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Sa'idah, Wilda Miftakhus (2025) January's journey in searching for life's meaning in Harrow's The Ten Thousand Doors of January. Undergraduate thesis, UIN Sunan Ampel Surabaya.
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Abstract
This study examines the main character's reasons for searching for meaning in life in Alix E. Harrow's The Ten Thousand Doors of January. January is viewed as a biracial girl with a distinct appearance from society. She is also isolated and marginalized by people and her foster father's community, which makes her live in meaninglessness. This study also focuses on her ways of pursuing a valuable life. Align with it, two research questions were formulated to analyze the main character, January's search for meaning: (1) Why does January search for meaning in life? (2) How does January search for meaning in her life? This study uses a qualitative descriptive approach to analyze the narrative and dialogue in The Ten Thousand Doors of January. The data were collected by reading the novel to determine the issue, noting the relevant phrases, clauses, and sentences, and classifying according to January's search for meaning. Then, the collected data were analyzed using Sartre's existentialism to find out January’s reasons and ways of searching for meaning in life. This study finds that January searches for meaning in life because of her experiences while staying in Locke's house. The first reason is loneliness because January has no friends or parents. The second is a restraint from Locke, who restricts January's activities and social life. The third is January's self-identity crisis of her racial group and her true family. January uses three ways to fulfill her search for life's meaning: making friends with Bad, Samuel, and Jane. Moreover, January also gets her meaning of life by bravely deciding to escape from the asylum, make the journey in searching the door alone, and fight against Ilvane and Locke's manipulation. Lastly, January attains the meaning of her life by finding her new identity through reopening many doors.
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| Subjects: | Sastra | ||||||||||||
| Keywords: | Meaning in life; identity; journey; loneliness | ||||||||||||
| Divisions: | Fakultas Adab dan Humaniora > Sastra Inggris | ||||||||||||
| Depositing User: | Wilda Miftakhus Sa'idah | ||||||||||||
| Date Deposited: | 04 Jul 2025 06:04 | ||||||||||||
| Last Modified: | 04 Jul 2025 06:04 | ||||||||||||
| URI: | http://digilib.uinsa.ac.id/id/eprint/82068 |
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