Inner Conflict of Woman Character as Analyzed on Hayao Miyazaki’s Karigurashi no Arrietty

Abstract

Literature work as imagination and creativity, which basically can be used as
entertainment and education. One of them is an anime entitled Karigurashi no Arrietty by
Hayao Miyazaki. This anime depicts the inner conflict of the female character caused by
the pressing circumstances both in her own environment and the external environment. It
is very suitable to be studied with the conflict theory approach of Kurt Lewin. Inner
conflict is a very difficult situation for a person to make a choice. The factors that cause
an inner conflict, according to Lewin, include driving factors, restraining factors, factors
corresponding to a person's needs, induced factors, and impersonal factors, but the
researchers found the most inhibiting factors. There are three types of inner conflict
according to Lewin, but in this study only type 1 conflict was used. This study used
qualitative research with descriptive methods. The result of this research is that the cause
of the inner conflict is the inhibiting factor that comes from inside and outside Arrietty's

environment. At the same time, the most common form of inner conflict is approaching-
away conflict, which is a form of conflict that occurs because it is faced with a difficult

choice.
Keywords: Anime; Character; Inner Conflict; Kurt Lewin.