Kenna's struggle as an ex-prisoner in the novel reminders of him by Colleen Hoover

The main purpose of this study is to examine Kenna's characteristics as a woman with ex-prisoner status and how her problem as a woman who experiences injustice due to her ex-prisoner status in the novel Reminders of Him. This research focuses on two main topics that will direct the discussion as follows: (1) How is Kenna's characterization described in Reminders of Him? (2) How is Kenna's problem as a woman who experiences injustice due to her ex-prisoner status in the novel Reminders of Him? This study analyzes the the main character by using new criticism in the field of character and characterization to gain a deep understanding of the problem. This study also applies post-structural feminism theory to analyze Kenna's problems as a woman who has experienced injustice due to her status as an ex-prisoner. The qualitative descriptive method provides a clear and systematic description of the problem being investigated. The results of the study show that there are several characteristics of Kenna as the main character, namely simple, tough, persistent, hard-working, sociable, and sincere. The following result shows that a woman with the status of an ex-prisoner like Kenna gets a lot of injustice, which makes her feel marginalized. Kenna's status as a woman with the title of ex-prisoner is considered a bad thing, whereas if a man gets the title of ex-prisoner, it's as if he is given a badge of honour like trash but badass, addict but tough, thief but impressive. Women with ex-prisoner status are only labelled negatively, such as trash, prostitutes, thieves, killers, and all bad things. The criminal label given by society to Kenna made her experience many problems, such as not getting custody of her daughter, not being allowed to meet her daughter, and finding it difficult to get a job which greatly affected Kenna's life.