CONTENTS
APPROVAL PAGE ................................................................................................. i
LEGALIZATION PAGE ........................................................................................ ii
DECLARATION OF OWNERSHIP ..................................................................... iii
PREFACE .............................................................................................................. iv
ACKNOWLEDGMENT ..........................................................................................v
DEDICATION ...................................................................................................... vii
ABSTRACT ......................................................................................................... viii
ABSTRAK ............................................................................................................. ix
CONTENTS .............................................................................................................x
CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION ..........................................................................1
1.1 Background .................................................................................................1
1.2 Problem of the study....................................................................................7
1.3 Objectives of the Study ...............................................................................7
1.4 Significance of the Study.............................................................................8
1.5 Definition of Key Terms .............................................................................8
CHAPTER II REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE ................................10
2.1 Psychoanalysis as Literary Criticism.........................................................10
2.2 Character ...................................................................................................14
2.2.1 Character Definition ........................................................................14
2.2.2 Types of Character ...........................................................................15
2.2.3 Characterization ...............................................................................16
2.3 Concept of Anxiety ...................................................................................16
CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHOD ............................................................20
3.1 Research Design ........................................................................................20
3.2 Sample of Data ..........................................................................................22
3.2.1 Sample of The Anxiety of The Main Character Holden Caulfield ..23
3.2.1.1 Sample of Unsecured Feeling ..............................................23
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3.2.1.2 Sample of Negative Thinking ..............................................24
3.2.1.3 Sample of Bad Mentality .....................................................25
3.2.2 Sample of The Role of Other Characters in Constructing Holden’s
Anxiety..............................................................................................26
3.2.2.1 Sample of The Role of Families ..........................................26
3.2.2.2 Sample of The Role of Friends ............................................27
3.2.2.3 Sample of The Role of Complementary Characters ............28
3.3 Source of Data ...........................................................................................29
3.4 Technique of Collecting Data ....................................................................30
3.5 Technique of Analyzing Data ....................................................................30
3.6 Categorization of Data Analysis ................................................................31
3.7 Organization of Writing ............................................................................31
3.8 Object of The Research .............................................................................32
3.8.1 Brief Biography of Jerome David Salinger .....................................32
3.8.2 Several views of The Catcher in The Rye ........................................35
CHAPTER IV THE ANXIETY OF THE MAIN CHARACTER HOLDEN
CAULFIELD IN J. D. SALINGER'S THE CATCHER IN THE RYE ..........38
4.1 The Anxiety of The Main Character Holden Caulfield .............................38
4.1.1 Unsecured Feeling ...........................................................................40
4.1.2 Negative Thinking ...........................................................................44
4.1.3 Bad Mentality ..................................................................................49
4.2 The Role of Other Characters in Constructing Holden’s Anxiety ............56
4.2.1 The Role of Families .......................................................................57
4.2.1.1 Phoebe..................................................................................58
4.2.1.2 Parents..................................................................................59
4.2.2 The Role of Friends .........................................................................61
4.2.2.1 Stradlater ..............................................................................62
4.2.2.2 Jane Galagher.......................................................................64
4.2.2.3 Faith Cavendish ...................................................................65
4.2.2.4 Sally Hayes ..........................................................................66
4.2.2.5 Mr. Antonili .........................................................................67
4.2.3 The Role of Complementary Characters .........................................68
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4.2.3.1 Mr. Haas ..............................................................................68
4.2.3.2 Ernest Morrow’s mom .........................................................70
4.2.3.3 Taxi driver ...........................................................................71
4.2.3.4 Lift guard .............................................................................73
CHAPTER V CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION .........................77
5.1 Conclusion .................................................................................................77
5.2 Suggestion .................................................................................................80
BIBLIOGRAPHY ................................................................................................82
LIST OF APPENDICES
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