The Impact of Post-Trauma in The Personality Development in Matt Haig's The Midnight Library

The Midnight Library represents that childhood trauma is something that happens to a child unconsciously. This study indicates that trauma that occurred in a child's past can affect the development of his character in adulthood. This study examines Matt Haig's novel The Midnight Library, w...

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Main Author: Farhan Rozadi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: English Study Program, Faculty of Humanities, Universitas Andalas 2022-12-01
Series:Linguistika Kultura
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Online Access:http://jlk.fib.unand.ac.id/index.php/jlk/article/view/30
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Summary:The Midnight Library represents that childhood trauma is something that happens to a child unconsciously. This study indicates that trauma that occurred in a child's past can affect the development of his character in adulthood. This study examines Matt Haig's novel The Midnight Library, with the close reading method. Psychoanalysis is a research method used in this study. This study looks at how the influence of trauma on the main character in a novel. There seems to influence the decision-making of an adult woman who was traumatized in her youth. The tendency to make decisions from the subconscious affects the woman.
ISSN:1978-6646