The The Inner Conflict Between Love and Belonging in Novel “Amal” Created by Syrian Writer Dina Nasrini

Abstract

This research aims to reveal the types of love and belonging needs of Siham and the inner conflict in fulfilling them in the novel "Amal fi Suriya" by Dina Nasrini. This is a descriptive qualitative research that uses the theory of literary psychology of Abraham Maslow. It also uses the qualitative data that were collected through the library study and analyzed through text analysis. The results of this research indicate that Siham has love and belonging needs in the form of giving and getting love with her family, boyfriend, and her child. Siham also has inner conflict in fulfilling her needs in the form of avoidance-avoidance conflict that affects the theory of behavior, nothingness, grieving/loss, and aggression.