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CHAPTER II REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE
This chapter consists of three sections. They are review of related studies, review of related theories, and theoretical framework. In the review of related
studies, the researcher reviews some of the criticisms of the novel. The review of related theories is used to review the theories which are directly relevant to the
study. The last part is the theoretical framework. In this part, the researcher states the contribution of the theories and reviews in answering the research questions of
the study.
A. Review of Related Studies
Facing the Giants
is a motivating novel. It shows how a football coach is able to motivate his team that has never won a single game in six years. There are
very hard processes that are done by the coach and his football team. Finally, at the end of the novel, the coach succeeds in bringing his team to become a winner.
They have done very hard works in reaching their victory. Therefore, this novel is very interesting to discuss. There are some people who have criticized this novel.
The first criticism was written by Jessica Lu. It was written on June 10
th
2013. Jessica analyzed the value of the novel. Jessica said that the novel gave some motivating lessons for her. The motivating lessons were about faith and
attitude. After reading
F acing the Giants,
Jessica said that people should prepare the fields as an act of faith for the rain. It means that people should have faith that
God always has uniquely pre-wired each child with special gifts, talents and PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI
8 passions so that the best thing will happen in His time. In her criticism, she also
said that she learnt about attitude. As human beings, people should not judge others‟
actions and
judge ourselves
by our
intentions http:www.goodreads.comreviewshow637843285.
Another criticism was written by Marella L. Barcelon in the analysis forum of
Facing the Giants.
The discussion is about the definition of leadership. Marella L. Barcelon discussed about the developing leaders for the community. In the
discussion, she stated that leadership is the process of influencing the followers of the leader to achieve their goal through changes. She analyzed a part which Grant
Taylor helped his team in changing their perspective of always winning https:prezi.com1dhptud5j5e4analysis-facing-the-giants.
Based on the explanations above, those two critics have their criticisms about this novel which are about the value of the novel and the definition of
leadership. Additionally, there is no student of Sanata Dharma University who has conducted a research on this novel. Therefore, in this study, the researcher
analyzes an aspect of how Grant Taylor‟s personality influences on his football
team‟s motivation as seen in this novel.
B. Review of Related Theories
In conducting this study, the researcher needs some theories to support the analysis in order to answer the two research questions. They are theory of
character, theory of characterization, theory of personality, theory of personal development, theory of motivation and theory of needs.
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