Perkembangan Karakter Gatsby dalam The Great Gatsby karya Fitzgerald: Pendekatan Psikoanalisis

The aim of this thesis is to analyze the dominant role of Jay Gatsby’s personality and anxiety in directing his life in the The Great Gatsby novel. The objective of this study are (1) To identify the character development by its personality that affected the main character in The Great Gatsby novel (2) To analyze the main character’s anxiety which also influenced by the personality caused some behavior changes in The Great Gatsby novel.

The method in this research is descriptive qualitative method. The data source of this research is The Great Gatsby novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald published in 2004 and consists of 180 pages. Besides, the data analysis technique uses in this study is based on Sigmund Freud's personality theory namely the id, the ego, and the superego and anxiety theory; neurotic anxiety, moral anxiety, and realistic anxiety. Alongside, it follows the principles of data analysis method, a primary data and secondary data.

There are two findings of this study. First, Gatsby’s id starts to show himself to many stranger people at his frequently open parties but in the fact, the goal of it only to be able to meet Daisy and return the love relationship. His ego apparently made him a wealthy man by being a bootlegger instead of hard-working, and ambitious to return his past romance story. His success through superego, still brought him modest, a warmth attaches to him, and generosity to his father even though he once left him. It is basically seen as character development. Second, the emergence of Gatsby’s anxiety and fear from various sources. Such as the many rumors about the consequences of his origin wealth, the desire to return his love relationship with Daisy ended failed, and the misconception and distortion of facts about Myrtle's tragic death, he had to bear all of these suspicions in his life. It all indicated his behavior changes.