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Sophie could not imagine that only yesterday she had felt so alone in the world. And now, some how, in this foreign place, in the company of three
people she barely knew, she felt at last that she was home. 475 Having a family is important needs. If we do not know who is our family,
we will lack of affection, love, and attention. Here Sophie finds her family and she gets love from her grandmother and her brother. Jacques Sauniere wants to fulfill
Sophie’s needs of love, especially love from her family.
4.3.3 Fulfilling Sophie’s Self Esteem Needs
In this novel, Sophie only knows that her only family is her grandfather, Jacques Sauniere. Her parents passed away in a car accident when she was in four
years old. Since that time, she was living with her grandfather. In the end of the story, when Sophie met her grandmother, she told Sophie what had happened.
In the story Marie Chauvel, Sophie grandmother told that the night before Sophie’s parents got an accident, they planned to take a vacation. Fortunately,
they changed the plan. Sophie’s parents went without their children. When they got the accident, Jacques Sauniere told the police that Sophie’s grandmother and
brother are also is the car. Later on, they are underground with the Priory, while Sophie and Sauniere stay in Paris. It is hard being separated from the family.
Jacques and Marie only met infrequently Sophie now understands why Sauniere wanted her to meet her grandmother,
and she has to break sequence riddles set by him. Incredibly, both had been from Merovingian families-direct descendants of
Mary Magdalene and Jesus Christ. Sophie’s parents and ancestors for protection, had changed their names of Plantard and Saint Clair. Their
children represented the most direct surviving royal bloodline and therefore PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI
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were carefully guarded by the Priory. When Sophie’s parents were killed in a car accident whose cause could not be determined, the Priory feared the
identity of the royal line had been discovered. 476
Jacques Sauniere’s motivation is to fulfill Sophie self esteem needs. We will be proud if we know who we are; where we are from, who are our parents,
moreover if we come from unordinary people, like Sophie. “Sophie....” her grandfather said on the machine. “I have been waiting for
years to tell you. Waiting for the right moment, but now time has run out. Call me at the Louvre. As may be in danger. Theres so much you need to
know.” 83
On the other hand, Jacques Sauniere actually wants to fill his needs. Leaving by her grandaughter makes him feel alone. He wants to repair the ten
year bad relationship with his grandaughter. By telling the truth, he wishes Sophie could understand and make his relationship well.
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CHAPTER V CONCLUSION
This last chapter serves as the closures of the whole study. It includes the conclusion and suggestion. The conclusion concerns with the answer of the
formulated problems. The suggestion concerns the implementation of literary work in language teaching.
5.1 Conclusion
Based on the discussion in previous chapter, this study concludes that: first Jacques Sauniere is an old loving French man. He is a tough person who never
give up easily. On the other hand, he is a melancholic. In the meantime, Sophie Neveu is a middle age woman. She works for
DCPJ Direction Centrale de la Police Judiciaire in Paris. She is beautiful, smart, and curious. On the other side, she is stubborn.
The last conclusion deals with the Jacques Sauniere’s motivation for writing his last message. In this study we can see that Jacques Sauniere wants to
fulfill Sophie’s safety needs, belonging and love needs, and self esteem needs. Those three needs are actually Jaques Saunieres needs. By giving those
three needs Jacques Saunieres hopes that he could repair his ten year bad relationship with Sophie.
