fix what you did wrong in life, would you take it?........”. This sentence is also attracted the writer to go deeper to analyze this novel.
In order to identify the ideas revealed in the literary work from the important element within, the role of the characters is usually very significant in
revealing the idea inside. The writer tries to understand the main character’s descriptions to reveal what the author wants to share. The writer chooses the
character of Charley because his characterizations are very appropriate to reveal the relation between Charley and his mother, his father and his dream itself. This
study is made to point out the dream that can influence the decision-making through the main character in the story that Albom wants to reveal in his work.
B. Problem Formulation
Referring to the background of the study, there are three questions formulated as follows.
1. How is the main character described in the story?
2. How is Charley’s dream revealed in the story?
3. How does Charley’s dream affect his decision in life?
C. Objectives of the Study
The study on this thesis aims to give answers to the questions that have been formulated in the problem formulation. The objective of the study based on the
problem formulation is to find out more about the effects of dream in Charley’s decision making. Therefore, there will be three objectives of the study. Firstly,
this study is trying to figure out the description of Charley in the novel. This question will lead us to know the relationship between Charley and his mother,
Charley and his father and Charley and his dreams. Secondly, the writer wants to reveal Charley’s dream. The content of Charley’s dream shows that the dream is
necessary in the story. Lastly, the writer is trying to identify the relation between dream and life’s decision making. The study using the information from the
previous question which is very beneficial to reach the actual goal of thesis by identifying the effects of dream in Charley’s decision making in life.
D. Definition of Terms
In this part, some words will be defined to guide the readers in understanding this thesis. The writer will clarify the meaning of some significant
terms that are used in this study to avoid misconception on reading this thesis. The writer gets definition of the specific terms mostly from library works, which are
considered well qualified. 1.
Dreams Henry Gleitman in his book entitled Psychology described dream as a
kind of nocturnal drama to which the only price of admission is falling asleep. It is usually a series of scenes, sometimes fairly commonplace, sometimes bizarre and
disjointed, in which the dreamer often figures as a participant 1991: 6. 2.
Decision Making According to Simon 1977: 12, decision making is a process of choosing
among alternative courses of action for the purpose of attaining a goal or goals.
Managerial decision making is synonymous with the whole process of management. To illustrate the idea, consider the important managerial function of
planning. Planning involves a series decisions: What should be done? When? How? Where? Whom? Hence planning implies decision making. Another
function in the management process, such as organizing and controlling, also involves making decisions. In this study the “decision making” refers to the
process of deciding options or choices from analyzing a problem until it comes to a decision.
CHAPTER II THEORETICAL REVIEW
