Method of the Study

C. Method of the Study

The method used to collect the data for this study is library study. I used both primary and secondary sources in this study. I used the novel of The Godfather as the primary source. The secondary sources consisted of several books, which describe theory of approaches, family, types of crime and the history of mafia. The books are: American Social Problems; Bowling, Beatniks, and Bell- Bottoms: Pop Culture of 20th-Century America; Literature and Language Teaching; Personality Development; Reading and Writing About Literature; Sociology, Structure, Sound and Sense; The Family: An Introduction; The Family in America; The Family, Society, and The Individual; and The Urban Reader . I applied some steps in conducting this study. First, I selected the literary work that would be analysed in this study. I decided to choose Mario Puzo’s The Godfather 1969 as the primary source of my study. The next step was reading the novel several times to gain deeper understanding about the story in this novel. I also took notes, which was done while reading. In taking notes, I wrote some important things that could support the analysis of this study. So, it was very useful to avoid confusion for myself in analysing this study. The third step was watching the movie of The Godfather, The Godfather II, The Godfather III, in order to help me more understand about the novel. Those movies still brought the overall story perfectly although some stories from the novel were removed. By watching those trilogy movies, I got the perfect picture of the novel-the characters and the place and the situation in Italy-. Then I found an interesting topic to be discussed in this study. Since the first time I thought about the topic, I had had an idea that it should be about the Corleone Family. Finally, I got one topic that was the best and interesting topic to be discussed. The next procedure was collecting the references related to my study. The references were some books and some articles from the Internet that could help me understand the literature and the novel better because the references consisted of information about literature and the novel. Then, after all the procedure above, I had to concentrate on the problem formulation, especially on the background of Corleone Family. It was important because if I understood how the Corleone Family built then I would easily see the reasons why the godfather, Don Vito Corleone, was feared and loved at the same time. In focusing the Corleone Family, I observed all the members of Corleone Family on their attitude, behaviours, emotions, and expression of feeling. After I finished writing my analysis, I proposed suggestions for future researchers and for the implementation of teaching and learning English by using the novel The Godfather. I also provided the appendices that contained the lesson plan of teaching English using the novel, biography of the author, the works of Mario Puzo, the summary of the novel The Godfather and the picture of Mario Puzo.

CHAPTER IV ANALYSIS