as a body of language_to be interpreted, while psychoanalysis is considered as a body of knowledge, whose competence is called upon to interpret. Psychoanalysis, in
other words, occupies the place of an object. It means that conscious takes part less than subconscious. The power of a work can be seen through the ability of the
novelists in expressing their ideas.
1.2 The Concept of ‘Dream Works’
The concept of the works of the dream can be defined as all of the meaning occurs in the dream. Due to the context of dream as an activity during sleep, people must think
that the problems only represent trivial matter. On the other hand, according to Freud, dream represents an important theme. It is the main road ushering us to
unconscious level. The application of psychoanalysis to analyze a novel is very complex
because researchers have to deal with the psychological conditions of everything that exists in the novel. To analyze the dream is not as easy as we imagine, it is very
abstract, on the other hand it relates with logic, fantasy and desires, which does not only reflect rationally but also expressive in the real life.
Freud presented his controversial notion that dreams are disguised attempt at wish fulfillment. It means that the dreams touch on wishes or needs that the
individual finds unacceptable and represses from consciousness. These wishes then appear in symbolic form as the latent content of the dream.
The idea of “dream work” is concern with the unconscious level, which takes part in someone’s mind and dream. The concept of the work of the dream can
be defined as all the meaning occurs in the dream and imagination. Due to the context of dream as an activity during sleep or imaging something, people must think
that the problems only represent trivial matter. According to Freud as quoted by Green 1996: 149, the dream work is the
transformation of the repressed, forbidden, or taboo thought or desire into the manifest. The manifest elements are what a dreamer remembers, but they are
equivalent to what slips off the tongue by mistake, or a hysterical crying fit or a panic attack. The works of dream are dealing with the work of the unconscious mind. The
unconscious acts considered as the protective mechanism to prevent the subject’s realization of the agonies. It happens because the traumas, forbidden or taboo
thoughts or desire are extremely painful and damaging things for the conscious. The conscious relates to phenomena we are aware of at any given moment, and the
unconscious relates to phenomena that we are unaware of, and cannot become aware of except under special circumstances.
This matter is concern with the title of my final project that is Psychoanalysis of the ‘Dream works’ to show Roy’s despair toward Indian society. I
used Freudian dream theory about ‘Dream works’ to reveal Roy’s despair toward Indian society. As a native Indian writer, who knows the reality in India, she is
supposed to do something dealing with the unideal condition happen in her society. As a writer, she shows her desperation over her book, and put her wishes through the
dreams of the characters. Roy puts the dreams as the way to reach her dream. For the next explanation about process in dream works, I will explain further in chapter II,
review of related literature.
1.3 Reason for choosing the Topic
