7. Other Personal Characteristics
Men have strong characteristic through Janet’s concept, it includes of success-orientation, ambitious, proud, egoistical, moral, trustworthy, decisive,
competitive and adventurous. The movie represents the characteristic through Tim Thomas character. Tim Thomas as success oriented person who do his mission
successfully; he can face the problem in his life. Tim Thomas is a kind of trustworthy man. It is seen when Connie trusts him to solve her problem. Connie
wants Tim to take her away from her boyfriend. Finally he gave his house to Connie in order to her boyfriend never found her. It also describes that Tim is
decisive. Tim Thomas is ambitious. Tim is very ambitious to do his mission to
atone for his mistake. In performing its mission at the time Tim Thomas needed help his friend and his brother. This is an effort for all the mission goes smoothly.
At the motel, Tim spoke with his best friend named Dan. Actually, Dan did not want it happen. Dan knew that if Tim continued his mission, then he would lose
Tim, his best friend since childhood. Dan felt that it is the hardest job he had to do for his best friend. But Tim still insisted that Dan had to do what Tim said.
Dan : So I lied to you because I was so jealous. And I realized that Ive been carrying around this lie...
...in my heart for the last 25... Tim : Stop it Stop it. Stay focused. Do what you promised me.
Dan : What, you think Im...? Tim : Do what you promised me.
Dan : You think Im gonna let you down now, dont you? Ive known you my whole damn life Okay?
This? This? This is not something you do every day. Okay? This is... This is not easy for me.
Ill make sure everything goes as planned. Dont worry.
Tim : Thank you. Tim Thomas has a mission to help the seven people that even he did not
know them before. By the time he met with Connie, he tried to help Connie with give his house over to her. It is the best way at that time. Tim Thomas persuaded
Connie to accept it as a help. Connie felt very frightened. Connie was afraid with her boyfriend would be angry if he know it, and he was afraid something would
happen to her and her children. But Tim Thomas tried to convince that her boyfriend would not know it. Connie was not sure because Tim did not know her
boyfriend at all. Finally Tim was successful to convince Connie. In this case Tim is very brave in taking action, although he did not know the risks. He is very
confident to do that, even if the risk is very hard for Tim Thomas. Connie : What if he finds us?
Tim : He wont. Connie : What makes you so sure?
Tim : Stop it. Connie : You dont know him.
Tim : Stop it. Dont be weak. Dont be weak. Connie : Im not weak.
Adventure does not mean just an adventure from one place to another place. But it can mean brave in doing risk. An adventure is defined as an exciting
or unusual experience; it may also be a bold, usually risky undertaking, with an uncertain outcome.
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Tim Thomas is adventurous. It is seen from the way he is responsible for the mistakes he had done. He dared to do anything to redeem his
mistake. It started with he helped her brother to donate lobes of his lungs. He
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http:en.wikipedia.orgwikiAdventure. Accessed on January 26, 2011
donated his heart to Emily Posa, his cornea to Ezra, the right of his liver to Holly, his kidney to George Ristucia, his bone marrow to Nicholas and he gave his home
to Connie. All this he did without any concern for the fate of his own. All of that
is very high risk and hurt himself; even it is the reason for he is being suicide.
CHAPTER IV CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION
A. Conclusion
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