SOCIAL CONFLICTS ANALYSIS OF CHARACTER’S IN NOVEL BULANG CAHAYA BY RIDA K LIAMSI

Abstract

This article aims to describe social conflicts that include the forms, causes and impacts of social conflicts in the novel “Bulang Cahaya†by Rida K Liamsi. The problem of this novel lies in its content which tells a lot about social conflict. Method of the research is descriptive anaysis method. Based on the research findings and discussion it can be concluded that the social conflicts contained in the novel Bulang Cahaya by Rida K Liamsi include: (1) Personal conflict. This conflict impacts on the destruction of group unity where disputes that occur make the two sides contradict each other. (2) Political conflict. The political conflict that occurred between Raja Kecik and Tengku Sulaiman had an impact on the growing sense of group solidarity between the Bugis and Malays. (3) Conflict of social classes. conflicts between social classes in the novel Bulang Cahaya by Rida K Liamsi occur between the Bugis and the Malays.