MOTIVASI TOKOH ROBERT FISHMAN DALAM FILM THE ROCKER KARYA PETER CATTANEO

Abstract

People have to act or do something to achieve and fulfill their daily needs. They need motivation to obtain it. Motivation makes people stronger to achieve their goals. This thesis tells about the struggle of Robert Fishman to achieve his goal to be a rock band drummer as shown in The Rocker, a film directed by Peter Cattaneo. The purpose of this thesis is to learn about how motivation can affect Robert Fishman’s struggle to get his aim through pictures and dialogs shown in The Rocker film. In writing this thesis, the writer applies library research, which is done by reading books, articles, or any written and visual sources related to the topic. Meanwhile, in answering the questions the writer uses exponential approach for analyzing intrinsic aspect. Literary psychology is also used to analyze Robert Fishman’s motivation through the employment of motivation theory by Hobbes. The result shows that Robert Fishman finally can make his dream come true. His motivation is in line with Instinct Theory, Incentive Theory, and Drive-reduction Theory. He never gives up although he is failed for many times. Strong motivation to play music makes him struggle harder. In the end, the effect of Fishman’s motivation appears. He grabs himself a big musical show which he ever did it in past.