THE ENDURING MESSAGE IN THE NICKEL BOYS NOVEL BY COLSON WHITEHEAD : SECRECY AND MANIPULATION

POPI, OKTAVIANTI (2022) THE ENDURING MESSAGE IN THE NICKEL BOYS NOVEL BY COLSON WHITEHEAD : SECRECY AND MANIPULATION. Diploma thesis, UNIVERSITAS ANDALAS.

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Abstract

This thesis discusses the enduring message in The Nickel Boys novel by Colson Whitehead. This novel focuses on Elwood Curtis's struggle to get equal rights and justice and reveals the violences at Nickel's School. In analyzing the book, I apply the new criticism theory by Cleanth Brooks, focusing on the element of tensions, such as irony, paradox, and ambiguity. After analyzing the novel, I found several secrets and manipulations contained in The Nickel Boys, such as irony regarding the mystery of how the school treats the students and paradox concerning outward appearances and reality. There are also ambiguities related to action with ambiguous purposes. The result concluded that the enduring message in The Nickel Boys teaches us to judge something or someone through various points of view. If we only see one side of that, misunderstanding may happen, and an accident may occur in the future. Keywords: Nickel School, enduring message, tension, irony, paradox, ambiguity

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