DEFENSE MECHANISM JIMMY MCGILL DI STEVEN KESLOWITZ WHY YOU BETTER CALL SAUL

Abstract

This article is written to analyze the main character, Jimmy Mcgill, in Why You Better Call Saul by Steven Keslowitz, who struggles through his journey against his fate. He is also dealing with disappointment and betrayal during his early life. In this novel, he uses several defense mechanisms daily to deal with issues and difficulties in his life. This thesis aims to identify the kinds, the causes, and the impacts of his defense mechanisms. This thesis uses Freudian psychoanalysis theory and its branch, defense mechanism, as the main theories. Qualitative descriptive and contextual approaches are used to help the writer to get the desirable results. The result of this thesis reveals that the main triggers of his defense mechanisms are the influence of the conman he met during his adolescence and his misusing it as a survival guide. The defense mechanisms he uses are denial, introjection, and projection. The impacts of his defense mechanisms bring more negative results that lead to his downfall

Keywords: Defense mechanism, Psychoanalysis, Misusing