13 home in California by one of the gardeners and sold into service as a sled dog. It
happens during the Klondike Gold Rush in 1890s when strong dogs are in high demands. As a house-dog, the world outside is a very different world for Buck.
However, in the wild and primitive situation he is in, Buck tries hard to survive. He learns how to be a sled dog, how to obey men, and most important how to
dominate other dogs. Throughout his journey, Buck meets some people, there are kind people and bad people, and from them Buck encounters many helps and
obstacles. Along the journey, Buck is getting more and more anxious and wants to go into the wild and live by himself. In the end of the story, Buck decides to go
into the wild and joins a pack of wolves.
B. Approach of the Study
The focus of this study is on the influence of the conflicts and the motivations experienced by the main character with his decision to go into the
wild. In this study, the writer chooses the psychological approach as the approach to study the main character. According to Landauer 1972, psychology is a study
which analyzes living thing’s behavior; what a living thing does. In this study, the writer uses the psychological approach to study the types
of conflict faced by the main character during his effort to survive. Moreover, this approach is also used to analyze the motivations that motivate the main character
to go into the wild. The psychological approach will help the writer to understand how the conflicts influence the main character’s life, and how the motivations
affect the main character’s decision to go into the wild. PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI
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C. Method of the Study
In this study, the writer chooses the library research as the method of the study. According to George 2008, library research is a method which involves
identifying and analyzing a research question with opinions of experts. Furthermore, George also states that the researcher can also add factual
information or other necessary components related to the research question. The next paragraph will explain about the six steps of conducting this study.
Firstly, the writer chooses a novel that she wants to analyze. The writer chooses a novel written by Jack London entitled The Call of the Wild, which is
published in 1903. Secondly, the writer carefully and accurately reads the novel, tries to find aspects that she wants to analyze. After finishing reading the novel,
the writer finds a main character and two objects that she wants to analyze, namely the conflicts, the motivations, and the character named Buck. Thirdly, the
writer looks for the suitable approach, theory, and method for this study. Since the focus of this study is to analyze the character’s conflicts and motivations from his
behaviour described in the novel, the writer chooses the psychological approach as the approach to analyze the novel, and the theory of conflict by Hammond
2010 and the theory of motivation by Thompson 2014 to study the conflicts and the motivations. Fourthly, the writer chooses the library research as the
method of the study. Fifthly, the writer tries to analyze the conflicts and the motivations in the novel with the guidance of the theories mentioned before. The
writer connects the theories with the lines quoted from the novel. Sixthly, the writer draws a conclusion from the results found from the findings in this study.
