The Will to Meaning of the Main Character in The Stars Shine Down Novel by Sidney Sheldon

Dipoputriningtyas, Ragilsagitta (2014) The Will to Meaning of the Main Character in The Stars Shine Down Novel by Sidney Sheldon. Undergraduate thesis, Diponegoro University.

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The purpose of this thesis is to analyze the will to meaning and the meaning of life of Lara Cameron in Sidney Sheldon’s The Stars Shine Down novel. The analysis uses intrinsic and existential psychology method, that is logoterapy. Basic concepts of Logoterapy that are used in this analysis are the will to meaning, freedom, responsibility, spirituality, and meaning of life. In Logotherapy by Victor Frankl, there are three sources of meaning of life. In intrinsic method, the writer analyzes theme, plot, character and setting that are supports the analysis of the meaning of life of Lara Cameron. The result of this study is that Lara’s life shows that every moment in life has a meaning of life, and showing how human finds the meaning of life. In every condition, people always look for their meaning of life to live their life. Logotherapy helps people to understand the meaning of life deeper.

Item Type:Thesis (Undergraduate)
Subjects:P Language and Literature > PS American literature
Divisions:Faculty of Humanities > Department of English
ID Code:45040
Deposited By:INVALID USER
Deposited On:28 Jan 2015 09:37
Last Modified:28 Jan 2015 09:37

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