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CHAPTER V CONCLUSIONS AND SUGGESTIONS

This chapter is divided into two parts. The first part presents conclusions of the study, which describes about Gogol’s life in America and his identity crisis he experiences. The second part presents suggestions. Suggestions are related to the future researchers and for English teachers who might use a literary work to teach English.

A. Conclusions

This thesis deals with three problem formulations. The first deals with what identity crisis Gogol experiences. Based on the analysis using theory of culture, theory of identity and theory of ethnic identity, the identity crisis Gogol experiences is cultural identity crisis. It is shown through his journey in America, an experience that is called being different in America. The second problem formulation aims to identify how Gogol overcomes his identity crisis. Based on the analysis using theory of motivation, Gogol overcomes his identity crisis by changing his name. By changing his name he can associate himself with others. The last problem formulation aims to identify what motivation Gogol has that motivates him in overcoming his identity crisis. The writer makes use the theories of motivation by Karen, Vernoy and Vernoy, John Jung, David McClelland and Robert E. Franken’s theory of motivations. Based on the analysis, there are two motivations of Gogol Ganguli in overcoming his identity crisis, affiliation motivation and achievement motivation. The first motivation is affiliation motivation. There are two affiliation motivations. They are anxiety towards his name and his low self esteem towards his name. Bad experience causes the existence of anxiety in Gogol himself. He experiences some terrible moments at school. He is anxious that his friends will consider him as awkward because of his name. The second one is Gogol’s feeling of low self esteem. He feels ashamed when he realizes that his name is not common among his friends and his environment. He does not have any self confidence. He hates himself and he has self doubt that he does not dare to show himself among his friends. The second motivation is achievement motivation. Achievement motivation that Gogol has here is not only about achievement in academic improvement but also how he deals with his terrible emotion feeling. He wants to have it. He can deal with his terrible feeling well. Besides, he also gets better improvement for his career as an architect, that his name will be attached on the design. No longer as Gogol Ganguli, but as Nikhil Ganguli.

B. Suggestions