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CHAPTER 5 CONCLUSIONS AND SUGGESTIONS
The last chapter consists of two parts. The first part is conclusion and the second part is suggestion. The conclusion presents the answer to the whole analysis
of the formulated problems. The suggestion contains the suggestion for the further study on Dominique Lapierre’s The City of Joy and some suggestions which are
related to the English teaching and learning activity.
5.1. Conclusions
Based on the analysis in the previous chapter, it can be concluded what the socio-cultural background of India during 1960s-1970s as seen in the City of Joy is.
India is a big country which population is the second largest after China. Many racial groups of people live in India. India is a big country which is developing and also a
poor nation. This condition appears because of some factors. The first factor is disaster. India is a country which is struck by disasters almost every year. Annual
disasters that strike India are floods and long dry seasons. Disasters often cause many people to lose their job and farmers to lose their land. Whereas, from the number of
Indian population, nearly three quarters of population directly depends on Agriculture. The numbers of farmers who lose their jobs increases the number of
poor people in India.The second factor is farmers cultivate their farm inefficiently. Indian farmers do not have land organizations, large-scale mechanized farming and
enough money to increase yields. Sometimes the rice production is not enough to feed the whole family. The third factor is Indian population density is not equal to the
amount of the work opportunity. This condition is even worse because of large scale
immigrations to India to better life there. The fourth factor is Indian customs often cause poverty to Indian people. Indian customs such as marriage ceremony, land
division, and religion festival often cause poverty indirectly. These four factors automatically increase the number of poor people in India. Poverty has caused
villagers to move to big city. People sell their blood, child, and their bone to earn money, and people die to maintain their job.
Another conclusion based on analysis in the previous chapter is karma influences the struggle for survival of poor people trough their belief. Karma
influences these poor people not merely how they act but how they think, and not merely what they believe but how they think.
These poor people’s belief in karma has motivated them to work hard during their struggle. Sometimes in order to gain karma, these poor people are willing to
suffer and to sacrifice him self. Besides, karma also makes these poor people never forget to help others during their struggle both in big cities and villages. Another
influence are poor, they never forget to do their duty. For example, when a father passes away, the oldest son directly takes responsibility to hold a proper funeral for
his father and to take care of the whole family. The last, the influence of karma also makes poor people avoid doing sinful behavior such as being a robber, a deceiver,
and a prostitute. Poor people do not dare to do sinful behaviors, although getting job in Calcutta is very difficult.
5.2. Suggestions
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