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CHAPTER IV INDIVIDUAL PSYCHOLOGICAL ANALYSIS
In this chapter the researcher tries to analyze the psychological aspect of the novel, based on Alfred Adler’s theory of Individual Psychology. The theory
consists of six basic principles, namely Fictional Finalism, Inferiority Feeling and Compensation, Striving for Superiority, Social Interest and Style of Life. To
analyze the psychological aspects of the major character, the researcher will apply those principles one by one. This chapter consists of two subchapters, first is the
character development of Lara Cameron and the second is discussion.
A. Development of Lara Cameron’s Personality.
1. Fictional Finalism
All people have a fiction. This fiction makes people try to work hard and maturated to be the best. This fictional is what they believe to be
true. It also relates to an individual expectations or dreams of future life. Lara is born from a poor family. Her father works to collect the
money for the boarding house. Since she was child until she grows up now, her father never has his own house. So, when she is in her fifteen,
she has an ideal to have her own land that won’t be taken by anyone. Someday,
Lara thought fiercely, I will have my own land, and no one – no one – will ever take it away from me
. TSSD: 38 Lara’s desire becomes bigger when finally she meets with Bill
Rogers, a new boarder who comes from America. The man asks Lara that
72 a girl likes her must want something to be her own such a pretty clothes,
jewelry, or anything, but Lara answers tha t she really wants to have land. ‘I want to own things.’
‘Ah, pretty clothes and…..’ ‘No, land. I want to own land .’ TSSD: 45
Rogers feels surprised hearing Lara’s answer. He cannot
understand why a girl like Lara has a high desire that it should not think in her age right now. But then he gives Lara a lot of information about real
estate business and how she can join in that business. The information that Lara gets, support her to think and dreams how if she becomes the owner
of one land in Glace Bay. From that moment on, Lara looked at Glace Bay with different eye,
visualizing office buildings and homes on vacant lots. It was exciting and it was frustrating. Her dreams were there, but she had
no money to carry them out. TSSD: 46 Her dreams become an obsession that always shadows her life. A
desire to have a land becomes bigger. Lately, she will make her dream comes true when she meets with Charles Cohn, a new boarder who will
give Lara a lots of information about real estate and a man who will help her to put her first building up. This man is an executive who comes to
Glace Bay to find land where he can put up a building there. Knowing this, Lara feels surprised, and then she tries to help this man by looking land.
Finally, she finds a land owned by Sean MaCallister, after several conversations finally they find a deal that Lara got the land and she has to
finish to build the building there in six month, if not the land including the building will belong to Sean MaCallister.
73 There’s a clause in there that stipulates that the building must be
completed by December 31
st
, or title reverts to the bank. In other words, the building will belong to McAllister, and my company
will become his tenant. You forfeit the deal and are still obligated to repay the loan with interest. Ask him to change that.’ TSSD:
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Lara is just like a star in Glace Bay, after finishing one building she
never stop after it. She gets her success in Glace Bay then she decides to move to Chicago where she thinks that in this place she will find another
success. She has many ideas about real estate and how makes an old building becomes luxurious. It happens when finally she arrives in
Chicago. Here, she finds that all building including hotel, pub, bar are in less of completeness. Then with three million dollars that she brings from
Glace Bay she wants to buy one of building in Chicago and want to make it better. Unfortunately, all people in Chicago are underestimating her that
she will get nothing with three million dollars in Chicago, because all of the buildings in this place are very expensive to buy. But Lara never feels
to give up so soon, and then she tries to take a loan from bank to help her to buy a building. Here, she meets Howard Keller, a vice president of one
bank in Chicago. Lara tells everything about the price and the condition that she meets in Chicago, she also begs him to help her to give a loan. But
Howard does nothing, he just gives her an advice that it will be good for her to find an old hotel then she can buy it and tries to remodel it.
‘I would suggest that, instead you find an old hotel in a good location and remodel it. There are a lot of run down hotels that can
be bought at a low figure. Your three million dollars would be enough equity for a down payment. TSSD: 75
74 Lara feels surprised with Howard’s idea; she thinks that it was a
great idea that she has to fulfill. Then she moves to Delaware, one country in Chicago to find an old hotel which she can buy and remodel it. Finally,
she finds the hotel. She looks around at the hotel, she watches, thinks and says that she has to buy it; she will remodel and makes it better than
before. Lara got in the elevator. It was slowly and antiquated. I’ll have it
redone , Lara thought. And I’ll put a mural inside. In her mind she
was already beginning to decorate the hotel. TSSD: 77 Lara is really impressed with the hotel and she wants to buy it. She
feels that she wants it more than anything. He grinned at her,’ you really going to buy this joint’
‘Yes’, Lara said. I’m really going to buy this joint. TSSD: 77 Diamond was asking too much for the hotel, but she wanted it. She
wanted it more than anything she had ever wanted in her life. TSSD: 80
2. Inferiority Feeling and Compensation
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