Cahya Tri Atmaja , 2211412035 (2019) ALASKA'S BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER AS REFLECTED IN JOHN GREEN'S LOOKING FOR ALASKA. Under Graduates thesis, UNNES.

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Abstract

Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is defined by the American Psychiatric Association as a pervasive pattern of instability of interpersonal relationships, self-image, and affects, and marked impulsivity that begins by early adulthood and is present in a variety of contexts. This study was conducted to analyze the main character’s Borderline Personality Disorder of The Looking for Alaska. The purposes of this study are to explain the main character's borderline personality disorder described in the novel and the main character copes with all the conflict in her personality. This study was done using a descriptive qualitative method and using Theory of Personality by Sigmund Freud and Structuralism theory to explain the personality of the main character in the form of words. The object of the study was the novel The Looking for Alaska and this study focused on Alaska Young as the main character. List of an observational sheet was used as the research instrument and the data was taken through library research. The analysis was conducted by interpreting Alaska’s personality using Structuralism theory to describe Alaska’s characterization and Theory of Personality by Sigmund Freud to explain Alaska’s conflicts. The study results showed that Alaska that Alaska’s personality fulfills three cores of characteristic Borderline Personality Disorder and Alaska’s personality influences on how she resolves her conflicts.

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