ABSTRACT
The thesis entitled Kim’s Motivation in Making Friendship as seen in Rudyard Kipling’s Kim. The first problem of this thesis is to know the motivation of the main character in making friendship with other characters and the types of his friendship. Therefore the objectives are to describe the Kim’s motivation and the types of friendship Kim has made with other characters.
This research is a descriptive qualitative research that takes Kim as its source of data. The primary data is all elements of this novel. It is also supported by secondary data taken from journals, books, articles, websites, and other related references. This research employs Psychological Approach especially Abraham Maslow’s Motivation and Personality specifically Human Motivation Theory. This approach is applied in order to know the motives and the types of the friendship among Kim and other characters.
After conducting the analysis by using Abraham Maslow’s theory of Human Motivation, the researcher found that there were some motivation in Kim’s making friendship. There are primary motivation, financial motivation, safety motivation and motivation of affection. Furthermore, the types of the friendship among Kim and other characters are friendship of utility, friendship of pleasure,
and friendship of virtue.
Keywords: motivation, friendship, human motivation, Kim, Rudyard Kipling
