Malignant Narcissism in Divergent Directed by Neil Burger

This study discusses the features of malignant narcissism in Divergent directed by Neil Burger with Otto Friedman Kernberg theory. This study aims to: (a) describe the characteristics of malignant narcissism in Divergent, (b) investigate the malignant narcissism realized by the characters in Divergent, and (c) explain the reasons of malignant narcissism portrayed by the characters in Divergent. The method of this research is descriptive qualitative. The data is from all the words, phrases, sentences spoken and behaviors of each character in the movie. The result shows that there are four characteristics of MN showed by the characters and biological, psychological/environmental, social and cultural dynamics are the reasons for being malignant narcissist characters in the movie.