Ambition of the Main Character in Quintessence Novel by Jess Redman

• Nadila Nurul Izzah
• 2021

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ABSTRACT

 

Nadila Nurul Izzah (31180099) : Ambition of the Main Character in Quintessence Novel by Jess Redman

 

The purpose of this research is to find features of ambitious people, discover kinds of Murray’s human needs, and analyze factors that determine ambition-level of the main character. Therefore, to seek the result, Quintessence novel by Jess Redman is chosen in this research. This study uses the descriptive qualitative method to investigate the data. The data were gathered by reading the novel, examining passages, collecting important parts and explaining the result. The result of this research reveals; (1) 13 features of ambitious people in the main character there are personal interest, willing to connect, strong desire, problem solving, confidence, motive others, hardworking, risk taker, maximize capability, emotion stability, self-development, critical thinking, and kind-hearted person, (2) in total, 17 kinds of human needs are catered when the main character pursuing her ambition goal there are conversance, order, construction, achievement, infavoidance, defendance, conteraction, dominance, deference, similance, autonomy, blameavoidance, affilation, succorance, nurturance, cognizance, exposition and (3) some factors determine ambition-level of main character are located such as prior experience, purpose of ambition, group influence and realism.

 

Keywords: Ambition, Main Character, Novel

 

ABSTRAK

 

Nadila Nurul Izzah (31180099) : Ambition of the Main Character in Novel Quintessence by Jess Redman

 

Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk menemukan ciri-ciri orang ambisius, mengetahui jenis kebutuhan manusia Murray, dan menganalisis faktor yang menentukan tingkat ambisi pemeran utama. Oleh karena itu, untuk mencari hasil,novel  Quintessence oleh Jess Redman dipilih pada penelitian ini. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode deskriptif kualitatif untuk meneliti data. Data dikumpulkan dengan membaca novel, memeriksa bagian, menampung bagian penting dan menjelaskan hasil. Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan;(1) 13 ciri-ciri orang ambisius pada pemeran utama terdapat ketertarikan, bersedia terhubung,keinginan kuat, pemecah masalah, percaya diri, memotivasi orang lain, pekerja keras, memaksimalkan kemampuan, emosi yang stabil, pengembangan diri, pemikir kritis, dan baik hati. (2) total 17 jenis kebutuhan manusia terpenuhi saat pemeran utama mengejar ambisinya diantaranya conversance, order, construction, achievement, infavoidance, defendance, conteraction, dominance, deference, similance, autonomy, blameavoidance, affilation, succorance, nurturance, cognizance, exposition dan (3)beberapa faktor yang mempengaruhi tingkat ambisi pemaran utama ditemukan seperti pengalaman lampau, tujuan ambisi, pengaruh kelompok dan realistik.

 

Kata Kunci: Ambisi, Novel, Pemeran Utama

 

 

• Main Character
• Novel
• Bahasa Inggris

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