with dirt or contamination or about hurting someone else. A compulsion is an action that a person fells compelled to repeat again and again, in a rigid,
stereotypical fashion, though he or she has no conscious desire to do so. People suffering from either obsessions or compulsions or, as are usually the
case from both-are said to have obsessive-compulsive disorder.
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9 Phobic Reaction
Phobia is a persistent fear of some object or situation the presents no actual danger to the person or in which the danger is magnified our of all proportion to its
actual seriousness.
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Phobic disorder occurs more commonly among adolescents and young adults than among older people. It is also more frequently diagnosed in
females than in males, possibly because strong fears have traditionally been more compatible with female roles than with male roles of our society. People who suffer
from phobias usually admit that they have no real cause to be afraid of the object or situation, but say they cannot help themselves. In addition a phobia may generalize to
fear of situation only minimally related to the basic trauma.
D. Novel Analysis of A Thousand Splendid Suns
As the result of this research that neuroses syndrome reactions had a lot of influences to human behavior when they have difficult problem either internal
problem or external problem in their life. It can be seen in the character of Mariam that she could not feel happy in her life; Mariam had internal and external problem.
Those problems made her life depressed. She experiences abnormal psychology
20
Lauren B. Alloy et al., Abnormal Psychology New York: McGraw-Hill, 1972, P.154
21
Ibid. P. 218
which is Neuroses syndrome reactions. In the writer’s opinion, A Thousand splendid suns is a predictable story which most of us probably have heard or read. However,
Hosseini retained his original idea and his writing based on real life that happened around him. He invited the readers to open the novel page per-pages of novel which
made them understand what actually happened in Afghanistan especially as a woman. He skillfully narrated the despair and suffering of Mariam who had many life
conflicts influencing her psychic where the influence made her characteristics uncertain. The storyline is carefully developed to retain the reader’s interest
throughout the book.
E. Conclusion
The behavior of human beings relates to psychological aspects. The neurosis syndrome reaction is one of psychological aspects which have a lot of influences to
human behavior when they have difficult problem in their life, when they get a war in country and also when they have the authority. There is only crisis of humankind,
discrimination, hopeless, patience, suppressed, and so on. There is no tolerance or amnesty in their life. It is just against or quiet. All of people believe that life in this
world is not easy; people have to face all of problems and they have to flee from an external stimulus, but it is impossible to run away from a need. It can be seen in the
novel A Thousand Splendid Suns on the character of Mariam that wishes become a free woman.
Mariam’s syndrome is to get free from her life. It is because when Mariam is born, Mariam’s mother calls her harami. Mariam wants to be another daughter,
playing and going to school. Mariam cannot feel happy in her life. Mariam feels Jalil Mariam’s father, Rasheed Mariam’s husband, Afson, Khadijah, and Nargis
Mariam’s stepmothers and also the situation of war are became the effect of her life depressed. There are anxiety reaction, phobia reaction, and obsessive-compulsive
reaction in her life. Based on the analysis, the writer can make a final conclusion that in the novel of A Thousand Splendid Suns is clear neurosis syndrome reactions
concepts which is reflected in the characters of Mariam had.
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