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CHAPTER III METHODOLOGY
In this chapter, there are three main sections. The first section is the subject matter which describes Ryu Murakami’s novel Piercing as the center of the study.
The second section is related with the approach used to analyze the novel. The third section discusses the procedures which are taken to analyze the novel.
A. Object of the Study
The subject matter of the following study is the intrapersonal and interpersonal conflicts which were experienced by Kawashima Masayuki and
Sanada Chiaki and the way how they resolve those conflicts. The title of the novel is Piercing. The novel was written by Ryu Murakami. This novel was first
published in 1994 in Japan by Gentosha, and then translated into English in 2007 by Ralph McCarthy. This novel consists of 11 parts in 185 pages. This novel tells
about the main character of this novel, Kawashima Masayuki, who had a great conflict in himself, a conflict which he had an obsession to kill his own daughter
and on the other side he was trying hard to stop this obsession and trying to replace his daughter by killing another person. The other character, Sanada
Chiaki, also had her own conflict with herself. Sanada Chiaki was often hallucinating about the man of her dream. Those inner conflicts, which were
experienced by both Kawashima Masayuki and Sanada Chiaki, emerged because of their horrible childhood. Kawashima Masayuki was experiencing child abuse
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by his mother, while Sanada Chiaki was experiencing sexual harassment by her father. Kawashima Masayuki’s obsession to kill leads him to meet Sanada Chiaki,
and caused another conflict between him and Chiaki. This novel, Piercing, is rather a gloomy novel than a fun and cheering
novel. The novel offers the readers the different side of life. That life is not only about fun. But there is also gloomy and thrilling side in this real life. There are
some people who have a desire to kill other people for their own satisfaction. The language of this novel is simple and easy to read.
B. Approach of the Study
The approach used in the study is psychological approach. This approach is used to analyze the novel from the psychological point of view. By using this
approach, this study would like to analyze the intrapersonal and interpersonal conflicts of Kawashima Masayuki and Sanada Chiaki. The writer would also
analyze the way Kawashima Masayuki and Sanada Chiaki react to the intrapersonal and interpersonal conflicts which they experienced. The writer used
the theory of conflicts to help his analysis toward Kawashima Masayuki’s and Sanada Chiaki’s intrapersonal and interpersonal conflicts. Other theories which
are used are the theory of character and characterization and the theory of critical approach. These theories were applied to analyze the background and the history
of Kawashima Masayuki and Sanada Chiaki which made them suffer from a psychological disorder.
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C. Method of the Study
