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CHAPTER III METHODOLOGY

This chapter consists of three parts. The first part is the object of the study or subject matter which describes the novel and the background of the novel. The second part is approach which mentions approach and approaches which are used in the study. The third part is the procedure which explains the steps in analyzing the novel.

A. Object of the Study

This novel entitled My Name Is Red was written by a Turkish novelist, whose name is Ferit Orhan Pamuk. He wrote a novel about culture in Istanbul, love, murder, and art. This novel is generally published in 1998 and published in England in 2001. It consists of 417 pages. The author won international literatures most lucrative prize, the IMPAC Dublin Award in 2003 and Nobel Prize in Literature in 2006 for his novel My Name Is Red. The original title is Benim Adim Kiirmizi . This novel was translated by Erdag M. Goknar, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2001. My Name Is Red is a novel which tells about miniaturist in Ottoman dynasty. Sultan asked Enishte Effendi to illustrate the sacred book. Enisthe Effendi chose four people to help him; they are Elegant Effendi, Butterfly, Stork, and Olive. One of these miniaturists is the murderer. The murderer is Olive. He has killed his best friend, Elegant Effendi, because Elegant Effendi has found the painting is sacrilegious to God. He won‟t let Elegant Effendi tells anybody PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI especially the priest because he doesn‟t want to get punishment. Olive also killed Enishte Effendi, a senior miniaturist, at the end because he faces the same problem as he has with Elegant Effendi and he is full of fear to face the reality. Actually, Olive is a kind and talented person. Most of miniaturists know that Olive has good personality. Unfortunately, his good personality only appears on the surface. He has bad personality inside himself and nobody knows it. In a threatening situation, he is not longer to be a good person, he changes to be an evil that force him to do that unmercifully action. He gathers his bravery to murder others.

B. Approach of the Study

This study used psychological approach. This study decided to use psychological approach since it deals with human personality and motivation. By using this approach, the writer can portray the character of the story especially the character of Olive, both in his personality and his motivation to murder Elegant Effendi and Enishte Effendi. Sigmund Freud, an Austrian physician, has an idea that psychological approach can look for hidden feeling and thought on someone. This hidden feeling and thought hid inside someone‟s personality. As the result, this approach is appropriate to find out the answer of research questions stated above. PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI

C. Method of the Study