CLASS CONFLICT IN SAMIRA SEDIRA’S PEOPLE LIKE THEM
No. Klas
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00000159/SKR
Pengarang
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SILVIANA BERLY FEBRIANI
Penerbit
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FAKULTAS ILMU BUDAYA, SURABAYA, 2024
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Synopsis
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This study discusses the class conflict that occurs in Samira Sedira’s People Like
Them. The aim of this research is to describe the forms of class conflict and tells
the factors that cause the class conflict find in the Samira Sedira’s People Like
Them. The researcher chooses this novel because Sedira explores the issue of class
conflict through two families who live in a village at the foot of the mountain. The
researcher uses a qualitative descriptive method and a sociological approach to
connect social conflict and literature. To analyze the conflict in the novel, the
researcher uses Lewis Coser’s Class Conflict theory. Coser's theory emphasizes
that class conflict can drive social change and maintain social structure by
enabling tensions in society. The researcher finds two forms of class conflict,
namely Realistic and Non-realistic conflict, and the factors that cause class
conflict are Social and economic Enviousness, Cultural Differences and
Assimilation, Exclusion and Racism, and the last one is Economic Injustice and
Insecurity. This conflict is reflected in various aspects of their lives, including
employment, housing, and daily social interactions. The study concludes that
"People Like Them" not only highlights issues of class conflict in the specific
context of the society depicted in the novel, but also offers broader insights into
social dynamics relevant to Coser's theory of class conflict.