Dissociative Identity Disorder In K. Webster’s Novel Whispers And The Roars

--This research aimed to study a literary work, generally it focuses on certain or special factors of literary works such as moral, aesthetic, behavioral, society, environment, psychology, etc. This thesis deals with psychological literature approach. Psychological approach works on character psychological aspect in literature. The main purpose of this study is to analyze psychological aspect especially Dissociative Identity Disorder mental illness on novel Whispers and Roars by K.Webster. The research objective is to find what kind of multiple personalities and what caused the Dissociative Identity Disorder. The theory of this research is psychological literature. The methodology of this research is descriptive qualitative method. The analysis are collected from the texts in the novel that related to Dissociative Identity Disorder. The main character has suffered from bad experiences that made her unconsciously create and alter inside her head. Each alter triggered from different kind of experiences. The result of this thesis is the kinds of multiple personalities the main character had in mind. There are avenger personality, protector personality, child personality, and persecutor personality.


Introduction
Literature known as written work that has purpose to inform, educate and mostly to entertain.According to Wellek and Warren (1963: 22) Literature seems best if we limit it to the art of literature, that is, to imaginative literature.It is also produced by the author imagination.Literature is not just a document of facts and not just a collection of real thought events that might occur in real life.To study a literary work, generally it focuses on certain or special factors of literary works such as moral, aesthetic, behavioral, society, environment, psychology, etc.This thesis focuses on psychological factors in literary works.Literary psychology pays attention to problems related to the mental elements of fictional figures contained in literature.These aspects of humanity that become the main object of literary psychology because it is only in humans that these psychological aspects are grafted and implanted.According to Ratna (2004:344) literary psychology research is carried out in two ways.First is through psychological undesrtanding theories then, an analysis of a literary work is held.Second is by first determining a literary work as the object of research, then psychological theories are determined which are considered relevant to carry out the analysis.
The relationship between literature and psychology dimension in literary work is very significant because both of them deal with human beings and their reactions, perceptions of the world, desires, miseries, fears, wishes, conflicts and reconciliations, individual and social concerns.Endraswara (2003: 96) literary work viewed as psychological phenomena, the psychological aspects appear through the characters if the text likes drama or prose.According to Endraswara (2011: 96) literary psychology is a literary approach that views literary works as a psychological activity.The first and main theory is the psychoanalytic theory by Sigmund Freud.Psychoanalysis is one of the modern theories that are used in English literature (Hossain, 2017:11).Psychoanalytic criticism is a form of literary criticism that uses several psychoanalytic techniques to interpret literary works.Psychoanalysis itself is a therapy form that aims to cure mental disorders by investigating the conscious interaction and unconscious elements in the mind.The researcher intends to present a psychological approach in literary research and wants to explore some important issues related to psychology.The researcher analyzed the psychological aspects by the personalities of the main character.As this work focus on Dissociative Identity Disorder the main character have.

Research Methods
This research is based on descriptive qualitatively.This research focuses on the analysis or interpretation of the written material in context which is a method of research that attempt to describe and interpret the objects in accordance with reality.Source of data is from the novel entitled Whispers and the Roars by K. Webster that published on December 6th 2016.The novel consists of 279 pages.
The data of this research are taken from selected texts in the novel Whispers and the Roars related to dissociative identity disorder and the causes of dissociative identity disorder having by the main character.The followings are the data collection methods: documentation is intended to obtain data directly from the research, including relevant books, studying, reporting on activities, relevant research data.However, in this research the writer obtained data documentation from the novel to research, the writer read and underlined the important things from the short stories such as the information that can be used.Creswell (2009:3) states that research design is plans and the procedures for research to detailed methods of data collection and analysis.The steps collected the data are as the following (1) Reading the novel Whispers and The Roars by K. Webster repeatedly, (2) Understanding novel Whispers and The Roars by K. Webster, (3) Taking notes on important plots and character personality of the novel about Dissociative Identity Disorder and (4) Analyzing the data using Critical psychological approach combine with kinds of Dissociative Identity Disorder.

Result.
Researcher showed the results of the research, and the goals of the research was Kady's multiple personalities that depicted in the novel and to analyze what causes the Dissociative Identity Disorder itself.This part contains the discussion about how many and type of personalities in Kady based on the investigation and interpretation towards hers deeds and behaviors within the novel.
The kind of personalities or usually called alter in this illness that Kady has is discussed as the following:

Avenger Personality
This dissociative identity disorder alter holds the rage of childhood abuse and may seek retribution of the abuser and they tend to express the anger of the entire system and can be hostile.In this novel, the identity has this personality name Bones.

Bones
Bones is Kady's first alter or first personality that show up inside Kady and an avenger personality.Bones is a alter that almost the dominant personality other than Kady.Bones is a boy that usually go out without shirt on and sometimes bad manner but Kady consider him as best friend.It's usually Kady's lover, Yeo that describe him as such those things.Bones "Arrogant.Balsy.Doesn't give a damn about rules or logic or reason.And my best friend (Webster, 2016:18)"."He shoulder is leaned up against the wall and his shirt is gone as usual.It irritates me that he walks around half naked every time I see him.(Webster, 2016:21)".The describer of Bones and all of the alter in Kady was done by Yeo, Kady's best friend but also a lover.Yeo describe them by showing the pictre to his family of the personalities tht he hd collected for years for better understanding of each personalities.It also Yeo that labeled each personalities that has what role.Bones as the avenging personality is what Yeo concluded after some research.Bones usually came out when its hard time for Kady to deal people.Bones had different attitude to Kady.Bones as the avenger alter had to be more braver than Kady.It it shown that Bones does not have shy personality because he does not wearing any shirt everytime he showed up.

Protector or Rescuer Personality
These alters can be of any age and were created to save real people from intolerable situations.These Dissociative Identity Disorder alters are often braver and tougher than the original personality.Agatha, aunt Suzy and Officer are these type of personalities.

Agatha
Agatha is an old lady that has role as the protective one.She do the cooking and mostly dealing with people.Agatha role more like a grandmother to Kady's that always caring for her.
Agatha "Neat brown hair pulledinto a bun.Bright blueeyes hidden behind bifocals.A kind, gentle smile on her face, (Webster, 2016:175)".The describer of Bones and all of the alter in Kady was done by Yeo, Kady's best friend but also a lover.Yeo describe them by showing the picture to his family of the personalities that he had collected for years for better understanding of each personalities.It also Yeo that labeled each personalities that has what role.Bones as the avenging personality is what Yeo concluded after some research.Bones usually came out when it is hard time for Kady to deal people.Bones had different attitude to Kady.Bones as the avenger alter had to be braver than Kady.It is shown that Bones does not have shy personality because he does not wearing any shirt everytime he showed up.

Aunt Suzy
Aunt Suzy is the second alter that act motherly.It show that Kady's really missed the affection of a mother that this alter came to live.Aunt Suzy almost like Agatha, hat cring for the household.She was the one who always buy the groceries.
Aunt Suzy "She's like an aunt.Suzy is an extreme coupon cutter.It is my understanding tht Suzy is the mother that Kady never really had.Her own mother was a shell and under her father's thumb until he squashed her for once and all.Suzy is the one who shops for the family and rnd errands.(Webster, 2016:178-179)".Suzy liked to take care of the household where Kady's live.She liked to shop with discount, cooks for Kady, and also clean the house.The motherly figure that Kady lost at very young age, that's why Kady created it in her head.

Officer Joe
Officer Joe is the third protective alter.He shown as the one who make Kady's feels save in her own mind because not all her alter is a good alter.Kady's unconsiouness thought that she will be harmed and made protective alter that has enough power to stop it.
"This is Officer Joe, I tell them pointing at the figure staring back, dark aviator shades over his eyes.He's serious and stern but protectives can be.He's also a protective alter.After Normand killed her mother, Officer Joe was her side promising to keep her safe.(Webster, 2016:180-181)".Officer Joe as a police figure give sense of save feeling in Kady's head.He is described as a very protective over Kady.Because his purpose is to protect Kady from any danger that happen to Kady's life.Yeo concluded that Agatha, Aunt Suzy, and Officer Joe as the protector alter because he observed those personalities as the one that take care of Kady.Officer Joe usually showed up when Kady felt unsafe.Agatha showed up when it is time to cook.Aunt Suzy showed up when it is time to shop.

Child and Adolescent Alter
These alters came about to deal with the abuse the original personality that could not tolerate.This personality may be referred to as a little if the alter acts seven years or younger.Persley is the younger self of Kady.

Persley
Persley is a little girl alter.She shown up as a child and make a change of Kady's unhappy child to be happier.She always buy ice cream and has a knowledge of child.
Persley "Cute brown pigtails.Wide blue eyes.A crooked, Sticky grin on her face.(Webster, 2016:175)"."We're having ice cream.And you're going to persley.Sweetest little nine year old girl you'll ever meet.Be nice.I warn.(Webster, 2016:105)".Persley shown as a nine year old little girl that living in Kady's body.She is cute and loves to eat Ice cream.Its show that Persley not really a little girl.She is just a little alter.

Persecutor Alter
These alters are modeled after the abuser.Persecutor alters create negative messages blaming the original identity for the abuse and telling them they need to die or pay for it.Often the host will act on these negative messages and self-harm or even attempt suicide.Kanneth is the persecutor part of Kady.

Kanneth
Kanneth is a suicidal alter.After such bad experience in Kady's childhood, Kanneth alter shown as self pity and self destroyer in Kady's mind.He always try to do harm to Kady's body.
Kanneth "I say with hiss as I flip the page, is what they call a self-destroyer alter.He's depressed and self-harm.I can't even look at his face.In the picture, he is staring at the knife in his hand as he runs it across his thigh.(Webster, 2016:181)".Kanneth is Kady's self-harm alter because of her guilt.Kanneth shown likes to cut Kady's body.He is shown as a depressed guy that likes to inflict pain to himself, since the body belong to Kady and he is not a real person, Kanneth hurt Kady unintentionally.The Cause of Dissociative Identity Disorder in Kady as the Main Character Kady's past experiences are what caused the Dissociative Identity Disorder happened.Kady had some bad things happened in her childhood that make her traumatic and make all those alter in her mind unconscious.Bad childhood that Kady experiences happened in series of events that made her not only have one alter but several alter at way to protect her from the real world.Those experiences is discussed in the following:

Discussion
In study Psychological Literature, Dissociative Identity Disorder has been widely conducted by some researcher.Dissociative Identity Disorder mental illness are important to analyze to find what kind of multiple personalities through novel Whispers and Roars by K.Webster.
From the research results, it can be seen the kinds of multiple personalities the main character had in mind and in this part the discussion is about the series of event that caused Kady's unconsiousness make all those alter.This will be categorize as two part, the dominant alters and the not dominant one.The dominant alters that almost taking care full of Kady's life and the not dominant one that just a circumstantial in Kady's life and not be told too much in the novel.
The dominant alters are Bones and Agatha.The avenger alter and the protective alter.The not dominant alter are Pesley, Aunt Suzy, Officer Joe, Kanneth.

Dominant Alter Bones
Bones is alter that has a role to avenge the things that Kady's father did to her.Bones depicted as a boy who arrogant and don't give a care to what people think.He showed up at the time Kady got beaten by her father.
" He was the one that show up when the Kady got the beaten from her abusive father and always tries to fight back not just to her father but also to anyone that try to harm Kady.Kady didn't have any friends growing up beside Bones.She always feel protective offer Bones and don't want to lose him.Kady I'd play apart in that area.Having Bones help her to escape the pain that was caused by her father and give Kady happiness and painless experience when the beaten start.To hide behind another alter Kady just suffered mental

Conclusion
Kady as the main character of the novel Whispers and the Roars by K.
Webster.Kady has mental illness called Dissociative Identit y Disorde r.She suffered from reall y bad childhood experiences that made her unconsciously made multiple personalities in order to survived any bad things or events that she already felt.The character of K ady is shown by the interaction of her and her multiple alt ers also with some other side character.The multiple personalities she has formed because different kinds of events.Each events had different result of personalities or alter in K ady's head.Kady's avenger alter called Bones, appear after Kady got beaten from her father.Her father is a very cruel man that has been abusing Kady and her mother since K ady was a child until he went to prison after killed Kady's mother.K ady's feeling to fight her father back created an alter in her head, Bones as an avenger alter.Every time Kady afraid and something likely going to be very bad, she switch to Bones unconsciousl y.Kady's protector Alter are Agatha, aunt Suz y and officer Joe.These alter has sense to protect K ady or more like care for K ady.Agatha as a grandmother figure always cleaning the house.Aunt Suz y as the mother figure always feeding K ady.
The longing of her mother and her grandmother is what made K ady create these two alter, When officer Joe is an alter to protect her from her father.To have a police figure in her head make her feel saver.Her childhood was hard so she Kady, Daddy slurs as he falls face first onto my bed.I shudder at how close he is.He stinks.