Defense Mechanism Seen Through Behaviors in the Character of Barney Stinson from How I Met Your Mother
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PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI Defense Mechanism Seen Through Behaviors in the Character of Barney Stinson from How I Met Your Mother AN UNDERGRADUATE THESIS Presented as Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Sarjana Sastra in English Letters By VIVIEN CHRISTY Student Number: 144214005 ENGLISH LETTERS DEPARTMENT FACULTY OF LETTERS SANATA DHARMA UNIVERSITY YOGYAKARTA 2018 PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI Defense Mechanism Seen through Behaviors in the Character of Barney Stinson from How I Met Your Mother AN UNDERGRADUATE THESIS Presented as Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Sarjana Sastra in English Letters By VIVIEN CHRISTY Student Number: 144214005 ENGLISH LETTERS DEPARTMENT FACULTY OF LETTERS SANATA DHARMA UNIVERSITY YOGYAKARTA 2018 ii PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI Defense Mechanism Seen Through Behaviors in the Character of Barney Stinson from How I Met Your Mother Ni Luh Putu Rosiandani- S.S.- M.Hum Co-Advisor ilt PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI A Sarjana Saslra Undergraduate Thesis Defense Mechanism Seen Through Behaviors in the Character ofBarney Stinson from How I Met Your Mother By VIVIEN CHRISTY Student~urnber: 144214005 Defendedbefore the Board ofExaminers Otl1uly, 19,2018 And Declared Acceptable BOARD OF EXAMINERS Name Signature Chairperson : E. Arti Wulandari, Ph. D Secretary : ~i Luh Putn Rosiandani, S.S., M.Hum Member 1 : Dewi Widyastnti, S. Pd, M.Hum Member 2 : E. Arti Wulandari, Ph. D Member 3 : Ni Luh Putn Rosiandani, S.S., M.Hum iv PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI LEMBAR PERNYATAAN PERSETUJUAN PUBLIKASI KARYA ILMIAII UNTT]K KEPENTINGAN AKADEMIS Yang bertandatangan di bawah ini saya, mahasiswa Universitas Sanata Dharma Nama : Vivien Christy NomorMahasiswa :144214005 Demi pengembangan ilmu pengetahuan, saya memberikan kepada Perpustakaan Universitas Sanata Dharma karya ilmiah saya yang berjudul Defense Mechanism Seen Through Behaviors in the Character of Barney Stinson from How I Met Your Mother beserta perangkat yang diperlukan (bila ada). Dengan demikian saya memberikan kepada Perpustakaan Sanata Dharma hak untuk menyimpan, mengalihkan dalam bentuk media lain, mengelolanya dalam bentuk pangkalan data, mendistribusikan secara terbatas, dan mempublikasikannya di internet atau media lain untuk kepentingan akademis tanpa perlu meminta izin kepada saya maupun memberikan royalty kepada saya selama tetap mencantumkan nama saya sebagai penulis. Demikian pernyataan ini saya buat dengan sebenarnya. Dibuat di Yogyakarta, Padatanggal 12 Juli 2018 enyatakan, qffiT Vivien Christy PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI STATEMENT OF ORIGINALITY I certify that this undergraduate thesis contains no material which has been previously submitted for the award of any other degree at any university, and that, to the best of my knowledge, this undergraduate thesis contains no material previously written by any other person except the writer due reference is made in the text of the undergraduate thesis. PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI Psalms 139:11-12 If I say, “Surely the darkness will hide me and the light become night around me,” even the darkness will not be dark to You; the night will shine like the day, for darkness is as light to You. I am loved. vii PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI Dedicated to Papa, Mama, Willi, Mariyani, Micha and Helen, For without their hard works, my name will never have a degree behind. viii PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS My biggest gratitude goes to my Abba Father, Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit. I am able to finish this thesis by His mercy and abundant blessings. I am blessed and fully loved. My second gratitude goes to my thesis advisor E. Arti Wulandari, Ph.D. I am grateful to receive her willingness to guide me as her student and also her patience and helpful advices which encouraged me. I would also like to address my gratitude to my second thesis advisor Ni Luh Putu Rosiandani, S.S., M.Hum for her warm hearts, smiles and suggestions who ease my tension during this thesis writing. I would like to thank my Papa and Mama, who always pray for their kids all the time and have a big dream on me. My gratitude goes to my brother Willi Kurniawan, my sister Helen Diana, brother in law Micha Catur Firmanto and sister in law Mariyani Wijaya, who was willingly to support me to get into college. Lastly, I am grateful to be put in a right community in my beloved church, GMS Jogjakarta, specifically for my family in Christ, God’s Chosen and my connect group Miracle One and the Magang CS who paint my days in this city to be on wide spectrum of colors. I would also want to thank Sis Debora Wanti as my support system. Lastly, I would like to thank my mom in Christ, Mam Vanda for I will never forget the time you said I will always have number ten on my head. ix PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI TABLE OF CONTENTS TITLE PAGE .......................................................................................................... ii APPROVAL PAGE ................................................................................................. iii ACCEPTANCE PAGEiv LEMBAR PERNYATAAN PERSETUJUAN PUBLIKASI KARYA ILMIA ..... v STATEMENT OF ORIGINALITY ......................................................................... vi MOTTO PAGEv ........................................................................................................ ii DEDICATION PAGE .............................................................................................. viii ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ......................................................................................... ix TABLE OF CONTENTS ........................................................................................... x ABSTRACT .............................................................................................................. xii ABSTRAK ................................................................................................................ xiii CHAPTER I: INTRODUCTION ............................................................................. 1 A. Background of the Study .................................................................................. 1 B. Problem Formulation ....................................................................................... 5 C. Objectives of the Study .................................................................................... 5 D. Definition of Terms ......................................................................................... 5 CHAPTER II: REVIEW OF LITERATURE ................................................... 8 A. Review of Related Studies ............................................................................... 8 B. Review of Related Theories ........................................................................... 10 1. Theory of Characterization ...................................................................... 11 2. Conflict in Literature and Its Type ........................................................... 13 3. Core Issues of Psychological Problem ..................................................... 14 4. The Ego, Id and Superego ........................................................................ 15 5. The Ego Defense Mechanism .................................................................. 16 C. Theoretical Framework .................................................................................. 18 CHAPTER III: METHODOLOGY ....................................................................... 19 A. Object of the Study......................................................................................... 19 x PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI B. Approach of the Study ................................................................................... 20 C. Method of the Study ....................................................................................... 21 CHAPTER IV: ANALYSIS (RESULTS AND DISCUSSION) 23 A. The Characteristic of Barney Stinson ............................................................ 24 B. The Conflict within Barney Stinson and Its Core Conflict ............................ 32 C. The Defense Mechanisms in the Character of Barney Stinson ...................... 41 CHAPTER V: CONCLUSION ............................................................................... 49 REFERENCES ......................................................................................................... 51 APPENDICES .......................................................................................................... 53 xi PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI ABSTRACT CHRISTY, VIVIEN. (2018). Defense Mechanism Seen through Behaviors in the Character of Barney Stinson from How I Met Your Mother. Yogyakarta: Department of English Letters, Faculty of Letters, Universitas Sanata Dharma. This undergraduate thesis analyzes the ego defense mechanisms which occur in the character of Barney Stinson from a TV series titled How I Met Your Mother. The ego defense mechanism emerges when one feels a threatening situation caused by the impulsive desire. Ego defense mechanism helps a person’s ego to remain sane so that a threatening feeling or situation can be less damaging. The ego defense mechanisms do not occur by itself but is being triggered by certain psychological problems such as internal and external conflicts. The researcher used psychoanalytic approach in order to answer questions