high rate of unemployment and lower educational of black men directly proportional with the repression that they got. Some people argued that black men
are more repressed than black womenGoldin, 1990: 27.
D. Theoretical Framework
The focus of this study is to see the class repression toward African American in Black Society reflected in Home. Each theory and review as stated
above is needed to analyze the novel. The theory of character is used by the writer to see the relation and conflict within black community particularly the way of
Blacks treating each other. This theory helps to answer problem formulation number one. The review of class repression contributes to see the position of the
social status including their economics condition and occupations in black neighborhoods. The theory of class repression helps the reader to see the different
point of view of strength and weakness towards black men and black women. How the economics condition define their position in the society. The theory of
Marxism helps the writer to reveal the issues of concerning class. The theory of relation between literature and society contributes to see that what written in the
novel is as the imitation of the real world. The review on history of black in America around the 1950s is used to
understand in general the background of African-American in America including their settlement and their economics. It gives clear understanding that the history
cannot be separated because it has a role in the development of African-American in America.
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CHAPTER III METHODOLOGY
A. Object of the Study
The object of this study is a novel entitled Home. Home is one of Toni Morrison’s work which shows the African American experiences of poverty and
freedom in United States of America in 1950s. The novel consist of 17 chapters and 146 pages. It was published in 2012 by Alfred A. Knopf in New York. Home
is written by an African American writer Toni Morrison. The main characters in this novel are Frank and Ycidra, they are a sibling. Frank is an African American
and Korean War veteran and Ycidra is Frank’s little sister. This novel shows how the poverty play an important impact towards the black’s life especially in
Georgia. This novel is about the life of African American in the poor neighborhood.
In this novel there is a gap between working class and middle class within the black society. The writer shows how bad Frank and Ycidra are treated by Mrs.
Lenore as their step grandmother. Mrs. Lenore also an African American but she treats her grandchildren unequally than other. Frank and Cee are discriminated
just because they belong to working class. The writer wants to analyze about how the main characters reactions towards the class and gender discrimination in this
study.
