Anxiety and defense mechanism of Anne Frank as depicted in Diary of A Young Girl

This thesis entitled Anxiety and Defense Mechanism of Anne Frank as Depicted in Diary of A Young Girl. The research aims to describe type and factors of anxiety that is suffered by Anne Frank and to explain the defense mechanism as a strategy to reduce her anxiety. This research applies psychoanalysis theory by Sigmund Freud to analyze the anxiety and defense mechanism that appear in Anne Frank’s character. The research uses a qualitative method. The researcher explains the analysis by categorizing the data, making some list about anxious events, finding the defense mechanisms and analyzing the data. From the analysis, it can be concluded that Anne suffers all type of anxiety. They are, neurotic anxiety, moral anxiety and reality anxiety. Finally, to cope Anne’s anxious feeling, Anne uses four types of defense mechanisms. They are, displacement, projection, rationalization, and fantasy.