FEMINISM TOWARDS MAIN CHARACTERS IN LILAC GIRLS MARTHA HALL KELLY

Abstract

This study aims to find the types of equality, inequality and portrayed in feminism against World War II in the 40th century in the novel Lilac Girls by Martha Hall Kelly, this research is expected to be a reference for future researchers. The data source in this research was Lilac Girls novel. In analyzing the data, the researcher used a qualitative descriptive research method. The data were obtained by using reading, noting and quoting continue with highlighting the data, analyzing techniques through a feminism approach specifically liberal feminism to literary works and to classify the types of equality, inequality and feminism portrayed inside the novel, the researcher used the theory of Allison M. Jaggar and Sarah Gamble. There were 5 types of equality and 6 types of inequality with 26 data and an explanation of feminism portrayed in this research. The feminism types could be seen that inequality was more dominant with 20 data, divided into 2 data of discrimination, 3 data of objectification, 9 data of oppression, 4 data of patriarchy, 1 data of stereotype, 1 data of sexual objectification. The least data was equality with 6 data divided into 1 data of women had the same natural right as men do, 1 data of women had to develop in educational equality, 3 data of either woman or man could gain professional job, 1 data of women were defined such a rational creature to take control as men did. This research found 17 data of how feminism portrayed. There must be parity between men and women positions; they must not overlap. Despite this, the situation of women as seen by the data in this research indicated that they must support their subordination to men