• Vani Khurana

Present paper explores the process of personality formation by analyzing the Margaret Atwood’s novel surfacing. The Protagonist in the novel has familial issues as she has has a dysfunctional parental family and later on she also fails to establish a meaningful relationship with her boyfriend. Due to her past and troubling present she moves towards nature to find solace. She feels that she has more affinity with nature than humanity. Novel also explores utilitarian nature of human world order which brings destruction to natural world order and thus also endangers humanity. Her process of self-actualization was halt long time before due to the societal pressure to live a normal life as per their standards. She breaks the shackles at the end by establishing a bond with nature.

dysfunctional, personality formation, self-actualization, utilitarian, societal pressure

"Formation of Self and Personality Disorder: A Study of Surfacing", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 1, page no.900-905, January 2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRDY06150.pdf

"Formation of Self and Personality Disorder: A Study of Surfacing", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 1, page no. pp900-905, January 2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRDY06150.pdf