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Library's collection Library's IT development CancelThis thesis entitled A Study on the Conflicting Ideas Concerning The
Black People's Roles in Son's and Jadine's Relationship deals with the black
female main character's lacks of self-consciousness to realize the part of herself
that is the blackness that she has to bear. The author of the novel aims to show
that black people may not forget their origin as well as their indigenous nature, in
which they should know and follow their traditions as black people. Jadine
neglects her own tribe by forgetting her indigenous nature, so that she has a
conflict with Son concerning the black people's roles. This conflict triggers the
writer to question and to analyze the causes and the ending of the story. Their
conflicts are caused by their different characters and personalities, shaped by their
different backgrounds during their teenage years. Their ideas concerning black
people's roles are never able to meet. Literary theories such as: characterization,
conflict and setting will be applied in analyzing Jadine's refusal to be black that
leads to her conflict with Son. Moreover, in helping the analysis, black identity
theory and social background of America in 1980s will also be used, for this
theory can help to find out the answer. Eventually, by using all these tools, this
study concludes that Son and Jadine fail to keep their relationship because they
have very contrasting ideas of black people's roles. Jadine represents a modern
woman who cannot be united to Son that represents a traditional man.