e. Conversation of Others
The author gives readers
clues to a character’ s characteristics through a
conversation between a character with another character. Readers need to pay attention toward the conversation between those characters to be able to
understand what is meant or what is implied from the conversation.
f. Reaction
The character shows her his characteristic from her reaction to various situations and events.
g. Direct Comment
This characterization is done by giving readers direct opinion about a
character’ s characteristics.
h. Thoughts
Readers follow the inner life and the thinking process of a character and
examine the character’ s
ideas.
i. Mannerism
The author may describe the charac
ter’ s ma
nnerism and habit that represents their characteristics.
To analyze the characteristic of Kemal Basmaci, the writer applies five out of the nine theories by M.J. Murphy. Those five ways are character as seen by
another, speech, reaction, thought, and mannerism. PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI
2. Theory of Obsessive Love
Obsessive love is a form of an unhealthy love that actually can not be
categorized as “love”. While the core of “love” should be mutual respect, trust,
friendship, and other positive elements, in the heart of obsessive love, there are fear, the need to possess, the desire to control, and other negative elements
Andersen, Lene. “Overcoming Obsessive Love: An Interview with Eileen Bailey”.
http:www.healthcentral.comrheumatoidarthritisc8010648097 love .
Due to the very different nature between “love” and obsessive love, obsessors
always display certain attitude and behaviour that are not present in the case of
“love”, th
us serving as the symptoms of obsessive love.
a. The Symptoms of Obsessive Love
In this part, the writer explains about the theory on obsessive love, especially about the symptoms and its possible causes. The symptoms analyzed
later serve as a way to answer the second problem formulation being the reflection
of Kemal Basmaci’ s obsessive love depicted in his attitude and behavior and the third problem formulation being the possible causes of Kemal Basmaci’ s
obsessive love. As discussed in the first chapter, obsessive love is entirely
different from “love” itself. In fact, it is
driven by fear and it is merely an obsession either to possess an object of obsession or to be possessed by an object
of obsession. Therefore, the obsessors exhibit some symptoms in the form of their attitude and behavior Peabody, 2005: 37-55.
i. Love at First Sight
According to Susan Peabody in her book titled Addiction To Love: Overcoming Obsession and Dependency in Relationships, obsessessor
“has inner compulsion, that is th
e need to connect with someone
immediately” Peabody, 2005: 37. From
the quotation it is understood that although human, as a social creature always feel the need to bond and
to have a relationship with others, the need is different between healthy people to obsessors. Healthy people take time to build a relationship, while
obsessors are impatient to be close to someone even though they do not really know the person. Obsessors often feel an immediate rapport with a
complete stranger and confuse love with infatuation. Therefore, the so
called “love at first sight” is actually a mere infatuation, lust, and attraction to other people, especially one’ s physical beauty and charm Peabody,
2005: 37-38.
ii. Exaggerated Fear in Relationship
The core p
roblem of obsessive love lies deep in the obsessors’ heart and
mind. Obsessors almost always have tremendous fear related to their love relationship. This fear is mostly a result of childhood trauma, in that
obsessors face loneliness, abandonment, rejection, and deprivation. The exaggerated fear may take some forms such as feeling terrified of breaking
up, feeling afraid of being alone without a relationship, feeling unable to leave an unhealthy relationship, feeling as if they can not survive as an
individual, and feeling overly anxious regarding the progress and continuity of the relationship Peabody, 2005: 43-45. Feeling deeply
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