KONG’S HEROIC JOURNEY FINDING HOME DESCRIBED IN GREG KEYES’ GODZILLA VS. KONG’S NOVEL
Abstract
The aim of this study was to analyze a non-human main character of Godzilla Vs. Kong The Official Movie Novelization, Kong, in his heroic journey across the world to find a new home through his ancient rivalry with Godzilla. The research method employed in this article was descriptive qualitative method to obtain the research data. The approach employed to analyze the research data was psychological approach to gain a better understanding of the psychological aspects of Kong’s character. The researchers utilized the theoretical framework by Maslow (1968) in order to classify Kong’s hierarchy of needs. This research paper concluded that Kong managed to achieve the first two of Maslow’s theory, which were Physiological Needs and Safety & Security Needs in the novel. It was evident that this research paper found that even though Kong was a non-human character, he possessed fairly similar attributes akin to a human and was also capable expressing his emotions like humans do via sign language. This research paper also explained Kong’s struggles to fulfill his needs against every external factors that acted as an obstacle to achieve his newfound home. Keywords: hierarchy; kong; needs; novelization; psychology.References
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