Culturalistics: Journal of Cultural, Literary, and Linguistic Studies
Vol 9, No 1 (2025): Culturalistics: Journal of Cultural, Literary, and Linguistics Study (June 2025)

Identity Crisis in Adolescents Experienced by the Main Female Character in Moxie Movie

Dewi, Yunita Kumala (Unknown)
Asmarani, Ratna (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
13 Jun 2025

Abstract

AbstractMoxie is a movie directed by Amy Poehler based on the novel of the same name, written by Jennifer Mathieu. This movie is about the main female character, a young girl called Vivian, who is in the process of finding her identity. This paper aims to analyze the identity crisis experienced by Vivian and shows the reader that an identity crisis is common in adolescence. This thesis uses Erik Erikson's concepts on identity crisis The focus is on the symptoms, causes, effects, and solution of identity crisis. The writer uses library research to collect relevant data and qualitative research to analyze the data. After conducting the analysis, the results show that Vivian faces various event at school and home. She experiences role confusion, discomfort, and emotional uncertainty, meaning that she experiences an identity crisis that usually occurs in adolescents as a transition process from childhood to adulthood. However, she finally can overcome her identity crisis.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

culturalistics

Publisher

Subject

Humanities

Description

Culturalistics: Journal of Cultural, Literary, and Linguistic Studies is a peer-reviewed triannual scientific journal published by Department of Linguistics, Diponegoro University, Indonesia. It publishes articles in the field of cultural, literary, and linguistic ...