4 conversation of other character about the main character, and the way of
thinking portrayal of thought stream or of conscious thought. para. 18 There are some reasons why the writer chooses those three theories. First,
the writer applies the hierarchy of human needs because this novel talks about the needs of a person who wanted to fulfill the needs in her life. Second, by analyzing
the reaction, conversation, and the way of thinking of the main character, the writer wants to
give the detail of Lynette’s struggle or the effort to fulfill the needs that she has not get yet.
B. Problem Formulation
Considering the objective of this study, there are some questions that are going to be answered in this thesis as follows:
1. How is Lynette, the main character in Some Other Summer, characterized?
2. What is Lynette motivation to fulfill her needs?
C. Problem Limitation
To limit the scope of the discussion in this study, the writer will only be focused on the main character in Some Other Summer. The writer will focus on
the Lynette’s motivation to fulfill the needs of her life. By understanding the characterization of the main character in this novel, the writer expects to be able to
get the message that the author wanted to convey. The writer will try to reveal the way of the author to show Lynette’s motivation to fulfill the deficit needs that
emerge in her life.
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D. Objectives of the Study
In this thesis, the writer tries to focus on the way of the main character in Some Other Summer solving her problem through her action. It means that the
writer intend to find out the way of Lynette as the main character to fulfill her needs by giving the detail written in the novel. Every reaction, conversation,
behavior, and the way of thinking of Lynette that are related to the theory will be used as the evidence to show her struggle to fulfill her needs. It will be the detail
of Lynette’s desire which drives her behavior to fulfill the needs in her life.
E. Benefits of the Study
This thesis will help the reader to understand the deficit level of needs that Lynette has in her life in Some Other Summer. Reader can also learn to adapt the
hierarchy of human needs to get better understanding in reading novel. The writer expects that the reader will get a better understanding on literary work. This thesis
can also be such kind of references for other students in literary study.
F. Definition of Terms
In analyzing Some Other Summer in this thesis, there are some key terms that will be explained in this section. The objective is to avoid any
misinterpretation or misunderstanding that might happen when the reader reads this thesis. Hopefully, by giving the explanation of some key terms, reader can get
a better understanding existentialism that is revealed through the characterization of the characters. The following key terms are described in general way. The
6 definitions of some terms that can help reader to get a better understanding in
reading this study are as follows: 1.
Character The word character derives from the Greek verb charassein, meaning to
mark with a cut or furrow. Baker, 2001 According to Webber 2006, “An individual’s character is that person’s collection of character traits and
these can be defined as relatively stable dispositions to think, feel, and behave in
certain ways in certain situations.” According to Abrams 1981: 20, character is the person presented in a dramatic or narrative work, who
is represented by the reader as being endowed with moral and disposition qualities that are expressed in what the character says the dialogue and
what the character does the action. as cited in Wijaya, 2008, p. 10 In this study, character refers to Lynette’s moral and disposition qualities.
2. Characterization
Deborah Cannon 2004 stated that characterization is the human qualities that we ascribe to a person: age, intelligence, sex, mannerisms, and speech
patterns. It is all about the traits that make somebody unique. Characterization, according to Rohrberger and Woods 1971: 20, is the
process by which an author creates a character. as cited in Wijaya, 2008, p. 12 In this study, characterization refers to Lynette’s personal
description, character as seen by others, speech, conversation of others, reaction, direct comment, thoughts, and mannerism.
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Motivation Based on oxford dictionary, motivation means a reason or reasons for
doing something “motivation”. Petri 1981 stated that motivation is the
concept we use when we describe the forces acting on or within an organism to initiate and direct behavior para. 3.
In-depth discussion of this theory will be presented in chapter two which is review of related literature.
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CHAPTER II REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE
