INNER CONFLICT OF THE MAIN CHARACTERS IN THE NOVEL ALL THE BRIGHT PLACES: A STUDY OF LITERATURE PSYCHOLOGY

Abstract

This study aims to identify the factors that led to the dispute between Theodore Finch and Violet Markey in Jennifer Niven's All the Bright Places. Future authors are likely to draw from this research as it also reveals how the key characters handle their conflicts. The book All The Bright Places served as the research's primary source of data. The author employs a literary psychology approach along with a qualitative descriptive research methodology to analyze the data. Using reading, recording, and analysis techniques, the data were gathered. The author employs Johnson's idea of conflict management style while classifying the data. According to the study's findings, the two main characters were involved in both internal and exterior conflicts. The main character in this book has internal turmoil as a result of his desire to commit suicide and his own uneasiness. The main character's external conflict, meanwhile, is driven by a variety of elements, including a hostile environment and opposing viewpoints. The primary character's method of resolving internal conflicts is the Shark method, which involves attacking the enemy with greater audacity. The Turtle style, on the other hand, presents a closed impression by being mute among others. There is also the Mouse Deer way, which tries to avoid confrontations at all costs for the sake of peace and harmony in life