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Prose type of literature always presents the life stories of the characters. In order to bring the story to life, the author usually presents characters of different characters. Considering the characters are closely related to personality, then in research on the figures related to the science of psychology. The science of psychology that is applied to literary works is known as literary psychology. Literary psychology deals with the types and laws of psychology that are applied to literary works (Wellek and Warren, 2014: 81). This study examines the self-actualization character of the main character based on the humanistic psychological theory of Abraham Maslow in the novel Anak Rantau by Ahmad Fuadi. The theoretical approach used is the approach of literary psychology. The methodological approach used is descriptive qualitative. The data in this study are fragments of novel texts that are thought to contain self-actualization. Data collection is done by reading (heuristic) techniques, note taking, and literature study. The validity of the data is done by the credibility testing and peer inspection techniques. Data analysis was performed with hermeneutic readings. The results showed a lot of self-actualization properties shown by the main character in the novel Anak Rantau by Ahmad Fuadi.