This article deals with psychological approach which concerns the analysis of reviving the passion of life through suicide of Veronikaâs character in Paulo Coelhoâs Veronika Decides to Die. The study elaborates Alfred Adlerâs individual psychology to analyze the process of reviving lifeâs passion happened in Veronikaâs character. In addition, the formalist criticism involves in this thesis with some limitation to describe the Veronikaâs character and to analyze her experiences in dealing with the suicide. The study aims to find out that the passion of life can be revived through the attempt of suicide. The method used in this thesis is qualitative, which is used by making the descriptive analysis through the actions and events that related to the identification process of reviving lifeâs passion done by Veronika in the novel. The study finds that there is an ability to revive the passion of life through the failure suicide in Veronika. The peoplesâ innate for striving is driven Veronika to overcome her inferiority feelings. Moreover, the social interest influences Veronika to create the power of herself, so that can change her style of life in order to perceive the goals of life.
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Journal Name | NOBEL: Journal of Literature and Language Teaching |
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ISSN | ISSN : 20870698, EISSN : 25492470, DOI : -, |
Core Subject | Education, Social, |
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Meta Desc | NOBEL: Journal of Literature and Language Teaching (ISSN 2087-0698 and E-ISSN 2549-2470) is a peer-reviewed journal published biannually by English Department, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, UIN Sunan Ampel Surabaya. NOBEL: Journal of Literature and Language Teaching publishes articles on Literature, Language and Language Teaching from various perspectives, covering both literary and fieldwork studies. The journal puts emphasis on aspects related to language studies, with special reference to culture, literature, linguistics and language teaching. |
Penulis | Aljannah, Fika Alfianti |
Publisher Article | English Department, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, UIN Sunan Ampel Surabaya |
Subtitle Article | NOBEL: Journal of Literature and Language Teaching Vol 6 No 2 (2015): SEPTEMBER |
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