RONNIE'S INTROVERTED PERSONALITY IN NICHOLAS SPARKS'STHE LAST SONG

Abstract

This research in entitled Ronnies Introverted Personality in Nicholas Spark’sThe Last Song. The objectives of the study are to analyze and describe Ronnie’s introverted personality, the causes as well as the effect of Ronnie’s introverted personality, and ways of Ronnie’s dealing with her introverted personality by using Carl Gustav Jung’s personality theory. The researcher employs a psychological approach because introverted personality is one of the psychological problems. The study shows that Ronnie has introverted personality because she can not communicate with others easily, negative about herself and she always tries to hide her problems and sadness. Her introverted personality is caused by her parents’ divorce and the disappearance of a father figure. The analysis shows that effects of Ronnie’s intovered personality are her being easily emotional and her being arrogant. Finally Ronnie’s ways to deal with her introverted personality are building a sense of selfawareness, by understanding her emotion and realizing her potential musical expertise. She also builds self regulation to control her emotion.She begins to utilize her musical expertise for the advancement of her career. Ronnie builds empathy for her environment, which helps her build relationship with other people. Finally, it can be concluded that this novel portrays the main character as a teenager with an introverted personality. Even though she has an introverted personality, Ronnie can deal with her problem and she can live a better life in the end.

Keywords:Introverted, Introverted Personality, Self Awareness.