This research discussed about the analysis of main character in Marry Higgins Clark’s All Around the Town novel by applying psychological approach.
The researcher intended to reveal motivation and personality type of this character based on her need fulfillment in this story. The researcher chose this novel as the subject for this research because of her curiosity in gaining more comprehension about other characters which is hopefully can give the elaboration toward previous research about this novel. Therefore, the researcher conducted the analysis of Sarah Kenyon by applying Maslow’s hierarchy of needs and
Hippocrates’ four personality types. The result of this research showed that Sarah Kenyon is protagonist character. In addition, based on her need portrayal in the novel the researcher concluded that love and belongingness is dominant need as motivation for Sarah to fulfill her needs. Besides, the researcher found out that Sarah’s personality is belonging to phlegmatic character. Her phlegmatic temperament gave a good influence toward her need fulfillment process. Due to her kind hearted, she accepted treatment from other people kindly too. Also, she had good friends and beloved people who always came to give her support and help to face the hard situation. So, even though Sarah met an obstacle in fulfilling her needs, she finally could make it through.
Key Words: Character, Motivation, Hierarchy of needs, Phlegmatic