ALIENATION IN CAPITALIST SOCIETY IN KURT VONNEGUT’S CAT’S CRADLE : An Analysis Of Karl Marx’s Theory Of Alienation.

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Dian Pranasari, 2013

Alienation In Capitalist Society In Kurt Vonnegut’s Cat’s Cradle

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ALIENATION IN CAPITALIST SOCIETY IN KURT VONNEGUT’S

CAT’S CRADLE

(AN ANALYSIS OF KARL MARX’S THEORY OF ALIENATION)

A Research Paper

Submitted to the English Education Department of FPBS UPI in Partial Fulfillment

of Requirement for Sarjana Degree Assignment

By:

Dian Pranasari H. 056417

ENGLISH EDUCATION DEPARTMENT

THE FACULTY OF LANGUAGE AND ARTS EDUCATION INDONESIA UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION

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STATEMENT OF AUTHORSHIP

I hereby certify that the research paper entitled “Alienation in Capitalist

Society in Kurt Vonnegut’s Cat’s Cradle (An Analysis of Karl Marx’s

Theory of Alienation)” is originally my own work. It contains no material

which has been submitted for the award of any other degree or diploma at

any university except where due reference acknowledgement is made in

text.

Bandung, June 2013

Dian Pranasari H.

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ABSTRACT

Entitled Alienation in Capitalist Society in Kurt Vonnegut’s Novel Entitled Cat’s Cradle (An Analysis by using Karl Marx’s Theory of Alienation), the present study analyzes the novel Cat’s Cradle by using Karl Marx theory of alienation. The study is aimed to uncover how alienation in capitalist society is reflected in the novel and the effects of alienation on the main characters. The study uses qualitative descriptive method with textual analysis approach. The study finds that

as portrayed in Cat’s Cradle, in capitalist society everything is appreciated when it is profitable. This paradigm then decisively shapes the way the main characters think and act, and produces a civilization that trapped in alienation. The textual evidence shows that there are three forms of alienation in capitalist society as