Danil Setiyawan , 2211414006 (2019) AFRICAN-AMERICAN HUNGER AS THE RESULT OF OPPRESSION IN RICHARD WRIGHT’S BLACK BOY. Under Graduates thesis, UNNES.

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Abstract

This study aimed at finding out how African-American hunger as the result of oppression and the extent of oppression in Richard Wright’s Black Boy. The method of this study was a qualitative descriptive method which is needs to be the design of choice when a straight forward description of a phenomenon is desired. It is an approach that is very useful when researchers want to know, regarding events, who were involved, what was involved, and where did things take place. Then, the researcher used postcolonial approach to show oppression of colonized people. This study used two types of data, primary and secondary data. The primary data were taken from novel Black Boy by Richard Wright. The secondary data were taken from books, journals, articles, and internet. The data of the study were in the form of words, phrases, sentences, and utterances. The data were collected by reading the novel thoroughly, identifying, and reporting. The data were analyzed by using postcolonial theory, especially about African-American and oppression. Wright’s novel Black Boy shows that oppression within the society of America between two different cultures. The results show that African-American hunger as the result of oppression can be seen from the description of hunger for food, knowledge and power. Besides, it can also be seen from the description of oppression that covers racism, the whites as superior and blacks as inferior, Jim Crow laws, Ku Klux Klan, the attitudes between white and black people and the period of time and culture.

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