The Negative Impacts Of Industrial Revolution On Children As Reflected In Charles Dickens’ Oliver Twist

Abstract

Skripsi berjudul The Negative Impact of Industrial Revolution on Children as Reflected in Charles Dickens’ Oliver Twist menganalisa tentang dampak-dampak negatif yang diterima anak-anak di era revolusi industri. Banyak anak yang dieksploitasi sebagai akibat dari revolusi industri. Anak-anak tersebut dieksploitasi dengan berbagai macam cara seperti di perjual belikan, di pekerjakan sebagai buruh dan juga di latih untuk menjadi kriminal. Skripsi ini terdiri atas 5 bagian yaitu pendahuluan, landasan teori, metode penilitian, analisis dan hasil serta kesimpulan dan juga saran. Pada bab I dijelaskan tentang latar belakang penelitian, perumusan masalah, pembatasan penilitian, tujuan dan juga manfaat penilitian. Pada bab II akan dijelaskan sejarah singkat revolusi industri serta penyebab dampak negatif yang diterima anak-anak selama revolusi industri dan juga teori yang digunakan pada skripsi ini. Pada bab III dijelaskan metode penelitian yang digunakan serta prosedur penilitian. Pada bab IV merupakan analisa mengenai dampak negatif revolusi industri pada anak di novel Oliver Twist. Pada bab V merupakan kesimpulan dari analisa serta saran-saran yang dapat membangun skripsi ini kedepannya

This thesis entitled The Negative Impact of Industrial Revolution on Children as Reflected in Charles Dickens’ Oliver Twist is analyzing about the negative impacts which fell upon children during industrial revolution. There were many children which were exploited as the impact of industrial revolution. Those children are exploited in many ways including being traded, being labored as laborer, and also recruited as criminals. This thesis consists of five chapters including introduction, review of literature, research method, analysis and findings, as well as conclusion and suggestion. In chapter I, it explains about the background of the study, the problem of the study, scope of the study, objective of the study and the significance of the study. In chapter II, it explains about the history of industrial revolution as well as the cause of negative impacts of industrial revolution which feel upon children and also the theory used in this thesis. In chapter III, it explains the method of research which was used and also the research procedure. In chapter IV, it is the analysis about the negative impact of industrial revolution on children in the novel Oliver Twist. In chapter V, it consists of conclusion of this thesis as well as suggestions which can improve this thesis in the future.