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3.2 Buddy Pancake
Buddy Pancake is typical American guy of a middle class who works as a loan officer in one of bank office in Louisville downtown. Because his last name is the
same with the name of the type of cake, new people who know him would make jokes about his last name, but now he got used to it. With all his weakness, the one
who can make him proud is only his wife, Melissa or he usually called her Lissie. According to Buddy, Lissie is very beautiful, nice and perfect for him. But although
Buddy already had Lissie, in fact he often daydreaming about a movie star named Jinny Kidwell. Jinny is an ideal type of woman for Buddy.
Theres no way he can hide his contempt. But I stand behind my belief that few men on earth would have turned down an afternoon delight with Jinny
Kidwell, with or without the money Locke, 2011: 81
In excerpt above, Buddy thought every men would knelt down in front of Jinny Kidwell and can do anything to get along with her. He really admired on Jinny but he
could not tell about his obsession on Jinny to his wife because that was only on his imagination. Due to his obsession with the movie star, sometimes under his
conscious, Buddy often thought that Lissie was Jinny. Buddy ever caught calling Jinny name when he was with Lissie that made her suspicious and mad on him.
Despite his obsession with Jinny Kidwell so huge but Buddy is also a type of husband who really loves his wife. He always feels guilty after he realized had
daydreaming about Lissie as Jinny. Sometimes he also feels like cheating on Lissie just because thinking about Jinny Kidwell, who only he saw on TV.
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Hugo asks “What‟s the most important thing in the world to you?” Then
He sees my expression.“That‟s right, Buddy. We can do whatever we want
to your precious Lissie. Anytime we want. And don‟t forget it.” Locke, 2011 : 113
Lissie is the biggest weakness and most important thing in the world to Buddy. He will do anything to protect Lissie from Wish List agent and does not want
Lissie involved because of him. Buddy immediately accepted the offer from Wish List agents after they threatened to endanger Lissie
‟s life if their demands were not granted. After escaping from the Wish List, Buddy also wanted to come clean and
confess his sins to Lissie. And for the sake of his wife, Buddy disappeared from Lissie‟s life so Lissie no longer involved with Wish List agents.
Buddy‟s professional life is not that good.Buddy worked under the leadership of Mr. Oglethorpe which he is a boss who does not have a heart. He works always
like a nightmare every time Mr. Oglethorpe treated him unfairly. Buddy always complain with the results that he got for not comparable to what he did.
Its early March, and were three underachievers, soft, wimpy, mind- management worker bee, sitting in the basement of my split-level ranch, in
the room I like to call my office. Lock, 2011: 9
In this excerpt clearly seen that Buddy never satisfied with his job. He complained about his work office, his workmates who only can silent when they
treated unfair by their boss and also because he always will be a worker bee for his boss, Mr. Oglethorpe. He wondered why his boss always treats him bad and also
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threatened to fire Buddy every time like it is a joke for him. That reasons enough makes Buddy hates his boss so much.
Buddy is kind of spiteful guy. The cunning of Mr. Oglethorpe that Buddy hates the most is when his boss is always stealing the customers that have been
painstakingly acquired by his employees. He will take over all the customers after his employees completing half of their work. His frustration reached the top when the
day Mr. Oglethorpe gave command to Buddy to find customers who want the keep their money as much as three million dollars. Buddy assumes it is an oppression to
him because his boss threatened to fire him from his job if he can not get the customer immediately.
Buddy has drinking friends name Mike and Richie. When they gather, they always talk about girls because Buddy‟s friends do not marry yet. Mike is so envy
with him because the careless man like Buddy can marry a woman who is pretty and kind like Lissie. Buddy is a man who open and believe in his friends. It was shown
when Buddy told only to Mike and Richie about his obsession with Jinny Kidwell. From the analysis of character above can be concluded that Buddy is kind of
careless guy who really love and care with his wife but also has obsesses with a movie star named Jinny Kidwell. He is the type who works half-hearted in his job just
because he is really hates his boss. He was really proud when he succeed made his boss ashamed because of
Buddy‟s arrogant attitude.
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3.3 The Effect of Wish List in Buddy’s Life
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