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Inner Conflict of the Main Character in Amber Smith's Novel “The Way I Used to Be”

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The novel The Way I Used to Be written by Amber Smith depicts the journey life of a fourteen teenage girl named Eden after being raped by her brother's best friend. From this traumatic incident, many things changed in her life, including the emergence of many conflicts, one of which is inner conflict. This research aims to describe the inner conflict experienced by the main Character. The method used in this research is a gualitative descriptive method with a literary psychology approach using Kurt Lewin's conflict theory. The researcher used a descriptive gualitative method and used a note-taking instrument in collecting data. The result shows that the forms of the main character inner conflict are the approach-approach conflict, the approach-avoidance conflict, and the avoidance-avoidance conflict. Of the three forms of inner conflict experienced by Eden, it was found that in making decisions, Eden's choices were influenced by several things, including the trauma caused by sexual harassment, lack of close relationships or lack of communication with her family, as well as the influence of her social environment. Moreover, Eden takes guite a long time to make decisions when it relates to her parents or others compared to herself. In conclusion, # teaches her to learn to choose the way of life, including how to make decisions and to consider whether the impact is good or bad for her.

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BSI-2023-NUR i

Publisher

Makassar : FAH. Adab & Humaniora UIN ALauddin., 2023

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xii, 43 hal :Ilus :, 30 cm

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English

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BSI-2023-NUR i

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Conflict-- inner conflict
psychology approach
The Way I Used to Be

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