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C. Method of the Study
In this study, the writer chooses the library research as the method of the study. According to George 2008, library research is a method which involves
identifying and analyzing a research question with opinions of experts. Furthermore, George also states that the researcher can also add factual
information or other necessary components related to the research question. The next paragraph will explain about the six steps of conducting this study.
Firstly, the writer chooses a novel that she wants to analyze. The writer chooses a novel written by Jack London entitled The Call of the Wild, which is
published in 1903. Secondly, the writer carefully and accurately reads the novel, tries to find aspects that she wants to analyze. After finishing reading the novel,
the writer finds a main character and two objects that she wants to analyze, namely the conflicts, the motivations, and the character named Buck. Thirdly, the
writer looks for the suitable approach, theory, and method for this study. Since the focus of this study is to analyze the character’s conflicts and motivations from his
behaviour described in the novel, the writer chooses the psychological approach as the approach to analyze the novel, and the theory of conflict by Hammond
2010 and the theory of motivation by Thompson 2014 to study the conflicts and the motivations. Fourthly, the writer chooses the library research as the
method of the study. Fifthly, the writer tries to analyze the conflicts and the motivations in the novel with the guidance of the theories mentioned before. The
writer connects the theories with the lines quoted from the novel. Sixthly, the writer draws a conclusion from the results found from the findings in this study.
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CHAPTER IV ANALYSIS
This chapter is aimed to answer the two formulated problems in this study. This chapter is divided into two sections. The first section will analyze the types
of conflicts faced by the main character Buck. The second section will analyze the motivations of Buck to go into the wild.
A. The Conflicts Faced by the Main Character
Hammond 2010 divides conflict into two types, namely the internal conflict and the external conflict. Therefore, to analyze the types of conflicts faced
by the main character, the analysis will be divided into two sections, the first section is the internal conflict, and the second section is the external conflict.
1. The Internal Conflicts Faced by the Main Character
According to Hammond 2010, an internal conflict is a conflict which exists inside of a character. He also mentions that this kind of conflict is centered
on a character, and only can be resolved by the character himself. Furthermore, he emphasizes that other characters or something outside of a character can trigger a
character to have a conflict inside his mind. In the novel, there are two internal conflicts which are faced by Buck, namely surrender into the Law of Club and
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a. Surrender into the Law of Club
Buck is a house-dog, as a house-dog he does not know many things. One of the things, for example, is the violence a man does to dogs to force them to do
something. When Buck meets the man in the red sweater and his club and strikes, Buck experiences violence for the first time. The first internal conflict faced by
Buck is triggered by the man in the red sweater. The strikes that Buck receives from the club in the man’s hand force him to decide whether to fight back or
surrender. He saw, once for all, that he stood no chance against a man with a club. He
had learned the lesson, and in all his after life he never forgot it. That club was a revelation. It was his introduction to the reign of primitive law, and
he met the introduction halfway. Again and again, as he looked at each brutal performance, the lesson was driven home to Buck: a man with a
club was a law-giver, a master to be obeyed, though not necessarily conciliated p. 28.
The paragraph above shows Buck’s first experience with a club. After denying his own belief that he can beat a man with a club in his hand, Buck
decides to surrender whenever a club is involved. While his body is enduring a lot of pain he never feels before, Buck comes into an understanding that he cannot
fight a man with a club. He sees and feels the effect of the club’s strikes. Buck realizes that a club is a serious matter, Buck even calls a man with a club a law-
giver, and he understands that only by a club a man could simply make dogs obey him. By threatening dogs with a club and force them to obey, a man easily makes
the law. Buck also witnesses other dogs attack the man in the red sweater when they experience the strikes of the club for the first time. Fight back is a dog’s
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