Feminism Struggle Of Greer Kadetsky In Meg Wolitzer’s Novel The Female Persuasion

Abstract

Maharani R. 2019. Feminism Struggle of Greer Kadetsky in Meg Wolitzer‟s Novel “The Female Persuasion” (Supervised by Dahlia D. Moelier and Andi Tenri Abeng) The aims of this research to find out the reflection of feminism that conveyed through Greer Kadetsky as the main character and the struggle of Greer Kadetsky for her rights. The method of this research is genetic structuralism, approach focuses on character and characterization in the novel. The writer focused to the significant things which are related to feminism portrayed in Meg Wolitzer‟s Novel. This research discusses two problem formulations, the first is the reflection of Greer Kadetsky feminism in “The Female Persuasion”. The second is the feminism struggle of Greer Kadetsky. The result of this research shows that the reflection of Greer Kadetsky feminism in the novel represents the liberal feminism, radical feminism, social and marxist feminism. As the main character in this story;her struggle of getting her rights as an intelligent, independent, ambitious, and desecive woman proved that she could be as equal as men. She was able to have a job to earn her own money, so that she could managed hers life independently. The feminism struggle of Greer Kadetsky when she got sexual harassment of men, unfair treatment in her family, the struggle to achieve her dream such as equal in the work rights, freedom of speech, and equal to gain her dream to be famous feminist writer. and struggle of her love. It is implied in her characterization based on the dialogue and behavior in the novel.