MILES’S CHARACTER IN LOOKING FOR ALASKA: A PSYCHOLOGYCAL PERSPECTIVE

Abstract

The aim of this research was to analyze the character of Miles Halter and the influences of the other characters towards Miles’s character in Looking for Alaska novel. The primary data source was transcribed from Looking for Alaska Novel directed by John Green (2005). Here, the researcher applied a descriptive qualitative research design based on theories of Roberts and Freud. To know how Miles’s character presented in the novel, the researcher used several ways such as from what Miles does and says and from what the other characters says about Miles. As result, the reseracher found that Miles’s characters were nice, independent, diligent, hard worker, naughty, curious, smart, and unique. Besides, the reseracher also found the influences from the other characters such as habitual in reading, smoking, drinking, and pranking.

Keywords: Young  adult literarure, Novel and Character