The search for self identity in Eugene O'neill's All God's Chillun Got Wings

Luan, Bernardete R. F. (2008) The search for self identity in Eugene O'neill's All God's Chillun Got Wings. Undergraduate thesis, Universitas Katolik Widya Mandala Madiun.

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This thesis is focused on Jim Harris' search for self identity in Eugene Oneill's All God's Chillun Got Wings. There are four questions to answer: Firstly,what are Jim Harris' motivations in searching for self identity. Secondly, what are the reasons causing Jim Harris to search for self identity. Thirdly, how does Jim Harris struggle to search for self identity. Fourthly, what is the result of Jim Harris' search for self identity. To achieve the objectives, the library research or desk research including internet browsing is done for collecting data. There are two kinds of data: primary data and secondary data. Primary data are obtained from the drama itself, All God's Chillun Got Wings. The secondary data are taken from the theory of character,psychology, personality, self identity, motivation, reason, and struggle. There are two kinds of the main character's motivations in searching for self identity: equalizing himself with the white persons, and proving worthy to the person he loves. Jim is underestimated by the white people. It motivates him to equalize himself with the white person. That is why he wants to be a lawyer.Those two motivations influence Jim to search for self identity. Besides, because of the woman that he loves, that is, Ella Downey, who wants Jim to be better than the white,motivates Jim to search for self identity. She wants Jim to prove worthy to her. Next, the reasons causing Jim Harris to search for self identity consists of two,they are: being asked to have career progress, and being challenged to change the black person stereotype. Ella Downey utters certain words that cause Jim to search for self identity. She wants Jim to take the lawyer examination, pass it, and become the best lawyer in their country. Ella wants Jim to have the career progress in order that the white will not underestimate Jim. Further,there are also some words that are spoken by Jim's friends, Mickey and Joe, which become the reason for Jim to search for self identity.They mock Jim by saying that there is no place for Jim in the world of the white people. It becomes the challenge for him to change the black stereotype. In his struggle to search for self identity, Jim tries hard to pass the lawyer examination and also he goes abroad, that is, France. After staying for several times in France, he decides to return into America again and faces the real life.He does not stop for his struggle to pass the lawyer examination. From the analysis, the writer finds the result that Jim Harris fails in searching for self identity. He can not reach what he wants for his life.

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