ARVIN RUSSEL’S REVENGE IN DONALD RAY POLLOCK’S THE DEVIL ALL THE TIME

Abstract

This research aims to analyze Arvin Russel’s revenge and to find out the cause and effect also the taking of revenge of Arvin Russel’s revenge in Donald Ray Pollock’s The Devil All The Time. The writer applies descriptive qualitative method. The qualitative method is applied because the data of this research are in the form of words, comprising quotations from the novel, and the results of the analysis are written descriptively. The data collection technique used in this research is the reading and writing technique, while the data analysis technique used is the analysis description technique, which is done by describing the facts which are then accompanied by data analysis. This research uses psychological approach that focus on theory of revenge by some experts which will portray the main character’s revenge.  The result of the analysis is that the writer has found that the causes of Arvin Russel's did his revenge is that Lenora is often disturb by his friends and played around by the priests. Arvin Russel's taking revenge is when Arvin plans revenge on several other characters as a form of punishment and retaliation from the character's treatment of his younger sister. The effects of Arvin Russel revenge is that he has taken revenge on several characters in the novel who Arvin thinks deserve revenge even though the revenge Arvin took resulted in great losses and trouble.

Keywords: Revenge, Personality, Psychological