Abstract:
The purpose of this research was to examine the final motive leading Naoko to commit suicide. Naoko was a female protagonist in Norwegian Wood, written by Haruki Murakami. Since Naokos boyfriend and her sister had passed away, the condolence brought Naoko bogged down with the suffering. Then, she went to the sanatorium. However, the horrible experience overwhelmed her mind, so she decided to commit suicide at the end of the story. The researcher was interested in the character of Naoko; the mysterious girl who had been faced with the tragedy. Love was not the best choice to live for. Then, psychological process was the best approach to investigate Naokos mind. In this study, Freuds theory was applied as a framework to investigate the three stages of Naokos mind; Id, Ego, and Superego. A qualitative approach was used to examine data and methodology. Hence, it was necessary to apply in-depth descriptive analysis to reveal and answer two research questions; (1) What are evidences of Naokos psychological process of Id, Ego, and Superego revealed through her dialogue (2) What is the important motive leading Naoko to commit suicide at the end of the story. The result revealed that Id was the most of occurrence of Naokos dialogue with 174 evidences. In addition, death instinct was an important motive leading Naoko to commit suicide at the conclusion of the story. Significantly, the result in this study would be beneficial to apply in English literature classrooms in order to enhance the students to comprehend the characters of the novels.