Multiple Personalities: Childhood Unresolved Conflicts and Trauma In Clark’s All Around The Town
Journal: Atavisme (Vol.14, No. 1)Publication Date: 2011-06-30
Authors : Fatma Hetami;
Page : 75-86
Keywords : Childhood; conflicts; trauma; multiple personalities;
Abstract
This paper is aimed at describing how multiple personalities as the unresolved childhood conflict and trauma are revealed in Clark’s All Around the Town. The novel is analyzed by using psychological approach. It is based on the assumption that any work of literature always deals with human life in terms of his personality structure and psychological condition. The results indicate that as a character, Laurie Kenyon is around and developing. It can be seen from her various traits. In one, she is smart and sweet. But on the other hand, she is anxious and gets afraid easily. As an individual, Laurie’s Id is weak. Her Super-ego, which appears as forms of traumatic experience and unresolved childhood conflict, are embedded strongly in Laurie’s personality. Therefore, she tries to create her ego in the form of multiple personalities to help her out of her problems.
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