Economic Inequality inthe Postcolonial Era in Andrea Hirata's Padang Bulan Novel

Abstract

This research is based on the view that literature is basically a reflection of reality, including social reality. The reality that becomes a picture in Indonesia is family poverty which is a picture of the perspective in Indonesia in the novel Padang Bulan by Andrea Hirata. The theory underlying this research is the sociology of literature. The research method used in this study is qualitative descriptive method. The source of data in this study is novel. The technique used to obtain data using the read-record technique. The results of this study show that there is economic inequality in the form of poverty and social class by Belitung families which is one of the reflections in Indonesia.