Open AccessSETTLING IN NEW LAND IN HA-JIN'S SHORT STORIES COLLECTION A GOOD FALL (2009)
Author(s) -
Asih Anggraini,
Kurnia Ningsih
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
english language and literature
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2302-3546
DOI - 10.24036/ell.v8i1.103140
Subject(s) - settling , character (mathematics) , adaptation (eye) , plot (graphics) , interpretation (philosophy) , immigration , sociology , geography , history , psychology , linguistics , environmental science , archaeology , mathematics , philosophy , statistics , environmental engineering , geometry , neuroscience
The purpose of this analysis is to expose the issue of settling in new land which is done by Chinese immigrants in United States and to know he contribution of character, plot (conflict), and setting in revealing the settling in new land. This analysis is related to the adaptation concept by Wiiliam Butler Yeats in postcolonial approach that is supported by the text and conotext based interpretation. The result of this analysis shows two different characters succeeds to settle in new land that can be seen through their ways of self-adaptation and hard work.