Katniss Everdeen's Anxieties and Defense Mechanisms in Suzanne Collins' the Hunger Games
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PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI KATNISS EVERDEEN'S ANXIETIES AND DEFENSE MECHANISMS IN SUZANNE COLLINS' THE HUNGER GAMES AN UNDERGRADUATE THESIS Presented as Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Sarjana Sastra in English Letters By MUHAMMAD RASYID HALIM Student Number: 134214154 DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH LETTERS FACULTY OF LETTERS UNIVERSITAS SANATA DHARMA YOGYAKARTA 2020 PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI KATNISS EVERDEEN'S ANXIETIES AND DEFENSE MECHANISMS IN SUZANNE COLLINS' THE HUNGER GAMES AN UNDERGRADUATE THESIS Presented as Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Sarjana Sastra in English Letters By MUHAMMAD RASYID HALIM Student Number: 134214154 DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH LETTERS FACULTY OF LETTERS UNIVERSITAS SANATA DHARMA YOGYAKARTA 2020 ii PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI A Sarjana Sastra Undergraduate Thesis KATNISS EYERDEEN'S ANXIETTES AND DEFENSE MECHANISMS IN SUZANI\E COLLINS' THE HUNGER By MUHAMMAD RASYID HALIM Student Number: 1342141 54 j{\ tq .z 6,2420 Advisor Iune 6,2020 Co-Advisor tlt PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI A Sarjana Sastra Undergraduate Thesis KATI{ISS EVERDEEN'S ANXTETIES AND DEFENSE MECHAI{ISMS IN SUZANNE COLLINS' THE HUNGER GAMES By MUIIAMMAD RASYID HALIM Student Number: 134214154 Defended before on the Board ofExaminers onJune 17,2018 and Declared Acceptable BOARD OF EXAMINERS Name Signature Chairperson : Drs. Hirmawan Wijanarka, M.Hum. Secretary : Dr. G. Fajar Sasrnita Aji, M.Hum. Member 1 : Ni Luh Putu Rosiandani, S.S., M.Hum. Member 2 : Drs. Hirmawan Wijanarka, M.Hum. Member 3 : Dr. G. Fajar Sasmita Aji, M.Hum. Yogyakarta, June 30, 2020 Faculty of Letters Dharma University Dean Iskarna, S.S., M. Hum. iv PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI “Seek knowledge from cradle to the grave” -Prophet Muhammad “The key to growth is the introduction of higher dimensions of consciousness into our awareness.” -Lao Tzu “Live a life that is well balanced, don’t do things in excess.” -Daniel Smith “Begin, be bold, and venture to be wise.” -Horace vii PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI For my beloved parents For my brothers and sisters And For my future family viii PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS My greatest gratitude goes to Allah SWT for always giving me blessing and strength in my life. I would never be able to finish this thesis without His help. Then, I would like to express my gratitude to Drs. Hirmawan Wijanarka, M.Hum. my thesis advisor who has guided me in writing this thesis. When I made mistakes, he patiently adviced me until I fix those mistakes. My gratitude also goes to my co-advisor, Dr. G. Fajar Sasmita Aji, M.Hum. who gives helpful advice and suggestions. His inputs have improved my undergraduate thesis and I am totally grateful for his guidance. My special gratitude goes to my beloved parents, my brothers, and my sisters, who always give never-ending support. With this thesis I would like to thank my parents who gave me a chance to go to college and encourage me to finish my study. Because of them, I am able to finish this undergraduate thesis. I hope this undergraduate thesis can return their favor. Last but not least, I also thank all of my lecturers, friends, and colleagues who helped me in many aspects. I thank you for giving me support through many phases of my life. Muhammad Rasyid Halim ix PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI TABLE OF CONTENTS TITLE PAGE .................................................................................................................. ii APPROVAL PAGE ....................................................................................................... iii ACCEPTANCE PAGE ..................................................................................................iv STATEMENT OF ORIGINALITY ............................................................................... v LEMBAR PERNYATAAN PERSETUJUAN PUBLIKASI KARYA ILMIAH ............vi MOTTO PAGE ............................................................................................................. vii DEDICATION PAGE ................................................................................................. viii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ...........................................................................................ix TABLE OF CONTENTS ................................................................................................ x ABSTRACT ....................................................................................................................xi ABSTRAK ...................................................................................................................... xii CHAPTER I: INTRODUCTION .................................................................................. 1 A. Background of the study ........................................................................................... 1 B. Problem Formulation ................................................................................................. 4 C. Objectives of the Study ............................................................................................. 5 D. Definition of Terms .................................................................................................. 5 CHAPTER II: REVIEW OF LITERATURE .............................................................. 7 A. Review of Related Studies ........................................................................................ 7 B. Review of Related Theory ....................................................................................... 11 1. Theory of Characterization .................................................................................. 11 2. Theory of Anxiety ................................................................................................ 13 3. Theory of Defense Mechanim .............................................................................. 17 C. Theoretical Framework ........................................................................................... 19 CHAPTER III: METHODOLOGY ............................................................................ 20 A. Object of the Study ................................................................................................. 20 B. Approach of the Study ............................................................................................. 21 C. Method of the Study ................................................................................................ 22 CHAPTER IV: ANALYSIS .......................................................................................... 23 A. The anxieties of Katniss Everdeen .......................................................................... 23 B. The Defense Mechanisms of Katniss Everdeen ...................................................... 37 CHAPTER V: CONCLUSION .................................................................................... 47 BIBLIOGRAPHY .......................................................................................................... 50 x PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI ABSTRACT HALIM, MUHAMMAD RASYID. (2020). Katniss Everdeen’s Anxieties and Defense Mechanisms in Suzanne Collins’ The Hunger Games. Yogyakarta: Department of English Letters, Faculty of Letters, Sanata Dharma University, 2020. This study discusses Suzanne Collins’ The Hunger Games which is about the struggle of a girl named Katniss Everdeen who shows her psyche conflict in facing problems in her life. In this novel, the main character Katniss Everdeen volunteers herself to take the place of her sister to be placed in the Hunger Games competition. In the competition, the competitors kill each other to free themselves from the game. It is important issue from the novel that the main character Katniss Everdeen as one of the tributes in the competition must have psyche conflict within. Through the story, Katniss encounters some anxieties caused by the problems that she deal with. There are two objectives in this study. The first objective is to observe Katniss Everdeen’s anxieties in the novel. This objective finds the symptoms of anxiety through the characterization of Katniss Everdeen. The second objective is to find Katniss Everdeen’s defense mechanism as the result of her anxiety which influence her behavior in facing her problems. The method of this study is library research, and the approach of this study is psychanalytic approach. The primary source of this research is the novel The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. The secondary sources of the research are from textbooks, journals, and internet source about literature and psychology. There are also theories to support this study, such as theory of characterization, theory of anxiety, and theory of defense mechanism. The result of this study is that Katniss Everdeen experiences neurotic anxiety toward the memory of her father, her mother’s weakness, and her romance relationship with Peeta Mellark. In her moral anxiety, she experiences it toward Prim and Rue’s safetiness. Then she also experiences realistic anxiety toward the tributes. Then, five defense mechanisms are observed in Katniss Everdeen. Those five defense mechanisms are repression, projection, reaction formation, regression, and displacement. There is also an anxiety which is dominant and hard to be controlled with defense mechanism which is anxiety toward