Laeli Nur Azizah , 2211415026 (2019) SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION AS A RESULT OF STEREOTYPING AS REFLECTED IN THE PALACIO’S WONDER. Under Graduates thesis, Universitas Negeri Semarang.

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Abstract

Stereotyping of physical appearance is main discussions in this final project. It happens to the main character in novel Wonder by R.J. Palacio who suffered complicated health. The presence of stereotyping often leads to social discrimination. It turns out not only stereotyping occurs in adults. In this novel, it also occurs among children. Here, physical disability is the main factor that causes stereotypes which created social discrimination. We frequently use people’s appearances to form our judgment about them and to determine our responses to them. The aim of this research is to analyze how the stereotyping occur to August Pullman then it causes the social discrimination and also gives a greats impact to his life. In this research, I used structuralism approach by Ferdinand de’ Saussure to analyze the stereotyping of physical appearance as reflected in the novel. The results showed that stereotyping is unfair to the people we judge because stereotypes are based on our preconceptions and negative emotions about other people. Many people will judge and put their impression to another people based on the appearence. So, not infequently people will do physical abuse or we usually called as a bullying to the people who have physically disability. Stigma and discrimination against people with disabilities has always been a problem. Actually, people with physical disabilities do not only face their physical problems but infact they have to face social and psychological problems in their life. In the other hand, those discriminations will give some effects to the people who accept it. Then, people who have physical disability may difficult to make a friend and socialize with the society and they have lost their self-confident.

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