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CHAPTER III METHODOLOGY
This chapter is divided into three parts namely the object of the study, the approach of the study and the method of the study. The first part, object of the
study, describes the novel, The Buddha, Geoff and Me, as the focus of the study. The second part explains the approach applied in this study and the third part
contains the steps of conducting this study.
A. Object of the Study
The object of this literary study is The Buddha, Geoff and Me written by Edward Canfor-Dumas, an award-winning television scriptwriter and novelist.
This novel has 282 pages and divided into 16 chapters. Rider Books, London, published it in 2005.
The story tells about a man named Ed who is having a hard time in his love life and at work. His girlfriend of two-and-a-half years, Angie, leaves him
because she feels that Ed could not understand her. In the workplace, Martin, his manager, blames him because of a mistake he made. He hates his manager and
their relationship gets worse. Later on, the company is bankrupt and Ed loses his job. Fortunately, he meets Geoff who helps him to find a new job through her
friend, Dora. Ed is not lucky. Every time he gets a new job, it does not last long. He is always fired from the company. Even though Ed still loves Angie and hopes
that he can get her back, it seems impossible because they always argue with
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in facing his hard life through the Buddha teachings but it is difficult for Ed to understand it. One day, Geoff has an accident when he is working and he passes
away. Ed begins to learn what Geoff has said to him and finally he tries to imitate Geoff and starts practicing Buddhism.
B. Approaches
Since this study deals with the personality development, the writer has decided to employ the psychological approach. The writer makes use of the
psychological approach to analyze Ed’s personality before and after the changes. By using this approach, the writer tries to find out what factors influence Ed’s
personality development, the condition responsible for his personality to change, and how his personality changes. The writer also uses the theory of personality by
Hurlock’s to help the writer in analyzing the personality development of Ed. The personality itself can be observed from the progress personality of Ed.
C. Procedures
The procedures in this study were the steps that were taken to do the analysis in order to answer the problems of the study. These procedures formed a
unity, which built a thorough analysis of the work. The first step was the writer read the novel more than once to obtain a good
understanding of the story. Second, the writer focused her attention on the characters that the writer wanted to analyze. While reading the novel, the writer
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