1.6 Definition of the Terms
There are some important terms in this study. Those terms are explained to make the study easier to understand and to avoid the misunderstanding of the
meaning. 1.6.1
Autism Autism is “a severe mental illness that affects children and prevents them
from communicating with other people” Longman 115. One of the basic causes of this disorder is asperger’s syndrome. This syndrome causes children to have
difficulties to communicate with other people and to express their feeling because they do not understand emotions and feeling. They are unable to express apart
from basic emotions like laughing and crying. According to Robledo and Ham- Kurcharski autism is a neurobiological disorder. This disorder makes children
usually manifest themselves in their toddler years. In this year, children usually indulge in imaginative play. This condition causes children to have difficulty in
communicating and interacting with others 1-2. 1.6.2
Motivation Petri explains the meaning of motivation. He states that motivation
influences someone’s behavior because motivation is the basic concept of someone’s behavior. He says motivation is “…the concept we use when we
describe the forces acting on or within an organism to initiate and direct behavior” 3. On the other hand, in this study motivation means a process, “the
corresponding process” Bootzin, Loftus, Zajonc 385. They note that motivation
accumulates in psyche energy. Psyche energy operates in the id. Hence, it means that motivation operates in the id.
1.6.3 Motive Motive means, “the reason that makes someone do something, especially
when this reason is kept hidden” Longman 1182. In addition, motive means, “the property that organizes behavior and defines it end states” Bootzin, Loftus,
Zajonc 385. An end state is “the goal or satisfaction of some need” 385. They state that motive also accumulates in the id. In this study motives mean the hidden
reasons that content of forces and aims. 1.6.4 Character
According to Abrams 20 character is a person who is presented in the story. Readers interpret a character as having certain characteristics, which are
expressed in what they say or dialogue and what they do or action.
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