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Trauma and Reconciliation Of The Main Character's Trauma in A.J. Finn's The Woman In The Window

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This study aims to describe and reconstruct the trauma and reconciliation of the main character on The Woman In The Window by A.J. Finn. The study used descriptive gualitative method using the theory of trauma by Cathy Caruth and concept of acting out and working through by Dominic LaCapra. This study is conducted through methods as follow, (1) defining formal and material obyjects, (2) data gathering, (3) data analyzing, and (4) taking a conclusion. The results showed that the main character experienced the accident with her husband and daughter became a personal traumatic memory. The event is remembered as a traumatic memory and causes trauma, as reflected in the symptoms of flashbacks, hallucination, agoraphobia, denial, feeling of guilt, death-drive, uncontrolled anger, self-destructive. The main character experience acting out, stuck in the past. In an attempt at reconciliation, the main character in the novel performs self acceptance, steps out of his house, returns to his job, and accepts reality without feeling guilty anymore

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BSI-2023-IVA t

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

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xi, 62 hal :Ilus :, 30 cm

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English

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BSI-2023-IVA t

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Trauma--Reconciliation
Traumatic
Acting Out-- Working

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