The Power Of Nyai Ontosoroh: A Feminist Approach

The purpose of this study was to determine the representation of the value of the feminism of Nyai Ontosoroh in the novel This Earth of Mankind by Pramoedya Ananta Toer. The method used in this research is descriptive qualitative research. In this research, descriptive qualitative research is used to describe and understand the power of the character Nyai Ontosoroh in the novel This Earth of Mankind based on the study of feminism. The data in this study were obtained from a novel entitled This Earth of Mankind, a novel by Pramoedya Ananta Toer, which was the seventeenth printing in 2011 in the Indonesian version. This novel was first published in 1980. The data collection techniques used in this study are listening and note taking. The results of this study indicate that in the novel This Earth of Mankind, Nyai Ontosoroh is portrayed as a subject when he begins to rise from oppression and fight with all the effort he has. Nyai Ontosoroh learns to be a person who is able to express his opinions and learn various things including running a business. The mindset described by Pramoedya in the Nyai Ontosoroh character has begun to open and does not want to experience oppression from any party. Nyai Ontosoroh can not only read and write Dutch, he even leads a family company. Nyai Ontosoroh is also described as being able to do all office work as is usually done by men