Social Injustice Toward Ruth's In Jodi Picoul's Small Great Thing

Wahyu, Indah (2020) Social Injustice Toward Ruth's In Jodi Picoul's Small Great Thing. Undergraduate thesis, Universitas 17 Agustus 1945 Surabaya.

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Abstract

This research aimed to discuss the issue of social injustice reflected in Small Great Things novel (2016) by using sociological perspective. The objectives of the study are to identify the form of social injustice conflict experienced by Ruth Jefferson in Jodi Picoult’s Small Great Things, to describe the causes of social injustice conflict experienced by Ruth Jefferson in Jodi Picoult’s Small Great Things, to analyze the effects of social injustice conflict experienced by Ruth Jefferson in Jodi Picoult’s Small Great Things. This research uses two kinds of data source: primary and secondary data sources. The primary data source is Jodi Picoult’s Small Great Things novel (2016) and the secondary data sources are references from books, internet article that could support this research. The data analysis technique of this research is descriptive qualitative research. The result of the research, shows that: (1) The form of social injustice conflict experienced by Ruth Jefferson in the novel is discrimination by a Caucasian people to a African-American labor nurse. (2) The causes of social injustice conflict experienced by Ruth Jefferson in the novel are stereotypes, prejudice, oppression, African-American racial slur and marginalization. (3) The effects of social injustice conflict experienced by Ruth Jefferson in the novel are Ruth’s being blamed for the death of a Caucasian child, Ruth’s losing her job, Ruth’s getting the suspicion of store employees to the African-American, Ruth’s looking for justice and Ruth’s feeling hopeless.

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