Children Mental Disorder Through The Nazi Invasion Portrayed In Louise Murphy’s Novel The True Story Of Hansel And Gretel

CHILDREN

MENTAL

DISORDER

THROUGH

THE

NAZI

INVASION

PORTRAYED IN LOUISE MURPHY’S NOVEL THE TRUE STORY OF HANSEL
AND GRETEL

A THESIS

BY :


EVI NORA DAMANIK
REG. NO. 110705086

DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH
FACULTY OF CULTURAL STUDIES
UNIVERSITY OF SUMATERA UTARA
MEDAN 2016

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CHILDREN

MENTAL

DISORDER

THROUGH

THE


NAZI

INVASION

PORTRAYED IN LOUISE MURPHY’S NOVEL THE TRUE STORY OF HANSEL
AND GRETEL

A THESIS

BY :
EVI NORA DAMANIK
REG. NO. 110705086

SUPERVISOR

CO-SUPERVISOR

(Drs. Parlindungan Purba, M.Hum.)

(Mahmud Arief Albar, SS. M.A)


NIP.

NIP. 19820904 200501 1 002

19630216 198903 1 003

Submitted to Faculty of Cultural Studies University of Sumatera Utara Medan in par
tial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Sarjana Sastra from Department
of English

DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH
FACULTY OF CULTURAL STUDIES
UNIVERSITY OF SUMATERA UTARA
MEDAN 2016

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Approved by the Department of English, Faculty of Cultural Studies University of
Sumatera Utara (USU) Medan as thesis for The Sarjana Sastra Examination.


Head,

Dr. H.MuhizarMuchtar, M.S

Secretary,

Rahmadsyah Rangkuti, M.A. Ph.D.

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Accepted by the Board of Examiners in partial fulfillment of requirements for the
degree of Sarjana Sastra from the Department of English, Faculty of Cultural Studies
University of Sumatera Utara, Medan.

The examination is held in Department of English Faculty of Cultural Studies
University of Sumatera Utara on March16th, 2016

Dean of Faculty of Cultural Studies
University of Sumatera Utara


Dr. H. SyahronLubis, MA
NIP : 19511013 197603 1 001

Board of Examiners :
Dr. H. MuhizarMuchtar, M.S

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RahmadsyahRangkuti, M.A. Ph.D.

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Drs. ParlindunganPurba, M.Hum.

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Dr. Martha Pardede, M.S

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AUTHOR’S DECLARATION
I, EVI NORA DAMANIK DECLARE THAT I AM THE SOLE AUTHOR OF
THIS THESIS EXCEPT WHERE REFERENCE IS MADE IN THE TEXT OF
THIS THESIS. THIS THESIS CONTAINS NO MATERIAL PUBLISHED
ELSEWHERE OR EXTRACTED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FROM A
THESIS BY WHICH I HAVE QUALIFIED FOR OR AWARDED ANOTHER
DEGREE. NO OTHER PERSON’S WORK HAS BEEN USED WITHOUT
DUE ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS IN THE MAIN TEXT OF THIS THESIS.
THIS THESIS HAS NOT BEEN SUBMITTED FOR THE AWARD OF
ANOTHER DEGREE IN ANY TERTIARY EDUCATION.

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Date

: March16th, 2016

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COPYRIGHT DECLARATION

NAME

: EVI NORA DAMANIK

TITLE OF THESIS

: CHILDREN MENTAL DISORDER THROUGH
THE

NAZI

LOUISE

INVASION

MURPHY’S


PORTRAYED

NOVEL

THE

IN

TRUE

STORY OF HANSEL AND GRETTEL.

QUALIFICATION

: S-1 / SARJANA SASTRA

DEPARTMENT

: ENGLISH


I AM WILLING THAT MY THESIS SHOULD BE AVAILABLE FOR
REPRODUCTION AT THE DISCRETION OF THE LIBRARIAN OF
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UNIVERSITY OF SUMATERA UTARA ON THE UNDERSTANDING THAT
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

I thank for the strength to be strong. I thank for confuse to be understand. I
thank when all the things seem impossible to be possible to reach. All my first

sincere gratitude is addressed to my Lord, Jesus Christ for the gracious mercy and
tremendous blessing that enable me to complete this thesis as one of the requirements
to achieve the Bachelor’s Degree from English Department at Faculty of Cultural
Studies, University of Sumatera Utara.

I would like to thank to the Dean of Faculty of Cultural Studies, University of
Sumatra Utara, Dr. H. Syahron Lubis, MA. Also thank to the Head of English
Department Dr. H. Muhizar Muchtar, M.S, and the Secretary of English Department
Rahmadsyah Rangkuti, M.A., Ph.D. I also would like to express my sincere gratitude
to my Supervisor, Drs. Parlindungan Purba, M.Hum and my Co-Supervisor,
Mahmud Arief Albar, SS. M.A. who have contributed and given the valuable
evaluations, comments, suggestions, attentions, and supports during the completion
and accomplishing of this thesis. I also thank to all the lecturers in English
Department, thank you for the knowledge, guide, suggestion and advice as long as I
studied in this department.

I express my gratitude to my beloved parents, Kardi Damanik and Lina
Haloho. Thank you for the love, prayer and the financial support. Thank you for
teaching me to appreciate all the things around me. To my Dearest sister Nova
Damanik, brother Solin Damanik, Sister in law Ervinna Silitonga and two my little

boys Rohdian timoty Damanik and Virgo Michelle Damanik. Thank you for love and
prayer. I thank to God when I remember all of you. I love all of you so much.

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My cell-group, sister Happy Sirait, Herta Gultom, Lamtaruli Mei Pakpahan
and Siska Napitupulu. Thank you for the prayer, supports and the self evaluation in
order to help others better. Thanks to “Bennadette Atira” Novia, Yousi and wenty.
Thank you for being sister and best friends to me. I love all the time that we have
shared together. Thank you for your prayer and love. Be faithful and strong.
Thank you for Christine, Irma, Soraya, Verina, K’ Anita, K’ Gio, Surya, Rio,
Rahel (thank you for your DSM) and also K’ Rani (thank you for two hours in
teaching me psychology). For IMSI 2011, thank you for the time we have shared as
long as in this department. For you Putri and Rani thank you for being good partners
as long as writing this thesis. For you Altena, Elvi, Yudha, Beby, Camel, you mean
so much for me and also to others people whose names are not listed here, but they
have contributed here.

Finally, I hope that this thesis will give a positive contribution to the
educational development or those who want to carry out further research.

Medan, March 16th, 2016

The Writer,

Evi Nora Damanik

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ABSTRAK

Skripsi yang berjudul CHILDREN MENTAL DISORDER THROUGH THE
NAZI INVASION PORTRAYED IN LOUISE MURPHY’S NOVEL THE
TRUE STORY OF HANSEL AND GRETEL. Skripsi ini merupakan analisis yang

membahas kehidupan anak-anak pada masa invasi Nazi di Polandia berdasarkan
novel The True Story of Hansel and Gretel karya Louise Murphy. Adapun yang
menjadi tujuan penulis adalah untuk menginterpretasi pendertitaan dan dampak
psikologis dari invasi Nasi terhadap anak-anak. Adapun teori yang digunakan adalah
Psikoanalisi- Individual teori dari Alfred Adler dengan menggunakan metode
penelitian deskripsi kualitatif. Dari hasil penelitian ini didapatkan perlakuan inferior
Nazi terhadap anak anak dan juga ditemukan tiga dampak psikologis terhadap anakanak, seperti Panik, Depresi dan Dissosiative Amnesia.

Kata Kunci: Invasi Nazi, Penyimpangan Mental, Psikologi anak-anak,
Psikoanalisis

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ABSTRACT

This thesis entitled CHILDREN MENTAL DISORDER THROUGH THE NAZI
INVASION PORTRAYED IN LOUISE MURPHY’S NOVEL THE TRUE
STORY OF HANSEL AND GRETEL. This analysis focuses on the life of the

children during the Nazi invasion in Poland. The objectives of this thesis are in order
to describe the suffering that the children face during the invasion and to describe the
psychological impact of the Nazi Invasion on the children. The theory used in this
thesis is the Psychoanalysis- Individual Theory of Alfred Adler and the method used
in this thesis is qualitative descriptive. Of the result research, the writer found the
suffering of the children during the Nazi Invasion is inferiority and the psychological
impacts are Panic, Depression and Dissociative Amnesia.

Keywords:

Nazi

Invasion,

Mental

Disorder,

Children

Psychology,

Psychoanalysis,

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

AUTHOR’S DECLARATION...........................................................................................

v

COPYRIGHT DECLARATION .......................................................................................

vi

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS................................................................................................

vii

ABSTRAK ...........................................................................................................................

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ABSTRACT .........................................................................................................................

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TABLE OF CONTENTS....................................................................................................

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CHAPTER I: INTRODUCTION ......................................................................................

1

1.1Background of the Study..........................................................................

1

1.2 Problem of the Study...............................................................................

5

1.3 Objective of the Study.............................................................................

5

1.4 Scope of the Study ..................................................................................

6

1.5 Significance of the Study ........................................................................

6

CHAPTER II: REVIEW OF LITERATURE ..................................................................

7

2.1Novel .....................................................................................................

7

2.1.1 Picaresque Novel...............................................................................

7

2.1.2 The Novel of Self-Fulfillment...........................................................

7

2.1.3 The Novel of Social Criticism...........................................................

8

2.1.4 Satire .................................................................................................

8

2.1.5 The Historical Novel .........................................................................

8

2.1.6 The Romance ....................................................................................

8

2.1.7 The Adventure Novel ........................................................................

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2.1.8 The Thriller-Detective and Mystery Novel .......................................

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2.1.9 The Regional Novel ..........................................................................

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2.2 Nazi Invasion in Poland .......................................................................

10

2.3 Psychology of Literature ......................................................................

11

2.4 Psychological Approach ......................................................................

12

2.4.1 The Individual Psychology of Alfred Adler .....................................

13

2.4.1.1 The Striving for Superiority for Perfection ....................................

14

2.4.1.2 Social interest .................................................................................

14

2.4.1.3 Style of Life ...................................................................................

15

2.5 Dissociative Disorder ...........................................................................

15

2.5.1 Dissociative Amnesia ........................................................................

15

2.5.2 Dissociative Fugue ...........................................................................

16

2.5.3 Dissociative Identity Disorder
(formerly Multiple Personality Disorder) .........................................

16

2.5.4 Depersonalization Disorder...............................................................

17

2.6 Anxiety .................................................................................................

17

2.6.1 Panic Attack ......................................................................................

17

2.6.2 Agoraphobia ......................................................................................

17

2.6.3 Obsessive Compulsive Disorder .......................................................

17

2.6.4 Post Traumatic Stress Disorder .........................................................

17

2.6.5 Generalize Anxiety Disorder ............................................................

17

2.6.6 Acute Stress Disorder........................................................................

18

2.7 Depression ............................................................................................

19

2.8 Psychology of Children ........................................................................

20

CHAPTER III: METHOD OF THE STUDY ..................................................................

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3.1 Research Method..................................................................................

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3.2 Source of Data ......................................................................................

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3.3 Data Collection.....................................................................................

24

3.4 Data Analysis .......................................................................................

24

CHAPTER IV: ANALYSIS AND FINDING ...................................................................

26

4.1 The Suffering of Children during Nazi Invasion .................................

26

4.1.1 Inferior ..............................................................................................

26

4.2 The Psychological Impact of Nazi Invasion toward Children .............

36

4.2.1 Panic ..................................................................................................

36

4.2.2 Depression .........................................................................................

36

4.2.2 Dissociative Amnesia ........................................................................

37

CHAPTER V: CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION ...................................................

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5.1 Conclusion ..........................................................................................

40

5.2 Suggestion ...........................................................................................

40

REFERENCES ....................................................................................................................

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APENDICES: I. Biography and Works of Louise Murphy
II. Summary of The Novel The True Story of Hansel and Gretel

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