Feminist Analysis of Woman’s Situation in Test Pack Novel

Abstract

Due to the fact that novel nowadays become one of popular product, so this study was conducted in order to analyze woman situation in Test Pack novel, one of the famous creations of Ninit Yunita which first publishes at 2005, become best seller and made into a movie at 2012. Test Pack is a novel which raises a theme about marriage life, about waiting and struggling for the presence of a baby in seven years marriage. The aim of the study is to analyze about how the main character, Tata, deals with her situation viewed from a feminist perspective. Using the Second Sex by Simone de Beauvoir this study explores how woman struggle to have a baby in her marriage by analyze the characters’ conversation. The finding reveal that one thing which affect woman’s character is her situation: patriarchal situation.