The study which analyses of Roger Hancock’s as the major character describes about his frustration that was the resulted from the loss of his greatest
stories. Therefore, he tried to adjust himself to the other people’s expectation that is to write a better novel. In this chapter, it also reveals not only the finding of the
study but also the discussion as well.
In this analysis, the writer puts forwards the research findings into two sections namely frustration and self-adjustment. The finding of Roger’s frustration
reveals the nature of frustration, the kinds of Roger’s frustration, the causes of Roger’s frustration, and the reflection of his frustration. The finding of Roger’s
self-adjustment reveals the reflection of Roger’s self-adjustment. Each of them are describe as presented below:
A. Frustration
1. The Nature of Frustration
In circumstances of life, someone may get frustration. There have many problems that occurred in people’s life. If there are some motives satisfactions,
which are blocked, someone then undergoes frustration. For the further explanation about frustration that experienced by Roger, it describes as briefly in
the form of the table below:
What is Frustration? · Frustration is applied as the unpleasant feelings
when one’s motive satisfaction is blocked Kagan and Haveman, 1976: 341
· Frustration occurs when a person is prevented from reaching a goal because something or someone
stands in the way Morris and Maisto, 2000: 399 Kinds of Frustration
that experienced by Roger
Personal Frustration, is a reaction of frustration that faced by an individual when he is prevented from
realizing his ambition by some personal limitation- either real or imagined Ruch, 1971: 462
The Causes
of Roger’s Frustration.
· Roger frustrated because he had lost his eleven greatest stories, a first novel and poems. They were
the best works of his production for four years. · Roger frustrated because his first wife was the one
who had made his works lost. It made him frustrated in case he could not find them anymore.
The Reflection of Roger’s Frustration.
· Apathy, he faced apathy when he had lost his interest to talk anything that related to write.
· Projection, he blamed his first wife for the loss of his greatest stories.
· Sublimation, he substituted his goals to make a decent writing by drinking much whiskey and
absinthe. · Rationalization, he hid his true feeling that he was
at a loss so he gave Helena a false reason that he was all right.
· Repression, he repressed his painful memory and found the solution by remembering his pleasant
experience when he had ever written the greatest stories.
· Regression, he returned to his child behaviour namely cried when he was finding that the stories
had all been gone. · Aggression, he blamed himself for his failure
because he could not be as any other writer. · Nomadism, he did cross-country road trip with
Helena because he wanted to avoid his frustration.
Table 1
From the above table, Roger’s frustration is reflected in many reactions of defense mechanism that the main cause of his frustration was resulted from the
loss of his greatest stories. For the further explanation, it describes in the following section of this chapter.
2. Roger’s Personal Frustration
