Institusion
Universitas Negeri Semarang
Author
Erik Harninta Putra, 2250402039
Subject
PR English literature
Datestamp
2015-04-25 04:14:36
Abstract :
This final project is a literary analysis of Richard Wright?s Native Son. The title of
this study is A Communist Propaganda Towards American Black Society
Through Richard Wright?s Native Son. This novel tells about an American Black
named Bigger Thomas who accidentally committed two murders on Mary Dalton,
a white girl and his love named Bessie Mears. The Communist, Jan Erlone and
Boris A. Max then struggled to support and help Bigger in facing the problem.
I chose this topic since this novel intends to spread out the Communistic
ideas towards the readers especially to the American Blacks in having their
sympathy to the Communism.
This final project has three problems to be explored; those are: (1) What
forms of Communism are presented in the novel? (2) What are the relationship
between Communism and American Black society? (3) To whom is this novel
addressed?
The writer used qualitative method as the method of investigation. The
writer took the data from the text of the novel and compiled some references from
several books that were related to the subject matter and searched information on
the internet in supporting this study. The data were in the form of words, phrases,
sentences, and quotations which were related to the topic. The analysis of this
study used sociological approach.
It was found out that there are two main ideas of Communism found in the
novel; they are the idea in against Capitalism and the idea of alienation. The first
idea contains the Capitalist?s intention in using economic, juridical field, and the
religion to oppress and exploit the minority class. The second tells that the
Capitalist could also make the minority alienated from their own life. Through the
novel, those ideas are often paralyzed with the idea of American Blacks? struggles
against racism and prejudice. Therefore, this novel could be regarded as
propaganda in having their sympathy to the Communism.