This study is aimed to identify aspects of totalitarianism depicted in the characters of Ira Levin’s This Perfect Day Novel and analyzes how the major character is affected by totalitarianism. To conduct this research, the researcher used a qualitative method and content analysis approach. The data source of this research was This Perfect Day novel written by Ira Levin. The data were taken in the forms of words, sentences, clauses, phrases, and narration that are related to aspects of totalitarianism experienced by the characters in the novel. As analyzed, the results showed how aspects of totalitarianism were depicted in the characters of the novel. The findings were categorized into 6 categories based on Friedrich and Brzezinski’s theory of totalitarianism. They consist of: An ideology, a single group, a mass organization or party, a system of terror, a monopoly over media and technology, a monopoly over weapons and military, and a central power over the economy. The thesis’s results show how the impact of totalitarianism in the characters affects them mostly negative, especially the main character, Chip. The analysis reveals how the antagonist of the novel, Wei and his organization, UniComp shape the novel’s world and brainwashed its population to obey them only. The whole world of the novel is like a prison where everyone is watched and tracked by the supercomputerr made by UniComp’s High Council.
Keywords: Totalitarianism, Aspects, Ideology, Characters,