Penulis / NIM
PUTRI NUR' RAHMA DARISE / 321414144
Program Studi
S1 - PENDIDIKAN BAHASA INGGRIS
Pembimbing 1 / NIDN
Dr. MERY BALANGO, M.Hum / 0021106403
Pembimbing 2 / NIDN
ROSMA KADIR, S.Pd, MA / 0019028002
Abstrak
ABSTRACT
Putri Nurrahma Darise, 321414144, Alaska���s Personality in The Novel Looking For Alaska by John Green. English Department, Letter and Culture Faculty, State University of Gorontalo. Advisors (1): Dr. Mery Balango, M.Hum (2): Rosma Kadir, S.Pd., M.A.
This study aims to find out the character���s personality that portrayed in the novel. As we all know, personality is an important aspect of a person. It is the combination of our inborn traits and things that happened to us. The things that we experience in our childhood contribute a great impact on our adult life (Freud: 1925). However, human behaviors that determine their personality is complex. In the novel Looking For Alaska by John Green, one of the main characters named Alaska has a complicated personality according to the other characters. She is moody, unpredictable, self-harm, and impulsive. Due to that matter, this study investigated the personality of Alaska portrayed in the novel to find out her psychological condition. The data were conducted by the qualitative method and descriptive research. Along with that, the psychoanalysis approach and the personality theory by Sigmund Freud are used in analyzing the data. The analysis showed that Alaska���s personalities are mostly influenced by her Id. She is also suffered from Neurotic anxiety and has some traits of Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD). In fact, her psychological condition is the result of her childhood trauma ��" her mother���s death.
Keywords: Personality, Psychological analysis
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