POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER FOUND IN GILLIAN FLYNN’S SHARP OBJECTS

FADILLA, MEGA (2020) POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER FOUND IN GILLIAN FLYNN’S SHARP OBJECTS. Undergraduate thesis, Universitas 17 Agustus 1945 Surabaya.

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Abstract

Sharp Objects is a novel by an American writer Gillian Flynn. The novel has a protagonist named Camille Preaker — a young reporter who must return to Wind Gap to uncover a murder case. It was not easy for Camille to return to Wind Gap, because she had post-traumatic experience caused by her mother and the death of her younger sister. As a writer, Gillian Flynn included elements of sex, psychology, and the activity of drinking alcoholic drinks in her novel. The purpose of this study is to determine post-traumatic symptoms, causes, and posttraumatic effects experienced by the main character. This study uses library research and researcher applies psychoanalysis theory, because this theory is concerned with the suffering accomplished by Camille Preaker. The results of study found by researcher is Camille Preaker suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder for the sake of death of her sister, also she has an unhealthy affair with her mother. After her little sister's death, it was discovered by Adora — Camille's mother had never cared for or even taken care of Camille, which made Camille lose the figure of a mother and trigger herself to do self-harm, so that she had a trauma. Thus the researchers uncovered the symptoms, causes, and consequences of post-traumatic stress disorder experienced by Camille Preaker. The finding of this study can be formulated as as follows. First, the symptoms of Camille Preaker’s PTSD. Second, the causes of Camille Preaker’s PTSD. Third, the effects of Camille Preaker’s PTSD that affected her life, both in terms of social and personal life.

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