14 This novel mostly tells about how the Bennet family as a middle class
family has to survive against the high class people. Jane Austen gives a clear description about how the powerful people often use their power to oppress the
powerless people. In the novel, the life problems of Bennet family mostly deal with powerful people. It is starts when the Bennets meet Mr. Bingley
’s family and Mr. Darcy. At the end of the novel, those two men become a part of Bennet
family and the story ends in happy ending.
B. Approach of the Study
The approach of the study is Marxism approach. According to Slaughtrt 1975 Marxism is a set of social, economic, cultural understanding of the nature
of reality, society and the individual, and political ideas in which its followers believe that it will enable them to interpret and change their world. It is moving
towards at social change. Marxist wants to analyze social relation in order to change them, after what they see as inequalities created by capitalist economic
relation. Marxist explains in detail to change the world from a place of bigotry,
hatred, and conflict due to class struggle into classless society where wealth, opportunity, and education could be accessed by all people. The writer uses
Marxism approach because this approach deals with social classes and social struggles. Through Marxism approach, it helps the writer to seek the meaning of
struggle as stated in the problem formulation.
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C. Method of the Study
In this section, the writer would like to present the method of the study. This study is a desk research. Desk research is a research technique which is
mainly acquired by sitting at a desk. It involves data collection from existing resources, such as data from the internet. The writers chose desk research because
the writer explored, analyzed and discussed a novel as primary data. The primary data that the writer used was Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen.
The first step that the writer took in the analysis was reading the novel. After finishing reading the novel, the writer started to find the related theories to
support and help in answering the formulated problems. The theories were Marxist theory and theory of power and powerless. Those theories were related to
social classes and social struggles that the writer mainly discussed in this study. The next step was listing the life problems that were faced by Bennet family. In
order to answer the research problems, the writer listed the important events and life problems of the Bennets as described in the novel.
After finding the theories and the Bennet s’ life problems, the next step was
analyzing the meanings of the Bennets’ struggles in solving their life problems. In
the analysis, the writer needed to make an objective and reasonable analysis on the
meanings of the Bennets’ struggles. Therefore, the writer should understand the whole context of the study. In order to get the right information of the theory
about meaning, the writer used some supporting books. This analysis is done to answer the second research problem and also to achieve the aim of the study that
16 is to find the meanings of the
Bennets’ struggles in solving their life problems as seen in Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice.
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CHAPTER IV ANALYSIS
