Brianna's Ambition in Angie Thomas' On the Come Up

Putri, Eggy (2020) Brianna's Ambition in Angie Thomas' On the Come Up. Undergraduate thesis, Universitas 17 Agustus 1945 Surabaya.

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Abstract

This study consists of an analysis of Brianna’s ambition in Angie Thomas’ On The Come up (2019). The objectives of the study are to find the motives of Brianna’s ambition and the way she achieves her ambition. This study uses two kinds of data source: primary and secondary data sources. The primary data source is Angie Thomas’ On The Come up (2019) and the secondary data sources are references from journals, books, internet article and other sources that could support this research. To accomplish this study, the writer uses psychological approach and the data analysis technique of this study is qualitative research. The result of the study shows that: (1) The motive of Brianna's ambitions in this novel is that she wants to speak up that she is different from her father, she wants to be a successful rapper who is recognized as herself without being assumed by the fame of her father's name as an underground legend; her mother lost her job and things are getting worse. She has several motivations which drive her ambitions such as: passion, caring, purpose, and revenge. (2) The way Brianna achieves her ambition the novel are: she has to join rap battle at the Ring because it is her chance to get her name out there and, if she wins, she can continue to participate in rap battles. Then, she makes her own song that goes viral. She makes a deal and Supreme becomes her manager. And the last is she gets support to be a rapper from her family. However, after much effort and struggle she has done to pursue her ambitions. She really has the common traits of ambitious people such as: goal setting, motivation to achieve and self-esteem.

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