Against Gender Discrimination in Tracie Peterson and Judith Miller's Novel a Tapestry of Hope (2004): Feminist Approach

Abstract

The object of the study is a novel entitled A Tapestry of Hope written by Tracie Peterson and Judith Miller that was published in 2004. The study is to analyze how women discrimination is reflected in A Tapestry of Hope novel. The method of collecting data is library research and the technique of analyzing data is classifying the obtained data by selecting the necessary ones. Then, the writer analyzes data based on Feminist theory. The results of the study are as follows. First, based on the structural analysis, the authors want to deliver that women should have the same right, freedom, and participation as men do. Second, based on the feminist analysis, the authors reflect gender discrimination in the society that places women as subordinate and most of them are enslaved.