ANXIETY AND DEFENSE MECHANISM OF AMIRAH IN NOVEL SHE WORE RED TRAINERS BY NA’IMA B. ROBERT

Rofa Rosyidah, NIM.: 18101050060 (2023) ANXIETY AND DEFENSE MECHANISM OF AMIRAH IN NOVEL SHE WORE RED TRAINERS BY NA’IMA B. ROBERT. Skripsi thesis, UIN SUNAN KALIJAGA YOGYAKARTA.

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Abstract

She Wore Red Trainers is a young adult novel written by Na'ima B. Robert. In this novel, readers are invited to follow the life story of Amirah, a female main character who grew up in a Muslim environment amidst the hustle and bustle of London. The character of Amirah in this book experiences a complex development, mainly due to the influence of a challenging family environment. The repeated conflicts and tensions between her parents significantly shaped Amirah's outlook on relationships. This experience even made him swear that he would never marry. The situation at home also often traps Amirah in situations that cause anxiety. This study has the main objective of analyzing Amirah's anxiety, identifying its root causes, and uncovering the defense mechanisms she uses to relieve this anxiety. In the context of this analysis, Sigmund Freud's psychoanalytic theory becomes the theoretical basis used. A qualitative research method was adopted to understand the complexities of Amirah's character. The results of the analysis show that Amirah experiences three different types of anxiety, namely neurotic anxiety, moral anxiety, and realistic anxiety. The three main factors that trigger Amirah's anxiety are an unstable home environment, traumatic experiences, and complicated feelings of affection. In her efforts to deal with this anxiety, Amirah implements various defense mechanisms. Mechanisms of displacement, denial, rationalization, reaction formation, repression, regression, and sublimation are revealed as ways that Amirah uses to deal with the feelings of anxiety that haunt her.

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