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Anxiety As Seen in Nicola Yoon's Everything, Everything
This study discusses the problem of anxiety felt by the characters in the novel Everything, Everything by Nicola Yoon. This study aims to identify Pauline and Madeline forms of anxiety and the defense mechanisms they applied. This study used the descriptive gualitative method. In this research, the writer becomes the instrument because the writer has the main role in collecting data. When collecting data, the researcher focused on stories and dialogues related to the problem. Data were analyzed using the psychoanalysis theory of Sigmund Freud. The findings show that there are sixteen types of anxiety described in the novel: eight data reality anxiety, four data neurotic anxiety, and four data moral anxiety. The findings of this study indicate that the main source of Pauline's anxiety is her unrecovered past trauma. Meanwhile, Madeline experiences anxiety caused by the stimulus she faces. The researcher concluded that Pauline and Madeline managed their anxiety by using different defense mechanisms. Pauline uses defense mechanisms, namely Denial, projection, and suppression. Madeline uses defense mechanisms: Denial, rationalization, and sublimation.
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