The Humanism Values in Paulo Coelho's Brida

Abstract

The study analyzes human values in Brida by Paulo Coelho (1990). The objectives of the study are aimed to describe the process of discovering human values. This study uses systemic humanism theory by Abraham Mashlow. In relation to humanism, the study approach uses a humanism  approach. This study also uses qualitive research to examinemore deeply the forms of humanism values that are described in the form of novel. a context analysis  approach also used to understand the correlation between literature and the values  of humanism in the novel. The analysis of the study shows that humanism is the whole of life, which in this novel  is explained  throuhg and ideal  of life and the process  of achieving that ideal. The main character in tha novel is a girl who is looking for her identity through several test to persue  her dream of becoming  a witch.  Based on the story  of the character,  this analysis find  that ideals provide  the meaning of human  being and ideal existence,  which then means  as humanism. The values of humanism  contained in  the characters namely hope,love, suffering, and happiness. The value of character humanism also appears in every process it goes through, such as attitude, sacrifice, self - control, rationality, commitment, and self-confidence