Social class in fantasy novel an ember in the ashes
| Main Author: | Intan Qonita Nabila |
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| Format: | Bachelors |
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Fakultas Adab dan Humaniora UIN Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta
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Daftar Isi:
- The unit of analysis in this research is An Ember in the Ashes which is written by Sabaa Tahir. This research is aimed at finding how the main characters are described and how their social class are revealed in the story. This research employs descriptive qualitative method and Marxism Social Class theory to analyze two main characters of An Ember in the Ashes. The results show that Laia and Elias have different social class as Laia is categorized as the proletariat due to her exploitation as a slave, whereas Elias is categorized as the bourgeoisie due to his status in the society. However, having experienced of being the proletariat prompted Elias to not become the common bourgeoisie. He can shift his social class as he is able to empathize with the proletariat?s struggle and thus to help them by using his knowledge as the resource. Moreover, the writer also finds out that proletarian collectivism shown in An Ember in the Ashes does not correspond to the existent theory as the proletariat in the story do not unite to rally round their fellows. Several factors such as limited resources and equipment and high risk of being the bourgeoisie's cruelty target make the proletariat of An Ember in the Ashes to be more of a group of individualists than collectivists