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CHAPTER V CONCLUSIONS AND SUGGESTIONS
In this chapter the writer draws the conclusion of the study. The answer to the formulation of the problem will be answered in this chapter. Besides the
answer to the problem formulation, the writer also presents some suggestions both for future researches and also for the implementation of The Prostitute in teaching
Basic Reading 1.
A. CONCLUSIONS
Literary works are made as portrayals of reality. K. Surangkhanang has drawn the reality of prostitution in the 1930s in her novel entitled The Prostitute.
She draws the struggle of Thai prostitutes through conflicts that they face. Both of intrapersonal and interpersonal conflicts are written to give the readers a clear
portrayal of prostitution in that era. To analyze the conflicts faced by the major characters, psychological
approach is really appropriate to use. This approach gives understanding about what intrapersonal and interpersonal conflicts are. Having this kind of
understanding can help the writer to analyze the conflicts. Besides the theories of conflicts, the theory of prostitution also helps the writer well in giving general
understanding of prostitution itself. Reun and also Samorn as the major characters in The Prostitute face both
intrapersonal and interpersonal conflicts. They have to deal with their fate of
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becoming prostitutes. Each of them comes into prostitution with different reasons. Reun is tricked into coming to Bangkok and later she becomes a prostitute while
Samorn voluntarily becomes a prostitute because she needs money to earn a living for her husband. Reun and Samorn have to face some intrapersonal conflicts. One
of the intrapersonal conflicts faced by Reun is when she is considering Khun Wit’s proposal. She feels that it is so dilemmatic. She herself wants to be Khun
Wit’s wife. On the other hand, she does not want Khun Wit, the man whom she loves, gets mockery from other people because of marrying a prostitute. Basically
the intrapersonal conflicts faced by them come from their regret of becoming prostitutes. They also have to deal with interpersonal conflicts with their pimps,
customers, a rent-collector and other people in their life. K. Surangkhanang has written a sympathetic yet touching portrayal of
prostitution in Thailand in the 1930s. The conflicts faced by Reun and Samorn can give us a new perspective about the struggle of a prostitute to earn a living by
selling her body to the customers.
B. SUGGESTIONS
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