SELF DEFENSE IN NICHOLAS SPARKS THE LAST SONG CHARACTER ANALYSIS
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.53682/kompetensi.v2i01.4738Keywords:
Self-defense, Personality, Psychology, FamilyAbstract
To reveals the self defense of Ronnie Miller in Nicholas Sparks The Last Song In this
research the writer used qualitative method in analyzing the novel It means that this
research does not deal with numbers or diagrams as in quantitative research This research
uses the theory of Sigmund Freud s Psychoanalysis which states that psychics is a literary
theory that examines the psychological elements of the characters in literature the
researcher concludes that there are threemain characters of self defense reflected from
Ronnie Miller as a daughter in her family and major character in this novel Those are:
Have a sense of Concern over hatred recover quickly from difficulties and toughness and
have a strong determination Self defense is an act of defend ourselves from obstacles
challenges and problems and take those parts as self improvement related with the novel
it is against the negative impact waftre her parents divorced Finally the researcher
concludes that Ronnnie MillerThe Last Song as a broken home child could be faced by
self defense and inner powerto survive from her condition eventough sometimes she faced
many problems which is impact from her family condition < p>
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