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for everything he asked. When Richard wrote a motivation book about how to treat the physical defect, he asked Art‟s opinion about his book.
Richard: come on, man. Say something. Art: why did you want me to read this?
Richard: ‘cause I don’t thing I know what I’m doing, Art. But I never would’ve written that if I hadn’t met you. Now, you’re the smartest
guy that I know, and if you don’t thing that any good, I’m just gonna tear it up.
B. Data Analysis
In data analysis, the writer will describe some events that are experienced by Richard and Art which make them feel different from other people in
general. As a result of their abnormalities in terms of physical, they are treated differently. In the data analysis, it can be seen the existence of binary
opposition between the normal and the abnormal in physical.
1. Richard and Art
The writer has explained that Richard and Art are not normal in physical. In here the writer will describe the behavior of the society in
viewing Richard and Art as the disabled person who cause them to be treated differently from the normal, and how Richard and Art were seen
from their disability. Richard and Art have weaknesses in physical, Richard is deaf and Art
is deformed. Because of their abnormality, they receive different treatment from other normal people. Thus, Richard and Art become the inferior
group. The group created by the superior in whom considered as the inferior is not the same group as them. In this case, they consider
themselves more perfect in physical terms than the inferior group.
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Richard and Art are regarded as inferior who receive unfair treatment from the superior group. Unfair treatment is due to physical differences
among them. Below are the examples of their experiences they get from normal people.
First, Richard has unfair treatment from the society especially from someone who considers himself as normal one. He is an administrator, a
normal person who treats Richard unfairly. The administrator rejects Richard‟s recommendation paper by harassing face. The administrator‟s
attitude towards Richard who is supposed to serve well candidates of student is very impolite just because Richard is deaf. It caused different
treatment between the physically normal and abnormal. Administration: I can’t authorize government funds to send you to
college. Richard: why?
Administration: you’re deaf Richard: I’m what? It’s a deaf joke.
Administration: you’re worse than deaf, you’re confused. You can hear only vowels. No consonants.
Richard: yeah
Administration: well, if you can only hear vowels, you’ve got two choices, learn to read lips or move to Hawaii.
Richard: I don’t wanna go to Hawaii, I want go to college. Administration: listen, even if you graduate, they won’t be able to
place you Richard: why? ‘Cause I’m deaf? Helen Keller was deaf and blind. She
had a job. Administration: no
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Second, the normal students who are in the cafeteria do not care about the two persons who need help. For example, Art needs help to open a can
of water but no one of them help him. Just because Art is disabled person, so they are unwilling to help.
Third example, when there are two girls standing in the park, unintentionally Art hit them by his wheelchair, but they are immediately
angry to him with a grumpy look they walk away with a bad word. These kinds of treatment show that they are classified and do not accept the
presence of the disabled. Women: hey, watch it
Richard: oh, sorry. Women: can’t you go forward in that thing?
Art: yeah, sure, if you blow me. Richard: laugh
Women: what? What’s so funny? Richard: what’d she say?
Art: oh, she just wants to blow me. Women: what did that spaz say?
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A further example, when Richard and Art go to a pancake restaurant, the restaurant‟s manager forces them to get out from the restaurant because
he thinks they will disturb other customers. He does some ways to Art and Richard in order to get them out from his restaurant. Finally the manager
calls the police officer to take them away from that restaurant. Waitress: I think you two needs to leave. You’re making the
other customers very uncomfortable. Richard: oh
Art: why? Waittress: hey, we can refuse to serve whoever we want here.
Richard: you gotta be kidding me. It’s my friend’s birthday. All he want is pancakes.
Art: I…I think she needs some hot man love. Richard: maybe. I’ll ask her, but I don’t think she’s your type,
Art. Waitress: okay, d
on’t you dare. You are the ugliest, most disgusting thing I have ever seen. I thought people like you died
at birth. How do you expect people to eat around you? Normal people shouldn’t even have to look at you.
Art: listen lady I’m sorry if I’m doing your job for you Richard: he says he’s very sorry for turning your customers’
stomachs.
In addition, the owner of pancake restaurant only receives less abnormal people in physical, it can be seen that he provides none special
equipment for the disabled in the restaurant. He only provides a ladder to be used by normal people.
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Finally, Richard and Art also receive different treatment from the society when they have ice-skating. The people who stand around the ice-
skating area are looking at them with cynical face. They seem do not accept Richard and Art‟s presence and judged then that they will ruin the
view.
The examples described above are the attitudes of people who do not accept the different sides of them. Richard and Art who represent the
inferior group that is physically imperfect. The people do not really concern about Richard and Art‟s disability and considered them as
minority and as inferior group. This assumption is created by those who claim themselves as superior as and more perfect than Richard and Art.
Meanwhile, as for Richard and Art, they do not consider themselves as inferior and lower group. Richard and Art feel they are equal as others,
that is why they deserve to have equal rights. It can be concluded from the explanation above that there are two
contradictory things or opposition. They are Richard and Art who
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represent the side of as the inferior group and the society who represent as the superior group. Where the superior side feel themselves have more in
everything compare to the inferior side. For that reasons, the superior group treat their opponent unfairly.
2. Binary Opposition
