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253285362 SOCIAL CLASS AND CLASS STRUGGLE IN SUZANNE COLLINS S THE HUNGER GAMES
Social Class and Class Struggle in Suzanne Collins’s The Hunger Games

SOCIAL CLASS AND CLASS STRUGGLE IN SUZANNE COLLINS’S THE HUNGER GAMES
Moh.Arifin
English Literature, Faculty of Languages and Arts, State University of Surabaya arifin.mailbox@gmail.com Prof. Dr. Fabiola D. Kurnia, M.Pd.
English Department, Faculty of Languages and Arts, State University of Surabaya

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Perjuangankelasadalahmasalah
yang selalumunculdalamsejarahperjalananmanusia, bahkandalamkehidupanmasyarakat modern perjuangankelasmasihdapatditemui.Dalam novel The Hunger
GameskaryaSuzanne Collins, diceritakanduakelompokmasyarakat yang masing-masingmewakiliduakelas yang berbedadalamstruktur social masyarakat.MerekaadalahCapitol sebagaikaumpemilik modal yang memilikikuasadankekayaan, sehinggamerekabebasmelakukanapapun demi kepentinganmereka.Sebaliknya, masyarakatdistrik 12 sebagaikelasbawahtidakmemilikiapapun.Fakta-fakta yang muncultersebutmelatarbelakangimasalah-masalah yang munculseperti(1) bagaimanakehidupankelas-kelas social digambarkandalam novel
The
Hunger
Gameskarya
Suzanne
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(2) bagaimanaperjuangankelasdapatmunculdalam novel The Hunger Gameskarya Suzanne Collins? Metode yang digunakanadalahhermeneutika yang jugasekaligussebagaiteknik, sedangkanpendekatan yang digunakanadalahpendekatanpragmatik.Hasil yang didapatkanakanmenjelaskanbahwakeduakelompokmasyarakat yang berbedaterlibatdalamkonflik yang berkepanjangan. Kaumproletarselalumenjadiobyekeksploitasibagikaumborjuis.Tetapihalinilah yang memunculkankesadarankelasbagikaumproletar, sehinggaperjuangankelasakanmunculsebagaibentukperlawananterhadapkaumborjuis. Padaakhirnyakaumproletarharusbersatuuntukmenghancurkanmusuhmerekayaitukapitalisme yang di bawaolehkaumborjuis.Merekaharusmelenyapkankepemilikanpribadiuntukmewujudkanmasyarakattanpakelas. Kata Kunci: marxisme, perjuangankelas, dankelassosial
Abstract
Class struggle has a very real existence in modern society. In Suzanne Collins’s The Hunger Games there are two different


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