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Komako’s physical beauty is another enjoyment that Shimamura can get from his relationship with her. Shimamura is attracted to Komako at the first time
is also because of her physical appearance. The impression the woman gave was a wonderfully clean and fresh one. It
seemed to Shimamura that she must be clean to the hollows under her toes. So clean indeed did she seem that he wondered whether his eyes, back
from looking at early summer in the mountains, might not be deceiving him 18.
Shimamura after comparing the older geisha he called before with Komako, he realizes that Komako is the best young geisha in the hot spring
village by saying “I made a mistake. I saw you as soon as I came down from the mountains, and I let myself think that all the geisha here were like you. ...Unless
she were as good as you, I’d feel cheated when I saw you afterwards.” 31-31. The other excitement or enjoyment that Shimamura gets from his
relationship with Komako is his seeks for the sensory pleasure and sexual pleasure in Komako. It can be seen when Shimamura says that only his left forefinger
reminds him of her, “This remembered you best of all” 15. It reminds him of the sexual pleasure that he get from Komako.
All the enjoyments, exictement, pleasure that he could gets from his relationship with Komako is considered as his intrinsic motivation, since the
rewards is the enjoyment.
4.2.2 Need for Affiliation
Maslow in Goble’s The Third Force says that people conduct action to fulfil their needs. A need indicates that some type of satisfaction is lacking and
implies that the organism is activated to reduce the dissatisfaction. The need for affiliation can be understood as a need for friendly and close interpersonal
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relationships. People appear to have a basic need or desire to be with other people. The need to affiliate with others includes sexual contact and various types of
interpersonal attachments that may grow. Mc Clelland said that whether or not it is exactly what people seek in interacting with others, certainly depriving
individuals of the opportunity for interaction arouses in them 346. David McClelland says that the word “love” is commonly used to describe
various types of affiliative ties and it is important to satisfy the love need 334. Shimamura needs to affiliate with others during his trips to the Snow
Country. At first, he is attracted to Yoko on the train when he has his first trip to the Snow Country, but he has no chance to affiliate with her, since Yoko is
together with a sick man and she has to take care of him. As is said in the novel that there is something coolly piercing about her beauty had startled Shimamura
8 and he were about to be drawn about something but he could not satisfy his need to affiliate with Yoko.
Then he comes to the inn and met Komako for the first time. The first impression of Komako who is clean and young, attracted him and makes him
want to be affiliate with her. Their love relationship involves physical contacts, conversations, even argues.
McClelland said that interpersonal arousal conditions should stress openness, contact, reciprocal dialogue, joy and caring 359. These are happens on
their relationship although Shimamura only receiving from Komako. Through all their togetherness, it is clear that Shimamura need to affiliate with Komako.
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4.2.3 Attachment Theory
