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A Study of narcissism and self-destruction in Shannon Mcfarland in Chuck Palahniuk's invisible monsters

The reflection of the society in this world often comes as an inspiration
towards modern writers. The novel Invisible Monsters has shown one work in
which the author is trying to comment on problems occurring in this current
world. Many of these problems may be caused by unhealthy human behaviors
which include narcissism and self destruction. Both of these are later portrayed by
one of Invisible Monster?s character named Shannon McFarland. Taking into
account that these two terms seem to be in contradiction, they ignite my eagerness
to find out the bridge that link them. Thus I will find out the causes of narcissism
and especially how it leads to self destruction. For one thing, Shannon McFarland
is a representation of human flaw and she also shows why besides the wreckage of
society, there are still psychological problems to be regarded. Importing resources
from the internet will provide scientific theories and any other important facts that
are helpful in conducting the research. I will be using psychological approach in
operating the analysis and also some theories on narcissism and self destruction.
The novel itself serves as a valuable resource indicating that the two issues do
exist and is possible to happen to anybody. In my analysis, I find out that
narcissism can lead to self destruction and that they turn out to have a rather
strong relationship which later on leads to self destruction solving narcissism.
This finding is expected to increase society?s awareness of problems that might
occur due to problematic child rearing.

Creator(s)
  • (11402156) MARCELLA NOVINA TILAAR
Contributor(s)
  • Ribut Basuki → Advisor 1
  • Liem Satya Limanta → Examination Committee 1
Publisher
Universitas Kristen Petra; 2006
Language
English
Category
s1 – Undergraduate Thesis
Sub Category
Skripsi/Undergraduate Thesis
Source
Undergraduate Thesis No. 01011557/ING/2006; Marcella Novina Tilaar (11402156)
Subject(s)
  • AMERICAN FICTION-20TH CENTURY-STUDY AND TEACHING
  • PALAHNIUK, CHUCK, INVISIBLE MONSTERS-STUDY AND TEACHING
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