Abstrak :
This research entitled “Boyne‟s Critique of Totalitarian Government
Reflected in Boyne‟s The Boy in the Striped Pajamas” aims at figuring out Boyne‟s
critique of totalitarian government reflected in his novel. Generally, the novel
describes the cruelty of government that is ruled by Hitler after First World War.
Meanwhile, this novel is told by the perspective of nine year old boy who is very
innocent to what happens in his surroundings. The researcher uses qualitative method
in analyzing the data. The primary data is Boyne‟s The Boy in the Striped Pajamas.
Furthermore, the researcher uses Swingewood‟s sociology of literature theory and
theory of totalitarianism by Hannah Arendt to analyze the totalitarian government that
reflected in Boyne‟s novel. The researcher only focuses on the character and setting
in the novel. The result of this research shows that the characteristics of totalitarian government that Hannah Arendt mentioned in her book, The Origins of Totalitarianism, are reflected in Boyne‟s The Boy in the Striped Pajamas. Those characteristics are absolute control, propaganda, terror, and violence. The party should be powerful to take the absolute control above the country. Besides, propaganda, terror, and violence are also used to make people under their control.
Keywords: The Boy in the Striped Pajamas, sociology of literature, the origins of totalitarian, totalitarian government.
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