Doubt Between Religion And Sexual Orientation Reflected In Alex Sanchez`S Novel The God Box (2007) :Psychoanalytic Approach

• Main Authors: Ardianto, Hermawan (Author), , Titis Setyabudi, S.S. M.Hum (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: 2017-02-03.
• Subjects: Thesis; NonPeerReviewed
• Online Access: Connect to this object online
• Notes: https://eprints.ums.ac.id/48942/14/02.%20ARTICLE%20PUBLICATION.pdf; https://eprints.ums.ac.id/48942/12/03.%20FRONT%20PAGE.pdf; https://eprints.ums.ac.id/48942/4/04.%20CHAPTER%20I.pdf; https://eprints.ums.ac.id/48942/5/05.%20CHAPTER%20II.pdf; https://eprints.ums.ac.id/48942/6/06.%20CHAPTER%20III.pdf; https://eprints.ums.ac.id/48942/7/07.%20CHAPTER%20IV.pdf; https://eprints.ums.ac.id/48942/8/08.%20CHAPTER%20V.pdf; https://eprints.ums.ac.id/48942/9/09.%20BIBLIOGRAPHY.pdf; https://eprints.ums.ac.id/48942/1/01.%20SURAT%20PERNYATAAN.pdf
• Keywords: L Education (General)

The main issue of this research is doubt between religion and sexual orientation. When what people believe is not relevant with reality it is causing doubt . The purpose of this research is to analyze The God Box novel based on psychoanalytic approach. The researcher uses qualitative method. The researcher uses two data sources: primer and secondary. The primer data isThe God Boxnovel written by Alex Sanchez. The secondary data is supporting data obtained from the theory of psychoanalytic books, and many articles from the internet associated to the novel. For the method of data collection, the researcher uses descriptive qualitative method. Based on this analysis, the researcher has taken some conclusions. This study shows that the problem faced by the main character was his doubt that was caused by his natural instinc(sexual orientation) that was not relevant with what he believed(religion). It can be proved by his obidience to his religion with his undeniable natural instinc of homosexual still in himself while his religion denied it.