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Indraswara uses is different from theory that the writer uses in this research, yet it is still very helpful for the writer, since the idea in Indraswara‟s research is almost the same to the writer ‟s idea in this research, so the writer may find any references related to the writer‟s research. Indraswara talks about the conflict, while the writer in this research talks about the treatment that the aborigines received from the whites where Alice, the main character is the representation of the aborigines. Another research that also di scusses Alice Nannup‟s When The Pelican Laughed is “The Indigenous Struggle of Aborigines in Western Australia in the 19 th Century as Reflected in Alice Nannup‟s life in When The Pelican Laughed” written by Risang Baskara. Baskara discusses the struggles of Aborigines because of discriminations by the the whites. Alice has to struggle with the white people that she works for. This part also presents how the Aborigines struggle against al l forms of white‟s oppression. The struggle is represented by their view and attitude toward the unequal treatment by the white. Alice‟s awareness to rebel and fight back to the colonizer is indigenous struggle that done by Alice Baskara, 2010:74. The idea in Baskara‟s research is almost the same with the idea in Indraswara‟s research. Both of them discuss the discrimination towards the aborigines, but Indraswara focuses on the racial discrimination. In analyzing it, they both use different approach. Indraswara uses Social-Cultural Historical approach, while Baskara uses theory of Postcolonial criticism and Indigenous struggle. The theory that those two writers used is different with the writer‟s theory, but both of them talk about the discrimination towards the aborigines by the whites as the superior. Those researches are the references for the writer in writing this research. Although the topic in this research is different from the topic of those two studies, but both of them can be very helpful for the writer, since the object of the discussion is the same, talking about the whites and the aborigines. This research focuses on the characteristic of Alice from her childhood, until she becomes a mother. The writer analyze s Alice‟s life story since Alice was a child until she gets old. The writer also finds out the discriminations that Alice faces when she is working at the camp. The writer sees there is a change of Alice‟s behavior and also her thought. She wants to get a better life. The third research that the writer uses entitled “Willie Traynors Reaction to Rac e Discrimination in The American Society in the 1970‟s Reflected in John Grisham‟s The Last Juror” by Deva Bharata Probo Handoyo. Handoyo disccusses the race discrimination of the blacks in Southern. He focuses on the reaction of the main character in reacting against the race discrimination in his society. The aims of writing this undergraduate thesis were to know further the life, the sufferings, and the race discriminations of the blacks in Southern; and also to highlight the importance of main character of the story in reacting against the race discriminations that happened in the society Handoyo, 2004:x. The research conducted by Handoyo is to see the main character‟s important reaction to the race discrimination and the social issues. Handoyo shows in his research that blacks as the oppressed minor people deserved to get equality in society. What Handoyo writes in his research is what the writer in this research wants to discuss too. The writer wants to highlight Alice as the main character which shows various way of thinking that is different from the start in reacting