message.
B. Approach of the Study
In this study, the researcher uses a new criticism approach because it is appropriate for this study, as the analysis of this study deals intrinsic elements of a
literary work such as characters and messages. Harmon and Holman state that new criticism is generally concerned with finding the intrinsic worth of literature.
It focuses on “the work of art as an object in itself” 2009: 337.
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