Racism Towards Japanese-American in Isabel Allende's The Japanese Lover

Abstract

This thesis is entitled “Racism Towards Japanese-American in Isabel Allende's The Japanese Lover”. This thesis discusses racism that occurs against Japanese in america and the impact of racial discrimination on the characters in the novel. This novel was written by Isabel Allende. The writer used theory of sociology literature by Sapardi Djoko Damono. The writer used descriptive qualitative method that the data is from quotation in the novel. Moreover, the writer used the library research so that can be found. The results of this thesis to overview racism that occurs against Japanese in America and the impacts of racial discrimination on the characters such as feelings of anxiety, low self-esteem, and depression.

Tesis ini berjudul "Rasisme pada orang-orang Jepang-Amerika dalam novel Isabel Allende The Japanese Lover". Skripsi ini membahas tentang rasisme yang terjadi terhadap orang jepang di amerika dan dampak diskriminasi ras terhadap karakter di novel. Novel ini ditulis oleh Isabel Allende. Penulis menggunakan teori sosiologi sastra dari Sapardi Djoko Damono. Penulis menggunakan metode deskriptif kualitatif dan datanya didapatkan dari kutipan novel. Selain itu, penulis menggunakan penelitian kepustakaan. Hasil yang didapat adalah berupa gambaran rasisme yang terjadi di amerika dan dampak rasial diskriminasi terhadap kehidupan para tokoh seperti perasaan cemas, rendah diri, dan depresi.