GAINING SECURITY FEELING OF THE MAIN CHARACTERS REFLECTED IN JOHN STEINBECK’S NOVEL OF MICE AND MEN: A HUMANISTIC PSYCHOLOGICAL APPROACH

摘要

The object of the research is the novel entittled Of Mice and Men. The udstudy gives focus on the way of main character gains security feeling.The major udproblem of this study is how Lennie Small as the one of major characters gains udsecurity feeling reflected in Of Mice and Men based on Humanistic Psychological udapproach. This research is aimed at analyzing the structural elements of Of Mice udand Men and describing how Lenie Small gains the security feeling in the story udbased on Humanistic Psychological approach.udThis research paper is qualitative research. The object of the study is Of udMice and Men novel written by John Steinbeck. The primary data source is Of udMice and Men itself and the secondary data sources are the other sources related udto the analysis such as books of literary theory and Humanistic Psychology. The udmethod of data collection is documentation research. The technique of data udanalysis is descriptive analysis.udThe result of of the study reveals the way of Lennie Small gainas security udfeeling is unique, his disorder manner makes Lennie gains it mostly from his udrelative named George Milton. In Of Mice and Men, mostly Steinbeck describes udhow the rule of George Milton is very important toward Lennie’s safety.