%A NIM. 12150048 ATUN FARKHATUN
%O Danial Hidayatullah, S.S., M.Hum.
%T ANXIETY AND DEFENSE MECHANISM OF RACHEL WATSON IN
PAULA HAWKINS’ NOVEL THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN
%X The Girl on the Train is a psycho thriller novel written by Paula Hawkins, a
British author. It has a complicated character, Rachel who refers as “the girl on
the train”. Rachel always feels afraid, panic, worry, and guilty. To overcome and
feel secure toward those feelings, she becomes a drunken woman. She is an
interesting character because a drunken people usually does not care the condition
around him/her. She is different, she still has social sensitivity. This research aims
to describe type and factor of anxiety that is used by Rachel, and to explain the
defense mechanism as a strategy to reduce her anxiety. This research applies
Psychoanalysis theory by Sigmund Freud to analyze the anxiety and defense
mechanism that appear in Rachel’s character. The researcher uses a qualitative
method of study. The researcher explains the data by categorizing the data,
making some list about the anxious event, looking for the defense mechanism, and
analyzing the data. From the analysis, it can be concluded that Rachel suffers all
the type of anxiety; neurotic, moral, and realistic anxiety. Finally, to cope
Rachel’s anxious feeling, Rachel uses six defense mechanisms. They are
repression, displacement, fixation, projection, rationalization, and denial.
%K anxiety, defense mechanism, and Rachel’s character
%D 2017
%I UIN SUNAN KALIJAGA YOGYAKARTA
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