Olive’s Approach motivation

B. Olive’s Motivation to murder

This study discusses human motivation. People do something because they want or need to reach certain purpose. These show that they have motive to achieve. In 2000, Huffman, Vernoy, and Ver noy explained that, “motivation refers to factor within and individual such as needs, desires, and interests that activate, maintain, and direct behavior toward a goal” p.392. Motives can arouse people‟s behavior so that they know what they are going to do to reach their goal Sternberg Smith, 1988, p. 201. Motivation also concerns with choice. According to Robert C. Beck 1978, motivation is “broadly concerned with the contemporary determinants of choice direction, persistence, and vigor of goal- directed behavior” p. 24. Some people are able to murder because of feelings of anger. A person wants to reach their own goal but in the middle of the process another person is trying to disturb. As a result, he kills the intruder to continue his dream without any obstacles. This situation also happens to Olive. Olive has his own goal to paint using Venetian style but the culture and Erzurumis followers do not support his desire to be a free miniaturist. Olive is a talented miniaturist and known as a good person but he has personality traits and motives which influence him to murder Elegant Effendi and Enishte Effendi.

1. Olive’s Approach motivation

Higgins stated that in approach motivation, people do things because of something they want, desire, or need as cited in Franken, 2002, p. 3. It usually deals with specific goal object. Olive has killed Elegant Effendi because he wants PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI to paint freely without fear. To be a great and talented illustrator are Olive‟s goals. As a young miniaturist, he is an arrogant, enthusiastic, reckless, stubborn, and tricky person. He never gives up easily. Therefore, he tries to do anything to reach his goal including murder someone who blocks his dream. Olive meets Elegant “He said he‟d seen the final double-leaf painting. I tried at length to dissuade him for making an issue out of it.” 167. Elegant tries to spread an issue of a sin painting. All miniaturists are going to end their life if this issue spreads throughout Istanbul including his future. Therefore, Olive tries to stop Elegant from spreading the issue. Olive sees that Elegant tries to scare him by saying the issue. He tries to convince Enisthe that Elegant is wrong. Olive says “Anyway, a genuine Muslim knows the fear of damnation serves to frighten others, not himself. This is what Elegant Effendi was doing, you see, he wanted to scare me.” 392. On the other hand, Enishte reveals his conclusion based on what Olive has said. Enishte sa ys “You murdered him because you wanted to paint as you wished, without fear.” 166. In Enishte Effendi‟s house, he knows the fact that Olive has murdered Elegant Effendi. He tells everything he knows to Olive directly because he knows him well. He is able to understand why Olive has big courage to murder. He understands Olive‟s desire to paint without fear. After killing Elegant Effendi, Olive wants to see the final picture because he wants to know how the final picture created. In his mind, he is thinki ng “I was so curious about that picture, not because of any sin I‟d committed on its account —I genuinely wanted to see how it‟d turned out.” 163. Finally, he has PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI big courage to come to Enishte house “It was evening, the twilight gave way to blackness and a very faint snow fell as I walked down the street where Enishte Effendi lived. Unlike other evenings, I‟d come here knowing precisely what I wanted.” 154-155. It can be concluded that Olive has approach motivation to murder Elegant Effendi. Olive has murdered him because he wants to paint without fear. He does not want to end his talent as a miniaturist because of the spreading rumor. He is arrogant, reckless, enthusiastic, determined and stubborn young miniaturist. Those personality traits influence him to take a risk by murdering someone in order to gain his goal. He is a reckless person. He intentionally comes to Enishte‟s house without being invited because he really wants to see the final painting.

2. Olive’s Achievement Motivation