This summary compares the novels Bekisar Merah by Ahmad Tohari and The Color Purple by Alice Walker. Bekisar Merah tells the story of a beautiful village girl named Lasi whose father was a Japanese soldier. It contrasts her life in the village with her new life in Jakarta after marrying a wealthy man. The Color Purple is set from 1910-1940 in the United States, during the civil rights movement and rise of feminism. It depicts the struggles black female characters face with discrimination and lack of rights at that time. Both novels address themes of social discrimination and a woman's struggle to assert herself within the cultural norms of her environment.

1. Bekisar Merah
(Ahmad Tohari, 1993)
&
The Color Purple
(Alice Walker, 1983)
Maissy J. Manuas

2. BEKISAR MERAH
01.
Ahmad Tohari

3. BEKISAR MERAH
• SETTINGS
In this novel the writer, raised a story about the life of a beautiful
village girl named Lasi whose father was a Japanese soldier who
had a distinctive beauty, namely milky white skin and exotic eyes.

4. • SUMMARY
City life is frenzied by city entertainment which causes social deviation. Judging from the story in the
novel, Lasi's life has changed from she was still in the village with her in Jakarta. He became a rich
Man whose strata of life were better by marrying Pak Handarbeni. Tells, how life in the village with
life in Jakarta. In Karangsago, in general, the community still adheres to the customs that apply in the
village, for example when Mukri helped Darsah who fell from a coconut tree while taking the juice
from the sap by sprinkling urine all over Darsah's body, and when treating Darsah by massaging his
Stomach do by Bunek. In the novel there are religious values seen when Darsah spills all her troubles
back to the creator by praying on a rock beside the river because the problem is that she has to marry
Sipah (Bunek's son) and is left by his wife Lasi.

5. THE COLOR PURPLE
ALICE WALKER
2nd

6. • SETTINGS
This novel is set in 1910-1940. In those years,
the people of the United States were
incessantly fighting for the equal rights of
black citizens. At the same time, the women of
the United States raised their demands for
equal rights with men. This movement is
known as feminism.

7. 1. Theme
In this novel the theme that the writer wrote is concerns about historical
events of humans discriminations.
2. Summary
This novel is set in the United States in ancient times, where in fact
discrimination against blacks was very high. Discrimination against black
people and especially discrimination against women was very familiar at that
time, in this novel it is raised about the struggle of female characters to face
discrimination. There are many moral messages that can be taken from this
novel, about women's struggle to face social and environmental discrimination
and so on. It can also be seen clearly, that the background and environment at
that time were also very damaged, where women had no right to voice their
opinions, and violence against women was also very common. But through this
novel, a story about the struggle of the main female character is presented and
a moral message is also given.

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