Woman's Problems And The Struggles Against Man Domination As Reflected In The Color Purple
WOMAN'S
PROBLEMS
AND
THE
STRUGGLES
DOMINATION AS REFLECTED IN THE COLOR PURPLE
A THESIS
BY
ZEN ELVIA BR BANGUN
REG. NO. 110705047
DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH
FACULTY OF CULTURAL STUDIES
UNIVERSITY OF SUMATERA UTARA
MEDAN 2015
AGAINST
MAN
WOMAN'S
PROBLEMS
AND
THE
STRUGGLES
AGAINST
MAN
DOMINATION AS REFLECTED IN THE COLOR PURPLE
A THESIS
BY
ZEN ELVIA BR BANGUN
REG. NO. 110705047
SUPERVISOR
CO-SUPERVISOR
Dra. Siti Norma Nasution, M.Hum.
Drs. Parlindungan Purba, M.Hum.
NIP. 195707201983032001
NIP. 196302161989031003
Submitted to Faculty of Cultural Studies University of Sumatera Utara Medan
in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Sarjana Sastra from
Department of English
DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH
FACULTY OF CULTURAL STUDIES
UNIVERSITY OF SUMATERA UTARA
MEDAN 2015
Approved by the Department of English, Faculty of Cultural Studies University
of Sumatera Utara (USU) Medan as thesis for The Sarjana Sastra Examination.
Head,
Secretary,
Drs. H. Muhizar Muchtar, MS.
Rahmadsyah Rangkuti, M.A., Ph.D.
NIP. 19541117 198003 1 002
NIP. 19750209 200812 1 002
Accepted by the Board of Examiners in partial fulfillment of requirements for
the degree of Sarjana Sastra from the Department of English, Faculty of
Cultural Studies University of Sumatera Utara,Medan.
The examination is held in Department of English Faculty of Cultural Studies
University of Sumatera Utara on Monday JULY 13, 2015
Dean of Faculty of Cultural Studies
University of Sumatera Utara
Dr. Drs. H.Syahron Lubis, MA
NIP.19511013 197603 1 001
Board of Examiners
Drs. H. Muhizar Muchtar, MS.
………........................
Rahmadsyah Rangkuti, M.A., Ph.D.
………........................
Dra. Siti Norma Nasution, M.Hum.
……............................
Dra. Martha Pardede, M.S.
....................................
AUTHOR’S DECLARATION
I, ZEN ELVIA BR BANGUN DECLARE THAT I AM THE SOLE AUTHOR
OF THIS THESIS EXCEPT WHERE REFERENCE IS MADE IN THE TEXT
OF THIS THESIS. THIS THESIS CONTAINS NO MATERIAL PUBLISHED
ELSEWHERE OR EXTRACTED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FROM A
THESIS BY WHICH I HAVE QUALIFIED FOR OR AWARDED ANOTHER
DEGREE. NO OTHER PERSON’S WORK HAS BEEN USED WITHOUT
DUE ACKNOWLEDGMENTS IN THE MAIN TEXT OF THIS THESIS. THIS
THESIS HAS NOT BEEN SUBMITTED THE AWARD OF ANOTHER
DEGREE IN ANY TERTIARY EDUCATION.
Signed
:
Date
: JULY 13, 2015
COPYRIGHT DECLARATION
NAME
: ZEN ELVIA BR BANGUN
TITLE OF THESIS
:WOMAN'S PROBLEMS AND THE
STRUGGLES AGAINST MAN DOMINATION
AS REFLECTED IN THE COLOR PURPLE
QUALIFICATION
: S-1/SARJANA SASTRA
DEPARTMENT
: ENGLISH
I AM WILLING THAT MY THESIS SHOULD BE AVAILABLE FOR
REPRODUCTION AT THE DISCRETION OF THE LIBRARIAN OF
DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH, FACULTY OF CULTURAL STUDIES,
UNIVERSITY OF SUMATERA UTARA ON THE UNDERSTANDING THAT
USERS ARE MADE AWARE OF THEIR OBLIGATION UNDER THE LAW
OF THE REPUBLIC OF INDONESIA.
Signed
:
Date
: JULY 13, 2015
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
First of all, the writer want to thank to the Almighty God for giving the
health, the strength, and the ability to the writer to finish this thesis and for every
bless and every answered prayer.
Secondly, the writer want to thank to the Chief of English Department,
H. Muhizar Muchtar, M.S, and the secretary of English Department, Rahmadsyah
Rangkuti, M.A. Ph.D who have given the writer an opportunity and support to make
and to finish this thesis. The writer is also very thankful to her great supervisor,
............... and her co-supervisor ................. for their help, guidance, understanding,
contribution, and all of the advice and the motivation that have been given to the
writer to improve this thesis until she can finish the thesis properly. and then the
writer want to thank to Mrs. Tika as the administrator staff of English Department for
all of her help and contribution in finishing the administration matters.
Especially, the writer want to deliver a big thanks and a big appreciation to
her beloved parents; Mr. John Bangun and Mrs. Tarianna Sembiring and her brothers
and sister; Robert Bangun, Ardo Rado Bangun, and Sofia Bangun. Thank you so
much for everything Dad, Mom, Brothers and Sister, for all your unconditional love,
pray, moral support, and material support in writer's life and in finishing this thesis.
Special thanks to the writer's lover, Muhammad Jarot Prayitno, S.S. The one
who is always be in writer's side from the beginning to the end of the process of
writing of this thesis to help, to support, to motivate, to accompany, and to give some
inspiration to the writer. Thank you so much for all that you have done and you have
shared in this moment and for the love that you have given in writer's life.
Then, the writer do not forget to thank to her friends, 011 batch, especially to
Shinta Dwiliana Hutabarat, Verina Afra Zahirah and Dedhad Nughraha Manurung.
Thank you for your support in completing and finishing this thesis, and thank you so
much for every moments and laugh that we have shared in these four years, Guys.
Finally, the writer realize there are still many weakness in this thesis.
However, the writer hopes this thesis can give some contributions to the others. The
writer very welcome if there are critics from the reader that is sent to her to make her
to be better in writing in the future.
Medan, JULY 13, 2015
The Writer
Zen Elvia Br Bangun
REG. No. 110705047
ABSTRAK
Woman's Problems and the Struggle Against Man Domination as Reflected in
The Color Purple adalah sebuah skripsi yang membahas tentang kehidupan seorang
wanita yang bernama Celie yang mana juga merupakan tokoh utama dalam novel
tersebut. Dalam skripsi ini dibahas mengenai apa saja yang menjadi masalah Celie
selama hidupnya, menjadi seorang anak yang sejak kecil dibawah tekanan dominasi
laki-laki dan bagaimana perjuangan Celie menghadapi masalahnya dan bagaimana
pula peran wanita-wanita disekitarnya dalam membantu dan mendukungnya untuk
berjuang melawan dominasi laki-laki sampai akhirnya Celie berhasil menjadi
seorang wanita yang memiliki emansipasi dan mendapatkan kebebasannya. Adapun
metode yang digunakan dalam menganalisis skripsi ini adalah metode kualitatif yang
mana metode ini menggambarkan dan menganalisis data dari novel dan kemudian
memberikan beberapa interpretasi dan penjelasan. Dari hasil analisis, penulis
memperoleh kesimpulan bahwa pria dan wanita seharusnya memiliki kedudukan
yang sama agar tidak ada lagi para wanita yang tertindas di bawah tekanan dominasi
laki laki.
Kata kunci : Woman's Problems, Celie's Problem, Man Domination, Woman's
Struggle, Celie in the Color Purple
ABSTRACT
Woman's Problems and the Struggle Against Man Domination as Reflected
in The Color Purple is a thesis that discusses the life of a woman named Celie which
is also the main character in the novel. What Celie problem during her lifetime, being
a child who since childhood under the pressure of male domination and how Celie
struggles to face her problems and how the role of women around her to help and to
support her to struggle against man domination until she finally successes to become
emancipated woman and gets her freedom . The method used in analyzing this thesis
is a qualitative method which this method describes and analyzes the data from the
novel and then give some interpretations and explanations. From the analysis, the
author takes the conclusion that men and women should have the same position so
that no more women are under pressure of male domination.
Keywords : Woman's Problems, Celie's Problem, Man Domination, Woman's
Struggle, Celie in the Color Purple
TABLE OF CONTENT
SUPERVISOR'S APPROVAL SHEET..................................................................
DEPARTMENT APPROVAL SHEET...................................................................
BOARD EXAMINERS' APPROVAL.....................................................................
AUTHOR'S DECLARATION ................................................................................
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS .....................................................................................
ABSTRAK .................................................................................................................
ABSTRACT ..............................................................................................................
TABLE OF CONTENT ...........................................................................................
CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION .......................................................................... 1
1.1
Background of the Study ..................................................... 1
1.2
Problem of the Study ............................................................ 8
1.3
Objective of the Study .......................................................... 8
1.4
The Scope of the Study ......................................................... 8
1.5
Significance of the Study ...................................................... 8
CHAPTER II THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK ............................................. 10
2.1
Background of Feminism ..................................................... 10
2.2
First-Wave Feminism ........................................................... 13
2.3
Second-Wave Feminism ...................................................... 14
2.4
Third-Wave Feminism .......................................................... 14
2.5
The History of Feminism Theory ......................................... 15
2.6
Theory of Feminism .............................................................. 17
2.7
Types of Feminism ............................................................... 19
2.7.1
Liberal Feminism ..................................................... 20
2.7.2
Radical Feminism ..................................................... 20
2.7.3
Socialist and Marxist Feminism ................................ 21
2.8
Woman's Problems as Reflected in Celie ............................. 21
2.9
Hermeneutics Theory ............................................................ 23
CHAPTER III METHOD OF RESEARCH ........................................................ 25
3.1
Research Design .................................................................... 25
3.2
Data Collection ..................................................................... 26
3.3
Method of Data Analysis ...................................................... 26
CHAPTER IV ANALYSIS ................................................................................... 28
4.1
Celie's Problems .................................................................... 28
4.1.1
Celie's Sexual Abuse.................................................. 29
4.2
4.1.2
Celie's Physical Abuse ............................................. 31
4.1.3
Celie's Psychological Abuse ..................................... 33
4.1.4
Lack of Education .................................................... 35
Sisterhood and It's Role in Celie’s Struggle Toward Man
Domination........................................................................... 37
4.3
Celie's Struggle .................................................................... 44
4.3.1
Education .................................................................. 44
4.3.2
Celie's Struggle for Her Physical and
Economic Freedom .................................................. 45
4.3.3
Celie's Struggle for Her Spiritual Freedom .............. 47
CHAPTER V CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION ........................................ 50
5.1
Conclusion ........................................................................... 50
5.2
Suggestion ............................................................................ 51
REFERENCES ...................................................................................................... 52
APPENDICES ....................................................................................................... 58
PROBLEMS
AND
THE
STRUGGLES
DOMINATION AS REFLECTED IN THE COLOR PURPLE
A THESIS
BY
ZEN ELVIA BR BANGUN
REG. NO. 110705047
DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH
FACULTY OF CULTURAL STUDIES
UNIVERSITY OF SUMATERA UTARA
MEDAN 2015
AGAINST
MAN
WOMAN'S
PROBLEMS
AND
THE
STRUGGLES
AGAINST
MAN
DOMINATION AS REFLECTED IN THE COLOR PURPLE
A THESIS
BY
ZEN ELVIA BR BANGUN
REG. NO. 110705047
SUPERVISOR
CO-SUPERVISOR
Dra. Siti Norma Nasution, M.Hum.
Drs. Parlindungan Purba, M.Hum.
NIP. 195707201983032001
NIP. 196302161989031003
Submitted to Faculty of Cultural Studies University of Sumatera Utara Medan
in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Sarjana Sastra from
Department of English
DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH
FACULTY OF CULTURAL STUDIES
UNIVERSITY OF SUMATERA UTARA
MEDAN 2015
Approved by the Department of English, Faculty of Cultural Studies University
of Sumatera Utara (USU) Medan as thesis for The Sarjana Sastra Examination.
Head,
Secretary,
Drs. H. Muhizar Muchtar, MS.
Rahmadsyah Rangkuti, M.A., Ph.D.
NIP. 19541117 198003 1 002
NIP. 19750209 200812 1 002
Accepted by the Board of Examiners in partial fulfillment of requirements for
the degree of Sarjana Sastra from the Department of English, Faculty of
Cultural Studies University of Sumatera Utara,Medan.
The examination is held in Department of English Faculty of Cultural Studies
University of Sumatera Utara on Monday JULY 13, 2015
Dean of Faculty of Cultural Studies
University of Sumatera Utara
Dr. Drs. H.Syahron Lubis, MA
NIP.19511013 197603 1 001
Board of Examiners
Drs. H. Muhizar Muchtar, MS.
………........................
Rahmadsyah Rangkuti, M.A., Ph.D.
………........................
Dra. Siti Norma Nasution, M.Hum.
……............................
Dra. Martha Pardede, M.S.
....................................
AUTHOR’S DECLARATION
I, ZEN ELVIA BR BANGUN DECLARE THAT I AM THE SOLE AUTHOR
OF THIS THESIS EXCEPT WHERE REFERENCE IS MADE IN THE TEXT
OF THIS THESIS. THIS THESIS CONTAINS NO MATERIAL PUBLISHED
ELSEWHERE OR EXTRACTED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FROM A
THESIS BY WHICH I HAVE QUALIFIED FOR OR AWARDED ANOTHER
DEGREE. NO OTHER PERSON’S WORK HAS BEEN USED WITHOUT
DUE ACKNOWLEDGMENTS IN THE MAIN TEXT OF THIS THESIS. THIS
THESIS HAS NOT BEEN SUBMITTED THE AWARD OF ANOTHER
DEGREE IN ANY TERTIARY EDUCATION.
Signed
:
Date
: JULY 13, 2015
COPYRIGHT DECLARATION
NAME
: ZEN ELVIA BR BANGUN
TITLE OF THESIS
:WOMAN'S PROBLEMS AND THE
STRUGGLES AGAINST MAN DOMINATION
AS REFLECTED IN THE COLOR PURPLE
QUALIFICATION
: S-1/SARJANA SASTRA
DEPARTMENT
: ENGLISH
I AM WILLING THAT MY THESIS SHOULD BE AVAILABLE FOR
REPRODUCTION AT THE DISCRETION OF THE LIBRARIAN OF
DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH, FACULTY OF CULTURAL STUDIES,
UNIVERSITY OF SUMATERA UTARA ON THE UNDERSTANDING THAT
USERS ARE MADE AWARE OF THEIR OBLIGATION UNDER THE LAW
OF THE REPUBLIC OF INDONESIA.
Signed
:
Date
: JULY 13, 2015
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
First of all, the writer want to thank to the Almighty God for giving the
health, the strength, and the ability to the writer to finish this thesis and for every
bless and every answered prayer.
Secondly, the writer want to thank to the Chief of English Department,
H. Muhizar Muchtar, M.S, and the secretary of English Department, Rahmadsyah
Rangkuti, M.A. Ph.D who have given the writer an opportunity and support to make
and to finish this thesis. The writer is also very thankful to her great supervisor,
............... and her co-supervisor ................. for their help, guidance, understanding,
contribution, and all of the advice and the motivation that have been given to the
writer to improve this thesis until she can finish the thesis properly. and then the
writer want to thank to Mrs. Tika as the administrator staff of English Department for
all of her help and contribution in finishing the administration matters.
Especially, the writer want to deliver a big thanks and a big appreciation to
her beloved parents; Mr. John Bangun and Mrs. Tarianna Sembiring and her brothers
and sister; Robert Bangun, Ardo Rado Bangun, and Sofia Bangun. Thank you so
much for everything Dad, Mom, Brothers and Sister, for all your unconditional love,
pray, moral support, and material support in writer's life and in finishing this thesis.
Special thanks to the writer's lover, Muhammad Jarot Prayitno, S.S. The one
who is always be in writer's side from the beginning to the end of the process of
writing of this thesis to help, to support, to motivate, to accompany, and to give some
inspiration to the writer. Thank you so much for all that you have done and you have
shared in this moment and for the love that you have given in writer's life.
Then, the writer do not forget to thank to her friends, 011 batch, especially to
Shinta Dwiliana Hutabarat, Verina Afra Zahirah and Dedhad Nughraha Manurung.
Thank you for your support in completing and finishing this thesis, and thank you so
much for every moments and laugh that we have shared in these four years, Guys.
Finally, the writer realize there are still many weakness in this thesis.
However, the writer hopes this thesis can give some contributions to the others. The
writer very welcome if there are critics from the reader that is sent to her to make her
to be better in writing in the future.
Medan, JULY 13, 2015
The Writer
Zen Elvia Br Bangun
REG. No. 110705047
ABSTRAK
Woman's Problems and the Struggle Against Man Domination as Reflected in
The Color Purple adalah sebuah skripsi yang membahas tentang kehidupan seorang
wanita yang bernama Celie yang mana juga merupakan tokoh utama dalam novel
tersebut. Dalam skripsi ini dibahas mengenai apa saja yang menjadi masalah Celie
selama hidupnya, menjadi seorang anak yang sejak kecil dibawah tekanan dominasi
laki-laki dan bagaimana perjuangan Celie menghadapi masalahnya dan bagaimana
pula peran wanita-wanita disekitarnya dalam membantu dan mendukungnya untuk
berjuang melawan dominasi laki-laki sampai akhirnya Celie berhasil menjadi
seorang wanita yang memiliki emansipasi dan mendapatkan kebebasannya. Adapun
metode yang digunakan dalam menganalisis skripsi ini adalah metode kualitatif yang
mana metode ini menggambarkan dan menganalisis data dari novel dan kemudian
memberikan beberapa interpretasi dan penjelasan. Dari hasil analisis, penulis
memperoleh kesimpulan bahwa pria dan wanita seharusnya memiliki kedudukan
yang sama agar tidak ada lagi para wanita yang tertindas di bawah tekanan dominasi
laki laki.
Kata kunci : Woman's Problems, Celie's Problem, Man Domination, Woman's
Struggle, Celie in the Color Purple
ABSTRACT
Woman's Problems and the Struggle Against Man Domination as Reflected
in The Color Purple is a thesis that discusses the life of a woman named Celie which
is also the main character in the novel. What Celie problem during her lifetime, being
a child who since childhood under the pressure of male domination and how Celie
struggles to face her problems and how the role of women around her to help and to
support her to struggle against man domination until she finally successes to become
emancipated woman and gets her freedom . The method used in analyzing this thesis
is a qualitative method which this method describes and analyzes the data from the
novel and then give some interpretations and explanations. From the analysis, the
author takes the conclusion that men and women should have the same position so
that no more women are under pressure of male domination.
Keywords : Woman's Problems, Celie's Problem, Man Domination, Woman's
Struggle, Celie in the Color Purple
TABLE OF CONTENT
SUPERVISOR'S APPROVAL SHEET..................................................................
DEPARTMENT APPROVAL SHEET...................................................................
BOARD EXAMINERS' APPROVAL.....................................................................
AUTHOR'S DECLARATION ................................................................................
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS .....................................................................................
ABSTRAK .................................................................................................................
ABSTRACT ..............................................................................................................
TABLE OF CONTENT ...........................................................................................
CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION .......................................................................... 1
1.1
Background of the Study ..................................................... 1
1.2
Problem of the Study ............................................................ 8
1.3
Objective of the Study .......................................................... 8
1.4
The Scope of the Study ......................................................... 8
1.5
Significance of the Study ...................................................... 8
CHAPTER II THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK ............................................. 10
2.1
Background of Feminism ..................................................... 10
2.2
First-Wave Feminism ........................................................... 13
2.3
Second-Wave Feminism ...................................................... 14
2.4
Third-Wave Feminism .......................................................... 14
2.5
The History of Feminism Theory ......................................... 15
2.6
Theory of Feminism .............................................................. 17
2.7
Types of Feminism ............................................................... 19
2.7.1
Liberal Feminism ..................................................... 20
2.7.2
Radical Feminism ..................................................... 20
2.7.3
Socialist and Marxist Feminism ................................ 21
2.8
Woman's Problems as Reflected in Celie ............................. 21
2.9
Hermeneutics Theory ............................................................ 23
CHAPTER III METHOD OF RESEARCH ........................................................ 25
3.1
Research Design .................................................................... 25
3.2
Data Collection ..................................................................... 26
3.3
Method of Data Analysis ...................................................... 26
CHAPTER IV ANALYSIS ................................................................................... 28
4.1
Celie's Problems .................................................................... 28
4.1.1
Celie's Sexual Abuse.................................................. 29
4.2
4.1.2
Celie's Physical Abuse ............................................. 31
4.1.3
Celie's Psychological Abuse ..................................... 33
4.1.4
Lack of Education .................................................... 35
Sisterhood and It's Role in Celie’s Struggle Toward Man
Domination........................................................................... 37
4.3
Celie's Struggle .................................................................... 44
4.3.1
Education .................................................................. 44
4.3.2
Celie's Struggle for Her Physical and
Economic Freedom .................................................. 45
4.3.3
Celie's Struggle for Her Spiritual Freedom .............. 47
CHAPTER V CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION ........................................ 50
5.1
Conclusion ........................................................................... 50
5.2
Suggestion ............................................................................ 51
REFERENCES ...................................................................................................... 52
APPENDICES ....................................................................................................... 58