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Women's Rights Limitation In Stephen King's 'Sleeping Beauties' (2017) Riski Aprinaldo; Desvalini Anwar
English Language and Literature Vol 11, No 2 (2022)
Publisher : Universitas Negeri Padang

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.24036/ell.v11i2.116685

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This research is an analysis of the novel Sleeping Beauties  (2017) by Stephen king. The purpose of this study is to reveal   the issue of limitations women’s rights experienced by the women characters in the novel Sleeping Beauties (2017). This study uses Iris Yong’s  five forms of oppression (1990) to  reveal  rights limitations through the oppression that has been done on the women characters. As a result the female characters in this novel experience rights restriction as a woman as the results of  the marginalization, violence and exploitation acted on them.
The Rise of Women in the Poems A Woman's Place by Frohman (2018), Remember, Woman by Leyva (2015), and A Woman's Place by Chidi (2005) Gernanda Che Guevara; Desvalini Anwar
English Language and Literature Vol 11, No 2 (2022)
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.24036/ell.v11i2.117276

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This research is an analysis of three poems by Denice Frohman entitled A Woman's Place (2018), by Reese Leyva entitled Remember, Woman (2015), and by Sylvia Chidi entitled A Woman's Place (2005). This analysis explores the struggles of women in conveying their rights and positions, obtaining gender equality and breaking the patriarchal culture. The analysis of the three poems also reveals the extent to which the author implies the woman’s effort to gain equality. The study of these poems is analyzed with feminist theory and supported with the theories of gender inequality and gender oppression. The results of this study indicate that women already have awareness about their situation and determined to change it. This research will include; 1) injustices and oppression towards women, 2) women’s awareness, 3) women efforts to achieve equality.
Escaping from Existential Nihilism in Chuck Palahniuk’s Fight Club (1996) Muhammad Naufal Abiyyu; Desvalini Anwar
English Language and Literature Vol 12, No 1 (2023)
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.24036/ell.v12i1.120006

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This study discusses the Novel Fight Club (1996) by Chuck Palahniuk. This novel tells a story about the effect of chasing perfection over self-destruction and escaping desperation. These problems appear in the main character’s life, also known as The Narrator (Unnamed). In this thesis, the researcher is using two research questions. (1). What are the causes of existential nihilism that exist in the narrator's life? (2). How does the narrator escape existential nihilism to make his life meaningful? To answer these questions, there are several ways. The first way is to understand why existential nihilism appears in the life of the main character, as revealed in the novel Fight Club. The second way is by using the psychoanalysis approach by Sigmund Freud and the existential nihilism theory by Friedrich Nietzsche. The psychoanalysis approach and the existential nihilism theory will be useful for the analysis of the consciousness and unconsciousness of the narrator’s personality and environment and the active and passive nihilism to define the way the narrator tries to escape. This is shown by the narrator’s living his strange monotonous and egalitarian life and his suffering from insomnia.
Ameliorating Lives in Cho Nam- Joo’s Novel Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 (2016) Made Miranti Khaerunisya; Desvalini Anwar
English Language and Literature Vol 12, No 1 (2023)
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.24036/ell.v12i1.120448

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This research is an analysis of the novel entitled Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 (2016) by Cho Nam-Joo. This research reveals the amelioration of lives by South Korean women who live in patriarchal society. This research uses qualitative method and feminist theory to find out how South Korean women try their best to get a better life. The result of this research finds out that South Korean women who are portrayed in female characters of the novel Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 (2016) by Cho Nam-Joo struggle a lot to make their live and other women’s lives around them to be better. The result also shows that they struggle against gender inequality in household, education, and workplace, which means in their whole life, women still get discrimination. The result shows that gender inequality happen because of the culture, society, and also the economy and education. Despite all of the difficulties and rejection they experience, the female characters in  women there still try to make a better life for themselves.
Opposing Reality in 3 Short Stories by Shirley Ren The Pink Umbrella (2019), Jason Sanford The Eight-Thousanders (2020), and Alyssa Wong A Fist of Permutations in Lightning and Wildflowers (2016) Sari Septriyani; Desvalini Anwar
English Language and Literature Vol 12, No 1 (2023)
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.24036/ell.v12i1.120487

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This research is an analysis of 3 short stories by Shirley Ren The Pink Umbrella (2019), Jason Sanford The Eight-Thousanders (2020) and Alyssa Wong A Fist of Permutations in Lightning and Wildflowers (2016). This research discusses about defense mechanisms applied to oppose reality. Defense mechanisms are commonly used in everyday life, a person applies defense mechanisms when the ego can no longer balance the id and superego and worries arise in the person. However, if this is done to oppose reality, it will cause new prolonged conflict. This research uses a descriptive qualitative method which is using psychoanalysis theory by Sigmund Freud which deals with opposing reality and defense mechanisms. This research aims to find out what types of defense mechanism applied by character and how the symptoms appear. The analysis of this study revealed that the character applies 2 defense mechanisms, namely denial and displacement, to oppose reality and the symptoms that arise. The conclusion of this study is defense mechanisms applied to oppose reality is not good, not to change things that are not desirable but to cause new prolonged conflicts. Opposing reality means not being able to come to terms with reality and not being able to come to terms with one self so that as a result the characters go through life in misery.
Betrayal Recovery in The Girl on The Train by Paula Hawkins (2015) Nada Nyata Pasti; Desvalini Anwar
English Language and Literature Vol 12, No 1 (2023)
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.24036/ell.v12i1.119982

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This research is an analysis of the novel by Paula Hawkins entitled The Girl on The Train (2015). This research reveals the kinds of betrayals committed by Rachel's ex-husband and how she was able to manage her life after experiencing trauma, anxiety and depression for a long time. This research is a qualitative descriptive study that uses psychoanalysis theory and is supported by defense mechanism theory. The results of this research indicate several stages that Rachel went through to be able to rise from the adversity she experienced. The stages of recovering the betrayal that are told in this novel are; denial, anger, depression, bargaining and acceptance. These stages have a different time span for each victim, depending on the betrayal experienced and the mental state of each victim. The results of this study also reveal that betrayal can occur not because of the shortcomings and helplessness of the betrayed person, but betrayal can occur purely because the traitors do not have the value of loyalty in themselves. Therefore, no matter how perfect their partner is, traitors will never be satisfied.
Coping with Grief in Kathleen Glasgow's Novel How to Make Friends with the Dark (2019) Sarifia Larasati Putri; Desvalini Anwar
English Language and Literature Vol 12, No 2 (2023)
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.24036/ell.v12i2.121926

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This thesis is a psychoanalysis reading of a novel which is written by Kathleen Glasgow entitled How to Make Friends with the Dark (2019). It explores the issue of coping with grief which is experienced by the main character while she is experiencing grief. It uses the qualitative method in analyzing the novel. The analysis of coping with grief is used the concept of Lazarus and Folkman (1984) of coping mechanism. It is also aimed to reveal how the main character copes with the grief. The result of this analysis shows that the main character copes with her grief through two ways, problem-focused coping and emotion-focused coping. 
Prejudicial Motherhood in Armando Lucas Correa’s Novel The Daughters’s Tale (2019) Sherina Alsyifa Amran; Desvalini Anwar
English Language and Literature Vol 12, No 2 (2023)
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.24036/ell.v12i2.122039

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This thesis analyzes a novel entitled The Daughters' Tale (2019) by Armando Lucas Correa. This analysis reveals prejudicial motherhood experienced by a mother trying to keep her daughters safe from persecution found in the literary work. This analysis uses the psychoanalysis theory by Sigmund Freud to explain the problems of this novel. The result of the study shows Amanda Sternberg experienced prejudicial motherhood in two ways, difficulties to make right decisions and perilous decisions, and it has several effects such as family separation and the death of Amanda Sternberg.
The Ambivalence of Identity in Tope Folarin's A Particular Kind of Black Man (2019) Tiara Agnesi Windari; Desvalini Anwar
English Language and Literature Vol 12, No 2 (2023)
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.24036/ell.v12i2.121929

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This study examined how the novel A Particular Kind of Black Man (2019) by Tope Folarin portrayed the issue of ambivalent identity. The main character named Tunde Akinola is a second-generation immigrant who experiences ambivalence of identity. This analysis is related to the concept of ambivalence and mimicry by Homi K. Bhaba. Researchers use those theories to interpret the hidden meaning of the novel. The data collection is in the form of sentences, and paragraphs from the novel. For this study, the researcher use the qualitative method by connecting the sentence and paragraph to many journals, books,s and also podcasts. The result is the factor's ambivalent identity of the main character is caused by the parent’s broken American dream and also the racism he gets because he is Black. Because of the racism, the main character concludes that he is not American because he is not White, and determined to be the perfect Black Man by mimicking many successful Black Men. The main character becomes sick of faking to be something he is not and finally embraces his identity as a hybrid.
The Quandary of Identity in Lisa KO's The Leavers (2017) Bryan Tirannov; Desvalini Anwar
English Language and Literature Vol 12, No 2 (2023)
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.24036/ell.v12i2.122129

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 "The Leavers" is a novel written by Lisa Ko, published in 2017, which tells the story of Deming Guo, an eleven-year-old boy who is adopted by a couple in New York after his mother, an undocumented Chinese immigrant, disappears. The novel explores themes of identity, family, and belonging, as Deming struggles to come to terms with his mother's disappearance and his new identity as Daniel Wilkinson. The novel has been widely praised for its portrayal of the experiences of immigrants and the children of immigrants in the United States. It deals with themes of identity, discrimination, fear of deportation, and the pursuit of the American Dream. The novel provides a nuanced look at the realities of immigration and the struggles that immigrants face in pursuit of the American Dream. It's a powerful and thought-provoking novel that deals with important and timely issues.