61 love, her dream to be a pianist must be buried deeply, Veronika does not want to
disappoint her parents even though she has to sacrifice her own dream. That love asking for nothing for return had managed to fill her with guilty,
with a desire to fulfill another’s expectations, even if that meant giving up everything she had dreamed of for herself… p. 69.
Veronika’s failure to fulfill the social needs the love and belonging needs, the self-esteem needs, and the self-actualization needs leads her to commit suicide.
Those unfulfilled needs influence her way of thinking about life. Veronika thinks that life is full of repression, disappointment and unfulfilled dreams. Therefore, Veronika
views life from a different and negative perspective. Veronika thinks that life is not meaningful and beautiful, but life is a boring routine that will end in vain and
powerlessness.
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CHAPTER V
CONCLUSIONS AND SUGGESTIONS
This chapter is divided into two parts; they are conclusions and suggestions. The first part presents the conclusions of the whole analyses of the problem
formulation. The second part presents the suggestions which consist of two parts; the suggestion for future research and the suggestion for English teaching and learning
processes.
5.1 Conclusions
This study presents an analysis on the meaning of the decision to commit suicide as seen in Veronika as the main character of Paulo Coelho’s Veronika
Decides to Die. There are two research questions used in this study to help the writer to find the meaning of Veronika’s decision to commit suicide. The first question is
“How is Veronika, the main character of Coelho’s Veronika Decides to Die, described in the novel?” and the second question is “What are the meaning of
Veronika’s decision to commit suicide?” Since this study provides two problem formulations, then there are two conclusions to be drawn in this chapter. The first
conclusion is the description of the main character, and the second conclusion is the meaning of Veronika’s decision to commit suicide.
63 There are some descriptions about Veronika’s characteristics as portrayed in
Coelho’s Veronika Decides to Die. Veronika described herself as a young, pretty and intelligent. Veronika’s description on herself is also supported by some remarks of
the other characters such as the nurse in Villete, Mari, Veronika’s mother, and other lunatics in Villete. The nurse in Villete described Veronika as a young and pretty
woman. Mari, one of the lunatics in Villete also described Veronika as a young, pretty and healthy woman. Moreover, the lunatics in Villete portrayed Veronika as a
woman with green eyes and brown hair. Veronika’s mother also described Veronika as a young lady of twenty-four-year old. Veronika was also described by the author
as an attractive woman who is could attract others’ attention to her appearance. Furthermore, beside her physical appearance, Veronika also has some other
personal characteristics that can be seen through the way she thought and interacted with other people. The author described Veronika as an organized person, critical,
logical, and curious person, sympathetic person, and a person who lacks of belongingness and love needs, self-esteem and self-actualization needs.
Veronika’s decision to live in a convent with strict rules proves that she is an organized person. By living in a convent with strict rules, Veronika could maintain an
organized life and her relationship with others even though that it limited her to fulfill the needs of love and belongingness. Another example that shows Veronika is an
organized person can be seen from her routine activities. Veronika’s preparation before committing suicide also proves that she is an organized person.
