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THE ANALYSIS OF PSYCHOLOGICAL PROBLEM OF THE MAIN CHARACTER IN THE NOVEL THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN WRITTEN BY PAULA HAWKINS
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Universitas Buddhi Dharma
Author
Zebua, Allessandra Margaretha
Subject
155.2 Psikologi Individual, Karakter 
Datestamp
2023-03-28 07:22:43 
Abstract :
This study is aimed to describe how id, ego, and superego influenced the main character?s mindset and behavior in the novel The Girl On The Train written by Paula Hawkins and published in 2015. The writer applied qualitative approach to interpret the data descriptively. The writer took the data from narrations and dialogues in the novel. In understanding it, the writer read the novel to comprehend it. In addition, she also did internet browsing to find relevant additional information. The Goal of this research is to gain information and knowledge such the role of psychoanalysis theory in analyzing the characterization of the main character. The function of this thesis is to make the reader understand the role of psychoanalysis theory in analyzing the main character. The writer analyzed the main character of the novel named Rachel who had an Alcohol Use Disorder. In this regard, she employed Sigmund Freud?s theory of psychoanalysis id, ego, and superego since she analyzed the personality of the main character. The theory has helped her to analyze the data. The research findings show that the main character of the novel, Rachel, had obsession to an alcohol. She was an alcoholic that makes her unstable and can not think clearly. However, she wanted to release her bad habit by making appointment with a therapist, Kamal Abdic. The research findings also show that curiousness of her discovered the mysterious case of murder. She felt that she had to the right thing to uncover the case. And she finally could do it even with her struggle against her desire of alcohol, her obsession to her ex husband, and her hard work to makes things right. Hence, it is concluded that alcoholism has gave the bad effect of the main character in the novel and the id, ego, and superego have played an important role in her personality. 
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