1. To know how is Jim’s character as the major character presented in the Adventure of Huckleberry Finn.
2. To describe Jim’s character reflected a slave in the novel.
F. RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
In the research methodology, the writer divide five point consist of: Aim of research, method of research, technique of data collection, unit of analysis, place and
time of research. This below would describe about them.
1. Aim of Research
The aim of this research is to find out and to describe the characters of Jim in The Adventure of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain that reflected the American slavery and
abolitionist in the Nineteenth century. Where at this time is being social background of the novel. So the writer used analysis one of the major character related with the theory
of sociology of literature especially theory of social realism by George Lukacs.
2. Method of Research
In arranging this research, the writer uses a qualitative descriptive method to explain kinds of characterization of Jim in The Adventure of Huckleberry Finn, and the
writer conducted library research in collecting part of the data to support the analysis of the character that became the main issues in this study. In the research of literary work,
the writer involves the intrinsic element such as the character and characterization of the novel, and extrinsic element such as the biography of the author and historical
background of the novel.
3. Technique of Data Collection
In analyze of this research, the writer use the reading technique in a Scanning Manner. First, the writer read the novel and underlined character and characterization for
structural analysis. Then for sociology of literature analysis, the writer tried to see the relation between Jim’s characters with the social of American slavery and abolitionist in
Nineteenth century.
4. Unit Of Analysis
For the point of analysis in this research, the writer used the novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Tom Sawyer Comrade written by Mark Twain
Samuel Langhorne Clemens, Harper Row Publishers, Inc, New York, 1962. This included the illustration and consists of 43 chapter 366 pages.
5. Place And Time of the Research
This research was held on June 2005 when the writer was 8
th
semester in English Letters Department, Faculty of Adab and Humanities in Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic
University. For the beginning the writer find out the references in Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University Jakarta’s library, American Corner State Islamic University
Jakarta’s library, University of Indonesia’s library, University of Gunadarma’s Library Depok and the others library in Jakarta.
G. ORGANIZATION OF WRITING
