Analysis of Psychological Growth of the Main Character in Chenlun by Yu Dafu

Authors

  • Xuc Lin Binus University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21512/lc.v2i1.252

Keywords:

psychological growth, inferiority, loneliness, personality trait

Abstract

Article discusses the psychological aspect of the main character in the novel “Chen Lun”. The feelings of inferiority and loneliness are his initial mental states. The latter is caused by two factors: the social and personality factors while the former is caused by the political condition in China at that time and the fact that the Japanese underestimate the Chinese people. The writer uses Freud’s theory on the structure of personality and conflict, anxiety, and the defense mechanism to analyze the process of the psychological development of the main character. In the end of the story, the main character commits suicide since “he” cannot only solve the problem of his loneliness and inferiority but also he feels guilty of his wrongdoing which crushes his-ideal-self. The guilty feeling haunts him in such a way that he even denies himself.

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Published

2008-05-31
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