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and perceiving particular life situation. The researcher wants to reveal the efforts of a girl who just lost her insight to life in gaining her life perfection.
The novel portrays the life of Hazel, a girl who lives her life in very particular reason and situation. A girl who has thyroid cancer that sometimes
made her suffocates and forces her to use a portable oxygen tank to breathe properly. She need her life perfection as her last wish before she dies. As a result,
it disturbs her psychological development and leads her to have a difficulty in facing her future life.
The researcher uses psychological theory by Adler and Maslow’s theory
of needs to conduct the research focusing on the effects of physical condition toward Hazel’s psychological development. Adler mentions that human
personality development is shaped by the individuals unconscious self-work to convert feelings of inferiority to superiority, and in the novel, this situation is
experienced by Hazel. Therefore, Adler’s theory is relevant to analyze Hazel’s
psychological development. The result will be analyzed with Maslow’s theory, as
the theory itself exemplifies the needs that Hazel tries to fulfill.
C. The Formulation of the Problem
The problems of the research are formulated as follows. 1.
What kinds of life perfection that gives meaning to Hazel? 2.
How does she struggle to get the life perfection?
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D. The Objectives of the Research
Based on the formulation of the problem, the objectives of the research are
1. to identify the kinds of life perfection that gives meaning to Hazel, and
2. to analyze the struggle of Hazel in getting her life perfection.
E. The Significance of the Research
1. Academically
This research reveals some points about the effects of inferiority feeling toward someone’s psychological development. Hence, the finding of this research
gives the results to the students, especially for those who use psychological theory in their research.
2. Practically
This research can be a tool to increase the awareness about the effect of inferiority feeling on someone’s psychological development. This research also
gives an understanding to everyone how such feeling can shape someone’s
characterization and personality.
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CHAPTER II LITERATURE REVIEW
This chapter presents the underlying theory, which supports the discussion of this thesis. In analyzing the problem, the writer uses psychological approaches,
Adler’s individual psychological theory and Maslow’s theory of needs. They can be used as a theoretical framework to analyze the
character’s personality.
In order to make the theory easier to understand, the writer provides several aspects of the theory. The elaboration consists of the Notion of Individual
Psychology, Basic Assumption of Individual Psychology, Theory of Needs and Theoretical Application.
A. Notions of Individual Psychology
According to Adler as quoted by Ryckman 1985: 95, Individual Psychology is a science that attempts to understand the experiences and behavior
of each person as an organized entity. He believes that all actions are consciously unconsciously are
guided by a person’s fundamental attitudes. Adler in Hjelle and Ziegler, 1982: 141 believes that the purpose of a personality theory should be
to function as a reasonable and useful guide for counselors and ultimately for everyone, in affecting the healthy behavior of psychology. As stated by Adler in
Feist, 1985: 64, Individual Psychology insists on the fundamental unity of
personality. All apparent dichotomies and multiplicities of life are
