The Portrait of the Relationships among English Youth and Early Adulthood in Modern Era as Reflected in D.H Lawrence’s Sons and Lovers: A Psychological Analysis
By
Devi Mayasari
03004215
By
Devi Mayasari
03004215
ABSTRACT
This research entitled “The Portrait of the Relationships among English Youth and Early Adulthood in Modern Era as Reflected in D.H Lawrence’s Sons and Lovers: A Psychological Analysis” is aimed to describe the relationship among English youth and early adulthood as reflected in the novel Sons and Lovers. The problem formulated in this research is answered by describing the relation related to the youth and early adulthood psychological development, and to describe moral values beside positive or negative values that explains and describe in the novel Sons and Lovers.
The subject of this research is a novel by D.H Lawrence Sons and Lovers. The object of this research is on developmental psychology on English youth and early adulthood, especially in Modern Era. Basically, the researcher collected the data by reading the novel intensively for several times, and recording some important notes from the novel. The research employed qualitative approach. The instrument used by the writer reading the whole story of Lawrence novel entitled Sons and Lovers as the source of the main data. The writer uses the psychological approach by Freud’s theory and convergence theory. Beside, the writer also uses references that support the data itself, uses many literary criticism to add the data collection.
The finding of this research show that in the novel there are thirteen aspects reflected as the most important aspect related to the English youth and early adulthood psychological development. The aspects are: job division, mother’s dominant, moving out, going out, young marries, wedding ring, age for marry, social prestige, youth movement, the future is theirs, the difference of men and girls, personal freedom and fashion led “youth cultures”. Those thirteen aspects are closely tied and influence one another. The last is some moral values in the novel that appears between positive and negative values. The positive values are: responsible, keep healthy, proud our parents, have ambition, saving money, thanks to God, accepting the guest welcoming, friendship, being a good wife and sharing to God, and the negative values are: surrender, poverty, fear, punishment and fight.
The subject of this research is a novel by D.H Lawrence Sons and Lovers. The object of this research is on developmental psychology on English youth and early adulthood, especially in Modern Era. Basically, the researcher collected the data by reading the novel intensively for several times, and recording some important notes from the novel. The research employed qualitative approach. The instrument used by the writer reading the whole story of Lawrence novel entitled Sons and Lovers as the source of the main data. The writer uses the psychological approach by Freud’s theory and convergence theory. Beside, the writer also uses references that support the data itself, uses many literary criticism to add the data collection.
The finding of this research show that in the novel there are thirteen aspects reflected as the most important aspect related to the English youth and early adulthood psychological development. The aspects are: job division, mother’s dominant, moving out, going out, young marries, wedding ring, age for marry, social prestige, youth movement, the future is theirs, the difference of men and girls, personal freedom and fashion led “youth cultures”. Those thirteen aspects are closely tied and influence one another. The last is some moral values in the novel that appears between positive and negative values. The positive values are: responsible, keep healthy, proud our parents, have ambition, saving money, thanks to God, accepting the guest welcoming, friendship, being a good wife and sharing to God, and the negative values are: surrender, poverty, fear, punishment and fight.
