Parasitism in relationship in Hanna Alkaf's the girl and the ghost novel

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Balqisani, Maula Afiyah (2022) Parasitism in relationship in Hanna Alkaf's the girl and the ghost novel. Undergraduate thesis, UIN Sunan Ampel Surabaya.

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Abstract

This research aims to describe the relationship between the main character, Suraya, and Pink in Hanna Alkaf’s The Girl and The Ghost. In this research, two research questions are formulated: 1) How is the relationship between Suraya and Pink depicted in The Girl and The Ghost? 2) How does the relationship between Suraya and Pink affect the character in The Girl and The Ghost? This research was used a descriptive qualitative method to describe the relationship between Suraya and Pink. The researcher used the New Criticism theory to analyze the plot and the effect of the relationship between Suraya and Pink. This data collection was based on the book The Girl and The Ghost by Hanna Alkaf. This research shows that: 1) The researcher found that the relationship between Suraya and Pink is toxic because Pink harm people around Suraya in the name of friendship 2) The relationship between Suraya and Pink have many negative effect that harm Suraya and her surrounding like physical wound happened to Suraya’s friend Jing Wei and psychological terror happened to Suraya because of Pink’s toxicity.