24 which was going to be analyzed. After reading the novel for many times, the
understanding of the novel was deeper. The more the writer read the novel, the more information could be gained. The writer could find more points that he could
not find before and become more aware about the content of the story. A thorough reading also helped in making notes of important events, points, and also
summary of the novel which was used to find significant elements of the story. The second step was selecting the interesting topics or the problems that
were going to be discussed in this study. The third step was collecting the information about the related theories and
criticisms to analyze the problems, including choosing the most appropriate approach for this thesis.
The fourth step was applying theory of character by Henkle, theory of characterization by Murphy, the psychological approach, theory of psychoanalysis
by Freud, and theory of motivation by Maslow in order to answer the problems formulated in this study.
The last step that had to be done was drawing a conclusion of the analysis. The conclusion contained the statement of the findings in the analysis of this
study. Therefore, the conclusion was the answer of the problem formulation of
this study.
3.4 Organization of Study
This study consists of five chapters and six appendices. There are five parts in chapter one. The first part describes the Background of the Study. The
second part covers the Objective of the Study. The following part covers the
25 Problem Formulation. The forth part contains the Benefits of the Study. The last
part contains the definition of Terms. In chapter two, the first part describes Theoretical Review which contains
the Theories of Literature. They are Theory of Character, Theory of Characterization and Theory of Critical Approaches. The second part contains
Theories of Psychology. They are Theory of Psychoanalysis and Theory of Motivation. The third part covers the Criticism. The fourth part contains Context
of the Novel. The final part covers the Theoretical Framework. Chapter three consists of four parts. The first part is the Object of the
Study; the following part discusses the Approach of the Study; the third part is the Method of the Study; and the last part is the Organization of the Study.
Chapter four contains two parts. The first part describes the Amos McCracken’s characteristic in the novel; the second part discusses the reactions of
Amos McCracken toward the reality of his life as analyzed from the novel Father’s Day.
Chapter five presents the Conclusion of the analysis of Father’s Day as described in chapter four. The following part covers Suggestions for future
researches as well as the implementation of teachinglearning activities using the novel of Father’s Day as the teaching material.
In the appendices there are the summary of William Goldman’s Father’s Day, cover of the novel, the biography, and the picture of William Goldman.
Furthermore, there are a lesson plan and the teaching material to teach English, especially Extensive Reading II for the fourth semester of university students of
the English Department
using the
novel of Father’s Day.
26 CHAPTER IV
ANALYSIS
This chapter presents the analysis to answer the questions formulated in the problem formulation. The discussions in this chapter are divided into two
parts. The first part is the discussion of the first question in the problem formulation, that is, the description of Amos McCracken’s characteristic as the
main character. The second part discusses how Amos reacts to his bitter reality of
his life.
4.1 The Description of Amos McCracken’s Characteristics