mythology and is based on the democratic principle of equality and opportunity for all. Nanda, 312
It means that people in this kind of society are equal. They have the same opportunity in various means including education and marriage. In this kind of
society, people have chance to move to one class to another even to a higher social class.
b. Western Marriage Tradition Crabtree states, most western country apply romantic marriage. He states,
“it is an individual choice made by couples.” In romantic marriage, the couple may choose to marry or become engaged first. According to Crabtree, couples are
free to do what they want to do though their family stand against them. It is so because in western country, “individual and freedom is placed above the family.”
According to Sen, wedding rings or vows symbolize the western wedding. He states that “wedding rings play a big role in western marriage.” Wedding rings
symbolize love and affection of the couples. Crabtree states that most western culture and religious are strictly monogamous. In the west, poligamy is considered
as illegal.
B. Theoretical Framework
There are many theories that are applied in this study. These theories are used to analyze and answer the problems that were formulated in the problem
formulations. For the first problem, the writer uses character and characterization theories. The writer uses this theory to find out the characteristics of the main
character. There are two ways to convey information about characters. They are direct or explicit characterization and indirect or implicit characterization. To find
out the answer of the second problem, the writer uses several socio cultural theories and also reviews on Igbo and western culture. The socio cultural theories
provide the definition of conflict, kinds of conflict and also the definition of class and caste systems. The reviews on Igbo and western culture provide the
information about Igbo caste system, western social class and also Igbo and western marriage tradition. These theories help the writer in answering the
problems stated in chapter two. In other words, the writer will get a good understanding how western culture influences the major conflict of Obi Okonkwo.
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CHAPTER III METHODOLOGY
In this chapter the writer will explain about the primary data, approach and procedures the writer uses to write this thesis. This part consists of subject matter,
approach, and procedures. The first part, object of the study, explains about the novel the writer explores in this thesis. The second part, approach of the study,
contains the approach the writer uses to analyze the novel. The last part, method of the study, consists of a series of steps the writer conducts in order to do this
thesis.
A. Object of the Study
This thesis studied No Longer at Ease written by Chinua Achebe, an African author. The English version of this novel was published in 1960. This
book has 194 pages which is divided into nineteen chapters. No Longer at Ease is Chinua Achebe’s second novel.
The story tells about a young man, Obi Okonkwo, who has just come back to Nigeria after studying at a university in England. He studied in England for
about four years. After his return, Obi Okonkwo has different ways of thinking. The influence of western culture makes Obi Okonkwo feel uncomfortable with his
Ibo tradition and customs. Therefore, he rebels against the tradition by claiming to
marry his lover, Clara Okeke, who is considered an osu, an outcast. Nevertheless, his parents do not approve of it. Obi decides to ignore the custom, and he decides
