THE MAIN CHARACTER’S PSYCHOPATHIC TRAITS IN GONE GIRL BY GILLIAN FLYNN

Syefira, Salsabillah and Elfiondri, Elfiondri and Femmy, Dahlan (2016) THE MAIN CHARACTER’S PSYCHOPATHIC TRAITS IN GONE GIRL BY GILLIAN FLYNN. Diploma thesis, Universitas Bung Hatta.

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Abstract

In this thesis the writer describes about the main character‘straits that indicate ―psychopathic‖ which are pictured in Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn, an author from America. This study has two purposes: (1) to describe about psychopathic traits of the main character (2) to describe about the causing factors of psychopathic trait of the main character. In analyzing this novel, the writer applies about the psychopathic trait from Robert Hare in The Hare Psychopathy Checklist-Revised (PCL-R), is a diagnostic tool used to rate a person‘s psychopathic or antisocial tendencies; there are 20-item of psychopathic trait itself. The writer also does a technique of close reading that requires her to read the whole novel in many times to understand the story of the novel. And the other technique is descriptive method to analyze the novel and to collects some data from available resources such as books and websites those related to this research based on topic and data. The novel shows that the main character just has six of psychopathic traits; they are glib and superficial charm, grandiose self-worth, pathological lying, callousness and lack empathy, poor behavior controls, and criminal versatility. The existence of the main character‘s psychopathic trait is because of her psychological individual factors and environment. Those aspects are the factors of the main character‘s psychopathic trait in her life. Keywords: Main Character, Psychopathic Trait, the Hare Psychopathy ChecklistRevised

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