ANXIETY AND DEPRESSIVE DISORDER TOWARD THE MAIN CHARACTER IN PAULA HAWKINS’ NOVEL THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN (PSYCHOANALYSIS)

Abstract

The purpose of the study was to categorize and explain about kinds and causes of anxiety, symptoms and causes of depressive disorder and what are the defense mechanism of main character to overcome her anxiety and depressive disorder in novel ―The girl on the Train‖ by Paula Hawkins. The method used of this research is descriptive method with psychological approach, the researcher understand the novel with reading repeatedly, quoting and qualified the data who related with the research The result of study showed that the main character had 3 kinds of anxiety and caused by environment, threat, frustration, gender, and fear. Rachel also had a symptoms of depression and caused by infertility, infidelity and divorced, loss a job and alcohol. To overcome her anxiety and depression Rachel used 3 kinds of defense mechanism such as repression, displacement, and rationalization. The writer found 44 data and could be devided into: the kinds of anxiety disorder 8 data, the causes of anxiety disorder 8 data, the symptoms of depressive disorder 16 data, the causes of depressive disorder 6 data and defense mechanism 6 data. From the explanation it could be conclude that anxiety and depressive disorder which is commonly faced by people nowadays and could be happen together with the different main caused.