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Research Design
In evaluating the novel Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom, textual analysis will be used. Textual Analysis, according to Alan McKee (2003), is a hypothesis derived from the possible interpretations of a text. The researchers in this methodology will examine the presentation of the concept of death in the work of Albom, and interpret Schwartz’s words pertaining to death. Generally, the researchers will study the portrayal of death through analyzing the life experiences of the protagonists, as well as the factors that evoked Schwartz’s coping process with death that also influenced his concept of death, through the narrator’s point of view.
Research Subjects
The researchers have opted to study the novel Tuesdays with Morrie because it is about how a dying man accepts and views his own death. As a true to life story, the novel can be a basis to understand how death is perceived in reality and on how to view death differently. The subjects of the study are Mitch Albom, and Morrie Schwartz. However, the researchers will focus more on Morrie Schwartz, the dying man in the novel because of his philosophies on death which were triggered during his coping process with death. Next to Morrie Schwartz, the researchers will also focus on Mitch Albom who represented the common people. The researchers chose Mitch Albom since he was the closest person to Schwartz other than Schwartz’s family. Moreover, Albom also represented the many people whose lives were touched and changed by Schwartz.

Research Instrument
In order for the researchers to present the study, the dialogue between the two main characters will be interpreted. The researchers will examine the novel in the following aspects:
Narration
The presentation Albom has done on Schwartz is very significant. This will show how the life of Schwartz, his sickness and his past experiences with death have been great triggering factors for him to cope with death that consequently influenced his concept of death. The novel is composed mainly on Albom’s thoughts about his conversation with Schwartz.
Dialogue
The conversation of the two main characters is also very important in analyzing the novel. Through their dialogues, Albom was able to ask Schwartz on his opinions on society, life, and death.
From the narrations and dialogues, the researchers will determine Schwartz’s coping process, the ‘tasks’ done by Schwartz and the concepts of death of both Albom and Schwartz. Moreover, to make this process systematic and logical, the researchers will employ Charles Corr’s Task-Based Approach Theory as the basis.
Research Procedures
Gathering of Data
The researchers will read Mitch Albom’s Tuesdays with Morrie, which consists of 27 chapters. Each chapter will be summarized and analyzed.

Treatment of Data/Data Analysis
Albom’s portrayal of Morrie Schwartz’s will be analyzed. The researchers will examine the occurred dialogues between Albom and Schwartz and Albom’s narration of the story. From that, the researchers used (tense) Charles Corr’s Task-Based Approach theory as the basis to determine the triggering factors of Schwartz’s coping process with death and his coping process with death in which he satisfied his physical, psychological, social and spiritual needs. Furthermore, the characters’s views on death will be also examined and compared. To support the analysis, the researchers will focus on the following aspects:
Experiences – Schwartz shares his past experiences with Albom all throughout the whole book. However, under Chapter “Professor”, the death of his mother was specified and narrated by Mitch Albom and on Chapter “The Ninth Tuesday”, for the death of his father.
Health – Morrie Schwartz’s health is basically the center of the story. Suffering from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), Schwartz’s life was estimated to last at most 2 years to live. Specifically, his was awareness of his incurable sickness was narrated by Mitch Albom on Chapter “Syllabus”.
Concepts of Death – the concepts of death of both Morrie Schwartz and Mitch Albom are scattered along all the chapters within the book. However, on Chapter “The Fourth Tuesday”, there was an extensive discussion on the concepts of death of both Morrie Schwartz and Mitch Albom who represents the common people. Under that chapter, Morrie compares and contrasts his views on death from the common people’s or society’s perspective of death.