23 the park. Amos McCracken calls Lila to tell her what has just happened and get
surprised when Lila threatens that she will not let him to see Jessica again. Desperately, Amos McCracken runs away with his wounded daughter as
he cannot accept Lila’s decision. He plans to go to Miami with Jessica. However,
Amos McCracken fails to execute his plan because Jessica refuses to go with him.
3.2 Approach of the Study
In this study, the psychological approach is applied. An approach “focused on psychological interpretation for entrancing the understanding and appreciation
of literature” Rohberger and Woods, 1971: 13. The study focuses on the main character’s reactions to be a mean for psychological interpretation. The
psychological approach helps to interpret the psychological aspect of the main character in the novel through theories of psychology. The study explains a
character that involves patterns of behavior, thoughts, and feelings. Therefore, psychological approach will be very helpful to reveal the issue of this study since
it views a literary work based on psychological interpretation.
3.3 Method of the Study
In order to reach the objectives of the study, the study used library research to collect data. The data consisted of the primary data, which was
William Goldman’s novel entitled Father’s Day. The secondary data were taken from other sources, which were closely related to the study, such as internet, and
books. In analyzing the novel, some steps were applied. The first step was having
a thorough reading of the novel to help understanding the story and the subject
24 which was going to be analyzed. After reading the novel for many times, the
understanding of the novel was deeper. The more the writer read the novel, the more information could be gained. The writer could find more points that he could
not find before and become more aware about the content of the story. A thorough reading also helped in making notes of important events, points, and also
summary of the novel which was used to find significant elements of the story. The second step was selecting the interesting topics or the problems that
were going to be discussed in this study. The third step was collecting the information about the related theories and
criticisms to analyze the problems, including choosing the most appropriate approach for this thesis.
The fourth step was applying theory of character by Henkle, theory of characterization by Murphy, the psychological approach, theory of psychoanalysis
by Freud, and theory of motivation by Maslow in order to answer the problems formulated in this study.
The last step that had to be done was drawing a conclusion of the analysis. The conclusion contained the statement of the findings in the analysis of this
study. Therefore, the conclusion was the answer of the problem formulation of
this study.
3.4 Organization of Study
