Analysis of pedophile from character Celeste Price in Tampa by Alissa Nutting

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Leksono, Mochamad Sutiyo (2020) Analysis of pedophile from character Celeste Price in Tampa by Alissa Nutting. Undergraduate thesis, UIN SUNAN AMPEL SURABAYA.

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Abstract

The aims of this study to analyze the pedophilia of the character Celeste Price in the Tampa Novel by Alissa Nutting. Celeste Price is a 26-year-old teacher with pedophilia. Celeste realized that orientation arose after she married Ford. She felt that her sexual desire when having sex with Ford was never fulfilled. It is because Celeste having sex when she was 14 years old, so Celeste has an orientation that her sexual desire will be fulfilled if she has sex with a teenager 14 years old. This study uses psychology as the main theory and psychology of literature as its support. The focus of this research has three focuses: 1. Pedophile behavior in Celeste’s character, 2. Comorbidity of pedophiles suffered by Celeste and 3. Effects of Celeste pedophile behavior. The main data from this study was taken from Alissa Nutting's novel entitled Tampa, and the secondary data source are books, articles, journals, and previous studies related to the issue of this research. This study uses descriptive qualitative methods to analyze novel. This research found that in the Alissa Nutting novel entitled Tampa, the character Celeste Price tended to behave as a pedophile. The pedophilic behaviors that exist in the Celeste Price character are sexual fantasies and also sexual acts involving 14-year-old children. This study found that the character of Celeste Price also has comorbidity from pedophile disorders, including substance use disorders, depressive disorders, anxiety disorders (generalized anxiety disorder, social anxiety disorder, and panic disorder), and other paraphilia disorders (voyeuristic). Finally, the researcher found several aspects that show the effects of Celeste pedophile behavior. First, the pedophilic behavior made the relationship between Celeste and her husband was broken. Second, make Celeste ostracized by the people. Third, the effect of sexual intercourse carried out by Celeste with Jack, thus making Jack traumatized. The last, make Celeste unable to escape from pedophile disruption.