Clashing Concepts of Freedom in Kathryn Stockett’s The Help

Abstract

The purpose of this research is to reveal the clashing concepts of freedom in Stockett’s The Help and to find out the causes and effects of clashing concepts . The writer uses a qualitative research which means the data are taken from words or sentences. The sources of data is categorized into, primary and secondary sources. The primary sources is the novel itself, and the secondary sources are books, journal, and internet browsing that supported the topic. In analyzing the data the writer uses objective approach which analyzed the novel only the body of the novel without considering the external element because this novel is categorized as the popular novel. The result of this study reveals the clashing concepts of freedom appears through the story and produces an causes and effect like discrimination that cause black people being treated improperly separated and limited in using public facilities. This research can be one of the scientific sources for those who are interested in doing a research on same novel and can help them in making a better research.