THE PERSONALITY OF THE MAIN CHARACTER AS REFLECTED IN KHALED HOSSEINI'S AND THE MOUNTAINS ECHOED : A PSYCHOLOGICAL APPROACH

Abstract

This novel contains many problems that can be studied more deeply. One of them is the personality of the main character. Everyone has a different personality and we have to know about it. Personality is important case because it will affect how we to interact and communicate with others. By knowing the character of every person, we will find easier in interaction and communication each other. The objectives of the research are : (1) to describe the personality of the main character (2) to describe the plot of the novel, (3) to describe the moral values that can be taken from the main character in the novel .This research is categorized into descriptive qualitative. The subject of this research is the novel entitled And the Mountains Echoed by Khaled Hosseini, and the object of this research is the personality of the main character. In collecting the data, the researcher uses documentary study by reading and observing the novel, visiting some libraries, noting and searching the internet to get more informations. After the data are gathered, they are analyzed by using the theory of Psychology and personality by Cattell. The research findings of this research are: first, the personality of the main character are intelligent, suspicious, apprehensive and uncontrolled. Second, the plots of the novel are exposition, rising action, crisis, falling action, and catastrophe or resolution. The moral values that can be taken from the novel are the positive and negative moral values.

Keywords - personality, psychological approach, value, and the mountains echoed