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Library's collection Library's IT development CancelThis thesis, entitled "A Study on Han Suyin?s Struggles to Achieve Her
Hopes and the Results of Her Struggles", is focusing both on Han Suyin?s
struggles to achieve her hopes and the results from her struggles. In the analysis, I
will focus on how Han Suyin struggles to achieve her hopes that is marrying Mark
Elliot and becoming a doctor for Chinese people in China. Nevertheless, in the
analysis, I will also discuss about the results of both of her struggles. In
conducting my analysis, I use literary approach, namely characterization and
conflict, historical background of Hong Kong and China in 1949-1950, and also
the concept of the ideal Chinese woman. Characterization will be applied to find
Han Suyin?s character traits that portray her struggles. Moreover, conflict will be
used to identify Han Suyin?s types of conflict during the struggles. I will also use
the historical background of Hong Kong and China in 1949-1950 that talked about
economy, politic, and social condition from both countries to trace the source of
conflicts between Han Suyin with the British community. Nevertheless, I will also
apply the concept of the ideal Chinese women in order to understand the ideal
images of Chinese women and to show how far Han Suyin?s character traits have
fight against the ideal images of Chinese women and lead her to social conflicts.
As a result, I discover that Han Suyin fails to achieve her hopes since situations
have forced her to be separated from the man of her life and to stay in Hong Kong
instead of China. However, Han Suyin has changed into a better and mature
person after the struggles. Therefore, as the conclusion, I believe that Han Suyin?s
struggles are not useless to do because despite her failure to achieve her hopes,
she has changed into a better and mature person after the struggles in which now
she is always hopeful for another better life and achievements.