Digory’s personality development in The Magician’s Nephew: A Lacanian psychoanalytic study

Abstract

The study examines the influence of closest people’s existence on Digory Kirkey’s personality development in CS. Lewis’s The Magician’s Nephew using Jacques Lacan psychoanalytic theory. The research employs a qualitative descriptive method. The primary data was acquired by reading the novel, while the data was analyzed using three orders of Lacan psychoanalytic which are the imaginary order, symbolic order, and real order. The research’s finding reveals that Digory’s personality is heavily shaped by people around him. Digory makes a choice by thinking about his mother, his uncle, his friend, and Aslan, the ruler of Narnia. Digory was a reckless teenager, but he changed throughout the story. These relationships influence his transition through three orders of Lacan psychoanalytic. The study concludes that the existence of closest people has an impact on Digory’s personality development.