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1. Reaction
Husaini and Noor 1981: 111 state that reaction is a measure or a contrast response from an action.
According to Encarta Webster’s College Dictionary 2001: 1204, reaction is divided into two, emotional and active responses. Emotional response is “an
emotional or intellectual response that something arouses”, while active response means “a response to something that involves taking action, or an action taken in
response to something”. Reaction in this study refers to Janice Templeton’s reaction toward Elliot
Hoover’s claim that Janice’s daughter is somebody’s reincarnation.
2. Reincarnation
According to Indrahartanto 2008: 2, reincarnation comes from a Latin word,”incarnere”. It means a faith which believes that a soul will still be alive
after the human being has died, or the soul will be reborn to the world in another soul, including animal.
Hinnels 1984: 269 states that reincarnation is the turning of a wheel. The belief in reincarnation teaches about “the destiny of the soul in the resurrection of
the dead in a future age but saw man as having to experience a variety of rebirths before then in order to fulfill his tasks on earth”.
In addition, Reyna 1973:69 states that reincarnation or “memory past lives” is related to the word “soul”. It has become a functioning term for religion,
philosophy, and afterward for parapsychology, as the entity of aspect of the human person that survives the existential life and that transmigrates or is reborn
into another physical body. PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI
6 Reincarnation in this novel refers to Ivy Templeton, the daughter of Janice and
Bill Templeton, who is claimed as the reincarnation of Audrey Rose, Elliot Hoover’s daughter who died ten years ago in a burning car.
3. Claim
According to Hornby 1974:151, claim is “an assertion of a right or assertion that something is a fact”.
In this study, claim means Elliot Hoover’s assertion to Janice Templeton that Janice’s daughter is Hoover daughter’s reincarnation.
Thus, this study analyzes Janice Templeton’s personality in the novel. It also deals with Janice Templeton’s reactions toward the claim that her daughter is
somebody’s reincarnation. In addition to that, this study discusses the values of the novel as seen in Janice Templeton’s motivation to save her daughter, Ivy.
CHAPTER II REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE
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