29 becomes Minke’s mother-in-law. Pramoedya Ananta Toer pictures an Indonesian
life during the colonialism era which involved the struggling life, hatred, and love. In This Earth of Mankind, Pramoedya Ananta Toer also describes the role of
woman especially a nyai in Java. Nyai Ontosoroh, as one of the main characters of the story, is a Javanese
concubine of a Dutch man named Herman Mellema. Her original name is Sanikem, a village girl from a kampong in Tulangan p.94 who later is sold by
his father to become a concubine. After feeling the importance of having a proper education, she stepped out the image of Javanese concubine and broke out her
expected role as a nyai. She became someone who was able to dress herself well, smart, and able to manage the family companies.
B. Approach of the Study
The researcher used the application of the psychological approach to answer the two presented research problems. According to the theories explained
in the previous chapter, psychological approach is used to examine why the needs, interest and desires urge people in motivating them reaching something in their
life. This approach is also suitable to be applied in the study because it is able to
help the researcher identify the needs and strong interests of Nyai Ontosoroh in her life. It also helps the researcher to find out her motivation changing to break
her role as a Sanikem, a girl from the small kampong who does not know anything and is not well educated to become a nyai who controls the family business and
30 become a famous public figure in Wonokromo. This topic will be further analysed
in the following chapter of the study.
C. Method of the Study
The researcher used the document analysis and library research as the method to obtain the data from the novel for the study. There are seven steps to do
a library research according to Virginia Tech 2008. They are choosing the topic, finding background information, finding books on the topic, using databases to
find periodical articles on the topic, evaluating the data found, writing the paper then formatting the bibliography.
In the first step that was choosing the topic, the researcher read Pramoedya Ananta Toer’s This Earth of Mankind in Max Lane’s translation for several times
to have a better understanding about the story, plot, and moral values of the novel. After reading, the researcher then picked a topic that excited the researcher to
write the study about the analysis of motivation changing of Nyai Ontosoroh. Finding information became the second step in writing this study. In
finding the background information, the researcher searched for articles, books, notes, and reading related to the topic. The researcher then summarised them all.
The next step was finding some sources and theories related to the study. The sources were in the form of books, journals or online articles. The researcher
then listed them down. The theories used in the study were; the theory of literature, the theory of character and characterisation, the theory of psychology
