THE STUDY OF ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER SEEN IN BARN BURNING BY WILLIAM FAULKNER

Abstract

The Thesis discusses the antisocial personality disorder as it is pictured in Barn Burning by William
Faulkner. This study focuses on two major purposes, there are (1) to describe the symptoms of the
main character’s antisocial personality disorder and (2) to describe the impact of the main character’s
antisocial personality disorder. In attaining the purposes, writer applied Psychoanalysis criticism by
Sigmund Freud which emphasizes the issues about the antisocial personality disorder character as it is
describes in Barn Burning. Moreover, the writer applied close reading technique and descriptive
method in doing analysis of this study. From the analysis, the writer found the antisocial personality
disorder symptoms toward the main character’s behavior such manipulative, callousness,
irresponsibility, and impulsivity. The character has impact on others like the damage of their material
things. The main character’s behavior is also impact on him self and his family, he and his family get
eviction from the country. Finaly he get killed when trying to burnt barn his master.

Keywords: Antisocial Personality Disorder, Manipulative, Callousness, Irresponsibility,
Impulsivity