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The fourth step is analyzing. In this part, the researcher organizes the whole data. It is including the theories, references, and approaches. After that, the researcher
starts to analyze the character using related theories. This later reveals that the character has a dream to be achieved. Knowing that the character has specific dream,
th e researcher digs up deeper about the character’s goal, which the American Dream
theory is applied. In order to understand the circumstances, the researcher also needs historical background during that time. It is needed so that the research finds exact
answer.
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CHAPTER IV ANALYSIS
In this chapter, the problems formulated in the earlier chapter are answered. Based on the problem formulation, this chapter is divided into two parts. The first
part describes the main character, Mingo, who is a Mexican-American person. The second part reveals the concept of American Dream that is reflected in Mingo.
In addition, this chapter contains original quotations from the play that uses broken English as spoken by Mexican-American. As a result, there are some
ungrammatical and Spanish-mixed English. They use mixed language. They do not use English like other Anglo-American, but use Spanish English instead. They use
this kind of language in everyday life to communicate with other people. For example, it can be seen from the conversation between Pedro and Joaquin below.
PEDRO
: halo que? Give me one abrazo, I‟m your padre [He hugs him] Tha‟sit – strong like a man. Look, vieja, see how much medals he
gots? Valdez, 1989: 995
A. Mingo as the Mexican-American Son
In this part, the researcher writes Mingo‟s presentations in sequences from act one to act five. In the story, he appears in every act although not in every scene.
The family consists of 6 people. The father is Pedro. He is described as a lazy and a wino family leader. He contributes nothing important to the family. The mother
