@phdthesis{UNY53027,
          author = {Damast Eska Sari},
           title = {THE IDENTITY CONFUSION OF ARNOLD SPIRIT JR. AS A MINORITY ADOLESCENT DEPICTED IN ALEXIE?S THE ABSOLUTELY TRUE DIARY OF A PART-TIME INDIAN: A PSYCHOSOCIAL ANALYSIS},
           month = {August},
            year = {2017},
          school = {Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta},
        keywords = {identity confusion, minority, adolescence, psychosocial development, Erikson, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian},
             url = {http://eprints.uny.ac.id/53027/},
        abstract = {This research aims to reveal the factors which cause identity confusion of the main character of The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian on the fifth stage of psychosocial development. To answer the objective, this research employs the psychosocial theory by Erikson.
 	This research applied a qualitative research method. The source of the data of this research was taken from Sherman Alexie?s The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian. The data of the research were in the form of words, phrase, clause, sentences, having correlation with identity confusion factors of the main character, Arnold Spirit Jr.. 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 researcher finds that on the fifth stage of psychosocial development, the main character is experiencing identity confusion. The researcher, based on Erikson psychosocial development theory i.e. Identity vs Identity Confusion reveals that there are three factors which causes the main character to face identity confusion: discouraging family, discriminative school peers and teachers, and abusive neighborhood. Those three factors affect his personality in his quest of identity for it can be seen that the main character feeling rejected and feeling lost about where he belongs.}
}