Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) in Jennifer Niven’s All the Bright Places

Abstract

This thesis is discusses Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) in Jennifer Niven’s All the Bright Places. There are two characters, -Theodore Finch and Violet Markey, teenagers who suffers from the symptoms of OCD. The purpose of this study is to reveals the symptoms of OCD experiences by the two characters. The researcher applies qualitative descriptive method for disclosing the symptoms. The method lead the analysis of this thesis by collecting data from the novel All the Bright Places. The data analyses are problems experiences by the two characters, Theodore Finch and Violet Markey. The writer of this thesis also applies the psychoanalysis approach as a literary devices to analyses. The psychoanalysis approach is uses to describes the inner quality of characters in the novel All the Bright Places. There are two symptoms Violent Intrusive thought and Intrusive Thought. From the result of analysing it shows that they get 2 symptoms.

Keyword: Obsessive, compulsive, disorder, violent intrusive thought, intrusive thought