JURNAL LITTERA: FAKULTAS SASTRA DARMA AGUNG
Vol 1 No 1 (2021): APRIL 2021

AN AUTISTIC CHARACTER’S CONFLICT IN MARK HADDON’S THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME

Cici Andriani Pardede (Universitas Darma Agung)
Selly Roida Samosir (Universitas Darma Agung)
Desmalia Purba (Universitas Darma Agung)



Article Info

Publish Date
26 Apr 2021

Abstract

This thesis deals with a conflict of an autistic character in Mark Haddon’s The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time. The problems of the study are, the kinds of conflict, the causes of the conflict, and the impact of conflict on Christopher, as the main character in Mark Haddon’s novel. This thesis applies the qualitative research method. Christoper’s internal conflict is suffering from Asperger Syndrome as an autism spectrum disorder which in turn affects his overall behavior because the autism he suffers limits his actions and thoughts. He uses his normative way of making sense of his surrounding and seeks the mysterious death of the dog whereas Christopher’s external conflict such as man against. man and man against the society. This story emphasizes the different perspective that tells about what the main character gets through compared to people in general. He gets through various trials, gains confidence in his abilities and slowly changes to be more self-sufficient.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

littera

Publisher

Subject

Humanities Education Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media

Description

ONLINE ISSN 2657-0084 PRINT ISSN 2089-0273 Littera Journal is one of the publications media of research results from academicians, researchers and practitioners. Littera journal is also expected to be a media for disseminating information development from Literature and various linguistic ...