capability to portray the truth found in social life by offering an authenticity of individual
s’ experience. Nevertheless, to make it more trustworthy, the researcher also used Cresswell’s theory of peer debriefing and triangulation to check the
validity. Peer debriefing is a method to invite a peer to debrief as an attempt to review the research Cresswell, 2009: 192. Meanwhile, triangulation is an attempt to
use multiple angles to strengthen a perspective Vanderstoep and Johnston, 2009: 242. There were two students of English Language and Literature program involved
to check the validity of the research by giving their responses on the interpretation of the data. T
he researcher’s interpretation on the data was contested with the peers’ to build discussion and validate the data. Last, but not least, the researcher also
consulted the data to his two advisors. Both of them are credible and professional in the field of English Language and Literature. The consultation covered the holistic
part of this research.
CHAPTER IV FINDINGS AND DISCUSSIONS
This chapter consists of three main parts. The two parts are the answers of the questions in this research regarding the gender narratives in Anthony
Doerr’s All the Light We Cannot See. The last part is the synthesized framework of binary gender
construction attained from the findings. The first part of this chapter discusses how female
s in Doerr’s All the Light We Cannot See are being subordinated through the construction of their gender. The second part of this chapter discusses how
contrastively the engulfing domination of males is narrated also through the construction of their gender. Meanwhile, the last part shows the map of the gender
narratives found in the novel and how they create the phenomena of binary gender in society. Gender narratives are key elements to the establishment of a patriarchal
society. Female subordination and male domination are usually practiced as the manifestation of gender hierarchy.
Doerr’s All the Light We Cannot See is a historical novel about war. The novel tells the life story of a girl from her early life to her old day which is trapped
under the shadow of war. The novel pictures the various conditions of common civilians as well as military personnel during the war she is in. Both of the parties
have to go through continuous hardships caused by the war. This novel seems contrasting the life of this civilian girl with the life of a common military personnel
that later becomes her unforgettable person in her life.
