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CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION
This study has five parts to be discussed, namely background of the study, problem formulation, research objectives, research benefits, and definition of
terms. This study elaborates the influence of personality toward motivation to murder as seen in character of a miniaturist named Olive in Orhan Pamuk‟s My
Name Is Red. The objective of this study is to prove that personality influences behavior
which is able to motivate someone to murder. The benefit of the study is to give perspective to the readers. The last part, definition of terms is aimed to portray the
terms which are used in this study as the keywords.
A. Background of the Study
As we know, people who are living in this world are different. They have different personality, social background, culture, language, and many others.
These differences or diversities make people become unique. In this life, people live with others because they need support, friends or someone to talk. On the
contrary, several people decide to live alone because they tend to be individualistic and selfish. This case is closely related to human personality
because from their personality we can see the way they act to others. In 2009, Steven, Susan, and Mark described,
“personality is central to increase your awareness of our self-
concept and how you relate to others” p. 41. In addition, personality can be described as the character of human being toward
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their behavior. Research by Jess and Gregory 2009 revealed that “personality is
a pattern of relatively permanent traits and unique characteristics that give both consistency and individual to a person‟s behavior” p. 4.
Sometimes, personality is complicated. Some people may have two or more personalities. This situation occurs to few people. When people are facing a
threatening situation, they are able to show certain personality based on the situation happen in order to defend themselves. This personality influences
people‟s behavior which motivates them to make actions in reality. Behavior and motivation cannot be separated because “motivation theorists start with the
assumption that, for every behavior, there is a cause. In addition, motivation also studies what instigates behavior
” E. Franken, 2002, p. 3. Human personality can motivate someone to murder because of a
particular reason and background. This situation can be seen in a fiction novel written by Ferit Orhan Pamuk entitle My Name Is Red. In this novel, there is a
character named Olive. He is a great miniaturist. He is a kind and friendly person but in a threatening and certain situation he can change his attitude to be an evil.
Olive is audacious to kill others including his best friend. Based on this situation, the writer wants to reveal the personality traits of Olive and Olive‟s motivation to
murder.
B. Problem Formulation
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