THE IMPULSE OF COURAGE IN STEPHEN CRANE’S THE RED BADGE OF COURAGE : AN INDIVIDUAL PSYCHOLOGICAL APPROACH
In this research, the researcher attempts to find out how the impulse of courage influences Henry Fleming’s personality development. The objective of the research is to analyze the novel based on the individual psychological approach proposed by Alfred Adler. This research belongs to qualitati...
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| Format: | Thesis |
| Language: | English English English English English English English |
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2007
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| Online Access: | https://eprints.ums.ac.id/10664/ |
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| Summary: | In this research, the researcher attempts to find out how the impulse of
courage influences Henry Fleming’s personality development. The objective of
the research is to analyze the novel based on the individual psychological
approach proposed by Alfred Adler. This research belongs to qualitative research,
which employ textual data. The data sources are taken from two sources, namely
the text of the novel as primary data source and the other materials related to the
problem of the study as secondary data source. The method of data collection is
library research and the technique of data analysis is descriptive.
The result of the research is as follows. Firstly, the structural element of
the novel presents a solid unity. Secondly, the individual psychological analysis
shows that the impulse of courage of Henry Fleming comes from his fictional
finalism and it’s supported by his inferiority feeling. It makes his strive to reach
the superiority and power in emerging the impulse of courage in the real
battlefield but his strives to superiority goes in wrong direction. In the end, it can
be concluded that the impulse of courage cannot find happiness without balanced
positive direction. Finally, Henry gets his impulse of courage after overcome the
fearless and fight bravely in the battlefield. |
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