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AN ANALYSIS OF RACISM IN ANGIE THOMAS NOVEL CONCRETE ROSE: Discrimination, Prejudice, Racism Novita Nuriyah Hasyim; Danu Wahyono
AESTHETICS : Jurnal Fakultas Sastra Universitas Gresik Vol 10 No 1 (2021)
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This Study is entitled An Analysis Racism in Angie Thomas Novel Concrete Rose. It aims to describe the forms of racism reflected in the novel and to describe Maverick struggle to fight against Racism. The study is designed as descriptive qualitative study since the object of the study and the result of analysis are presented in descriptive form. The approach used is sociological approach The sociological approach to literary works is one type of approach in the sociology of literature that is used to analyze the events, characterizations, and settings contained in the short stories that are read. Humans take actions intentionally to accomplish their goals, at the same time, human actions have unintended consequences (unintentional consequences) of setting that impact on subsequent human actions. Humans according to this theory are agents of purposeful actors who have reasons for their activities and are able to describe those reasons repeatedly. This study describes the main character who is trying to achieve his goals by dealing with racial conflicts that occur in his environment The author concludes that there are 2 types of racism in the novel Concrete Rose. The first is Prejudice. Prejudice is a prejudice or negative assessment of an object without knowing the truth first. Angie Thomas shows indirectly how prejudice occurs. Maverick's bad prejudice occurs because he is a black person. In America they have a bad reputation. The second is discrimination. Discrimination is an act that treats a person or group differently and unfairly on the basis of the characteristics of that person or group. Discrimination by police and paramedics against the main character is very, very detrimental and has a negative impact on the main character.
Five Feet Apart by Rachel Lippincott as a Young Adult Literature Genre: Young Adult Literature, Five Feet Apart, characteristics Danu Wahyono
AESTHETICS : Jurnal Fakultas Sastra Universitas Gresik Vol 10 No 1 (2021)
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This analysis about Rachel Lippincot’s novel entitled Five Feet Apart. The study focuses on what characteristics of the Young Adult Literature genre in the novel. The objective of the study aims to describe the characteristics of the Young Adult Literature genre found in the novel. The characteristics of Young Adult Literature relate to intrinsic elements of the novel which consist of character, theme, plot, and point of view. The approach used in analysing the novel is the structuralism approach. This research uses the descriptive qualitative method. The result of the analysis states that novel Five Feet Apart fulfils the qualifications of the characteristics of Young Adult Literature. The character of the novel have a physical appearance, the way they behave, and interact with each other. Such as Stella as the main character she have a characteristic of long eyelashes, sandy brown wavy hair, full lia ps, and thin body. While Will Newman as the second of the main character have a physical appearance that is a thin and tall body, deep blue eyes, and dark brown hair. Moreover, the characters in the novel have a change in attitude and way of thinking. As seen from the analysis, the plot in the novel have a faster and the storyline going in the present. Themes in the novel consist of some of themes that is Young Adult Literature and romance because the novel tells about the love story of the two people young adult suffering from lungs illness, that is Stella and Will. There are 2 point of view from the young adult protagonist person as the main character in the novel, in the first chapter begins with Stella point of view and the next chapter continuous by the point of view of Will Newman.
NORA’S CHARACTERDEVELOPMENT AFTER APPARENT DEATH IN MATT HAIG’S THE MIDNIGHT LIBRARY: character development, apparent death, character Juang Galuh Ratu Praditha; Danu Wahyono
AESTHETICS : Jurnal Fakultas Sastra Universitas Gresik Vol 10 No 2 (2021): AESTHETICS
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This study aims to analyze the development of Nora’s character after the apparent death in Matt Haig’s the Midnight Library. The data of this study is taken from the words and dialogues in Matt Haig’s the Midnight Library that shows the characters and character development of the main character, Nora. The writer uses psychological approach and focuses on apparent death because she wants to analyze character development happens to Nora after apparent death. The result of the analysis, first the character of Nora easy to dispirited, negative thinking, pessimist, ungrateful, and always blame on herself for everything happens. the second is apparent death in Midnight Library influences Nora’s character. The third, the writer finds the character development in Nora that she becomes happier, positive thinking, always grateful, optimistic, and always assumes everything that happens in life is a good lessons for life.
BIPOLAR ANALYSIS IN THE CHARACTER OF ATHUR FROM THE NOVEL FANGIRL BY RAINBOW ROWELL: Bipolar Disorder, Conflict, Character Danu Wahyono
AESTHETICS : Jurnal Fakultas Sastra Universitas Gresik Vol 11 No 1 (2022): AESTHETICS
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This research tells about a character named Arthur where he suffers from bipolar episodes which require him to commit to the hospital and take medication, and also makes him tell his daughters to live their own lives, but there is anxiety experienced by him. Arthur told his daughter because there were some problems that happened at her daughter's school, and there were some problems that made her depressed, namely when he had a fight with his wife in the past and caused their family to fall apart due to divorce. and in this analysis it is also explained that the cause and effect of a bipolar episode where Arthur suffers from severe depression due to the problems he suffers that comes from his daughter.