THE INFLUENCE OF HEGEMONY TOWARD ANIMAL’S LIFE AS REFLECTED IN ANIMAL FARM NOVEL BY GEORGE ORWELL
Hegemony power is one of the social phenomenon that is often found in literary works. It derives from Ancient Greek ‘eugemonia’ means to show the dominance of leadership in a region led. The writer interested in discussing hegemony power because in...
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Hegemony power is one of the social phenomenon that is often found in literary works. It derives from Ancient Greek ‘eugemonia’ means to show the dominance of leadership in a region led. The writer interested in discussing hegemony power because in Animal Farm novel by George Orwell tells the story of the Old Major as animal leader on Manor farm when it uses hegemony power to eliminate the suffering of animals on the farm from human oppression. But after the hegemony power moved to Napoleon, Napoleon suppressed more than humans against humans even though he was an animal on the farm. The aims of this research are: (1) to elaborate how hegemony power operates in the novel, (2) to know the negative effects of power hegemony for other animal’s life in the Animal Farm novel by George Orwell. On this research, the writer applies the theory of hegemony by Antonio Gramsci as the grand theory and the theory of power by Max Weber as supporting theory to answer the problem of the research. This research approach is a sociological approach. This research is qualitative research that focused on qualitative research by Taylor. This Research uses documentation method by Atkinson to collect the data in this research. This research uses descriptive analysis techniques by Miles. In this research, the writer found a form of hegemony power that operates creating an integral state region, namely that between civil society and the political society of each region, they do hegemony and become victims of hegemony. Civil society is character by the movement of hegemony power by Old Major and Snowball, while the political society is character by Napoleon and Mr. Jones. The writer identifies three impact of the hegemony power on other animal life are: 1) the loss of personal right, 2) work harder and decrease in food rations, 3) the killing of fellow Animal.
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