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.