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Character's Existential Needs In Novel The Ministry Of Utmost Happiness By Arundhati Roy
This research is aimed to analyze the existential needs in the novel The Ministry of Utmost Happiness by Arundhati Roy. The objectives of the research is to find out the kinds of existential needs that affect the main character of novel. The researcher uses Erich Fromm's existential needs theory. The result of the research revealed there are four kinds of existential needs that affect the main character: Rootedness, effectiveness, A frame of Orientation and Devotion, and Excitation and Stimulation. The researcher conclude that these existential needs give the main character a compass for where she should 20, determine her every decision, and what action she should take in order to fulfill her existential needs.
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