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2.3 Theoretical Framework
This study adopts various literary and psychological theories. The theory of literature used is theory of characterization Understanding Unseens by M.J
Murphy. It is us ed to explain Adeline’s character traits that further can analyze her
intrinsic motivation to be accepted and loved by her family. The theories of psychology are used to understand the term and nature of
motivation of the subject matter in psychological context. The review on motivation theories is used to answer the problems. Theory of motivation in this
study plays as the basic theory in analyzing Adeline’s motivation to achieve her willingness. There are two kinds of motivation: the intrinsic motivation and
extrinsic motivation by Huffman, Vernoy, and Vernoy ’s Psychology in Action.
Theory of intrinsic motivation is to analyze Adeline’s intrinsic motivation. While,
t heory of extrinsic motivation is used to analyze Adeline’s extrinsic motivation in
order to be accepted and loved by her family.
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CHAPTER III METHODOLOGY
This chapter consists of three parts, namely object of the study, approach of the study, and research procedures. The object of the study explains the novel
that was analyzed. The approach of the study discusses the Psychological approach, which was applied in this study. The research procedures include the
steps of the method in conducting and analyzing the novel.
3.1 Object of the Study
The object of this study was a novel titled Falling Leaves: a memoir of an unwanted Chinese daughter,
written by Adeline Yen Mah, a Chinese- American author and physician. She grew up in Tianjin, in Shanghai and in Hong
Kong. A novel, Falling Leaves was written by Adeline Yen Mah, and was first published in 1997 in Broadway, New York. This novel consists of 32 chapters,
274 pages, telling the story chronologically. It also contains some pictures of Adeline’s family, which may bring the readers to imagine each of its character’s
appearance. There is a prologue in the beginning of the story to bring the reader to the general situation.
This novel had been performed as theatre in New York at the Pan Asian Repertory Theatre in 2008 and at Samueli
– Theater Talk in 2009. Besides, it also performed as a play performance at South Coast Repertory and the Philharmonic
Society of Orange County “Falling Leaves”, n.d..
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