Causes and Consequences of Introvert Personality: A Study in Rainbow Rowell’s Fangirl

Abstract

The researcher is trying to analyse the causes and consequences of Introvert personality by studying the character of Cath Avery in Rainbow Rowell’s Fangirl.Psychoanalyst Carl Jung found his theory of introversion in a practical way by analysing the approach of introvert to the external world objectively. According to Jung, personality is based on four pairs of opposite types in which one of the pairs is introvert and extrovert. He describes introvert as being more focused on the internal world of reflection, thoughtful and insightful. In Fangirl, Cath is an introvert who feels insecure and bad about herself because of the impact of social environment over her personality. Despite all the hardships, Cath could able to publish her fanfiction book because of the constant encouragement from her boyfriend Levi. Introvert is a personality build up by temperament and environment. Though the temperament cannot change, personality changes with change in environment. The social environment plays a major role in the causes and consequences of the personality.