A novel is a work in the form of narrative, the novel consists of fiction novels and there are also non-fiction novels. A novel can come from the imagination of the author or even the experience of the author that he made into a novel. Novels have a more complicated plot compared to short stories. Problems in novels usually start with the character and at the end of the story, there will be a solution to the problem from the character. Novels have more pages than short stories. Conflicts in a novel are also more complicated and numerous than in short stories because the plots of the novel are also more numerous.
The existing cultural and ethnic differences, as we already know can cause intercultural conflicts because of the differences they have. Cultural differences of course have their perspective values in assessing something. This assessment may or may not be accepted because of the different perspectives of various people. The existence of different perspectives can lead to conflict.
It is not only differences that can lead to conflict. However, similarities can lead to conflict. Such as conflict between fellow ethnic groups who of course have the same cultural understanding and beliefs. Nowadays, many
people are in a relationship with people who have different ethnicities and even from different cultural backgrounds. Like having a relationship with someone from a different country, it is certain that the culture or tradition and even the ethnicity that exists in that country is different from the country of origin. However, this is not a problem if they create a sense of tolerance for each other.
In the novel Crazy Rich Asian (2013), the characters Nick Young and Rachel Chu are from the same ethnicity, which is Chinese (Tionghoa). Nick Young comes from a rich family in Singapore, while Rachel Chu is a Chinese person who was born in Taiwan she grew up in America with her mother. Even though they come from ethnicity and have the same culture, their story is not smooth and there are many tests that are faced by both of them. With their different family backgrounds, Nick Young's mother Elenour Young, did not approve of her daughter marrying Rachel Chu. The reason why Elenour Young doesn't agree is because she thinks that American culture has been attached to Rachel Chu, so she is no longer very Asian from the way she talks, dresses, and even thinks, and besides that she is only cared for by her single mother. This makes Rachel Chu looked down on by Nick's mother and Elenour Young considers Rachel to be in a different class from Nick. This conflict exists when Rachel meets Nick's family, a conflict caused because according to Elenour Young, Rachel Chu's thoughts and soul are too American, this is what makes Nick's mother disagree if Nick marries Rachel Chu.
This study takes the Crazy Rich Asian novel as an object because this novel tells many things that are still there today. Taking this novel as an object is also to make people's views about Chinese and American ethnicity have broader knowledge and perspectives. Besides that, the conflicts in this novel are also interesting to discuss, there are several messages that can be taken from this Crazy Rich Asian novel.
Therefore, the writer takes the object of the Crazy Rich Asian novel, because it has an interesting storyline to read and the language used in the novel is easy to digest. In this novel, there are many things that can be taken as lessons, such as the issue that will be raised in this article, namely racism, and the writer aims so that readers can have new knowledge and perspectives after reading this.
The writer raises the conflict of racism between Americans and Asians, as well as fellow Asians who have the same ethnicity. Racism is a behavior of discrimination between or prejudice by an individual or a community against people based on their membership in certain racial or ethnic groups, usually minority groups. With this article, the writer hopes that readers can take lessons in solving a problem and not give up on fighting for something.
RESULT AND DISCUSSION
After analyzing the Crazy Rich Asians novel, the writer finds that there are 2 conflicts that lead to the issue of racism in this novel, there are racism by Americans against Asians and discriminatory behavior between fellow races, namely Chinese. In the next sub-chapter, the conflicts that lead to racism will be explained one by one.
1.1.Racism inter-ethnic.
