Institusion
Universitas Darma Persada
Author
Ridzky, Alfian
Subject
954 History of Modern India, South Asia/Sejarah India Modern dan Asia Selatan Modern
Datestamp
2021-10-11 04:15:11
Abstract :
This term-paper is about a child's perception on separation based on
religion between India and Pakistan. The separation of the two countries which
was originally only due to religious differences made a child named Nisha
confused, many things she did not understand, why should it be like this or that, is
the difference wrong, why should it be violent, why should people be separated
from people who have considered friends and family only because of different
religions. This study focuses on discovering what actually happened at the time of
the separation of the state and what the perception of a child who lives in the
midst of this incident occurs. The purpose of this study is to reveal the perception
of a child in seeing the loss of tolerance between religious people and the violence
that occurs within it. The results of this study are to see intolerance and violence
between religious people from the eyes of a child so that we can realize how bad
this is especially for children. The Night Diary is a novel that tells the story of a
little girl named Nisha who was forced to witness the loss of tolerance among
religious people when India had to split into two countries shortly after
independence from Britain. This novel was written by Veera Hiranandani based
on the personal experience of the father who shared the bitterness in the separation
of the countries of India and Pakistan. The Night Diary is the main source of this
research, then Literary Theories, Literary Methods, Perception Concept based on
philosophy and related techniques are secondary sources.