Abstract:
This study aims to find the types and portrayed of rebellion against America's
elite in the 50th century in the poem Howl written by Allen Ginsberg, this research
is expected to be a reference for future researchers.
The data source used in this research is Howl's Poem. In analyzing the data,
the researcher used a qualitative descriptive research method. The data were
obtained by using reading, note-taking, and analyzing techniques through a
sociological approach to literary works and to classify the types of rebellion that
contained in the poem, the researcher used the theory of John Lewis Gillin and
John Philip Gillin, namely the Social Process.
There are 6 types of rebellion with 26 data and an explanation of rebellion
portrayed in this research poem, but the types and portrayed that are more
prominent are negative because the researcher finds a lot of war, capitalism,
consumerism, deceit, torture, and murder physically and mentally. Evil America
has turned the lives of the lower classes into a terrible and nightmare
