4.1.6. An Optimist
Paulo is an optimistic person. He always believes and relies on his ability. He never gives up. He has a positive thinking to face any situations. He believes that he
has done everything to seek his guardian angel. If he thinks he can, he will do it. He believes that the moment conversing with his guardian angel will really happen, he
can make it real. He had already met two of the three conditions, and almost failed with
regard to the third–the simplest of them But his angels protection had prevailed, and, during the channeling…ah, how good it was to have learned
to converse with the angels Now he knew that he would be able to see his angel, because he had met the third condition.
“I broke a pact. I accepted forgiveness. And, today, I made a bet. I have faith, and I believe,” he said. “I believe that Valhalla knows the method for
seeing ones angel.” Paulos eyes were shining. There would be no nocturnal walks, no insomnia
tonight. He was absolutely certain that he was going to see his angel. 183- 184
From the quotation above, Paulo never feels hopeless. He believes that Valhalla and many kinds of rituals will help him to see his guardian angel. This
characteristic of Paulo can be seen through his thought that believes in his dream. In addition, there are some characterizations that are analyzed based on the
Paulo’s past life. Those Paulo’s characterizations are related to the dark life of Paulo. Paulo was a hippie and an infidel. He was known as a Beast follower. Now, the
researcher is going to analyze the character of Paulo in his past dark-life.
4.1.7. A Hippie
During the ritual in the abandoned gold mine, Valhalla opens the Paulo’s past life moments. He remembers that he was a hippie. He lives nomadic because he
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leaves his family to roams. In his past life, Paulo and his friend named Argelia, are hippies in Rio de
Janeiro before he works at recording studio. He always learns about rituals of magic. He believes that his succeed is the result of his spiritual search. It can be proved by
the quotation below. His character as a hippie can be seen through his Past Life. She looked at him, not understanding. Two years earlier, they had been two
hippies, without a cent to their name, and now his songs were being heard all over the country. He was at the peak of success–even though few people
knew his name; and he had been saying that it was all the result of the rituals, the occult studies, and the power of magic. 108
4.1.8. An Infidel
Besides his past life as a hippie, he does not believe in God. He has done everything as called for by the Beast’s follower because he only believes in his
magical power, his capability to learn magic, his ability in doing something strange to support his daily life. On the other word, he can be called as an infidel person. ”He
left the shower again, checking whether the dizziness and the black hole were still there. He had done everything as called for by the Beasts followers.” 108
His character as an infidel can be seen through his Past Life. Forster 1974: 63-64, 53-54 classifies characters into two types, flat or
static character and round or dynamic character. Based on the Forster’s theory, Paulo is regarded as a round character. In his past life, Paulo was a hipppie and
infidel. He had done everything as called for by the Beast’s follower. He did many rituals to support his daily life till something terrible happened in his apartment.
He felt so dizzy, he heard invisible things laughing, he seen a black hole in the middle of his room. At that time, he felt that he would die. He tried to pray to
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God. He begged for forgiveness. He offered God anything in return to the salvation of his souls. He offered God his lives, or everything he owned to get the
forgiveness. He made a kind of pact, moreover trade. There had been a trade and the punishment was severe. He lost his friends, his security, and his desire to go
on living. However, God was generous, and allowed him to rebuild his life. Some years later after that horrible moment, he met Chris and married her. He is a
loving husband. The curse also affects his relationship with Chris. Chris thinks that Paulo is a mysterious man, who learns magic, and an adventure, who leaves
everything behind. He really loves his wife and does not want to fall apart with her. One day, he met a mysterious master named J. Paulo respects his master. Paulo believes that
his master can give him a solution to break the curse. J. gives his disciple to find his guardian angel. Paulo believes that he can find his guardian angel to break the curse. He
tends to grow, develop and change. In his life, Paulo has many problems and experiences which finally change his life. He has developed from the beginning
until the end of the story.
4.2 Paulo’s Motivations to Seek His Guardian Angel 4.2.1 Paulo’s Intrinsic Motivation
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