Eleven Minutes tells a story about Maria, a young girl living in Brazilian village. There, she can only have access to restricted facility. She lives in worst
conditions when she has to stay in a moderate family. In addition, she always feels upset with her love. These conditions lead her to make a vacation in Rio de
Janeiro. In this place, she meets a Swiss tourist named Roger who has a club in Geneva. Roger wants to hire Maria as a dancer for his club. Here, Maria tries to
find her fame and fortune to make her dreams come true and later she becomes a prostitute. Being a prostitute makes her to get a lot of money. Moreover, during
her profession as a prostitute, she finally finds her real love through a young painter man named Ralf.
Woman at
Point Zero tells about a woman named Firdaus who is waiting
for execution in Cairo prison of murdering a pimp. She is poor and suffering from hunger and parental cruelty as a child. Every man she ever met including her
husband treats her badly. Then, she finally meets Sherifa. She is a prostitute who tells about her life to Firdaus. Later, this condition takes Firdaus to prostitution.
Living in the prostitution world, Firdaus is capable of earning a lot of money.
3.2 Approach of the Study
In conducting the comparative study between Eleven Minutes and Woman at Point Zero, especially focusing on the analysis of the motivation of the main
character in becoming a prostitute, the writer applies psychological approach. This psychological approach is used in knowing the psychological side of Maria in
Coelho’s Eleven Minutes and Firdaus in Saadawi’s Woman at Point Zero. PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI
Moreover, this approach helps the writer to observe the motivation of Maria and Firdaus in becoming a prostitute.
3.3 Research Procedures
In writing this thesis, the writer used library research to gather primary and secondary data. There were some stages during the process of this study. The
stages could be clarified in the following paragraphs. First of all, the writer chose Coelho’s Eleven Minutes and Saadawi’s
Woman at Point Zero. The writer started to read the novels many times in order to get better understanding. While reading the novels, the writer took some important
notes that were interesting to be analyzed. Then, finally, the writer decided to analyze psychological aspect of the main character.
Second, the writer collected some references related to the study. The references were some books about theories and elements of literary works which
were needed as the basic guidance to analyze the works of Coelho’s Eleven Minutes and Saadawi’s Woman at Point Zero. They are theory of character,
theory characterization, theory of comparative study, theory of psychology and also theory of motivation. Theory of character and characterization were used to
answer the first problem formulation that was about the characterization of Maria and Firdaus as the main character. Then, theory of comparative literature, theory
of psychology and theory of motivation were used to answer the second problem formulation. These theories were the base that guided the analysis of Maria’s and
Firdaus’s motivation in becoming a prostitute precisely. Moreover, the writer used PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI
some references from the internet to get additional information about summary of the novels, biography of the author, characters list, and some comments from the
readers of the novels. PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI
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