THE CLASS STRUGGLE OF PROLETARIAT IN KIERA CASS' THE ONE

Andini, Indera Widya. (14.05.1.1.1.00027). The Class Struggle of Proletariat in Kiera Cass’ The One. Thesis. English Study Program of the Faculty of Social and Cultural Sciences, University of Trunojoyo Madura. Advisor: Zakiyatul Mufidah, M.Hum.

Marxism is the best theoretical basis that a fully worked-out for the struggle of lower class to obtain a higher form of human society which is the first body of ideas worked out by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. Kiera Cass’ The One is the good novel that shows The Marxism approach in its story and the Marxism consists of some conflict theory, especially class struggle. The novel describes about the proletariats against the bourgeoisies. In this novel, the proletariat is the northern rebel, southern rebel and people who have lower caste whereas bourgeoisie is kingdom. The northern rebel and southern rebel have different purposes in their struggle against kingdom. This study is intended to discuss about the main struggle’s ways which are focused on two rebels, Northern and Southern and the impact from their struggle. The class struggle is taken as the main discussion of this study.

Marxism approach is used to analyze the utterances and narrations that focus on the struggle’s ways that are done by proletariat to bourgeoisies and the impact from proletariat’s struggle. To get a good and clear analysis, the class struggle’s theory is used to understand the condition in society before and after resistance and is used also in a study to get answers of the questions. Class struggle as the main cause of resistance in this novel is analyzed using Karl Marx’s class struggle’s theory.

After analyzing the novel, it can be concluded that the cause of the conflict is about the different purposes of the northern rebel and southern rebel in their struggle. The northern rebels try to make peace with kingdom, overthrowing monarchy and equalizing castes whereas southern rebels try to kill all of people who stay in kingdom, dominate government and society. They have many ways to struggle their classes. It indicates that they do an insurgence and exploitation attains their purposes. It makes proletariats will rise up against bourgeoisies and the emergence of class struggle that is conducted by proletariat and there are the impacts from their struggle.