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needs. In this study, the researcher uses the theory of motivation to find out the needs, interests, and desires which motivate Nyai Ontosoroh breaking her roles as
Sanikem through her behaviour as a strong and independent nyai. The theory of needs is used to find out whether Nyai Ontosoroh has already got her needs
fulfilled or not. The last one is the theory of psychology which is used to analyse the motivation changing in Nyai Ontosoroh.
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CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
This part consists of three parts. They are object of the study, approach of the study, and method of the study. Object of the study explains the description of
the novel studied. Approach of the study elaborates a psychological approach discussed in the study. The method of the study explains the procedures of
analysing the study.
A. Object of the Study
This Earth of Mankind is the object of this study. It was written in 1975 by Pramoedya Ananta Toer, one of the Indonesian famous authors. It was released
for the first time in Bahasa Indonesia version at 1980. The book was translated by Max Lane from the original language and the original title Bumi Manusia in 1981.
In this study, the researcher uses the English translation version by Max Lane. The English version of this novel was first published in Australia by Penguin Book
Australia Ltd at 1982. This novel consists of 368 pages and it is divided into twenty chapters.
This novel tells about Minke, a young intelligent Javanese student who lives in Java among the colonists and colonised in the late nineteenth century. He
is desperately in love with Annelies Mellema, a mix Dutch-Native Indonesian lady. In this novel, there is also a character named Nyai Ontosoroh, a Javanese
who becomes a Dutch concubine, who is also a mother of Annelies and later
