Dampak Trauma Terhadap Perkembangan Karakter Utama dalam Novel Redeeming Love Karya Francine Rivers = The Impact of Trauma on the Main Character's Development in Rivers' Redeeming Love

Cici Nadhilah Hutriwati Mallolongang, 2024. The Impact of Trauma on the Main Character’s Development in Rivers’ Redeeming Love. (Supervised by Fathu Rahman and A. ST. Aldilah Khaerana). This study aims to discover the trauma experienced by the main character and examine its impact on the main character’s development. It also aims to discover how Sarah overcomes her trauma. The author applies psychoanalysis theory by Sigmund Freud and focuses on the id, ego, and superego in analyzing the impact of Sarah’s trauma. The data was obtained from the Redeeming Love novel by Francine Rivers. The study findings reveal that Sarah has experienced trauma from childhood through adulthood, which has significantly affected her development. Accordingly, Sarah has developed self-blame and feelings of unworthiness, employed pretense and repressed her feelings as defense mechanisms, lost faith in God, became resigned and pessimistic, engaged in self-harm due to self-loathing, refused to fall in love due to trust issues, and grew fears related to dark, attending church and getting hurt. Sarah overcame her trauma with the support of people around her, especially Michael, her husband, who was the first person who helped her out of her despair. Sarah overcame her trauma by learning to trust others and became emotionally open, regained her faith in God, and confronted her abuser. Sarah also experiences self-healing by altering young prostitutes’ lives through the house of Magdalena’s teaching, and ultimately, Sarah achieves self-acceptance.

Keyword : Trauma, Redeeming Love, Psychoanalysis