Idealistic The characteristic of Sebastian Rodrigues

30 the basic instinct that needs to be fulfilled by human without considering the reality. While the ego helps human fulfill his or her needs through the reality and it op erates according to the reality principles. In Rodrigues‟ case, the ego works well because the ego works through the environment and reality that happened in the Rodrigues‟ life. He wants to save Christians from persecution and from punishment, by making himself as a traitor of faith. How his foot aches And then the Christ in bronze speaks to the priest: „Trample Trample I more than anyone know of the pain in your foot. Trample It was to be trampled on by men that I was born into this world. It was to share men‟s pain that I carried my cross‟p.98 Rodrigues knew that as a religious leader he must give a good example for the people. This makes sense for him because he must face the reality and the idealism of faith. Rodrigues plays himself as Jesus, what Jesus will do if He faces the event like him. In the other hand, Rodrigues remembers about hundreds of Christian martyrs who sacrifice their life to keep the faith. Rodrigues, as a young priest has a good perception about his mission. He is very sure that his trip will be blessed by God, and that God will protect them from any difficulties. Rodrigues‟ thought that martyrdom is a kind of privilege for those who want to be a warrior for Catholic faith. Actually, in the seminary Rodrigues also had taught about this how glorious to be a martyr by his teacher, Ferreira. Unfortunately, Rodrigues also disappointed because Ferreiara had apostate his faith. Adair 2006 states that motivation creates the reasons of why an individual reacts, neither negatively nor positively. Rodrigues starts to question 31 his faith when he has seen suffering and persecution toward the Christians by Japanese government. They also force to apostasy their faith. What he has seen made him doubt about the existence of God, The Almighty. It can be seen in page 96: I supposed I should simply cast from my mind these meaningless words of the coward; yet why does his plaintive voice pierce my breast with all the pain of a sharp needle? Why has Our Lord imposed this torture and this persecution on poor Japanese peasants? No, Kichijiro was trying to express something different, something even more sickening. The silence of God. Already twenty years have passed since the persecution broke out; the black soil of Japan has been filled with the lament of so many Christians; the red blood of priests has flowed profusely; and in the face of this terrible and merciless sacrifice offered up to Him, God has remained silent. This was the problem that lay behind the plaintive question of Kichijiro.

2. True Meaning Id

The deeper meaning of Sebastian Rod rigues’ decision to convert to Buddhism can be seen after the readers read the novel completely. It means that the decision of Rodrigues can be explained not only by showing the meaning of what the character says, but also it can be explained from the motivation of the character. I n explaining the deeper meaning of Rodrigues‟ decision, we can analyze from the character’s do and say. In order to reveal the true meaning, the researcher used motivation theory from Freud 1958 and Jung 1978.In the beginning of the story, we must know first that Rodrigues‟ mission come to Japan is not to baptize people or spreading gospel throughout the islands. His mission and the only mission is to find his