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Cross Cultural Assimilation in Eric Liu's the Accidental Asian CROSS CULTURAL ASSIMILATION IN ERIC LIU’S THE ACCIDENTAL ASIAN A THESIS BY DINI AULIA REG. NO. 1307050109 DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH FACULTY OF CULTURAL STUDIES UNIVERSITY OF SUMATERA UTARA MEDAN 2017 Universitas Sumatera Utara Universitas Sumatera Utara Universitas Sumatera Utara iv Universitas Sumatera Utara AUTHOR’S DECLARATION I, DINI AULIA DECLARE THAT I AM THE SOLE AUTHOR OF THIS THESIS EXCEPT WHERE REFERENCE IS MADE IN THE TEXT OF THIS THESIS. THIS THESIS CONTAINS NO MATERIAL PUBLISHED ELSEWHERE OR EXTRACTED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FROM A THESIS BY WHICH I HAVE QUALIFIED FOR OR AWARDED ANOTHER DEGREE. NO OTHER PERSON’S WORK HAS BEEN USED WITHOUT DUE ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS IN THE MAIN TEXT OF THIS THESIS. THIS THESIS HAS NOT BEEN SUBMITTED FOR THE AWARD OF ANOTHER DEGREE IN ANY TERTIARY EDUCATION. Signed : Date : December 18th, 2018 v Universitas Sumatera Utara COPYRIGHT DECLARATION NAME : DINI AULIA TITLE OF THESIS : CROSS CULTURAL ASSIMILATION IN ERIC LIU’S THE ACCIDENTAL ASIAN QUALIFICATION : S-1/ SARJANA SASTRA DEPARTMENT : ENGLISH I AM WILLING THAT MY THESIS SHOULD BE AVAILABLE FOR REPRODUCTION AT THE DISCRETION OF THE LIBRARIAN OF DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH, FACULTY OF CULTURAL STUDIES, UNIVERSITY OF SUMATERA UTARA ON THE UNDERSTANDING THAT USERS ARE MADE AWARE OF THEIR OBLIGATION UNDER THE LAW OF THE REPUBLIC OF INDONESIA. Signed : Date : December 18th, 2017 vi Universitas Sumatera Utara ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Bismillahirrahmanirrahim. Alhamdulillahirobbil’alamin. First of all, I would like to thank to Allah SWT, for His blessing and grace to enable me to complete this thesis entitled : “Cross Cultural Assimilation in Eric Liu’s The Accidental Asian”. I also blessed with the good and bad experience while during writing this thesis. The experience makes me learn to be a better person in the future. My special gratitude is for my beloved parents, my mother the most special and precious person in my life who always pray for me, give her best support and advice in facing any kind of problems in writing this thesis. My father, who always support me to not to give up while writing this thesis, Hope Allah always protects my parents. I do grateful to Allah SWT for having both of you as my dearest parents. I do thank you to my beloved brother Nugraha Dwi Pratama, especially my little brother Muhammad Hylmi Khalil who always cheer me up when I feel stress. Also my cousin Juhaidah Putri Harahap and my aunt that give me a support and jokes to makes me feel better, and also all my family that always pray for me. I would like to express my sincere gratitude to Dr. Martha Pardede, M.S. as my supervisor for her kindness, patience, knowledge, suggestion and motivation for me to write and finish this thesis.I also would like to thank to Dra. Swesana Mardia Lubis, M.Hum. as my co-supervisor for her kindness, patience, and knowledge to help me in writing this thesis. vii Universitas Sumatera Utara My gratitude also to the Head of Department of English, Dr. Deliana, M. Hum. and the Secretary of Department of English, Rahmadsyah Rangkuti. M.A., Ph.D., also all the lectures and the staffs of the Department of English for the facilities and opportunities that given to me during my study in this faculty. I also want to thank to my precious friends Mira Aprianti who always help me and give me a suggestion, thankyou for being in my life. Thankyou to Belia Novita Syam, Nurul Jamila Hariani, my closest friends from KKN Kebangsaan Pulau Ngenang, thankyou for hear all of my complaints and support me. I also thank to KKN Kebangsaan USU and KKN Kebangsaan Pulau Ngenang and my friends from KKN Kebangsaan 2016 for your support and pray for me. Thankyou to Olida Ferawati, Muhammad Fachri, and Nadya Nasier that give me a suggestion and help me to finish my thesis. Thankyou to Tammy Fahar Nasution, Lina Sri Rahayu, Wulandari, Anggita Dwi Putri, Nurul Atikah, Chairunisa Ummanah, Dinda Zylina, Utari Ningsih, Nurul Khairani Adlis, Yolanda Utami for your kindness and makes me better beside you. The last, I want to thank to my classmates English Literature A 2013 and all the people during my study. Thankyou for being my friends, give me the precious lesson and the togetherness for 4 years, it means a lot to me. Hope all of you have a good life there. Medan, December 18th, 2017 Dini Aulia 130705109 viii Universitas Sumatera Utara ABSTRACT This thesis is entitled Cross Cultural Assimilation in Eric Liu's The Accidental Asian. Assimilation has existed since the old times. The existence of assimilation caused by the countries do trading and migration is being developed rapidly. Besides the development of technology also supports the existence of assimilation. In this thesis, the writer analyze the cross cultural assimilation which portrayed in The Accidental Asian novel by Eric Liu. This thesis used the Hippolyte Taine Theory and the Sociology of Literature Theory. The writer used qualitative method that the data is from quotation in the novel. In this thesis, the writer describes the social life of a Chinese and several different races in facing the cultural assimilation which caused by racial differences in America, how they deal with conflicts caused by cultural assimilation in America, and how cultural differences can be accepted there. Keywords: Cross Culture, Assimilation, Conflict, Racial Differences. ix Universitas Sumatera Utara ABSTRAK Skripsi ini berjudul Cross Cultural Assimilation in Eric Liu’s The Accidental Asian. Asimilasi sudah ada sejak zaman dahulu. Adanya asimilasi disebabkan oleh perdagangan dan migrasi yang berkembang pesat hingga saat ini. Selain itu, kemajuan teknologi juga menjadi pendukung adanya asimilasi di negara-negara. Di dalam skripsi ini, penulis menganalisis tentang asimilasi budaya yang tergambar dalam novel The Accidental Asian oleh Eric Liu. Skripsi ini menggunakan teori Hippolyte Taine dan Sosiologi Sastra untuk menemukan asimilasi yang terdapat di novel tersebut. Penulis menggunakan metode kualitatif yang menggunakan kutipan sebagai data. Dalam skripsi ini, penulis memaparkan kehidupan sosial seorang Cina dan beberapa ras yang berbeda dalam menghadapi asimilasi budaya yang disebabkan perbedaan ras di Amerika, bagaimana mereka menghadapi konflik-konflik yang disebabkan oleh asimilasi budaya yang terdapat di Amerika, dan bagaimana perbedaan budaya dapat diterima disana. Kata kunci: Lintas Budaya, Asimilasi, Konflik, Perbedaan Ras. x Universitas Sumatera Utara TABLE OF CONTENTS AUTHOR’S DECLARATION .................................................................................. v COPYRIGHT DECLARATION ............................................................................. vi ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ....................................................................................... vii ABSTRACT ............................................................................................................... ix ABSTRAK .................................................................................................................. x TABLE OF CONTENTS .......................................................................................... xi CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the Study .................................................... 1 1.2 Problems of the Study ....................................................... 4 1.3 Objectives of the Study ..................................................... 5 1.4 Scope of the Study ............................................................ 5 1.5 Significance of the Study ................................................... 5 CHAPTER II REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE 2.1 A Brief Description about Literature and Novel ................ 7 2.2 Sociology of Literature .................................................... 10 2.2.1 Assimilation .................................................................. 12 2.2.2.1 Kinds of Assimilation ................................................ 14 2.2.2 Social Community ........................................................ 16 2.6 The Impact of War 20 2.6.1 Personal Impact 23 2.6.1.1 Physical 23 2.6.1.2 Mental 24 2.2.3 Culture .......................................................................... 17 2.2.4 Social Structure and Social Process .............................. 19 2.3 Cultural Assimilation Process ......................................... 20 2.3.1 Social Organization ....................................................... 20 2.3.2 Language ....................................................................... 20 2.3.3 Customs and Traditions ................................................ 21 2.3.4 Religion ......................................................................... 21 2.3.5 Arts and Literature ....................................................... 22 xi Universitas Sumatera Utara 2.3.6 Forms of Government ................................................... 23 2.3.7 Economic System ......................................................... 23 2.4 The Relevance of the Study ............................................ 24 CHAPTER III METHOD OF RESEARCH 3.1 Research Design ............................................................... 26 3.2 Data and Source of the Data............................................. 26 3.3 Data Collection................................................................. 27 3.4 Data Analysis ................................................................... 27 CHAPTER IV ANALYSIS AND FINDING 4.1 The Cross Cultural Assimilation Portrayed in The Accidental Asian .............................................................
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