Kyra's resistance to women's oppression in the chosen one by carol lynch williams

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Pradita, Sandra (2020) Kyra's resistance to women's oppression in the chosen one by carol lynch williams. Undergraduate thesis, UIN Sunan Ampel Surabaya.

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Abstract

This study aims to analyze Kyra's life, who lives in a community that embraces women's oppression in the novel The Chosen One. This research reveals how Kyra's resistance to her life and its impact. This research focuses on three statement problems, namely; (a) How is women’s oppression depicted in The Chosen One? (b) How is Kyra’s resistance to women’s oppression in her society depicted in The Chosen One? (c) How does Kyra’s resistance to women’s oppression in her society impact on Kyra and her closest people as depicted in The Chosen One? The method used in this research is qualitative. This research also used the theory of Feminism by Virginia Woolf and Marx. This research focused on women's oppression, gender equality, gender violence, power, and a little perspective of Islam for analyzed. The data were took from Kyra's character conversations with other characters and descriptions of conflicts related to women's oppression in her community. This study revealed that from the beginning, the character of Kyra had an awareness of women's oppression because of the rules made by The Prophet. Kyra's awareness heightened when she was confronted with a matchmaking and polygamy conflict for herself. This was evidenced when The Prophet announced that Kyra would marry Uncle Hyrum (Uncle Kyra) and become his seventh wife. This finally made Kyra even firmer in doing resistance to defend herself. Kyra has the opinion that all women have the right to do everything they want, including choosing a husband for herself. Kyra did various resistance, such as asking for help from people around Kyra until finally, she decided to escape from the community. The impact gained from Kyra's resistance was physical violence took the form of punishment for Mariah, Kyra's boyfriend, The Chief and Owner Ironton Mobile Library on Wheels, and Kyra. Kyra and Kyra's closest people strongly felt psychological violence.