white people, David Lurie and Lucy, have to follow all the social rules in society where the power of whites has been reduced.
White supremacy indeed can be said as a part of a global ideology. As being said before that many Western literatures shows the domination of Western people
than colored people, in the case is black people. Disgrace is a text from South Africa which contrasts with the domination of western people. It becomes the reason for the
writer to analyze the whiter and black characters in such a novel. The writer also analyzes the theme of this novel Disgrace deeply.
The reason why the writer decided to choose this issue is because there are some interesting plots in the novel. The political apartheid in South Africa, where
white people subordinate the black, was changed in the novel. The author told to the readers, David Lurie as the main character and white became subordinate by Petrus
where black. This change told by the author through David’s daughter, Lucy, which had been living beside Petrus as her neighbor. Some accident made Lucy depends on
Petrus, to make her save.
B. The Focus of the Study
In this research, writer tries to limit the discussion on the characteristic of David Lurie as the main character, Lucy as white people and Petrus as black people
as the supporting characters and also the theme of the novel.
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C. The Research Questions
Based on the background and the focus of the study, the questions can be stated as follows:
1. What are the characteristics of David Lurie and Lucy as white people, and
Petrus as black people in novel Disgrace? 2.
Based on those characteristics, what is the theme of the novel?
D. Methodology of the Research
1. The objective of the research
The objectives of the research are: a. The write wants to describe the characteristic of the character David Lurie
and Lucy as white people and Petrus as a black people in the novel. b. To know about the theme of the novel which convey the characters David
Lurie and Lucy as a white people and Petrus as a black people. 2.
The Method of the Study The writer uses the qualitative method in analyzing the novel, the writer tries
to describe the data analysis have correlation with the method and the research questions.
3. Instrument of the Research
The instrument of this research is the writer herself as the main instrument in collecting the data needed through many ways such as collecting, reading,
identifying, and giving other important notes to the data source.
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Technique of Data Analysis In this research, the writer uses qualitative analysis. The collected data are
analyzed by comparing the data with the relevant theory. 5.
The Unit of Analysis The unit of analysis on this research is novel Disgrace written by J. M.
Coetzee. The novel published by Vintage, London in 1999.
E. Place and Time
The research accomplish in academic year 20092010 in English Letters Department, Faculty of Letters and Humanities, UIN Syarif Hidayatullah
University. This research is conducted in the State Islamic University Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta.
CHAPTER TWO THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK
A. Character
