Debora Pasaribu : Anna’s Personality Through Sigmund’s Freud Theory In Jodi Picoult’s My Sister’s Keeper, 2009.
which refers to the sociological aspect. These three aspects are controlled by the libido.
I choose Sigmund Freud’s theory because it is applicable to analyze this novel, especially to analyze Anna’s personality.
From the reason above, I would like to conduct a research entitled Anna’s Personality Through Sigmund Freud’s Theory in Jodi Picoult’s My Sister
Keeper.
1.1 Scope of the Analysis
In this thesis, I deal with one of Jodi Picoult’s novel My Sister’s Keeper throughout my research, focusing my analysis on the topic of personality based on
Sigmund Freud’s theory which states that human personality divides into three aspects; they are the id, the ego, the super-ego.
The id refers to biological aspects of human which tends to be destructive; the super-ego refers to the psychological aspect which relates to moral
consequences; and the last is the ego refers to the sociological aspects which control the id and the super-ego as the neutralist between them. These three
aspects are directed by the libido.
Debora Pasaribu : Anna’s Personality Through Sigmund’s Freud Theory In Jodi Picoult’s My Sister’s Keeper, 2009.
The ego stands in line when a human is in normal condition. But sometimes, there is a condition when the id is too strong within human; it can make human do
everything to get what they want although they have to destruct others. On the contrary, there is also the condition when the super-ego is too strong within
human which drop them to sacrifice their own desire for other’s happiness. Since I choose the character of Anna in Jodi Picoult’s novel My Sister’s
Keeper , I want to analyze the Anna’s id, Anna’s ego and Anna’s super-ego in this
thesis.
1.2 Statement of the Problems
In this research, I found out that there are three main problems to be solved. The problems are:
1. How’s Anna’s rebellion toward her mother described as the id side
based on Sigmund Freud’s theory? 2.
How is the desire of Anna to control the freedom described as the ego side based on Sigmund Freud’s theory?
3. How is Anna’s decision of giving all her internal organs to her sister
described as the super-ego based on Sigmund Freud’s theory?
1.3 Objective of the Analysis
Debora Pasaribu : Anna’s Personality Through Sigmund’s Freud Theory In Jodi Picoult’s My Sister’s Keeper, 2009.
This analysis is intended to answer the problems of this research. They are: 1.
To describe that Anna’s rebellion toward her mother is the id side based on Sigmund Freud’s theory.
2. To describe that the desire of Anna to control the freedom is the ego
side based on Sigmund Freud’s theory. 3.
To describe that Anna’s decision of giving all her internal organs to her sister is the super-ego based on Sigmund Freud’s theory.
1.4 Significance of the Analysis
