influence the life of the society. Using the sociocultural – historical approach, I can analyze the culture and attitude in the two novels, November of the Heart and
The Girl from the Coast.
3.3 Research Procedure
There were two ways that could be used to do the research in order to get some information and data, named field research and literature review. I preferred
using the second research, literary review, since it was sensed as the most appropriate way in collecting some information, data, and theories that would be
used latter in the discussion. The first thing I did in analyzing this novel was read the novels November
of the Heart and The Girl from the Coast over and over again to find the message
of the novels. I used the two novels as the primary source to find evidence for this study. From the very first, I read the novel Novemeber of the Heart, I am
interested in the unique culture of Minnesota, and it also makes me want to explore more and try to understand the cultural attitudes better. When I read the
novel The Girl from the Coast, I find the originality of Javanese culture, and its attitude toward Mas Nganten which becomes a very touching story as well as a
brave presentation of a fact. This novel also motivates me to analyze the culture better, and compare it with what happens to Lorna in November of the Heart.
When I read the two novels, I wrote some important points for the analysis. Then I analyzed the cultural attitudes toward Lorna and Mas Nganten as inferior from the
author’s comments, characters’ feeling and thought, and characters’ speech in order to answer the problems in the problem formulation.
Secondly, I tried to find some important theories to support my findings about the cultural attitude toward woman as inferior. In this phase, I read many
books especially those, which have relation with the problem of culture and women inferiority. These books on literature were the secondary sources. Books
that deal with society and culture, and history were mainly used to analyze the treatment toward Lorna and Mas Nganten, and their inferiority. Since the main
topic of this study was the cultural attitudes toward women inferiority, the sub discussions on the socio-cultural and historical books that dealt with the issues
became the main interest to read. Besides these socio-cultural and historical books, the books on the literature theories also become the main interest to read.
Those books gave more information and guidance in understanding the two novels. I also browsed in the Interne t to find information related to my analysis.
The third step was analyzing the novel. In this step, I answered the problems in the problem formulation using the approaches and references, which
are related to the study. The last step was making the conclusion of the study. I made conclusion of
the study after answering the questions in the problem formulation. The conclusion was the findings of the analysis, and suggestions that were useful for
the readers to use parts of November of the Heart and The Girl from the Coast as teaching learning materials to improve the speaking and writing skills in using
English for the third and fifth semester students of the English Language Education Study Program.
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CHAPTER 4 ANALYSIS
This chapter discusses the answers to questions that are formulated in the problem formulation. The discussion is divided into two parts. The first part is the
analysis of Lorna’s and Mas Nganten’s inferiority. The analysis focuses on the disability of both characters in order to show their inferiority in the society. The
second part or the last part is the analysis on cultural influences toward Lorna’s and Mas Nganten’s inferiority. It focuses on cultural value that influences Lorna’s
and Mas Nganten’s inferiority and its effect. Each analysis is discussed using the theories that are stated in the review of related theories.
4.1 Women Inferiority in the Life of Lorna and Mas Nganten
