Abstract
This research paper analyzed the ego defense mechanism by Sigmund Freud that are found in the main character of “Fight Club“ novel. The author of novel is Chuck Palahniuk in 1996. This research applied qualitative study, and the data are derived from the novel. The researcher focuses on causes of defense mechanism, the ego defense mechanism that the main character experienced and the effect that the main character got. The researcher found that anxiety is the cause why defense mechanism of the main character can active. The main character also applied ego defense mechanism namely displacement and reaction formation. And the effect for the main character is he becomes more bravely and easier to accept the reality.
 The ego defense mechanism is an unconscious psychological process that helps a person overcome anxiety due to a stressful internal or external environment. The defense mechanism finds its origin in Freud's structural theory of mind, which divides the human mind into three parts: id, ego, and superego. The interaction of the ego and superego gives rise to morality, guilty, and a conscience.
Highlights
The researcher analyzed the problems faced by the main character in “Fight club”
The problem that the main character faced in the novel until it made him use ego defense mechanism is Generalized Anxiety Disorder
After several treats that the main character got, there are some changes in attitudes or traits that occur towards the main character
Summary
This research focuses on the main character’s problem and ego defense mechanism that he experience, and the effect for himself. Ego defense mechanism is an unconscious psychological process that helps a person overcome anxiety due to a stressful internal or external environment. The data collected by reading the novel, capturing by the page, retyping and segmenting into unit of analysis In this discussion, the researcher analyzed the problems faced by the main character in “Fight club”. The problem that the main character faced in the novel until it made him use ego defense mechanism is Generalized Anxiety Disorder. Based on the short story, the problem that the main characters faced is Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD). 4.2 Ego Defense Mechanism that the main character experiences 4.2.1 Displacement. Like The Narrator, she is hopping from therapy group to therapy group to find something missing in her life
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