The Influence of pursuing identity on Afaf's personality development in The Beauty of Your Face By Sahar Mustafah

This study discussed the main character Afaf Rahman, an American Palestinian woman from Immigrant parents in The Beauty of Your Face by Sahar Mustafah. Afaf as a Palestinian daughter been living with Palestinian-Islam culture, yet she and her family never committed to Islam, and she is struggling to fit in the society. This study focuses on a statement of the problems, namely: (1) how does Afaf’s process to pursuing her identity; (2) how does Afaf’s pursued identity influence her life; (3) how does pursued identity influence Afaf’s personality development. The method of this study is qualitative. The conversation and description in The Beauty of Your Face are this study’s main data. This study focuses on Afaf’s journey in pursuing identity through the psychology approach of Identity Status theory by James E. Marcia and personality development. The researcher found three of the identity statuses pursued by Afaf are identity diffusion, identity moratorium, and identity achievements. Through exploration and making commitments, Afaf success in pursuing her identity and becoming Muslim, and it brings influenced Afaf’s life towards her occupation, relationship, and development of her personality.