trouble. In this study, the researcher focuses on describing the conflict faced by Jonathan.
He is a seagull which does not believe in physical limitation. He enjoys flying because he loves to fly and learns not only to fly but also to share the
experience for those he cares about. Jonathan has a personal conflict that is interesting to analyze. He has his own way to solve his personal conflict. This study
tries to analyze the character of Jonathan in resolving his own conflict in his life. To analyze the conflict faced by Jonathan, first of all, the researcher analyzes the
character of Jonathan, then knowing his characteristic. Afterwards, the researcher states to examine the conflicts faced by Jonathan and how he solves his conflicts.
Richard Bach created Jonathan as a seagull who loves to learn about fly and life and self-perfection. The atmosphere that is created in the novel describes the
conflicts faced by Jonathan as a young seagull who wants to express his ability, his willingness and his belief.
B. Approach of the Study
To analyze the influence of Jonathan’s character on resolving his personal conflict, the researcher will use the psychological approach to get a better
understanding of character in Jonathan Livingston Seagull. By using the psychological approach, the writer can analyze and notice the characteristic of the
character itself such as mind, behavior, and appearance. Through the psychological approach, the researcher can analyze Jonathan’s character when facing a conflict in
his relation with others. For that reason, the writer applied the psychological approach in this study.
C.G. Jung states, “The psychological mode works with material drawn from man’s conscious life with crucial experiences, suffering passion, and the stuff of
human fate in general” 89. From the statement above, the researcher knows that the psychological approach is suitable to be applied in this study to analyze the
character and the conflict resolutions faced by the main character
C. Method of the Study
The method of the study used in this study was library research. Here, the researcher gathered the data by taking some important notes, reading books, and
doing research in analyzing the novel. The primary sources gathered from the deep analysis of the novel, Jonathan Livingston Seagull. Other sources such as the
psychology approaches, theory of character, theory of characterization, theory of conflicts, theory of conflict resolutions and theory of managing conflicts became the
secondary sources. In conducting this study, the researcher took some steps. The first step was
reading the novel, Jonathan Livingston Seagull, many times. Therefore, the researcher got better understanding about the story in the novel. For the first time,
the researcher read the novel without any pauses. After that, the writer kept reading the novel, yet in this section the writer reread the novel and underlined some
important things. The aim was to formulate the problems of the study. Next was formulating the problems in the study.
The researcher was interested in Jonathan’s character, a young seagull that preferred to learn about life and flight rather than to catch food. In defending his
willingness, Jonathan faced by some conflicts. Since the writer interested in
analyzing the conflict faced by the main character in the novel, Jonathan, it was an obligatory for the writer to analyze the character of Jonathan in the novel. After
analyzing the character, the writer continued the study in analyzing the conflicts. In formulating the problem formulation, the researcher made three
questions. The first question was about Jonathan’s character. The second question was about the conflict faced by Jonathan. The third question was about the
influence of Jonathan’s character in resolving his personal conflict. The researcher used psychological approach in analyzing the novel as the method. The method was
proposed by Rohrberger and Wood’s in their book, Reading and Writing about Literature. To answer the questions formulated in the problem formulation, the
researcher collected data from library and browsed in the internet to enrich the information needed. After those steps done, the writer concluded the result of the
analysis of problem formulation.
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