Race Class Discrimination Definition of terms

According to Joan Ferranate in International Encyclopedia of Ethics that quoted by John K. Roth, Discrimination is the unequal or unbalances treatment, whether intentional or unintentional of individuals or groups on the basis of group relationship or membership that is unrelated ability or past performance Roth, 1992:232. Racial discrimination is the way of discrimination based on race There are two kinds of discriminations that become the issue according to play The Music Lessons, Class and Race discrimination. Class and Race discrimination is important in this analysis of the study. The reason is Class and Race discrimination are the two kinds of discrimination that the writer wants to reveal from the main character. These theories are to answer the main issue or phenomenon of this study related with the kinds of discrimination. “Class is a category of social standing defined by class condition, such as economic condition Ritter, 1986: 42. From these statements above, the writer can make a conclusion that Class Discrimination is something to make fine distinction in a group or a person about the social condition or economic status. Besides the term class discrimination, there are also the term race and racial discrimination. Class and race discrimination two important problems that the writer wants to discuss in the story. “Race is a mode of classification of human beings which distinguishes between them on the basis of physical properties eg. Skin colour, facial features ”. Edgar and Sedgwick, 2002: 323. According Stokely Carmichael and Charles K. Hamilton that quoted by John K. Roth: Racial Discrimination is a subtle form of unequal treatment based on race that is entrenched in social custom that is, social institutions. Institutional discrimination may include segregated housing patterns, redlining by financial institutions, and the practice of minority group members being of forced continually into low-paying jobs Roth, 1992: 232. Racial discrimination is the way of discrimination or unequal treatment based on race. Minority group members being of forced continually into low-paying jobs, like Japanese immigrants. Race discrimination is discrimination based on physical properties, such as: Skin colour, facial features. These statements above are appropriate with the Chizuko and her children ‟s experience in the United States as a Japanese immigrant. Chizuko had to receive the reality that she is treated unfairly. The reason is Chizuko and family came from lower class. Chizuko also got then low paying jobs, like as a farm. Class discrimination was showed by Kaoru Kawaguchi who was also Japanese immigrant. The proofs was showed by his arrival in looked for the job to Chizuko and also the rule from United States government. Racial discrimination was showed by Billy Kane through the Chizuko children. He humiliated the Chizuko‟s family by their family custom and also their economic status in the United States.

3. Theory of the Relation between Literature and Society

Literature is a tool for human to tell or express their feelings, ideas, and experience in their daily life. Rene Wellek and Austin Warren in Theory of Literature said that, Literature is a social institution, using as its medium language, a social creation. Such traditional literary devices as symbolism and metre are social in their very nature. They are conventions and norms such could have arisen only in society. But, furthermore, literature represents „life‟ and „life‟ is, in larger measure, social reality, even though the natural world and the inner or subjective world of the individual have also been objects of literary „imitation‟ Wellek and Warren, 1956: 94. It can conclude that literature is one language media for human to create some literary works. Literature is also become the representation of human‟s life. Since most part human life is surrounded by society and consists of social reality, literature is also become the representation of social reality. As the human being who lives in particular society, the author can be the source of information where she or he comes from. He may tell about what happened in hisher life through the art work or literature. It is also said that “Much common approach to the relations of literature and society is the study of works of literature as a social document and as assumed pictures of social reality ”Wellek and Warren, 1956:102. It means that literature is picture of social reality the author himself. Author‟s life is closely related with society.

4. Review of the Japanese Immigrants in the US in 19

th Century The first generation Issei of Japanese immigrant wanted to get their better life and future in the United States. So, they did everything to earn the money, such as: Became low wages farmer. Their condition changed after Unites States made rules of immigrations for Japanese nationals that made the