CRITICISM TOW ARD AM ERICAN DEM OCRACY AND CAPITALISM
REFLECTED IN SUZANNE COLLINS’S
THE HUNGER GAM ES
TRILOGY
(2008-2010)
THESIS
Submitted as a Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Post Graduate Degree of Language Department
at M uhammadiyah University of Surakarta
W RITTEN BY :
NAM E: ISYFI 'AFIANI
NIM : S200120029
M AGISTER OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE STUDIES
POST GRADUATE PROGRAM
M UHAM M ADIYAH UNIVERSITY OF SURAKARTA
M OTTO
Those w ho labor in the earth are the chosen people of God,
if ever he had a chosen people.
DEDICATION
I dedicat e this thesis t o m y beloved M om , who just lost her bat t le with Thyroid
ABSTRACT
ISYFI‘AFIANI. S 200 120 029. CRITICISM TOW ARD AM ERICAN DEM OCRACY AND CAPITALISM REFLECTED IN SUZANNE COLLINS’S THE HUNGER GAM ES TRILOGY. THESIS PAPER. M UHAM M ADIYAH UNIVERSITY OF SURAKARTA. 2015.
This st udy delves out t he crit icism t ow ard American dem ocracy and capit alism reflect ed in Suzanne Collins’s The Hunger Games t rilogy—The Hunger Games (2008), Cat ching Fire (2009), and M ockingjay (2010)—by using M arx’s t heory of class st ruggl e. This st udy belongs t o t he lit erary st udy. The t echnique of dat a collect ion is document analysis; meanw hile t he t echnique of dat a analysis is descript ive t echnique. This st udy uses t w o dat a sources; t hey are primary and secondary dat a source. The primary dat a source of t he st udy is Suzanne Collins’s The Hunger Games t rilogy t hat consist s of t hree novels; The Hunger Games (2008), Cat ching Fire (2009), and M ockingjay (2010). M eanw hile, t he secondary dat a source of t his st udy are t aken from ot her sources such as lit erary books, previous st udies, art icles, journals, and also w ebsit e relat ed t o t he t rilogy of The Hunger Games t rilogy. This st udy is aimed t o invest i gat e t he problem of Am erican democracy and capit alism reflect ed in The Hunger Games t rilogy t hrough t he class st ruggle analysis—t he class differences, t he cause of class st ruggle, pow er relat ion, t he effect of class st ruggl e, t he t ype of class st ruggle. The class st ruggle analysis is brought in t o cont rast and compare t he dyst opian societ y of Panem w it h America in t he 21st cent ury. This st udy show s t hat t he class st ruggle reflect ed in t rilogy is seen as t he vehicle t o crit icize t he American democracy and capit alism.
ACKNOW LEDGEM ENT
Universit y of Surakart a,
2. Prof. Dr. M arkham ah, M .Hum, the Head of Language St udy Depart m ent,
3. Dr. M . Thoyibi, M .S, and Dr.Phil.Dew i Chandraningrum , M .Ed, as advisors of
t his t hesis w ho have guided and advised her during t he arrangem ent of
research paper from the beginning until the end,
4. M r. Didik M urw ant ono, S.S, as her under-graduat e lect urer w ho has helped
5. Her beloved M om and Dad, and sist ers,
6. Her fri ends in the post -graduat e of Language St udy in M uham madiyah
Universit y of Surakart a,
7. All the parties t hat cannot be m ent ioned one by one.
The w rit er realizes t hat this st udy is far from perfect . Therefore, t he
w rit er would thank t o the readers if t hey can give t he suggest ion and criticism t o
make t he t hesis bet t er.
Surakart a, Sept em ber 1th 2015
ISYFI‘AFIANI
TABLE OF CONTENT
TITLE ……… i
NOTE OF ADVISOR I ……….. ii
NOTE OF ADVISOR II ………. iii
ADVISOR APPROVED ………. iv
M OTTO ……… v
DEDICATION ……… vi
ABSTRACT ……… vii
PRONOUNCEM ENT ……… viii
ACKNOW LEDGEM ENT ……….. ix
TABLE OF CONTENT ……… xi
CHAPTER I: INTRODUCTION ………. 1
A.Background of the Study ……….. 1
B. Limitation of the Study ……….. 3
C. Problem Statement ……….. 4
D.Objective of the Research ………. 4
E. Benefit of the Study ……….. 4
CHAPTER II: UNDERLYING THEORY ………. 7
A. Sociology of Literature ………. 7
B. M arx’s Class Struggle ……… 11
1. The Concept of the Class ……… 11
2. Class Consciousness ……….. 13
3. Class Struggle ………. 14
a. Capitalism and Globalization ……….. 17
b. Capitalism in Democracy ……… 19
C. Previous Studies ……… 21
D. Theoretical Application ……… 27
CHAPTER III: M ETHODOLOGY OF STUDY ………. 29
A.Type of the Study ………. 29
B. Object of the Study ………. 29
C. Type of the Data ……… 30
D.Data Source ……….. 30
E. Technique of the Data Collection ……….. 31
F. Technique of the Data Analysis ……… 31
2. Race and Ethnic ………. 35
3. Family and Children Living Arrangement ………. 37
4. Social Relation ……… 39
B. Economic Aspect ……… 40
1. America’s G.D.P ………. 41
2. The Types of U.S. Economic Activities ……… 43
3. The U.S. Economic Sectors ………. 47
4. Taxation ……….. 49
5. Unemployment ………. 50
6. American Living Standard ……….. 51
7. American Economic Problems ………... 52
C. Political Aspect ……….. 57
1. The U.S. Governments ……….. 57
2. The Nature of American Politics ………. 58
3. America’s Tw o-Party System ……… 59
4. American Domestic Policy ………. 60
5. American Foreign Policy ………. 61
D. Cultural Aspect ……….. 67
1. American Beliefs and Values ……… 67
2. American Culture and Globalization ……….. 72
E. Science and Technology Aspect ………. 74
1. Religious Beliefs ……….. 76
2. Religious Practice………. 77
G. The Author’s Biography ……….. 80
CHAPTER V: CLASS STRUGGLE ……….. 83
A. Class Struggle ……….. 83
1. The Classes ……… 84
2. The Causes of Class Struggle ………. 102
3. Pow er Relation………..………. 108
4. The Effects of Class Struggle ……….. 118
5. The Types of Class Struggle ………. 119
B. Discussion ……… 120
1. Criticism tow ard American Democracy ……….. 124
2. Criticism tow ard American Capitalism ……… 128
CHAPTER VI: CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION ……….. 134
A. Conclusion ……… 134
B. Pedagogical Implication ……….. 136
C. Suggestion ………. 138
