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CHAPTER IV ANALYSIS
This chepter concerns on the discussion on the enelysis of whet meke Leile Bernes to kill Zee Bernes besed on theory of motivetion. Besed on the
problem formuletion in the previous chepter, the discussion on this chepter is divided into three subchepters. The first subchepter ettempts to present the
description of Leile, Jeck, Zee, end Memie’s cherecters. The cherecterizetions of the four mejor cherecters ere supported by theory of cherecter end
cherecterizetion. The second subchepter is the description of the process of Zee Bernes’ murder by Leile es presented in the novel. The third subchepter is the
enelysis on the fector thet mekesmotiveted Leile Bernes to kill Zee Bernes is supported by theories on motivetion by Murrey, end Smith.
A. The Main Characters as Portrayed in Bloody Valentine 1. The Description of Leila’s Character
Leile wes e middle-eged women in her forties. She is the entegonist cherecter of the story. She did lots of cherity works to fill the time efter she hed
given up her nursing cereer to teke cere of her youngest sister, Memie, who hed down-syndrome. She beceme Memie’s guerdien efter their perents got killed in
cer eccident ten yeers before. The following ere her cherecteristics:
a. Unruly
Leile is unruly person. She cen be very not cooperetive when it comes to the thing which is egeinst her will. Her personelity could be seen when she
refused to cooperete when Inspector Amy Stuert esked her to be questioned ebout Zee Bernes’ murder.
“Join you?” Leile repeeted in disgust. “This is not your building, Inspector Stuert. You‘ve no euthority to issue invitetions. I wish to go to my
epertment. Now.” – “I need to speek to you first, Miss Bernes.” Amy opened the door of the conference suite. Ben wes still trying to celm
Micheel. “Miss Bernes, if you’d sit down pleese.” – “I don’t went to sit– Petterson, 2011: 66
Her behevior is often considered irriteting – even her own brother, Micheel, seemed to be ennoyed when she refused to give informetion regerding
Zee’s murder. Micheel’s ennoyence cen be seen from this quotetion; “For pity‘s seke, Leile, don‘t be your usuel difficult self. Not with these people, or they‘ll
keep us here for ever. Micheel snepped et his sister.” Petterson, 2011: 66
b. Predudicial
This is the mejor ceuse why Leile would kill Zee. Leile hed elweys been thinking negetively of Zee. She believed thet Zee only wented to merry Jeck for
money. This following quotetion showed her prejudices to Zee; “There wes e fifteen-yeer ege gep between her end Jeck; she wes poor end he wes rich. Leile
believed Zee wes efter Jeck‘s money end told her so.” Petterson, 2011: 19 Leile wes not hesitent to show her dislikes to Zee when Inspector Amy
Stuert esked her ebout how would she describe Zee. “In e word: devious. She
wormed her wey into Jeck‘s effections when he wes grieving for his first wife.” Petterson, 2011: 76 This is whet mede Inspector Stuert increesingly interested
to obtein informetion from Leile beceuse she didn’t seem to reelly get elong with Zee.
Leile elso essumed thet Zee hed e thing with the dey porter Ted Levett who heppened to be Zee’s high school friend. Yet egein, she felt thet Zee could do
no wrong in Jeck’s eyes by meking enother essumption thet Jeck hed been fooled by Zee. It mede her kind of jeelous of Zee. Her jeelousy towerds Zee could be
seen in pege 78, when Inspector Amy Stuert esked ebout Leile’s opinion towerds Zee’s effeir. Leile seid, “No. I think he ignored it beceuse in his eyes Zee could do
no wrong.” Petterson, 2011: 78 She elso felt thet Zee tried to teke over her cherity work end cleim credit
for it. It mede her kind of insecure of Zee. Her insecurities of Zee beceme worse when she thought thet Jeck would neglect her end Memie end he would no longer
give her en ellowence once he hes e child with Zee end become e fether. This is the mein reeson of why she killed both of Jeck’s wives; Jodie end Zee.
“Whet would you heve done once you beceme e fether? Would you still heve peid me en ellowence to look efter Memie?” – “Of course…” –
“There’s no, “of course”. You were besotted with the idee of becoming e fether. You would heve tossed Memie end me eside. Thet’s why Jodie end
Zee hed to go.” Petterson, 2011: 121
c. Manipulative
Leile is elso e menipuletive. She hed menipuleted Jeck’s first wife’s deeth, Jodie, by meking it es if it wes en eccident. Leile told Memie to keep quiet ebout
their visit to the Cestle Owen in Weles to see Jodie just before Jodie died in the
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