The Traumatic Experiences as the Hindrance of Charlie’s Personality Development in Stephen Chbosky’s The Perks of Being a Wallflower, A Psychosocial Analysis

Nur Arista, Tria (2016) The Traumatic Experiences as the Hindrance of Charlie’s Personality Development in Stephen Chbosky’s The Perks of Being a Wallflower, A Psychosocial Analysis. S1 thesis, Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta.

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Abstract

This research aims to identify how traumatic experiences become the hindrance for the main character of The Perks of Being a Wallflower to handle the fifth stage of psychosocial development, and to explain the impact of this failure to his personality in the sixth stage. To answer the objectives, this research employs the psychosocial theory by Erikson. This research used a qualitative research with content analysis method. The main source of this research was a novel entitled The Perks of being a Wallflower. The data were in the form of expressions used to convey the psychosocial development of the main character in the fifth and sixth stage proposed in Erikson’s theory. The researcher became the primary instrument of this research, while the secondary instruments were the data sheets. The research analysis was conducted through five steps: reading and re-reading, classifying and categorizing, interpreting and scrutinizing the meaning of the data, checking the measure of worthiness by triangulation, and making conclusions based on the results of the analysis. The results show two important points. Firstly, a psychosocial crisis occurs in the main character’s life based on Erikson’s psychosocial development theory i.e. Identity vs. Role Confusion. In this stage, the result shows that the main character experiences traumatic experiences, which make him suffer from three major problems of identity confusion in his adolescence period: identity diffusion, identity foreclosure, and negative identity. The failure brings impact on his personality in the later stage: intimacy crisis and isolation. It can be seen through his inability to make an intimate relationship with others, which makes him feel lonely and suffer from depression.

Item Type:	Thesis (S1)
Uncontrolled Keywords:	traumatic experience, psychosocial development, Erikson, personality development, The Perks of being a Wallflower
Subjects:	Bahasa dan Sastra > Bahasa dan Sastra Inggris
Divisions:	Fakultas Bahasa, Seni dan Budaya (FBSB) > Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris > Sastra Inggris
Depositing User:	Admin Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris FBS
Date Deposited:	25 Jan 2016 08:18
Last Modified:	30 Jan 2019 06:06
URI:	http://eprints.uny.ac.id/id/eprint/29270

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