glove, colorful bandannas and black leathers jacket. The oldest of them, the one with long curly red hair named Valhalla was the leader. They could recognize
each other based on the brooch which was used by Valhalla and the ring which was used by Paulo. They used the same thing, a simple goods carved into two
serpents, each had two heads, and the design was quite simple. Then, each of them gave their magic name. During their meeting with the Valkyries in the desert,
Paulo learned that to break the curse and to meet his guardian angel, he had to do many things such as breaking a pact, accepting forgiveness, and making a bet.
3.2 Approach of the Study
There are five approaches in Rohrberger and Woods in Reading and
Writing about Literature. They are: the formalist approach, the biographical approach, the sociocultural -historical approach, the mythopoeic approach, and
psychological approach. The researcher used psychological approach in conducting the study which is related to the theory of psychology, in this case, the
theory of motivation. By using this psychological approach, this study brings the researcher to see a deeper understanding of Paulo’s motivation to seek his
guardian angel. The study used this approach because it was the most appropriate approach to find the theories to answer the researcher’s formulated problem which
is related to psychological approach.
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3.3 Method of the Study
This research was conducted through the library study. The researcher used Coelho’s
The Valkyries as the primary source of the study. It was not a research based on the observation on the field. The researcher also used other
books related to human motivation and behavior as the secondary sources to support the study.
There were some steps as the procedure in conducting the research. First of all, the researcher read the main source of the study,
The Valkyries. Then, the researcher tried to understand and comprehend the novel. It was aimed to get a
comprehensible understanding of the novel. The researcher concentrates more on the main character, Paulo’s reactions and actions, quoted the important points of
the important descriptions of the main character that showed us the nature of his character.
The next step was making the analysis by finding the character and motivation of the chosen character. Moreover, the researcher tried to find the
motivation in finding the guardian angel of the chosen character based on his needs.
The third step was the researcher tried to find supporting data which could support the researcher’s finding. In this case, the research used the secondary
source. Besides using data from the books in the library, the research also used data from the Internet, especially for the data which could not be found in the
library, for example, journals. After finding the data, the researcher compiled it and used it as the supporting material toward the researcher finding and opinion.
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Psychological approach is used to facilitate this study. The theories of psychology used in this study were theory of motivation and theory of human motive.
After finding the main data and the supporting source, the researcher tried to discuss the novel and tried to analyze the researcher’s finding. In analyzing the
novel, the researcher used the psychological approach and the theories to answer the problems. The last step was drawing the conclusion from the result of the
analysis.
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CHAPTER 4 ANALYSIS
