scholarly journals Issues of Gay Community on the Novel of Simon VS the Homo Sapiens Agenda

e-LinguaTera ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 6
Author(s):  
Dewi Wijaya ◽  
Irpan Ali Rahman

The study aims to know how social community on gay’s life through the novel of Simon vs the Homo sapiens agenda written by Becky Albertalli. The title of this research is “ The Analysis of Main Character on Confessions of A Shopaholic Novel through Freudian Theory written by Sophie Kinsella”. Confessions of A Shopaholic novel is tells about a women named Rebecca Bloomwood who has bad behavior that are shopping addiction to fulfill her desire but she gets anxiety because of her debts and it disturbs her psychological. This research will focuses on Rebecca’s anxiety.The data are taken from the novel in the form of dialog and monolog. The writer using psychoanalysis theory from Sigmund Freud that related with anxiety theory. Sigmund Freud theory has 3 kinds of anxiety, there are realistic anxiety, neurotic anxiety and moral anxiety. This theory is used to analyze the cause and effect of Rebecca Bloomwood’s anxiety.Last, the writer found the proved from Rebecca experiences three kinds of anxiety. First is neurotic anxiety caused by her mom character and it might be related to Rebecca childhood, Rebecca can’t to be honest to her mom about the cost of her skirt or clothes, she always tells if they are cheap because she knows her mom will shocked and angry if she now the truth, that can related if Rebecca can’t fulfill her desire when she was child because of her mom character. Second is realistic anxiety caused by her bad habit in shopping, that makes Rebecca has a lot of debts and that makes she becomes panic everytime met her debt collector. And the last moral anxiety caused by she felt guilty of her shopping behavior. And she becomes a liar to defense herself

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ilma Fitriani ◽  
Leni Marlina

This thesis is the analysis of a novel which written by Chris Abani entitled Graceland (2004). It explores the issue of step up efforts to enlightenment which reflected by the main character. It is also intended to find out the contribution of fictional devices such as character, plot (conflict), and setting in revealing the issue of efforts to enlightenment. This analysis is related to the concept of life instinct which self-awareness by Sigmund Freud that is supported by the text-based and context-based interpretation. The result of this analysis shows about the way the main character effort to enlightenment in dealing with any situation in his life by building self-awareness, gaining thinking skill and having vocational skill.  


Author(s):  
Andi Irma Sarjani ◽  
Zuriyati Zuriyati ◽  
Siti Gomo Attas

This study aims to reveal the character of one of the main characters, Honami in the Holy Mother novel. The data source in this study is the Holy Mother novel wrote by Japanese author Akiyoshi Rikako,which has been published in Indonesia in 2016. The technique used for data collection in this study is library techniques. The method usedin conducting this research was the psychoanalysis method which was first put forward by Sigmund Freud. The results showed that based on psychoanalytic studies, the main character of the novel,a woman namedHonami, showed that the Id aspectinfluences all of herthoughts and actions. This was triggered by various events, namely herown misfortune which had many miscarriages and had a disease that made it difficult for herto get pregnant, and Kaoru's existence that changed herlife to became more meaningful. The emergence of fear and concern for her daughter because of the successive killings that struck a small child in the city where she lived, making her falsify and obscure the fact that Makoto, wascommitted murder to protect her daughter. The results also showed thatthe personality of the main character, Honami, is dominated by an element of the Egopersonality that defeats the Superego.


2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 16-32
Author(s):  
Jeantriani Febrita ◽  
Eka Margianti Sagimin

This study investigates Self-Destructive Behavior of Hannah Baker in Thirteen Reasons Why novel, conducted in qualitative approach analysis of self-destructive behavior of the main character and what reasons or the causes of it through the narratives in the Thirteen Reasons Why novel. The goal of the study is to analyze how self-destructive behavior impacted the main character, Hannah Baker which is described using the theory of Self-Destructive Behavior and Defense Mechanisms by Sigmund Freud (1966). The result of this study shows that Hannah Baker developed the self-destructive behavior as a defense mechanisms from herself that triggered by trauma from the past. It started with the non-suicidal self-destructive behavior but soon turns into the suicidal self-destructive behavior. This study also shows how a suicide can really be an impact of the behavior that happens in the novel resulted from a non-suicidal self-destructive behavior that is not handled well, and all the mistreatments that the main character felt which produce the desire for ending her life.Keywords: Self-Defense Mechanism, Self-Destructive Behavior, Sigmund Freud, Suicide, Thirteen Reasons Why.


2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-6
Author(s):  
Agus Hadi Puspito ◽  
Agnes Widyaningrum

This research paper analyzed the ego defense mechanism by Sigmund Freud that are found in the main character of “Fight Club“ novel. The author of novel is Chuck Palahniuk in 1996. This research applied qualitative study, and the data are derived from the novel. The researcher focuses on causes of defense mechanism, the ego defense mechanism that the main character experienced and the effect that the main character got. The researcher found that anxiety is the cause why defense mechanism of the main character can active. The main character also applied ego defense mechanism namely displacement and reaction formation. And the effect for the main character is he becomes more bravely and easier to accept the reality.             The ego defense mechanism is an unconscious psychological process that helps a person overcome anxiety due to a stressful internal or external  environment. The defense mechanism finds its origin in Freud's structural theory of mind, which divides the human mind into three parts: id, ego, and superego. The interaction of the ego and superego gives rise to morality, guilty, and a conscience.


2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 41-50
Author(s):  
Maftuhah

Abstract: This research describes a personality of a character'sextrofet which is implied by the study of psychoanalysis put forward bySigmund Freud in Habiburrahman El-Shirazy's Faded PesonaCleopatra novel. The problems that the writer will study are: 1. Howare the personality forms of the character's extrofet in the novelPudarnya Pesona Cleopatra by habiburrahman el-shirazy whichincludes (1) the main character or I, (2) the raihana character or wifeof the main character, (3) the mother character , (4) the figure ofyaqulbi, and (5) the figure of yasmin or the wife of yaqulbi and 2. Howis the personality description of the character's extrophette based onthe psychoanalytic study of Sigmund Freud in the novel PudarnyaPesona Cleopatra by Habiburrahman El-Shiarzy. Research conductedon the novel Fading Pesona Cleopatra results in that in all activities oflife the personality of a character is always based on three principlesas said by Sigmund Freud namely Id, Ego, and Super Ego. These threeprinciples are the principle of constant, pleasure principle and thereality principle contained in human life


2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 13
Author(s):  
Brian Cesar

This thesis discusses about the effect caused by parent’s neglect towards children’s development as seen in the novel The Secret Garden by Francis Hudgson Burnett. The main character, Mary Lennox, has life without love and attention from her parents. This situation has a great impact towards Mary’s development, mentally and physically. The role of “the secret garden” along with several characters that appears in the story have a big contribution in help Mary to change to a better person, based on the theory by Sigmund Freud about “id, ego and superego” or famous with the term “tripartite theory”. The result of this research is how the contribution from the secret garden to help Mary changes to a better child. The secret garden has a role to helps Mary understands about her own intention, helped with the other minor characters that drives the “id” and “superego” of the main character.


Author(s):  
Irvan Gading ◽  
Linusia Marsih

This study aims to reveal gay habitus in Becky Albertalli's Simon VS The Homo Sapiens Agenda. This study is descriptive qualitative which applies both intrinsic and extrinsic approaches. The intrinsic approach is applied due to the fact that the study deals with the characterization of the main character in the novel. Moreover, the sociological approach is applied because the study is primarily concerned with a social phenomenon reflected in  literary work as the novel portrays the representation of gay habitus reflected in the attitude and behaviours of one of the main characters in the novel. In revealing the gay habitus reflected in the novel, Bourdieu's theory of habitus is applied. The discussion is focused on the Simon's habitation as a gay and the factors that contribute to the formation of Simon's habitus as a gay. The result of the study shows that Simon develops gay habitus. The representations of his gay habitus include are having no attraction to the opposite sex, adoring the same sex, obsessing and fantasizing about the same sex, feeling jealous and cynical to the suspected competitors, and falling in love with the same sex. There are two factors that support the development of Simon's gay habitus i.e. primary and secondary socialization.


2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Anicleta Yuliastuti ◽  
Nisfi Juli Imroatussolihah

The main goal of this research is to find out the psyche of the main character from When Breath Becomes Air novel using qualitative method. Psychoanalysis theory of Sigmund Freud (1856- 1939) is used to analyze the main character by the words and conversation in the novel. The result of this research shows that the psyche of the main character is balance. Id, Ego, and Superego are well played in Paul Kalanithi. In the first time, he is conquered by the Id and the ego tries to fulfill the id’s demand, shows from his passion in writing and studying Literature. By the following time, the superego appears and works as good as its moral principle, describes from his decision for being a doctor to help someone’s life. Furthermore, to make more understand about Paul Kalanithi’s psyche, the causal factors and the effects of his psyche are also analyzed in this research.Key Words: Novel, Character, Psychology, Psychoanalysis, id ego and superego


2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Antoni Suhermanto ◽  
An Fauzia Rozani Syafei

This thesis is an analysis of the novel Snow Hunters (2013) by Paul Yoon. This analysis aims to show the extent to which the contribution of fictional elements (character, settings, and plot / conflict) gives an idea of how the main character suffering from PTSD can get his life back. This can be seen from how the main character adapts and works hard in a new place for the sake of changing his life for the better. This analysis is also based on the concept of Sublimation from Sigmund Freud. The results of this analysis show that the main character with his efforts was able to regain his life after suffering from PTSD.


Author(s):  
Yosia Puri Saputro ◽  
Maria Johana Ari Widayanti ◽  
Bambang Purwanto

In this study, the writer emphasized the psychological development of the main character reflected in the story. Then the main character must convince the other, there is a better place outside the Glade. Therefore, this study aims to analyze how the process of psychological developments of being a leader through frustration and to analyze how the main character shows an ability to lead. This is a qualitative study using psychoanalytic approach by Sigmund Freud. The writer collected the data relating to the psychological development from frustration to being a leader by using The Maze Runner novel. The secondary data were taken from some sources, such as books, dictionary, encyclopedia, and also articles related to this research. Meanwhile the procedures for collecting data were done by reading, identifying, inventorying, classifying, selecting and reporting. In conducting the study, Freud’s psychoanalysis including id, ego, and superego are employed to reveal the main character frustration and shows the leadership ability in The Maze Runner. The findings of the analysis showed that; first, the causes of frustration are anxiety, hatred, and fear. It had been found that frustration was the results of the superego pressure that cannot be controlled by the ego. The frustration can be dangerous if the person who is frustrated does not fight against the pressure he gets. Second, there are seven leading ability which found in the novel such as having a purpose, curiosity, fairness, giving the suggestion, appreciates, and source of inspiration. Thomas is able to control the pressure from superego and his desire from id. He can make a good decision for his ego whether yielding his id or obey the superego. Then, he does not only focus on his frustration, but he can develop from frustration to be a good leader.   Keywords: psychoanalysis; psychological development; leader; frustation; adolescent


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