English Language and Literature
Vol 9, No 2 (2020)

Confronting Violence in the Novel Between the World and Me (2015) by Ta-Nehisi Coates

Hasbi Hasbi (Universitas Negeri Padang)
Leni Marlina (Universitas Negeri Padang)



Article Info

Publish Date
13 Aug 2020

Abstract

This thesis is the analysis of the novel Between the World and Me (2015) by Ta-Nehisi Coates. The topic explain how the character tries to deal with violence perpetrated by White. The problem of this analysis is to what extent the novel reveals the character’s attempts to deal with the subtle violence against black people, and how much fictional devices such as setting, character and conflict have an effect of showing the character’s efforts to deal with violence. The purpose of this analysis is to reveal the character’s efforts against violence done by white, and determine the role of character, setting and conflict in helping to know the character’s efforts to deal with violence. The theory in this analysis is the concept of self-awareness by Duval and Wicklund. The method is text-based interpretation and context-based interpretation. The results of this analysis shows that the character’s efforts in dealing violence can save him from death. In other words, black can survive from violence by trying to face and fight the violence itself.Key words: Violence , Black, Self-awareness

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Journal Info

Abbrev

ell

Publisher

Subject

Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media

Description

ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE: E- JOURNAL English Language and Literature Study Program of FBS UNP. Volume 1, Number 1, September 2012, ISSN 2302-3546. English Language and Literature Study Program journal is published three times a year (March, June, and September). It consits of scientific ...