Garuda Documents : Markey’s Denial to Cope Grief in Niven’s All the Bright Places

TitleMarkey’s Denial to Cope Grief in Niven’s All the Bright Places
Author Order3 of 3
Accreditation3
AbstractThe object of this study is All the Bright Places (2015), a young adult fiction novel which tells a story about two teenagers and their problems related to their mental illness. The interesting topic which became the main discussion in this study is how the female character of this novel, Violet Markey, using denial as her defence mechanism to cope grief on her sister and boyfriend’s death. To examine this topic, the researchers used descriptive qualitative method. This study found that in order to cope with Markey’s sister death, Markey used self-protective function of denial, while to cope with Finch’s death, her form of denial is by refusing to acknowledge his death.
Publisher NameUniversitas Tidar
Publish Date2022-11-02
Publish Year2022
DoiDOI: 10.31002/metathesis.v6i2.74
Citation
SourceMetathesis: Journal of English Language, Literature, and Teaching
Source IssueVol. 6 No. 2 (2022): Metathesis: Journal of English Language, Literature, and Teaching
Source Page190-198
Urlhttps://journal.untidar.ac.id/index.php/metathesis/article/view/74/66
AuthorRIRIN KURNIA TRISNAWATI, S.S.
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