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Social Elements that Causing Trauma to The Characters in The Nickel Boys (2019) by Colson Whitehead

Sisla Rahmi(1), Delvi Wahyuni(2),
(1) Universitas Negeri Padang  Indonesia
(2) Universitas Negeri Padang  Indonesia

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DOI : https://doi.org/10.24036/ell.v12i2.121914

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Abstract


This thesis is used psychoanalysis theory from the novel entitled The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead (2019) this thesis focus on what factors or elements causes trauma to the characters in The Nickel Boys (2019) by Colson Whitehead. The analysis is used psychoanalysis theory by Sigmund Freud. This thesis also find the defense mechanism the characters used to deal with trauma caused by social elements.


Keywords


Trauma, Defense Mechanism, Nickel Academy

References


Cloninger, S. C. (2004). Theory of personality Understanding Person Fourth Edition. Pearson Prentice Hall.

Figley, C. R. (2012). Encyclopedia of Trauma. New Delhi: SAGE PublicHopskin,

Whitehead, C. (2019). The Nickel Boys. New York: Doubleday.

Legaby, A. (2010). Urban Segregationa and Urban Form . Sweden: KTH Royal Institute of Technology.


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