La Ogi is English Language Journal Vol.
12 Ae No.
Tahun 2026.
Hal.
E-ISSN: 2745-9233
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id/laogi/issn THE HEROINEAoS JOURNEY OF NORA SEED IN MATT HAIGAoS THE MIDNIGHT LIBRARY Ambar Andayani1,Maulana Nero Surya Wijayanto2 Faculty of Cultural Science.
Universitas 17 Agustus 1945 Surabaya.
Indonesia Email : ambarandayani@untag-sby.
id, maulananero3@gmail.
Abstract This study analyzes the heroineAos journey of the female main character in Matt HaigAos The Midnight Library.
The purpose of this research is to examine the emotional, and character development of the female main character as she navigates her inner struggles and life The study applies Maureen MurdockAos theory of The HeroineAos Journey to understand how the protagonist experiences separation from her feminine identity, confronts internal conflict, and ultimately achieves healing and self-acceptance.
This research focuses on key aspects of the heroineAos journey, including regret, emotional pain, and the process of reconciliation with the self.
this study explores the feminism values reflected in the female main characterAos journey, such as independence, emotional resilience, self-acceptance, and the balance between feminine and masculine traits.
These values highlight how the novel presents female empowerment not through physical strength or external success, but through inner awareness and emotional growth.
The method used in this research is qualitative, with the novel serving as the primary data source.
Data are analyzed through close reading and interpretation based on MurdockAos theoretical framework.
The findings show that the main characterAos journey follows the stages of the heroineAos cycle, beginning with separation, continuing through trials, despair, concluding with integration, and self-understanding.
The study concludes that The Midnight Library presents a modern representation of female heroism that emphasizes personal healing, self-discovery, and the importance of choosing life.
Through this journey, the novel encourages readers to reflect on identity, regret, and the possibility of growth through acceptance.
Keywords: Emotional growth.
Feminism values.
HeroineAos Journey.
Inner healing.
THE HEROINEAoS JOURNEY OF NORA SEED IN MATT HAIGAoS THE MIDNIGHT LIBRARY Ambar Andayani1,Maulana Nero Surya Wijayanto2 Maulana Nero Surya Wijayanto describe two different ways of thinking, acting.
INTRODUCTION and being that exist inside all human beings.
Stories about heroes and heroines have whether they are men or women.
However, existed for thousands of years, and they help Western culture has changed the meaning of these people understand courage, identity, and personal Feminine is often seen as something weak In many cultures, a hero or heroine is or only for women, while masculine is often seen someone who shows bravery, strength, or strong as something strong or only for men.
Murdock Traditional hero stories itself usually explains that this is not correct.
These qualities are focus on adventure, challenge, and a return with part of a wide range of human characteristics that new wisdom.
However, this model mainly everyone can have.
describes the male heroAos experience.
Over time, scholars realize that women often experience a different kind of journey, one that focuses more on emotional healing and inner conflict.
(Vogler, 2.
explains that female protagonists frequently embark on transformative inner journeys that challenge conventional heroic paradigms, highlighting relational and emotional development as central elements of their narrative arcs.
Nowadays, the main character as the hero in a story is not always a man.
The development of the HeroineAos Journey as a female version of the HeroAos Journey brings an important change, especially for womenAos understanding of identity and growth.
This narrative offers a new form of heroism that supports gender equality between men and women.
Many feminist scholars, including Maureen Murdock, use this idea to challenge the limitations of Joseph CampbellAos HeroAos Journey from his book entitled The Hero with a Thousand Faces .
As a response.
Murdock introduced a revised model in her book The HeroineAos Journey: WomanAos Quest for Wholeness .
, which has become a significant reference for understanding womenAos experiences in literature and storytelling.
According to Maureen Murdock .
in her book The HeroineAos Journey: WomanAos Quest for Wholeness, the words feminine and masculine do not actually talk about gender.
Instead, they Laogi: English Language Journal e-ISSN: 2745-9233 The novel entitled The Midnight Library is written by Matt Haig.
In this article, the writer will use the heroineAos journey as the theory to discuss the novel.
The HeroineAos Journey really brings diversity and also response to the previous book The HeroAos Journey by Joseph Campbell.
Therefore.
Maureen MurdockAos book The HeroineAos Journey: WomanAos Quest for Wholeness contains of various stages especially inner healing and emotional growth.
The writer chooses the heroineAos journey theory for The Midnight Library because the novel strongly focuses on a womanAos personal struggle and emotional growth.
Nora Seed, the main character, clearly represents a modern heroine who searches for meaning, hope, and identity.
This makes the heroineAos journey a suitable theory to analyze her story.
The novel also fits this topic because it shows the big difference between NoraAos unhappy life and the many possible lives she could The novel includes strong feminist values.
shows how a woman can question societyAos expectations, find her own voice, and make choices based on her true choices.
The combination of heroine journey and feminism values existed in the main character of this story makes the writer interested to analyze this topic.
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id/laogi/index THE HEROINEAoS JOURNEY OF NORA SEED IN MATT HAIGAoS THE MIDNIGHT LIBRARY Ambar Andayani1,Maulana Nero Surya Wijayanto2 This article explores the heroineAos journey This study is expected to help of Nora Seed in Matt HaigAos The Midnight Library.
readers understand the importance of selfWhile much analysis on the script focuses on acceptance, emotional healing, and personal existential or philosophical themes, less attention choice, especially for women facing social is given to the narrative structure of the heroineAos pressure and identity struggles.
The research seeks to answer the This article consists five chapters.
The first following problems:
chapter presents the introduction.
The second chapter is literature review.
The third chapter is How is the heroineAos journey in Matt HaigAos The Method, the fourth chapter is Result and Midnight Library? Discussion.
The fifth chapter is Conclusion.
What feminism values are reflected in heroineAos journey Matt HaigAos The Midnight Library? LITERATURE REVIEW From the problem statement above, the objective of the study is to analyze the heroineAos journey and the feminism values of heroineAos journey Matt HaigAos The Midnight Library.
This study focuses on heroine journey which is raised by Maureen Murdock.
The analysis is done to explain the heroineAos journey of the main character.
The study limits to the analysis on the female main character in Matt HaigAos The Midnight Library.
This study contributes to literary studies by applying Maureen MurdockAos HeroineAos Journey theory to the analysis of Matt HaigAos The Midnight Library.
By focusing on the emotional and psychological journey of the female main character, this research helps deepen the understanding of womenAos inner struggles, selfacceptance, and healing in modern literature.
The study also highlights how feminist values such as independence, emotional strength, self-worth, and balance between feminine and masculine traits are represented through the heroineAos journey.
This research is significant for students and scholars of English literature, especially those interested in feminist literary criticism and character Laogi: English Language Journal e-ISSN: 2745-9233 There are 3 studies that discuss about heroineAos journey.
The first researcher is Pungky Priska Sari from Universitas 17 Agustus 1945 Surabaya with her thesis with entitled AuThe HeroineAos Journey in Suzanne CollinsAo the Hunger Games.
Ay .
The researcher explains how the main characterAos growth and struggles follow the stages of the heroineAos journey, such as facing trials, handling family responsibilities, and finding her own identity.
The study shows that the main character fits the role of a modern heroine and that MurdockAos theory is suitable for analyzing female The second researcher is Royke Hadrian Askari Sembayu from Universitas 17 Agustus 1945 Surabaya in his study entitled AuExploring The Batman Journey in Matt ReevesAos THE BATMAN.
Ay .
The researcher explains how the main character goes through several stages of the heroAos journey, such as facing personal trauma, experiencing inner conflict, and transforming his identity as Batman.
The study focuses on Bruce WayneAos responsibility, and his role as a symbol of hope for Gotham City.
The findings show that the heroAos journey in The Batman emphasizes emotional and https://jurnal.
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HeroineAos Journey: WomanAos Quest for Wholeness The researcher concludes that CampbellAos theory .
Murdock developed this model as a is effective for analyzing character growth and response to Joseph CampbellAos HeroAos Journey, inner transformation in modern cinematic which she believed did not fully represent womenAos experiences in myth and storytelling.
According to Murdock .
The HeroineAos The third researcher is Intan Permata Sari Journey begins with the heroineAos separation from from Universitas Gadjah Mada in her study the feminine world and her search for identity in a entitled AuThe HeroineAos Journey towards masculine system.
Throughout the journey, she Wholeness as Seen in Margaret AtwoodAos faces internal conflict, rejection, and loss before Surfacing .
Ay .
The researcher explains reconnecting with her own feminine nature and how the female protagonist in Surfacing goes achieving inner balance.
through a psychological and emotional journey that reflects the stages of the HeroineAos Journey.
2 Definition and Concept of the HeroineAos The study shows that the characterAos struggles with Journey identity, trauma, and emotional wounds lead her toward self-understanding and inner healing.
Intan The HeroineAos Journey is a narrative cycle argues that the heroineAos journey in this novel is in which a heroine embarks on an adventure, faces not about physical adventure, but about recovering and overcomes various challenges, and returns the feminine self,confronting past pain, and transformed, having gained wisdom, strength, or achieving emotional balance.
Her findings support insight that benefits her community or herself.
This the idea that MurdockAos framework is effective for journey is similar to the HeroAos Journey, but it analyzing female characters who experience inner often focuses more on womenAos personal growth, conflict and a search for wholeness.
relationships, and emotional transformation.
The concept recognizes that womenAos stories may 1 Theoretically Framework follow different patterns, emphasizing connection, self-discovery, and the balance between The HeroineAos Journey is a narrative independence and community.
structure that focuses on the emotional, psychological, and spiritual development of a 3 Hero's Journey and Heroine's Journey female protagonist.
Unlike the HeroAos Journey, which often centers on physical challenges and In Joseph Campbell's book entitled The external adventures.
The HeroineAos Journey Hero with a Thousand Faces.
Campbell deals with explores the inner transformation of a character the history of the hero throughout the ages.
He also who must balance her inner and outer worlds.
This describes heroic myths and legends from around framework shows how a heroine grows through the world to define and explain the hero quest separation, struggle, and self-discovery, eventually (Campbell, 1.
Then he describes hero who finding her true identity and power.
leaves home immature and then he returns home with stronger traits because of challenges that he The concept of the HeroineAos Journey was has been facing through his journey or as Campbell popularized by Maureen Murdock in her book The described as the hero's journey.
But, unfortunately Laogi: English Language Journal e-ISSN: 2745-9233 https://jurnal.
id/laogi/index THE HEROINEAoS JOURNEY OF NORA SEED IN MATT HAIGAoS THE MIDNIGHT LIBRARY Ambar Andayani1,Maulana Nero Surya Wijayanto2 after become so popular, hero's journey clearly journey begins with separation from the feminine and ends with the integration of feminine and intented for men and not for women.
masculine qualities.
In response, some of the feminists created their own female version of hero called heroine.
METHODS
Then Maureen Murdock created a book entitled 1 Research Design The Heroine's Jouney: Woman's Quest for Wholeness as the response to Campbell's.
This research uses a qualitative research Murdock's model describes the female hero design, which focuses on understanding feelings, experience of psycho spiritual journey.
Murdock thoughts, and meanings rather than using numbers stated that heroine 's journey is the healing of the or statistics.
Qualitative research aims to wounding of the feminine that exixt within the understand peopleAos experiences and perspectives culture (Murdock, 1.
by analyzing words, patterns, and themes instead of numerical data.
In this study, the researcher 4 Factors of The HeroineAos Journey examines Matt HaigAos novel The Midnight Library The HeroineAos Journey, as described by to explore the heroineAos journey of the main Maureen Murdock, is a storytelling pattern that character.
Nora Seed (Bazen et al.
, 2.
comes from real experiences of women and is 2 Literary Approach strongly connected to psychological and cultural This narrative model is built on several The writer explains that this article uses a important factors that make it powerful and useful approach supported by the theory of the for both writers and anyone seeking to understand HeroineAos Journey by Maureen Murdock.
womenAos lives.
First, the HeroineAos Journey starts literary studies, a literary approach focuses on with the challenges many women face in societies understanding how a text creates meaning through where feminine qualities may be misunderstood or structure, character development, and thematic According to Abrams and Harpham It focuses on healing from emotional .
, a literary approach uses concepts from or cultural hurts, showing how a woman can scholars to analyze a work, not by retelling the reconnect with her true self and become whole.
story, but by examining how the story reflects certain ideas or frameworks.
In this research, the 5 Heroine's Journey version of Maureen literary approach is used to study how the journey Murdock: The Cycle of the main character follows the stages of MurdockAos HeroineAos Journey.
The writer explains According to Murdock, the heroineAos that this theory helps to identify patterns of journey does not follow a linear path but moves in separation, conflict, healing, and integration in the characterAos emotional growth.
a cyclical process.
A woman may experience several stages of the journey at the same time, and 3 Data Source the process of growth and self-understanding continues throughout life.
The heroineAos journey The main data source for this study is the represents a continuous cycle of emotional, novel The Midnight Library .
, written by psychological, and spiritual development.
The Matt Haig.
The novel is used as a written text to Laogi: English Language Journal e-ISSN: 2745-9233 https://jurnal.
id/laogi/index THE HEROINEAoS JOURNEY OF NORA SEED IN MATT HAIGAoS THE MIDNIGHT LIBRARY Ambar Andayani1,Maulana Nero Surya Wijayanto2 explore the emotional and transformative journey of the main character.
Nora Seed.
The novel includes all the dialogues, narrative descriptions, and character interactions.
These parts are important to understand NoraAos regrets, choices, and inner conflicts throughout the story.
reading the novel, the researcher can identify key moments where Nora experiences despair, hope, healing, or acceptance, and analyze how these stages reflect the pattern of the HeroineAos Journey.
4 Instruments The main research instrument in this study is the researcher.
Since this is a qualitative study, the writer is the one who collects, selects, and interprets the data from the novel The Midnight Library.
The writer uses the HeroineAos Journey framework to study Nora SeedAos transformative journey by looking closely at the main characterAos words, actions, and emotional struggles in the The writer reads and analyzes important passages, dialogues, and events to understand the deeper meaning behind NoraAos experiences and how they reflect the stages of the HeroineAos Journey.
5 Data Collection Procedure The data in this article is collected from the novel The Midnight Library .
, written by Matt Haig.
The steps for collecting the data are as Reading the Novel Thoroughly Identifying Stages of HeroineAos Journey and Feminism Values Classifying the Data Analyzing the Data 6 Data Analysis Procedure Laogi: English Language Journal e-ISSN: 2745-9233 Data analysis is the process of examining the selected data in order to answer the research In this article, the writer analyzes the data collected from Matt HaigAos The Midnight Library.
The focus is on understanding the main characterAos transformative journey by looking at her words, actions, and inner struggles throughout the narrative.
The writer identifies signs of regret, despair, hope, healing, and acceptance, and then organizes them into the stages of the HeroineAos Journey.
RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
The heroineAos journey in Matt HaigAos The Midnight Library is the story of Nora SeedAos emotional and spiritual transformation as she learns to find meaning, balance, and selfacceptance in her life.
In this part, the analysis explains how Nora moves through different stages of Maureen MurdockAos HeroineAos Journey and how each stage teaches her something important about herself.
This sub-chapter also shows how NoraAos regrets, choices, and alternative lives guide her toward healing and a better understanding of who she truly is.
Through this journey.
Nora discovers that real strength comes from facing her feelings, accepting her past, and choosing her own 1 Separation from the Feminine The first step in the HeroineAos Journey is called "Separation from the Feminine.
" In this stage, the main character starts to move away from the parts of herself that are usually seen as gentle, emotional, caring, or creative.
These are things called AufeminineAy in her family or community.
This separation is not just about moving away from her mother or other women in her life.
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id/laogi/index THE HEROINEAoS JOURNEY OF NORA SEED IN MATT HAIGAoS THE MIDNIGHT LIBRARY Ambar Andayani1,Maulana Nero Surya Wijayanto2 feelings that are often not valued as much in her It was hard not to compare Mrs Elm to her mother, who treated Nora like a mistake in need of correction.
For instance, when she was a baby, her mother had been so worried NoraAos left ear stuck out more than her right that sheAod used sticky tape to address the situation, then disguised it beneath a woollen bonnet.
(Haig, 2020: openin.
In this quotation when Nora is very young, her mother makes her feel like she does not good enough and that her natural self-needed to be For example, her mother tries to AufixAy NoraAos ear because it stuck out.
This make Nora feel like something is wrong with her just for being Because of this.
Nora starts to hide or reject her own natural feelings and qualities.
This part clearly shows the many kinds of AutrialsAy that Nora faces.
In her journey through The Midnight Library, each new life she tries represents a wish a chance to fix a regret or live a dream she once gave up.
But as Nora lives in these different worlds, she learns that no life can make her completely happy or take away all her pain.
3 Strong Woman can Say No The Third form of The HeroineAos Journey is Strong Women can Say No.
This stage, as explained by Maureen Murdock, shows the heroineAos moment of awakening a point when she realizes that success and achievements cannot bring real happiness or peace.
This awakening often happens when the heroine feels empty inside, even after reaching her goals.
AoI donAot want to die,Ao said Nora, her voice suddenly raised but also fragile.
She was shaking from her very core.
AoI donAot want to die.
(Haig, 2020: .
2 The Road of Trials The second stage of the HeroineAos Journey is called The Road of Trials.
In this stage, the heroine faces many challenges that test her strength, beliefs, and understanding of herself.
For Nora Seed, her trials are not about physical danger but about emotional pain, regret, and the results of her past choices.
She learned that undoing regrets was really a way of making wishes come true.
There was almost any life she was living in one universe, after all.
In one life she had quite a solitary time in Paris, and taught English at a college in Montparnasse and cycled by the Seine and read lots of books on park In another, she was a yoga teacher with the neck mobility of an owl.
(Haig, 2020: .
Laogi: English Language Journal e-ISSN: 2745-9233 NoraAos decision to say AuI donAot want to dieAy is the most powerful and emotional moment in her Before this point.
Nora has lived with hopelessness and self-blame, believing that she is a failure, unworthy of love, and a burden to others.
For a long time, she accepted her sadness without fighting back, letting her pain and regrets control how she saw herself and her life.
The feminism values in The Midnight Library appear through Nora SeedAos personal growth and transformation.
This personal growth reflects core feminist principles such as selfacceptance, independence, and the dismantling of social scripts (Sara Ahmed, 2.
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id/laogi/index THE HEROINEAoS JOURNEY OF NORA SEED IN MATT HAIGAoS THE MIDNIGHT LIBRARY Ambar Andayani1,Maulanaa Nero Surya Wijayanto2 strength, and breaking free from social NoraAos experiences show how women can find their true selves by listening to their own voices instead of living to please Each stage of NoraAos heroineAos journey shows an important feminist message that teaches women to value themselves and their choices.
4 Self-Discovery and Self-Acceptance At the beginning of the story.
Nora feels lost, depressed, and full of regret.
She believes her life has no meaning because she always compares herself to others and tries to meet other peopleAos expectations.
This represents how women are often pressured by society to be perfect to succeed to look a certain way or to make others happy.
Through her experiences in the Midnight Library.
Nora learns that her value does not depend on her achievements or other peopleAos opinions.
5 Emotional Strength and Healing CONCLUSION From the analysis, the writer finds there are two main points can be shown in this study, the heroineAos journey and the feminism values.
The heroineAos journey in The Midnight Library shows Nora SeedAos emotional and spiritual transformation as she moves through the ten stages of Maureen MurdockAos cycle.
Nora begins by separating from her feminine side and trying to follow societyAos standards of success.
Through the different lives she experiences in the Midnight Library.
Nora faces her regrets, fears, and broken dreams.
These moments guide her through trials, crisis, and finally At the end.
Nora reaches balance and wholeness when she accepts both her strengths and weaknesses.
The second finding is the feminism values reflected in NoraAos journey.
These values appear in her process of selfacceptance, independence, and the ability to make her own choices.
Nora learns that she does not need to be perfect or follow other peopleAos expectations to have value.
She discovers that showing emotions is not a sign of weakness, but a sign of honesty and courage.
Her forgiveness toward her parents, her decision to accept her life, and her choice to live for herself all show strong feminist ideas about freedom, equality, and selfworth.
Many societies believe that showing emotions makes women weak, but NoraAos story proves the opposite.
Her healing process begins when she allows herself to feel pain, regret, love, and hope.
She becomes stronger when she stops hiding her emotions and starts accepting them.
This reflects feminist thought that emotional honesty is not a weakness but a source of (Susan Brison, 2.
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