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Library's collection Library's IT development CancelIn Of Love and Other Demons, Gabriel Garcia Marquez tells a story that
depicts the problem of alienation. It is a story about human beings' relationship
with his or her fellowbeings; the need of an individual to be related with others.
This study attempts to analyse the problem of alienation which is portrayed
through the heroine's life. The writer is eager to analyse the causes as well as the
process of Sierva Maria's alienation and how alienation influences her life. The
study includes the alienation encountered by Sierva Maria, the causes, and the
influences upon her physical and psychological conditions. The writer divides the
problems experienced by the heroine into two: the alienation encountered by the
heroine in her parents' mansion and the alienation encountered by the heroine in
the convent of Santa Clara. In order to understand more about the heroine's
alienation, the writer applies literary approach, psychological theory about
alienation, and additional psychological theories related to the problem. Having
analysed the problem of Sierva Maria's alienation, the writer finds out that the
heroine's alienation is caused by outside and inside forces which result eventually
in rejecting herself. The writer learns that in the first alienation which takes place
in her parents' mansion, Sierva Maria's alienation is caused by her parents'
inharmonious relationship and an inside force that is her odd behavior.
Furthermore, the Catholic belief that rabies in human beings is equal to demonic
possession, and the prejudices against Sierva Maria can be considered as the
outside forces that bring her to the second alienation in the convent of Santa
Clara. From the analysis the writer also proves that the alienation encountered by
Sierva Maria has great influences on her physical and psychological conditions. In
the end, the writer concludes that the girl is the victim of her parents and the
society that holds certain belief and mores. The alienation encountered by Sierva
Maria indeed have destructive influences upon her. Finally, due to the alienation,
the girl experiences the most severe form of self alienation. She turns out to be an
alienated figure who eventually rejects herself.