35 light outside given by City through education for people who believe in their
capability. What Dawan needs is only a chance, one opportunity to get better education.
4.2.1.3 She wants to be an Appreciated Individual
Based on Moore‟s statement in his writings Philosophy of Education 1982, the education is not only needs equality but also justice. He describes
justice here as the opportunity for everyone to experience the same thing or get the same right, especially, in education pp. 54-56. What is stated by Moore as
justice in education is fought by Dawan as well. According to Maslow theory as cited by Petri 1981, the desire to
appreciate by others is categorized as a characteristic of Self-Esteem need. This appreciation is given by people who believe someone‟s ability in doing something
para. 304 . Dawan‟s desire to get education is also intended to get an appreciation
from her father and brother. By getting education, she hopes that she can change her father and brother‟s mind of her and not underestimate her any more.
After winning the scholarship, Dawan gets resistance from her father and her brother. They do not agree if Dawan continues her study in City. Her father
has thinking that a woman should stay at home and does household works. A woman will be a mother of her children feeds and raises them. It is useless for a
woman to study. Meanwhile, her brother does not believe that Dawan can bear this duty.
The education is not only writing or hearing the knowledge from the teachers and then working the test on the final paper. It needs more. She must have the
36 capability in receiving the materials, giving meaningful input, improving
erroneous thing, and applying all materials studied in education. Those are called by Kwai as a responsibility. The quotation below stated it.
„But what can you do to bring them about? You‟re only a girl. You won‟t be able to fight, or to argue loudly, or to lead people in times
of crisis. All you‟re good at is studying – that‟s how you got the
scholarship in the first place ‟. p. 51
From the quotation above, it is clear that her father and brother hesitate Dawan‟s ability in getting education. Facing this situation, she talks to her father
and her brother that she can do more. They do not need to worry of her ability to get better education. She promises to her father and brother if a chance to study is
given to her, she will try to do the best in education. Dawan says, “Only that I hope you will be as fair and kind towards me as my brother has been, Father”
p.105. From the quotation above, Dawan knows well that as a girl, she is
underestimated by her father and brother. However, she hopes that her father and brother appreciate her as an individual who has right, dreams, and will to realize,
who is able to shoulder responsibility same as a man. The women are not second class people in society but they have to be regarded as same as men at any levels.
4.2.1.4 She wants to Play a Significant Role in Society
