| dc.description.abstract | The belief that one race is superior than the other races, has been accused
since the first men are created by God. Human firstly socializes only with similar
physical appearances. This gathering which is known later as races happens, in
each part of our world, including America. America which is used to be popular
as a new world has been attracting many races to taste the beauty of this Island. It
is why American is called as an Island that is usually known or called “melting
pot”. Unfortunately, the Black race, one of races that came to America, did not
arrive as citizen but as the slaves of white American. Afterwards, even the slavery
was abolished in two hundred years ago in fact the Blacks are still threatened
racist by American society. Sue Monk Kidd as the white woman author tries to
raise the problem of racism in America and inspires her to write The Secret Life of
Bees. She describes the racial atmosphere between Blacks and Whites toward
Lily’s attitude, the main character of this novel and as the white girl who lives in
Black Community, in South Carolina. Kidd argues that not all of the white people
have the same opinion toward black people, especially about their races. In The
Secret Life of Bees, the readers presents the story of white girl who struggles
toward her father’s desire to hate Blacks.
This thesis will analyze about the impact of racial atmosphere toward
Lily’s attitude, one of the main characters in this novel, and about the effects of it.
The problems that will be discussed in this thesis are how the racial atmosphere
influences Lily’s attitude then and how the attitude causes the effects in Black
community, especially in Boatwright’s family. To avoid the complex discussion,
this thesis is limited only in Lily’s character, especially toward her attitude and it
effects before and after lily’s confession. Meanwhile, there are three approaches
which are used in this thesis; those are Historical approach, Psychological
approach, and Sociological approach.
This thesis consists of five chapters. The first chapter is the introduction of
the thesis. The second chapter informs the biography of Sue Monk Kidd and her
works. The third chapter discusses about the meaning of the terms and the fourth
chapter tells about the analysis. The last chapter informs the conclusion of all
discussions in this thesis. | en_US |
