The social criticism in george orwell'S 1984

CHAPTER III 
METHODOLOGY 
 
In this section includes the discussion of methodological design, method of 
collecting data, method of data analysis, and procedures of research. 
3.1 Methodological Design 
Methodology is the science or the means used to obtain a search with the 
truth by using a sequence or certain procedures according to what will be studied 
or investigated scientifically. However, there are two methods of the research, 
namely quantitative and qualitative research.
But in this case, the writer uses qualitative methods to analyse the social 
criticism 1984 especially is the effects of totalitarian government system to the 
characters in the novel. However, in a work of literature the use of numbers 
should be coupled with a more descriptive explanation to understand, and then the 
writer uses a qualitative method described analytically. 
3.1.1 Qualitative Method 
Qualitative research is the study of research which describes with 
descriptions to explain the point of the research. To analyze the totalitarian 
government system itself, it will be observation of the social situations in society. 
The writer focused onthe social situations that occurred and the patterned of 
character behaviour in the novel. The social situations were founded in everyday 
activities: for example at home, at work, in a city, in a village, or in a certain 
country. 

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3.1.2 Descriptive Analysis 
The research methods are simple and mostly done by the writer, the method 
of descriptive research. The main purpose of using this method is to describe 
some conditions and examine the causes of particular tendencies. As Ratna 
(2004:3) stated that descriptive analysis is one of the ways in analysing data that 
has been collected by making its descriptive data without concluding it general. 
Based on the explanationabove, the writer concludes that the descriptive 
analysis is carriedout detailed research on individual or a unit for a certain period 
of time. This method will involve in-depth and comprehensive research on the 
object of research, including the changes that occur in the research object caused 
by environmental influences.