their racial freedom. This issue also makes her hate the white-skinned. Joe becomes a weak man, give up to the condition.
These are the background why I have chosen the topical heading of this thesis as “Analysis to the Impact of Racial Issue on the Characters in Eugene
O’neill’s All God’s Chillun Got Wings”.
1.2 The Problems of Analysis
I have read this play completely and fully. Most of the story is dominated by the characters of Jim Harris, Ella Downey, Hattie Harris, and
Joe in facing the racial issue. In this story it is also found how racial issue affects the characters strongly. Based on the statement above, I am going to
formulate the subject matter as follows: 1
How do the characters face the racial issue? 2
How does the racial issue impact the characters Jim Harris, Ella Downey, Hattie Harris, and Joe?
1.3 The Objectives of Analysis
Literary works are the way the author makes his fantasy. It is also the author’s expression about what he feels or thinks about something. Dealing
with the topic of the thesis, I formulate the analysis so that I could focus on the subject clearly and deeply. The objectives of the thesis are:
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1 To find out how the characters face the racial issue
2 To find out how the racial issue impact the characters Jim Harris, Ella
Downey, Hattie Harris, and Joe 3
To show the readers that the racial issue still exists in our social life, especially in America.
1.4 The Scope of Analysis
I have decided to choose the analysis of the impact of social issue on the characters in All God’s Chillun Got Wings as the subject matter. I analyze
only four characters out of eight in the play; they are Jim Harris, Ella Downey, Hattie Harris, and Joe. The subject of the analysis deals with the
attitudes of the four characters in facing the racial issue and how the racial issue impacts the four characters.
1.5 The Theoretical Approach
Wellek and Warren in their Theory of Literature 1977:73, state that there are two methods in analyzing a literary works: intrinsic and extrinsic.
Intrinsic method approaches the literary works from the internal factors, while extrinsic from the external factors such as, history, society, religion,
psychology, biography, autobiography, and other arts. In this thesis, I use the extrinsic method in analyzing the play focusing
on social problems.
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1.6 The Review of Related Literature
