The Self-Actualization Of Jonas In The Giver Novel By Lois Lowry (1993): A Humanistic Psychological Approach

This study is about The Self-actualization of Jonas in The Giver novel (1993), which is analyzed by using Humanistic Psychological approach. There are three problems formulated in this undergraduate research paper that the writer wants to analyze. The first problem is about what are the descriptions of Jonas’ character in the novel. The second problem is about what kind of self-actualization reflected by Jonas in The Giver novel. The Third problem is about how Jonas’ self-actualization reflected in The Giver novel. This research belongs to qualitative research. The primary data of this research is The Giver novel by Lois Lowry, while the secondary data of this research is other sources related to the study, such as: virtual sources and other printed materials that support this research. The researcher draws three conclusions in this research. First, Jonas characterized are related with his actualization. Second, the actualizing process that personality developments. Third, Jonas can actualize with his realizing from the community