Author(s): Hima S Madhu, Arsha Vincent S

Abstract: Psychoanalysis, one of the modern theories, that are employed in English literature to interpret the hidden meaning of a literary text. It also helps to examine the innate conglomerate of the writer's personality. It also helps to understand the factors that contribute to his experience from birth to the period of writing a book. Paula Hawkins represented the toxic effects of personality disorders in The Girl on the Train through Megan. Megan experienced Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, Histrionic Personality disorder and antisocial personality disorder. Thus, Paula Hawkins had expressed it through an ambiguous style of narration by the novel The Girl on the Train.

Keywords: American dream, posttraumatic stress disorder, psychoanalysis, recession.

Article Info: Received: 10 May 2021; Received in revised form: 03 Jun 2021; Accepted: 16 Jun 2021; Available online: 21 Jun 2021

DOI: 10.22161/ijels.63.48