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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 go,
determine her every decision, and what action she should take in order to fulfill
her existential needs.
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