SELF ACCEPTANCE OF THE MAIN CHARACTER IN MATT HAIG'S MIDNIGHT LIBRARY

Putri, Mutiara
Widisanti, Ni Made
Ratih P, Shita Dewi

Journal Albion : Journal of English Literature, Language, and Culture
Vol 5, No 1 (2023): Issue 1

This study is an analysis of the main character with the aim of showing how the main character responds and describes the problem of self-acceptance that affects her mental health.The analytical method used in this study is a qualitative descriptive analysis method along with the psychoanalytic theory proposed by Sigmund Freud with the study of developmental psychology. The results of the research  show that the level of self-acceptance can affect a person's life. The way the main character responds and describes self-acceptance is by looking back at her past life and embracing it in order to accept herself more as she is so she can move on and live a better life.Keywords: Midnight Library, mental health, self-acceptance and life.