how the position of women is reflected by literary texts to show patriarchal prejudices.The term of patriarchal society and patriarchy have big relation to
feminism idea. By identifying the patriarchy condition in the text, it gives deeper explanation about the oppression of women and feminist idea in the novel.
Feminist approach gives a great support and contribution to this study. By applying this approach to this study, it has a better understanding in
seeingfeminist idea to answer the problem formulation.
C. Method of the study
The method used in this study is library study. It used both primary and secondary sources in this study. The primary source is Paradise written by Toni
Morrison. The secondary sources consisted of several books which describe the theory of approaches, characters, discrimination, gender, patriarchy, and
feminism. The books are:A Glossary of Literary Terms,A Readers Guide to Contemporary Feminist Literary Criticism, Understanding Unseen: An
Introduction to English Poetry and English Novel for Overseas Students, etc. Some steps are used in conducting this study. First, the literary work is selected
which will be analyzed. After reviewing some literary works, Paradise written by Toni Morrisons is chosen as the primary data of this study. The secondary data
were taken from books that were related to the topic. The next step was reading the novel several times to gain deeper
understanding about the story. Took notes and highlighted some important information which was done while reading. Some important things from the book
that can support this study were written. It helped me to analyze the novel and avoid confusion to analyze the novel.
Then, next step was started to think about the topic that was discussed in this study. An idea to write about the oppression of women that was depicted
through the story came to mind.The next step was collecting the references that were related to this study. The references were some books that were available in
the library and also other books outside the library. The references are also some study from student and people, it consisted of information about literature and the
novel. This study focuses on the female characters first, then on the male
characters. From the differences of the female and male characters thought, it could be seen the oppression of men toward woman. Next, formulated the
problems and answered the problem formulations; it means analyzing the collected data and supporting the data with related theories approach and studies.
After finishing the discussion of the analysis, this study proposed suggestion for future researchers and for the implementation for teaching and
learning English using the novel Paradise. It is useful for people who would learn about literature.
