Data Collection Data Analysis

3.2 Data Collection

In this thesis, library research is applied by searching and collecting reference that support the topic which is discussed in this thesis. In collecting data, there are several steps that are used in making this thesis. First, reading the novel to get deep understanding about the novel and what the story tells about. Then identifying moral Researcher Data Selected – Interpreted - Analysis Method: Qualitative Descriptive Conclusion Data: Character and quotations from the text of novel The Lord of the Rings Source of the Data: The Lord of the Rings Universitas Sumatera Utara which is found from some characters then underlining the moral. After underlined and collecting the data, this thesis has to selecting the data. In selecting the data, the writer selects the important which is needed to support analysis of moral. Secondary data are gathered from several books that related to the topic of this thesis. The related books that concern to the subject matter being analyzed are used as the source of the idea to support the analysis of this thesis and also to give additional information and statement that can be drawn for this thesis. Some data from the internet are also used as the supporting references that related to moral as the subject matter of this thesis. All the data and information that related to the topic of this thesis are collected then the data will be selected and used in the process of finishing this thesis.

3.3 Data Analysis

The data analysis was applied when all primary important data from the novel The Lord of the Rings had collected and selected. Several steps in analyzing the data are implemented. Firstly, data is identified from dialogues or statements which lead to the moral of the character. Then, get some moral through some quotations of novel The Lord of the Rings. Secondly, those quotations will be analyzed to give interpretation about the moral through some characters of the novel. The interpretation will be supported by quotations from some other books about the moral and some information from the internet. Finally, conclusion will be inferred from the analysis. Universitas Sumatera Utara

CHAPTER IV ANALYSIS AND FINDING