Reaching the Meaning of Life: a Case Study of Sawitri dan Tujuh Pohon Kehidupan the Novel

Life probematics has psychological consequences for humans. Humans are vulnerable to face stress because of their demands both from themselves and the environment, so that sometimes it makes them choose the wrong attitude. Expectation provides an opportunity to grow and develop positively for the meaningfulness of life. The desire to live meaningfully leads people to a life which full of meaningful activities so that humans become valuable and meaningful individuals. A meaningful life is termed in psychology with logotherapy. In accordance with this statement, literature can provide a definition related to a meaningful life and the efforts of the characters in it to reach a meaningful life. Therefore, this study examines the efforts of characters in achieving the meaning of life in Sawitri dan Tujuh Pohon Kehidupan the novel that was examined by using a psychology approach to literary. This research is a qualitative description research. The method in analyzing data is the hermeutics method. The results of the study are the actualization of creative value, experience value, expectation value, and the value of behaving on the characters in the novel to achieve meaningful of life.