RACIAL DISCRIMINATION AND THE EFFECT AS SEEN IN JAMIE FORD'S HOTEL ON THE CORNER OF BITTER AND SWEET: A COMPARATIVE LITERATURE

USMAWATI ANGGITA SAK, Drs. MUh. Arif Rokhman, M.HUm., Ph.D

2016 | Skripsi | S1 SASTRA INGGRIS

INTISARI Penelitian ini membahas berbagai bentuk diskriminasi terhadap ras Asia Amerika, yaitu ras Cina dan Jepang Amerika di Amerika sekitar tahun 1940 yang terdapat pada novel Jamie Ford dengan judul Hotel in the Corner of Bitter and Sweet. Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah menemukan tindakan diskriminasi dari orang kulit putih terhadap ras Cina dan Jepang Amerika dan mengetahui efek dari diskriminasi terhadap kehidupan mereka. Penelitian ini menggunakan pendekatan sastra banding yang dikemukakan oleh Zepetnek. Analisis dilakukan dengan merefleksikan teori jenis-jenis diskriminasi ras oleh Fred L Pincus pada novel. Novel yang dianalisis adalah novel Jamie Ford yang berjudul Hotel in the Corner of Bitter and Sweet, maka sumber data penelitian adalah novel tersebut. Hasil analisis menunjukan bahwa terdapat dua jenis diskriminasi ras pada novel, yaitu; individual discrimination dan institutional discriminination. Individual discrimination meliputi name calling, rejection dan prejudice. Institutional discrimination meliputi unfair rule di sekolah Rainier dan internment camp untuk ras Jepang Amerika. Efek dari tindakan diskriminasi terhadap kehidupan ras Cina dan Jepang Amerika adalalah kemunculan insecurity feeling dan desirable feeling to prove their loyalty to the United States.

ABSTRACT This research discusses forms of racial discrimination experienced by Asian American, particularly Chinese and Japanese American in the United Stated during 1940s seen in Jamie Ford's Hotel in the Corner of Bitter and Sweet. The objectives of this study are to explore the racial discrimination act towards Chinese and Japanese American and discover the effects of the discriminations. This study applies comparative literature proposed by Zepetnek. The analysis is done by reflecting Fred L Pincus's theory about type of racial discrimination to the novel. As the research analyzes Jamie Ford's Hotel in the Corner of Bitter and Sweet, the source of data is this novel. Based on the analysis, the result shows that there are two types of racial discrimination seen in the novel; individual and institutional discrimination. The individual discrimination covers name calling, rejection and prejudice. The institutional discriminations are unfair rule in Rainer school and internment camp for Japanese American. The effects of racial discrimination to Chinese and Japanese's lives are the occurring of insecurity feeling and desirable feeling to prove their loyalty to the United States.

Kata Kunci : diskriminasi ras, ras Asia Amerika, tahun 1940, rasa tidak aman, kesetiaan/racial discrimination, Asian American, 1940s, insecurity, loyalty