Author (Penulis)

BY MUFTIA ROBITHOH
Universitas Nusantara PGRI Kediri

Author Identity (NPM)

13.1.01.08.0165P

Abstract

ABSTRACT Eat, Pray, Love is one of the novel written by Elizabeth Gilbert explored any feelings and experiences having been around by the main character as in her personal diary. The author is much impressed by the story of novel telling about woman’s journey of finding herself. Hence, the writer thinks that it will be challenging to analyze if it is seen from the main character’s point of view instead of others. To accomplish this research, the writer applies psychological approach. Then to support the analysis the writer needs some theories and criticism which uses the concept of Hierarchy Need by Abraham Maslow which are divided into five parts. There are: Physiological Needs, Safety and Security Needs, Love Needs/ Belongingness, Esteem Needs, Self Actualization. Moreover, the data of this research are collected from Elizabeth Gilbert’s Eat, Pray, Love. The writer herself becomes the research instrument in this process of data collection and data analysis. Based on the writer’s analysis, the Psychological Needs, Safety and Security Needs, Love Needs/ Belongingness, Esteem Needs, and Self Actualization take place in every decision she made. There are many data that supported this statement. Moreover, the drive of the hierarchy need influent her (the main character) to take one action consciously of their needs building her personality over the whole story in the novel. In addition, the problem of her hierarchy needs also happened in her psyche. Psychological needs is the needs that are usually taken as the starting point for motivation theory are the so called physiological drives , safety and security needs is needs revolve around the needs to keep ourselves safe from physical, love needs is the need to feel connected to others in our social world , esteem needs is have a need to be respected both from themselves in the form of feeling of self-worth, and from other, in the form of status, recognition, social success, and fame, self actualization needs is , needs to be something that people were able to make it happen using (the maximum) all talent - potential capabilities. Keywords: The Psychological approach, and Eat, Pray, Love’s novel

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PUBLISHED

2016-03-10

JOURNAL

Simki-Pedagogia

ISSN

2599-073X

ISSUE

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