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A Psychodynamic Exposition of Nora’s Personality Traits in Matt Haig’s The Midnight Library
Abstract
Matt Haig is an English author and journalist. He has written both fiction and non-fiction books for children and adults, often focuses on fantasy. Matt Haig is a excellent-promoting author and mental health lecturer who has already suffered from a major depressive disorder. Having tried to take his personal existence at the age of 24, Matt has end up an advocate for mental health situations using his platform to enlighten audiences on the issues he’s experienced as well as helping give them the tools to live a positive lifestyle. “The Midnight Library” is a beautifully written novel by Matt Haig, exploring the meaning of life and the impact of conflicting with mental health. The author focuses on the psychological journey of Nora, the protagonist on a quest of detecting her identity. She battled with misery and depression and self-murdered. In the middle of life and death, she appears herself inside a library where she gets the turn to recover from her depression and find true peace by choosing between many different lives. This study focus to examine the development of the main character, Nora after the apparent death in Matt Haig’s the Midnight Library. At the start of the story, the writer finds out that Nora is dispirited, petty minded, pessimistic, ungrateful, and self-blameful. After she experiences apparent death, she begins to understand the true meaning of her life. And then she turns into open-minded, optimistic, grateful, and happier person after she underwent something massive in her life when she is between life and death.
Keywords
Character development, Apparent death, Identity, Epiphany, Hope
Citations
IRE Journals:
S. V. Kayalvizhi , Dr. Kanchana C. M
"A Psychodynamic Exposition of Nora’s Personality Traits in Matt Haig’s The Midnight Library" Iconic Research And Engineering Journals Volume 6 Issue 12 2023 Page 347-349
IEEE:
S. V. Kayalvizhi , Dr. Kanchana C. M
"A Psychodynamic Exposition of Nora’s Personality Traits in Matt Haig’s The Midnight Library" Iconic Research And Engineering Journals, 6(12)
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