24 managing our emotions. It is necessary for a person to manage hisher feelings
when heshe has a conflict because when a person cannot manage the emotion, heshe cannot have rational mind to solve the problem. Therefore, managing
emotion can help a person to solve a problem well. It is supported by Beebe, Beebe, and Redmond 1996, who state “expressing our feelings in an emotional
outburst may make us feel better for the moment but it may close the door to logical, rational negotiation” p.315.
The second way is to manage information. Beebe, Beebe, and Redmond 1996 elaborate that in managing information, a person should have a detailed
explanation of “the conflict in chronological order, narrow the subject of the conflict, keep other-oriented, understand others first than to be understood”
pp.320-321. The third management conflict is to manage the goals. In order to solve the problem, a person should have understood the clear goal of solving the
problem. Beebe, Beebe, and Redmond 1996 state in managing conflict, a person should have “an understanding of these goals and to identify where they overlap”
p.323. The last conflict management according to Beebe, Beebe, and Redmond 1996 is managing the problems. In order to be able to manage the conflict, a
person should elaborate and analyze the problem before heshe makes a decision to solve the problems. Beebe, Beebe, and Redmond state “to analyze is to break
something down into its components” p.324.
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f. Theory of Motivation
Behind an action, there will be a motive that encourages a person to act towards the issues. Huffman, Vernoy, and Vernoy 2000 define motivation as
“factors within an individual such as needs, desires, and interests that activate, maintain, and direct behavior toward goal” p.390.
Moreover, Huffman, Vernoy, and Vernoy 2000 classify two kinds of motivation; those are an intrinsic motivation and an extrinsic motivation p.407.
Huffman, Vernoy, and Vernoy 2000 define an intrinsic motivation as “the desire to perform an act for its own sake. Motivation is derived from the satisfaction
arising out of the behavior itself” p.407. Furthermore, Huffman, Vernoy, and Vernoy 2000 also elaborate an
extrinsic motivation as “the desire to perform an act because of external rewards or the avoidance of punishment. “Motivation is not inherent in the behavior itself”
p.407.
B. Theoretical Framework
In this section, the writer will explain about the approach and theories used to answer the problem formulation about the topic discussed. The writer will
elaborate how the theories discussed in previous section are applied. Those theories are theory of critical approach, theory of character and characterization,
theory of conflict, theory of conflict resolution, and theory of motivation.
26 This study uses the psychological approach. The psychological approach is
used to analyze the topic discussed from the psychological point of view. Since the topic discussed is the interpersonal and intrapersonal conflicts faced by the
main characters are closely related to human psychology so the writer uses the psychological approach.
The first question is used to analyze the novel by referring to the theory of character and characterization. By using theory of character and characterization,
the writer can discover Daniel Stone and Trixie Stone’s characteristics by analyzing their speech, past life, reactions, thoughts and attitudes, and also from
others’ comment and conversation with others. By analyzing the characteristics of Daniel Stone and Trixie Stone in Jody Picoult’s The Tenth Circle, the writer can
find out how Daniel Stone and Trixie Stone deal with the conflicts. The theory of conflicts is applied to answer the second question. Theory of
conflicts helps the writer to find out the conflicts faced by Daniel Stone and Trixie Stone. It also helps the writer to distinguish the interpersonal and intrapersonal
conflicts faced by Daniel Stone and Trixie Stone. The last theories are theory of conflict resolution and theory of motivation.
After finding out the interpersonal and intrapersonal conflicts experienced by Daniel Stone and Trixie Stone, the writer analyzes the conflict resolution done by
Daniel Stone and Trixie Stone to solve their conflicts. Moreover, theory of motivation is used to find out the motivation behind Daniel and Trixie to choose
two different things in their intrapersonal conflicts.
