Shirakawa's Crime Reflected In Haruki Murakami'S AFTER DARK (2004): An Individual Psychological Approach

• Main Authors: Sari, Evi Monica (Author), , Dr. Phil. Dewi Candra, M.Ed (Author), , Siti Fatimah, S,Pd., M.Hum (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: 2015.
• Subjects: Thesis; NonPeerReviewed
• Online Access: Connect to this object online
• Notes: https://eprints.ums.ac.id/34226/22/SHIRAKAWA%20CRIME%20Naskah%20Pubikasi.pdf; https://eprints.ums.ac.id/34226/2/02.%20HALAMAN%20DEPAN.pdf; https://eprints.ums.ac.id/34226/3/03.%20CHAPTER%201.pdf; https://eprints.ums.ac.id/34226/5/04.%20CHAPTER%202.pdf; https://eprints.ums.ac.id/34226/7/05.%20CHAPTER%203.pdf; https://eprints.ums.ac.id/34226/9/06.%20CHAPTER%204.pdf; https://eprints.ums.ac.id/34226/11/07.%20CHAPTER%205.pdf; https://eprints.ums.ac.id/34226/13/08.%20BLIBIOHGRAPHY.pdf; https://eprints.ums.ac.id/34226/15/09.%20APPENDIX.pdf; https://eprints.ums.ac.id/34226/17/01.%20SURAT%20PERNYATAAN%20PUBLIKASI%20KARYA%20ILMIAH.pdf
• Keywords: PR English literature

This research paper aims at knowing Shirakawa's crime related Haruki Murakami's; After Dark which is analyzed by using an individual psychological. The objective of the research is to analyze the novel based on the structural elements of the novel and to analyze the novel based on individual psychological proposed by identifying the relation between the theory and the character. The type of this research is descriptive qualitative. The sources of the data come from both the primary data sources and information about the author's biography, website about the novel, and theory about individual psychological. The method to analyze the data is descriptive analysis. Having analyzed the novel, the research comes to the conclusion as follows (1) based on the structural analysis, it is apparent that in this novel Haruki Murakami delivers a moral message that don't underestimate and judged another people live, Takahashi point out the moral for us: "it's not as if our lives are divided simply into light and dark. There's shadowy middle ground. Recognizing and understanding the shadow is what a healthy intelligence does". (2) Based on the individual psychological analysis, the author illustrates a psychological phenomenon which an individual should make every effort to cope with the problem of life. The psychological phenomenon is shown by Shirakawa's crime to fulfill his desire to be perfect and superior in everything.