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the rights that children have to get education. Ron Stone, the lawyer of the society, feels full of pleasure because he can guarantee that they will win this
case. He really thanks Caroline for her best speech. It shows that Caroline is so smart. She knows what to say to make the school board believe that the down
syndrome children deserve to get education. “Outside, on the old stone steps, they burst into talk; Ron was pleased, cautiously optimistic, but the others were
ebullient, hugging Caroline to thank her for her speech” 209.
B. Caroline’s Motivation as a Foster Mother in Taking Care of Down Syndrome Girl
In this study, human motivation becomes the main theory to be discussed. Every human must have motivation in every action they do. This motivation could
be the reason why human do something. Human motivation is important to be analyzed because human life and human motivation are related each other.
Huffman 2010 Motivation refers to the set of factors that activate, direct, and maintain behavior, usually toward some goal p. 407. Murray 1964 also has
the same idea with Huffman that motivation influences human behavior. In addition, the past experience of the person, his physical capabilities, and the
environmental situation may also influence motivation p. 7. In order to find out the motivation used in this study, the theory chosen is
by McClelland 1985 who categorizes motivation into four major classes. They are achievement, affiliative, power, and avoidance motivation. From these four
motivations, there are two motivations, which are appropriate with the study. Affiliative and achievement motivations are the answers to obtain Caroline’s
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motivation to take care of Phoebe. Caroline’s achievement motivation shows her process of struggle from being unlucky to be someone better who can survive and
live with happiness. Her difficult past life really gives Caroline many bad experiences that
influence her personality as well. It reflects how hard Caroline lives her life when she was a child until her teenager. She is an optimistic person but the surrounding
never supports her to reach her dreams. This condition motivates Caroline to get out from her afflicted life. Since Phoebe came to her life, she believes that they
will write their life story together. Caroline has spent her life alone without anyone special accompanies her every single day. After the death of her parents,
she has no one to share. Phoebe means everything for her so that Phoebe is worthy to be struggled. McClelland 1985 emphasized that “doing something better” is
the incentive for the achievement motive. Having Phoebe in Caroline’s life really strengthen her to do everything better than before. Phoebe becomes her new
reason to live and survive.
1. Carolines Affiliative Motivation
The first Caroline’s motivation is affiliative motivation. It becomes the major motivation in this study because this motivation takes the main role of
Caroline’s decision to be a foster mother to Phoebe. According to
Atkinson, Heyns, Veroff in Charles P. Smiths Motivation and Personality 1992, the affiliative motive
is defined as the desire to establish, maintain, or restore warm relationships with other people p. 53.
In Caroline’s solitary life, she really needs someone to get her love and love her. She misses the time when her parents were still with her. In her
