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All Journal Lingua Didaktika: Jurnal Bahasa dan Pembelajaran Bahasa English Language and Literature
Muhammad Al-Hafizh
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Education Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media

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Immigrants' Difficulties in Pursuing the American Dream Portrayed in Imbolo Mbue's Behold the Dreamers (2016) Alfanuari, Alfanuari; Al-Hafizh, Muhammad
English Language and Literature Vol 12, No 4 (2023)
Publisher : Universitas Negeri Padang

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.24036/ell.v12i4.125967

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As the national ethos of the United States, the American Dream promises a better life for all Americans, including immigrants. Yet, achieving it has not always been easy for them. This research reveals the difficulties that immigrants experience in pursuing the American Dream. This research employs a descriptive qualitative method, applying Terry Eagleton’s Marxist theory and Jim Cullen’s American Dream theory. This research aims to identify the versions of the American Dream that immigrants want to achieve and examine its difficulties stemming from the capitalist economic system. The results of this research found that there are six versions of the American Dream that immigrants want to achieve, including The Puritan Enterprise, Declaration of Independence, Upward Mobility, The Dream of Equality, The Dream of Home Ownership, and The Coast. This research also found that negative aspects of the capitalist economic system, including inequality, exploitation, alienation, and ideological power, become barriers for immigrants in pursuing the American Dream. The irony lies in perceiving the capitalist system as a means to achieve the American Dream, as it paradoxically creates barriers for immigrants. This research concludes that the American Dream does not truly promise a better life for everyone, especially immigrants facing socio-economic disadvantages.
Confronting Racism in Novel " An American Marriage " by Tayari Jones (2018) Sadena, Caneffy; Al-Hafizh, Muhammad
English Language and Literature Vol 13, No 4 (2024)
Publisher : Universitas Negeri Padang

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.24036/ell.v13i4.131212

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This research is an analysis of the Novel “An American Marriage” by Tayari Jones (2018). In this study, the author aims to reveal the racism effect in American marriage life . In analysis, there are 3 form of racism, 2 impact of racism, and 2 type of how to confront the racism. This analysis uses Post Colonial theory to reveal the forms, impact ,and confront racism and using observations and analytical methods. The forms of racism in this thesis is racial slurs, discrimination, and violence. The impact of racism in this thesis are psychological and physical. The resistance towards racism in this thesis includes education awareness and building relationship. The use of concept based on the context of the novel in this analysis, the element of novel that help reveal the implied meaning are tone, speaker, and symbol. In conclusion, in this thesis , author aims to reveal racism, the impact of racism and how to confront racism in the novel “An American Marriage” by Tayari Jones (2018).
Co-Authors Alfanuari, Alfanuari faruk faruk Juliasih Juliasih Sadena, Caneffy