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CHAPTER II REVIEW OF LITERATURE
A. Review of Related Studies
Home is the one of popular works of Toni Morrison which was published in 2012 describing the social life within the black community in Georgia. She
lived with her grandmother after the death of her mother. The author of Home Toni Morrison as an African-American novelist observes the black experience
using the strong fantasy and myth in her works and most of her works that she wrote telling the issues and experiences of the black community especially
women. In 1993, she received the Nobel Prize for Literature as mentioned in Merriam Webster’s Encyclopedia of Literature:
Toni Morrison an African- American writer noted for her examination of the black experience, particularly the experience of women within the
black community. She received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1993. Morrison’s use of fantasy and myth, mastery of ambiguity, and sinuous
poetic style gave her works great strength and texture 1995: 781.
From the statement above, the writer knows that Morrison is one of the authors focuses on the issues of the black community. The reader can see the problems
which were faced within the black community including their experience to facing their class repression that had limited their life. It is interesting how the novel
which tells about the experience of black community written by an African American author and Nobel Prize winner. It means that Toni Morrison used
African-American perspective rather than white perspective.
Siska Angeline Suganda, in her thesis entitled “Racial Discrimination towards African Americans in the 1950S Reflected through The Setting in Alice
Childress’ Florence” stated as follows: The schools of black children were not only inferior but they were also
segregated by law. The Jim Chow schools of the South were very pathetic. Student ranging in the age from six to seventeen were crowded into a
single classroom, taught by a twenty years old teacher with only a high school education 2011: 17.
As mentioned in the statement above she focused on how the setting can reflect racial discrimination. Suganda elaborated the racial discrimination by the different
places and condition of the education place for black community which is described as the place with lack of facilities and qualified teachers.
Kumala Dewi, in her thesis entitled “Racial discrimination in the 20th Century United States of America Seen from Troy Maxson`s Conflicts in August
Wilson’s Fences” asmentioned below: As a wife of diplomat, Mrs. Taylor tends to be very rude to her servants.
Her racial background as a Caucasian also makes her underestimate the poor Indian people. Being a rich woman with luxurious lifestyle also
triggers Mrs. Taylor to be very suspicious-minded to thr poor Indian people 2011: 28.
From Dewi’s statement stated above concerned on the discrimination caused by the background of race and class. She describes not only how the race of a person
which defines the treatment that they will get from others but also how the class status of a person influences how they will be treated by others because of their
race or class where they belong to. The quotation above, it can be seen also that the powerful races and high classes can act impolitely to them who belong to the
powerless races and lower classes. Meaning to say someone belongs to powerful
certain race and a high class they will be treated politely also they can treat the inferior whatever they want whether it is polite or rude.
The analysis of this study is about the class repression towards the black people from the black within black community which are described in the story.
Observing the blacks’ experience being repressed by their own race because they are acknowledged to different classes and gender. Elaborating their reactions of
being repressed because they belong to certain classes or as the inferior and they are blacks male or female.
B. Review of Related Theory
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