Significance of the Study Outline of the Study

7 2. To discuss the characteristics of spirit of individualism are revealed in Richard Wright‘s Black Boy.

1.5 Significance of the Study

1. For the writer To obtain more knowledge about the topic of the story and everything related to the story especially about spirit of individualism in American dream. 2. For the reader 1 To obtain a few information about Richard Wright‘s work, Black Boy. 2 To be able to be used as a reference for those who are interested in doing research with similar topic.

1.6 Outline of the Study

This final project is systematically organized as follows. Chapter I provides introduction which consists of: background of the study, reasons for choosing the topic, statements of the problem, objectives of the study, significance of the study, and the outline of the final project. Chapter II discusses review of related literature. The first part deals with the review of previous studies. The second part deals with theoretical studies of sociology of literature, autobiography, elements of autobiography, American dream, and individualism. The last part focuses on the framework of study. 8 Chapter III presents the method of investigation. It deals with research design, research instrument, data collection, and data analysis Chapter IV presents the discussion. It covers how spirit of individualism is reflected in the intrinsic elements of Richard Wright‘s Black Boy and what are the characteristics of spirit of individualism r evealed in Richard Wright‘s Black Boy. Chapter V is conclusions and suggestions based on the analysis. Moreover, the bibliography and appendices are given in other pages. 9 CHAPTER II REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE This chapter is concerned with theories related to the topic of this study. There are three major parts of references in this chapter. The first part is the review of previous studies. The second part deals with theoretical studies of sociology of literature, autobiography, intrinsic e lements of autobiography, Richard Wright‘s biography, American dream, term of individualism. The last part focuses on the framework of study.

2.1 Review of the Previous Studies