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I analyzed this novel using two sources. They were a primary source and secondary sources. The primary source was the novel itself, Hope Donahue’s
Beautiful Stranger. The secondary sources were several books used to support the study, such as literary books, psychology books, and motivation books. I also used
electronic sources to support and complete the information that I could not get from the books.
I carried out several steps in analyzing this novel. The first step was reading this novel several times in order to understand the story more and to find
out some interesting points that I can use as the main topic in this study. The second step was deciding the problem formulation. The third step was trying to
find out a suitable approach to help me analyzing the novel. The fourth step was analyzing the novel based on the problem formulated. And the last step was
making a conclusion and suggestions for teachers and future researchers.
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CHAPTER 4 ANALYSIS
This chapter discusses the motivation of Hope Donahue in doing plastic surgery. Motivation is sum of the intentions, desires, goals, and needs that
influence human beings’ behavior. People perform an action with motives Bootzin et al 367. Motivation also influences the direction, persistence, and
vigor of goal directed behavior Smith 282. In other words, motivation creates motivated behavior Murray 20.
Specifically, the discussion of Hope Donahue’s motivation in doing plastic surgery is based on Maslow’s theory of motivation. Maslow defines seven basic
needs, which are connected to each other and motivate human beings to do their actions 69-77. These needs are the physiological needs, safety needs, belonging
and love needs, esteem needs, the needs to know and understand, aesthetic needs, and self actualization needs. Therefore, the discussion is also divided into seven
parts. Each part describes the fulfillment of each particular need in Hope Donahue’s life and how it motivates Hope Donahue to do plastic surgery.
4.1 Physiological Needs as the only Fulfilled Needs
Physiological needs refer to the needs to defend their life physically, such as the need to eat, drink, get a place for staying, sleep, breathe, and have sex
Maslow 69. These needs are completely fulfilled in Hope Donahue’s life.
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Hope’s needs for food, drink, clothes and shelter are fulfilled abundantly considering her background from a rich, old family. She is an only child, and she
describes her family background in this statement, “My father is a bank chairman, my grandfather a doctor of international acclaim. My mother stayed home in our
beautiful house to raise me, as mothers did then” Donahue 1. Since Hope’s father is a bank chairman, he must be able to support their family financially and
earn enough money to buy food, drink, and clothes for her. Since Hope’s mother is a stay-at-home housewife, she must have enough time to provide food, drink,
and clothes for Hope. Since Hope is an only child, she does not have to compete with other siblings for those needs.
Hope’s need for shelter to live and sleep comfortably is also fulfilled. She grows up in a “beautiful house” located in “a tiny enclave of Los Angeles called
Hancock Park, an area as renowned for its stately mansions and old-money families” Donahue 1. Besides food, drink, clothes, shelter, and a lot of money,
her additional needs are also fulfilled, thus ensuring that she can live comfortably. For example, she gets her own car at a very young age as a gift from her parents,
while most other young people must save for a long time before they can afford such a luxury. She can enroll at a good college, while many other people must
apply for a scholarship, as shown in her comment “I never had to apply for a college scholarship or save for a new car. These things were given to me”
Donahue 1. Her need to have sex is fulfilled after she enters adulthood. With her good
looks and good clothes, she never has any difficulty finding a partner. There are
