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adulthood. Adeline’s story is a testament to the most basic of human needs: acceptance, love, and understanding. Strong character motivation allows readers
to understand why characters make the choices they do. What happened in the past has made his or her way. Since young Adeline tried to please the father and
Niang, she studied hard and was great in her school results, which makes the other siblings jealous of her. The step mom would divide and conquer the siblings she
did not want them to be united against her. By writing this story she wants to tell people that no matter how tough life is, there is always a silver lining out there
and urge people not to give up on their dreams.
3.2 Approach of the Study
In this study, the writer used psychological approach to analyze and answer the problems formulation. The term of motivation may be analyzed by this
approach because the main character’s motivation in this novel is formed by her family situation, which influences her personality development.
According to Rohrberger and Woods, this approach attempted to: Locate and demonstrate certain recurrent pattern from the knowledge of
psychology. The critics who apply this approach to analyze literary works use psychological theories to human’s motivation, personality, and
behavior patterns written in the literary objects. Therefore the knowledge of psychology ground is extremely important in order to understand some
literary works 1971: 12. Psychological approach is an approach which uses psychological view and
theory to analyze a study.
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3.3 Research Procedures
In this study, the writer used library research method i.e. the investigative work by finding data from various references and qualitative research as the
method to get the primary data and secondary. It means that the data of this study were gathered from various books and articles, as well as from some websites in
the internet. The writer also took notes from some reliable sources. There were some steps in conducting this study in order to answer the question stated in the
problem formulation. First, the writer chose a novel Adeline’s Falling Leaves as the primary
data. The writer read and reread the novel several times to understand and get the idea of the novel. When reading the novel, the writer took some notes of some
interesting things that were dominant to be discussed in the novel. By having those some points, the writer was interested in one point that was dominant and
problematic, which could be researched. The writer decided that she would research from psychological side; discussed about Adeline’s motivation, so that
the focus is on the main character, Adeline Yen Mah to understand the problem. Second, the writer tried to look for other references and some relevance
books to support and help the writer in analyzing the problem formulation. Those books helped the writer to answer the question in problem formulation.
Then, the writer determined the theories and approaches that would be applied in this study. The writer analyzed the problem formulation by using
psychological approach, based on the main idea. Regarding the approach, this study adopted theories of motivation, also intrinsic and extrinsic motivation. The
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writer used some books and references to support the idea and analyze the problem. The writer also had consultations with the lecturer. It helped the writer to
revise and develop this study.
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CHAPTER IV ANALYSIS
