5 To do this research, the researcher uses some theories related to the study
that the researcher conducts. The theories used are Theory of Character, Theory of Characterization, Theory of Personality, Theory of Motivation, and Psychological
Approach. In the Theory of Character and Characterization, it will talk about the character that is written in the story to know what kind of persons there are in the
story. In the Theory of Personality, it will talk about a psychophysical system that determine the character’s behavior. Theory of Motivation is about
the needs or wants that drive people to do such behaviors Nevid: 2013
. It means that people have the goal of achieving a desired impression. Besides, the researcher also uses
an approach to analyze the study. The approach that the researcher uses is Psychological Approach.
B. Objective of the Study
The aim of the study is to find and reveal the motivation of one’s crucial
decision as seen in Jamal Malik, the main character of Simon Beaufoy’s Slumdog Millionaire.
C. Problem Formulations
This study is directed by these research questions: 1.
How is Jamal Malik described in the script of the movie? 2.
What is Jamal Malik’s motivation in joining the quiz of Who Wants to be a Millionaire
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D. Definition of Terms
In this part, here are some terms of the research that will ease the reader to understand the content.
1. Motivation
According to Petri 1981, motivation is the concept to describe the forces acting or within an individual to start and direct behavior p. 3. In this study,
motivation refers to surface and deeper meaning of Jamal Malik’s motivation in joining Who Wants to be a Millionaire.
2. Slumdog
According to UN-HABITAT 2007, the term “slum” is used in the report
to describe a wide range of low-income settlements and poor human living conditions. In 1820s, the word slum is to identify the poorest quality housing and
the dirtiest conditions. Besides, it is also a refugee for marginal activities including crime, vice and drug abuse. In this study, Jamal Malik, who is the main
character of the movie, is living in a slum area until he joins the Who Wants to be a Millionaire
quiz.
3. Who Wants to be a Millionaire
Who Wants to be a Millionaire is a syndicated television quiz program
which airing thirty minutes in length. People must go through an audition process to become the contestants. For each episode of the program, the producer will
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CHAPTER II REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE
This chapter discusses the theories that are used to analyze the topic of this study. It is divided into four parts. The first part is Review of Related Theories that
consists of Theory of Character, Theory of Characterization, Theory of Personality, Theory of Motivation, and Psychological Approach. The second part
is Review of Theoretical Framework that will explain the theories that are used to analyze the formulated problems of the study. The third part is Criticism which
provides a review of another study by a critic. The fourth part is the Context of The Script.
A. Review of Related Theories
There are several theories that will be discussed here. Those are Theory of Character, Theory of Characterization, Theory of Personality, Theory of
Motivation, and Psychological Approach.
1. Character
A character is very important in every literary work. According to Abrams 1999, characters are the people or persons represented in a dramatic or narrative
work and are interpreted by the readers as giving such a moral and expressive qualities expressed through the dialogue and action p. 32.
9 Stanton 1965 states that character is used in two ways; it points out on the
individual appears in the story like the total number of characters there and it refers to the mixture of interests, desires, emotions, and moral that makes up each
of the person p. 17. From that, it can present the characters to the readers through the story so that the readers can describe the characters.
Henkle 1977 divides characters into major and secondary characters. The major character is the character who deserves the reader’s attention. A story can
be effective depend on the major character who can express and dramatize the story. To a great extent, major characters are created because only they are given
attention to present convincing dramatizations of the human issues of the story. On the other hand, secondary character is a character who performs in limited
functions. The function of the secondary character is to populate the world of the story. The readers discover what the time and society are situated by observing the
secondary character. Generally, a secondary character is a character who helps the major character. They bring out into the open crucial elements of the predicament
of the major character. Besides, a secondary character is not as important as the major character pp. 92-94.
E. M. Forster, in Aspects of the Novel 1927 , in Henkle’s 1977, introduces
two kinds of characters. The first is a flat character and the second is round character. A flat character is a character presented without many details and can be
described just in a single phrase or sentence. Round character is a character that is more complex in mood and motivation. It is difficult to describe it as a person in
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