Alice faces some discrimination from the whites, but she never rebels to them. It can be said that Alice represents Aborigine colonized. She may receive
the discrimination from the whites towards her, but she does not want if it happens to her children. In the middle of the story, Alice starts to think that this
gap between her culture and the white culture is no needed. She does not want a gap between the aborigines and the whites. She wants a peace among all. She
thinks that she must move. She must have a change in her life. It makes the writer curious to know how Alice tries to change her life so that she can go back to her
hometown and have a better life than before. Through Postcolonial study, it can be seen the representation of the
colonized people who want a new transformation as seen in Alice‟s courage in
fighting against the people who underestimate her. She feels that her culture and her race are underestimated by the whites. She does not want to be discriminated
and looked down by The Whites anymore. She does not want the clash between their cultures continues. The racial discrimination that Alice and her tribe the
aborigines faces, makes her fights back against the whites so that there is a peace between them.
B. Problem Formulation
There are three problems to be examined in this study. The three problems are formulated as follows:
1. How is the main character, Alice in the novel described? 2. What are the discriminations done by the whites towards Alice?
3. What are the effects of discrimination towards Alice?
C. Objectives of the Study
There are three objectives in this study. The first objective is to know the main character‟s characterization, and how she is described in the novel. It is easier for
the writer to move to another part if the writer understands the main character first. The writer needs to understand the characterization of the main character in
the novel because the writer needs to see how she behaves towards the unfair treatment done by the whites that the writer discusses in the second objective. The
second objective is to find out the actions done by the whites towards the aborigines which show their identity as a superior. The unfair treatments that the
whites done, affect the main character, and it makes her change her thought. The third objective is to find out the effect of discrimination that the main character
faces which is possible for the main character to have the different way of thinking from in the beginning.
D. Definition of Terms
In conducting this paper, the writer uses the terms that appear in the title and problem formulations, that is:
1. Race discrimination
Race discrimination is an unfair treatment or abusive behavior towards members of another race. It describes discrimination on an ethnic or cultural basis.
According to The New Encyclopedia Britannica, racial discrimination denotes all forms of differential behavior based on race. The most notable form of racial
discrimination is, physical segregation by race, but there many others, such as rules of etiquette defining form of address
between racial “superiors” and “inferiors”, or choice of friend or spouses 1768:360.
2. The Aborigine
The Aborigine is a member of the dark-skinned people indigenous to Australia. The Aborigine is a native of Australia who is considered to be the
original inhabitants of a region. In the late 1800, The Aborigine is treated unfairly. The child is taken away from the family and taught to be a servant.
CHAPTER II REVIEW OF LITERATURE
A. Review of Related Studies
This research focuses on the main character‟s characteristic towards the discrimination done by the white people. The writer needs to know the
development of the character along the story. The writer finds other researches that have been done, which also
uses Alice Nannup‟s When The Pelican Laughed. The
writer sees the comparison of the writer‟s idea and others writer‟s idea from the researches.
The first research that the writer uses entitled “Racial Discrimination
towards The Aborigines in Australia s een through The Conflict in Alice Nannup‟s
When The Pelican Laughed ” written by Refrita Indraswara. Indraswara‟s research
is about the issue of racism towards the aborigines by the white people in Australia. Indraswara focuses on what conflict happens in the novel and how the
conflict in this novel reveals the racial discrimination towards the aborigines in Australia.
There are two objectives of the study. First, the writer focuses on the conflicts that happen in the novel. Second, the writer focuses on how
the conflicts in Alice Nannup‟sWhen The Pelican Laughed reveal racial
discrimination towards the Aborigines that is practiced by the The Whites in Australia Indraswara, 2013:xii.
Indraswara discusses the conflict in the novel which is related to the racial
discrimination by using Social-Cultural Historical approach. The theory that
