AN ANALYSIS OF OBSESSIVE LOVE DISORDER PORTRAYED ON THE LEADING CHARACTER IN CAROLINE KEPNES’ YOU A THESIS BY : NADHA REG. NO. 170721021 DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH FACULTY OF CULTURAL STUDIES UNIVERSITY OF SUMATERA UTARA MEDAN 2019 Universitas Sumatera Utara Universitas Sumatera Utara Universitas Sumatera Utara Universitas Sumatera Utara AUTHOR’S DECLARATION I, NADHA DECLARE THAT I AM THE SOLE AUTHOR OF THIS THESIS EXCEPT WHERE REFERENCE IS MADE IN THE TEXT OF THIS THESIS. THIS THESIS CONTAINS NO MATERIAL PUBLISHED ELSE WHERE OR EXTRACTED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FROM A THESIS BY WHICH I HAVE QUALIFIED FOR OR AWARDED ANOTHER DEGREE. NO OTHER PERSON’S WORK HAS BEEN USED WITHOUT DUE ACKNOWLEDGMENTS IN THE MAIN TEXT OF THIS THESIS. THIS THESIS HAS NOT BEEN SUBMITTED FOR THE AWARD OF ANOTHER DEGREE IN ANY TERTIARY EDUCATION. Signed: Date: May 07, 2019 iv Universitas Sumatera Utara COPYRIGHT DECLARATION NAME : NADHA TITLE OF THESIS : AN ANALYSIS OF OBSESSIVE LOVE DISORDER PORTRAYED ON CAROLINE KEPNES’ YOU QUALIFICATION : S1/SARJANA SASTRA DEPARTMENT : ENGLISH I AM WILLING THAT MY THESIS SHOULD BE AVAILABLE FOR REPRODUCTION AT THE DISCRETION OF THE LIBRARIAN OF DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH, FACULTY OF CULTURAL STUDIES, UNIVERSITY OF SUMATERA UTARA ON THE UNDERSTANDING THAT USERS ARE MADE AWARE OF THEIR OBLIGATION UNDER THE LAW OF THE REPUBLIC OF INDONESIA. Signed: Date: May 07, 2019 v Universitas Sumatera Utara ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Bismillahirrahmanirrahim, Alhamdulillahirobbil‗alamin. First of all, I want to thanks to Allah SWT the almighty, the creator who has given me his blessing and mercy in my entire life. And I thank you to Allah SWT for all of the opportunity, health, strength and great situation and any things that I can completed my thesis which is entitled “AN ANALYSIS OF OBSESSIVE LOVE DISORDER PORTRAYED ON THE LEADING CAHARACTER IN CAROLINE KEPNES’ YOU ” and obtain the bachelor‗s degree of English Literature from English Department, Faculty of Cultural Studies University of Sumatera Utara; and Shalawat and Salam to the Prophet Muhammad SAW, along with his family and his companion, peace be upon him. I would like to thank to all of those who have given the contribution so that this thesis can be finished. I would like to deliver my greatest gratitude and appreciation to all those incredible people. 1. I would like to thanks to my beloved big family especially for my parents for their support, care and great love to me for finishing this thesis. Especially for my father, big thanks to you who always be my fighter, all your advice, love, motivations, financial and everything to me. I hope you can see me as your greatest daughter in the future. 2. Drs Parlindungan Purba, M.Hum. and Riko Andika Rahmat Pohan, S.S., M.Hum. as my great supervisors for their kindness, knowledge, support, and encouragement to write and finish this thesis decisively. vi Universitas Sumatera Utara 3. The Head and the Secretary of English Department, Prof. T. Silvana Sinar, M.A., Ph.D. and Rahmadsyah Rangkuti, M.A., Ph.D. and all the lecturers and the staffs of English Department for the facilities and opportunities given to me during my study in this faculty. And the last but not least, bang Kirno who gave the best effort to help my document and stuff. 4. I want to thank to my friends from EXTENSION ENGLISH LITERATURE 2017 who fill my day with the great moments and support me to finish this thesis, especially for my leader in the class Zulfikram who always helping me in every situation. 5. Special thanks to ANGELS PARADISE (Vetty, Salwa, Masyitah and Nova) who fill my days from Diploma till Extension with love, weirdness and every motivation to keep me in spirit when I got down, I really appreciate all of your support. 6. And for the last, I want to thank to my friends one guidance Rusydina and Runi who helping me for every needs on the way of SEMPRO till SIDANG. I do hope my thesis would be the benefit for the future researcher, scholar even reader. Even though, this thesis is out of perfect but at least it is useful to develop it. I highly appreciate most. Medan, May 07, 2019 NADHA vii Universitas Sumatera Utara ABSTRACT This thesis entitled “An Analysis of Obsessive Love Disorder Portrayed on the Leading Character in Caroline Kepnes’ You”. This thesis discusses about the characteristics and the cause of obsessive love disorder. There are two problems that are focused in this thesis: the obsessive love disorder characteristics of the leading character and the cause of the leading character obsessive love. The characteristics and the cause of obsessive love disorder are portrayed through the leading character of You novel by Caroline Kepnes. Joe as the leading character in You is obsessed with a woman. He will do anything for the woman he loves even commit murder. The method of research that is used in this thesis is qualitative method. You novel by Caroline Kepnes is the primary source of data by using extrinsic approach and psychological theory. Psychological theory that is used in this thesis is the obsessive love disorder theory by Bernhard Bogerts. The purposes of this thesis are to analyze and to prove that characteristic of obsessive love disorder are portrayed through Joe and to look back the cause of Joe‗s obsessive love disorder in order to understanding the psychological problem which is often adopted as the motif of literary work. From this research it is found that Joe is a person who has obsessive love disorder characteristics that is portrayed through his behaviour such as stalking, extreme jealousy and his resentment even killing other. The cause of his obsessive love disorder is shown by his ego. Keyword: obsessive love disorder , psychology, literature. viii Universitas Sumatera Utara ABSTRAK Skripsi ini berjudul“An Analysis of Obsessive Love Disorder Portrayed on the Leading Character in Caroline Kepnes’ You”. Skripsi ini membahas tentang karakteristik gangguan obsesif cinta dan penyebab dari gangguan obsesif cinta. Skripsi ini berfokus pada dua masalah yaitu perilaku gangguan obsesif cinta karakter utama dan penyebab dari perilaku obsesif cintanya. Karakteristik dan efek seseorang dengan gangguan obsesif cinta tergambar dalam diri karakter utama dalam novel You karya Caroline Kepnes. Joe sebagai karakter utama dan novel You digambarkan sebagai seorang yang obsesif terhadap seorang wanita. Dia akan melakukan segala hal untuk wanita yang dicintainya bahkan melakukan pembunuhan. Metode yang digunakan dalam skripsi ini adalah metode kualitatif. Novel You karya Caroline Kepnes menjadi sumber utama dengan menggunakan pendekatan ekstrinsik dan teori psikologi. Teori psikologi yang digunakan sebagai landasan skripsi ini adalah teori gangguan obsesif cinta oleh Bernhard Bogerts. Adapun tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk menganalisa dan membuktikan bahwa karakteristik gangguan obsesif cinta terefleksikan dalam diri Joe dan untuk menelurusi penyebab Joe menjadi seseorang dengan gangguan obsesif cinta sehingga dapat dipahami masalah psikologis yang diangkat menjadi motif dalam sebuah karya sastra. Dari penelitian ini ditemukan bahwa Joe adalah seseorang dengan karakteristik gangguan obsesif cinta yang tergambar dari perilakunya yaitu penguntit, pecemburu dan sikap marahnya hingga membunuh orang lain. Penyebab dari perilaku gangguan obsesif cinta Joe dapat dilihat dari ego nya. Kata kunci: gangguan obsesif cinta, psikologi, sastra. ix Universitas Sumatera Utara TABLE OF CONTENT AUTHOR’S DECLARATION ........................................................................... …..…IV COPYRIGHT DECLARATION ....................................................................... ………V ACKNOWLEDGMENT. ................................................................................... ......…VI ABSTRACT ........................................................................................................ …...VIII ABSTRAK ........................................................................................................... ………X TABLE OF CONTENTS.................................................................................... …..…XI CHAPTER I : INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of The Study………..………………………………...… 1 1.2 Problems of The Study……..…………………………………………6 1.3 Objective of The Study………………………..…………………...… 6 1.4 Scope of The Study………………………………..………………..... 6 1.5 Significance of The Study……………………………………………. 7 CHAPTER II : REVIEW OF LITERATURE 2.1 Literature and Psychology…………………………………………….8 2.2 Character…………………………………………………………......12 2.3 Obsessive Love Disorder………………………………………….....14 2.3.1 Characteristis of Obsessive Love Disorder………………………..15 2.3.2 The Causes of Obsessive Love Disorder………………………......17 2.4 Review of Related Studies ........................................................... …...18 CHAPTER III : METHOD OF THE STUDY 3.1 Research Design…………………………………………………..… 19 3.2 Data and Data Source……………………...…………………….….. 21 x Universitas Sumatera Utara 3.3 Data Analysis…………………………………………………….…. 21 CHAPTER IV : ANALYSIS AND FINDINGS 4.1 Characteristics of Obsessive Love Disorder…………….…….……..22 4.1.1 Joe‘s Stalking………………………...…………………………….22 4.1.2 Joe‘s Extreme Jealousy…………………………………………….26 4.1.3 Joe‘s Resentment …………………..………………………………30 4.2. The Cause of Obsessive Love Disorder……………………………..36 4.2.1 Joe‘s Ego……………………………...…………………………....36 4.3 Finding……………………………………………………………….37 CHAPTER V : CONCLUSIONS AND SUGGESTIONS 5.1 Conclusions……………………...…………………………………...38 5.2 Suggestions…………………………………………………………..39 REFERENCES…………………………..……………………………………...40 APPENDICES : i.Author‗s