Those things make him feels being accepted and respected by others. It is related to the narrator’s reputation as a writer. It also makes him realize that no
matter how hard he tries to deny that he does not think about Esther anymore, he cannot escape from her.
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CHAPTER 5 CONCLUSIONS AND SUGGESTIONS
This is the last chapter of the study. It consists of two parts, conclusions and suggestions. The first part is the conclusions of the study. It summarizes the
analysis of the problems of the study. The second part is suggestions. It describes the recommendations for future researches on the topic and the ways to apply The
Zahir in the teaching learning activities.
5.1. Conclusions
The study comes to the conclusion part after analyzing The Zahir in chapter four. There are three problems discussed in this study. First is the
narrator’s character. Second is the character of Esther, the narrator’s wife. Third is the narrator’s motivation in bringing back Esther.
The first conclusion deals with the first problem. The narrator in the novel is an author. He is described as a curious, tough, ambitious and adventurous
person. His curiosity leads him to find her wife, Esther. As an ambitious person, he is able to realize his dream to become a writer. Although the process is hard, he
keeps trying and facing all obstacles until he finally can be a popular and successful writer. He is a tough person. Some people fail when they have to face
difficult problems, but he survives. When Esther suddenly leaves him and articles in the newspapers discourage him, he is able to continue his life. Though he finds
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dinners or books signing. The narrator is adventurous. He likes to travel everywhere. It supports his work also as a writer to explore places and gain
information. When Esther disappears, he travels from France to Kazakhstan. The second conclusion deals with the second problem. Esther, the
narrator’s wife is described as a caring, intelligent, risk taking and adaptable person. She is thirty years old. She works as a war journalist. Although she is
quite busy with her work, she cares for her husband. She supports him to keep writing. When her husband gets stuck in his writing, she encourages him and even
buys him a ticket to Spain so that he can concentrate more. Esther is an intelligent woman. Being a journalist demands a lot of knowledge and intelligence. She
proves it by winning two international prizes for journalism. She is a risk taker when she takes a job as a war journalist. Her decision to leave her husband
suddenly also describes that she is a risk taker. Esther makes friends with everyone. She does not care about their social and educational background. She
makes friends with doctors, soldiers, and even beggars. Third conclusion deals with the third problem. There is a relationship
between characters and their motivation. The narrator’s motivation can be seen through his character. As an ambitious and adventurous person, the narrator is
motivated to bring Esther, his wife, back. Esther becomes his zahir. She occupies the narrator’s mind until he cannot think of anything else. The narrator becomes
obsessed with her and his ambition forces him to find and bring Esther back. His motivation is caused by the imbalance within himself. He has to fulfill
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the media. He has to fulfill his needs of love and belonging when he feels empty and realizes that only Esther, his wife, can fill it. He gets his confidence to meet
and bring Esther back when he publishes his book. He fulfills his self esteem needs. Thus, the study uses Maslow’s motivation theory that is formed in a
hierarchy of needs.
5.2 Suggestions
This part is divided into two parts. The first part is recommendations for future researches on the topic and the second is suggestion to apply The Zahir in
the teaching learning activities.
5.2.1 Suggestion for Future Researchers
This part concerns with the future researchers who are interested in studying literary works. The Zahir is an interesting novel that has some aspects to
analyze. For consideration, the characters in the novel can be another subject to analyze.
Besides the narrator, there is Esther, the narrator’s wife. She makes a big decision for her marriage and the reasons for the action are worth analyzing. The
life values, such as happiness and marriage’s values are also interesting topics to discuss. The Zahir tells the story using first person point of view. The future
researchers can use the biographical approach and find out how it affects the character of the narrator.
