Serious and Purposeful Melancholic
The next clue that shows Hiccup’s compulsive side is when he is doing his
final test. The final test is that their dragons have to hunt for fish in the sea and collect as many as they can. Hiccup does not believe that Toothess will hunt several
fish for him. So
,
when Toothless brings some fish for him, he reacts with “This is
too good to be true”. It seems that Hiccup does not believe in what happens to him. He is very excited knowing that his goal will be achieved soon. Moreover, his
excitements can be seen through his following sentence which is “In about half an
hour, I, Hiccup, will become a fully paid-up member of the Hairy Hooligan tribe ”
p. 117 - 118. From the sentence, it shows how excited Hiccup is while waiting for
half an hour to be the official member of his tribe. Therefore, knowing Hiccup’s
excitements shows how important this moment is for Hiccup. After half an hour he
can be the member of Hairy Hooligan and his change in social status makes him very compulsive to achieve his goal.
[Excerpt 21] JUST ONCE, yelled Hiccup. Why couldnt you let me be a Hero JUST
ONCE? I didnt want anything amazing, just to pass this STUPID TEST so I could become a proper Viking like everybody else. Thors thunder boomed
and crackled above him blackly. OKAY, THEN, screamed Hiccup, HIT ME with your stupid lightning. Just do something to show youre thinking
about me AT ALL. p.126
The last clue is when he fails the final test because their dragons fight one another and the boys cannot stop them. The boys will be exiled the day after
tomorrow because the weather that day is bad and full with storm. Hiccup cannot take the result well. He is very disappointed and sad. He has been thrown out by his
own father. Moreover. knowing his father put the laws first than his son makes Hiccup’s emotion becomes worst. Therefore, Hiccup cannot hold his anger and yell
it out, “JUST ONCE, yelled Hiccup. Why couldnt you let me be a Hero JUST
ONCE? I didnt want anything amazing, just to pass this STUPID TEST so I could become a proper Viking like everybody else” p. 126. From the sentence, it shows
how important this test is and shows how Hiccup desperately wants to be a hero
even though just for one time. He yells to Thor belief as a God for Vikings. He says he
does not want anything amazing, but passing the final test. He is really disappointed with the result. It shows how desperately he wants to change his social
status. The clue is that when Hiccup has to yell to Thor. He complains why He can let Hiccup just to be a hero and pass the final test and become like everybody else.
Beside those characteristics, Hiccup also shows some other characteristics too. The writer only found less than three clues in each characteristic. That is why
the writer did not mention the characteristic which has less than three clues as characteristics of the dominant personality. The characteristics which have less than
three clues are; analytical, indecisive, does not hold grudges, dampens enthusiasm, has false humility, sarcastic and teasing, not exciting, low key personality, patient
and well-balanced.