The presentation in the love of men love men by study from novel “Dean Khueyw Dean”
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This article aimed to study the presentation in the love of men’s love men by a study from a novel titled “Dean Khueyw Dean” including a total of 3 books. The study result, it was found that the presentation of the love of men love men would study through the perspective of characters, which enabled them to divide as follows 1. friends, 2. Families, and 3. outsiders. For social context affecting the presentation of the love of men love men, it was found that the presentation in the love story of male character love men in the novel had different patterns in the love characteristics of male characters love men. It could be noticed from perspective, attitude, and reflection of a male character who loved men, dividing into 3 characteristics as follows 1. self-acceptance, enabling to reveal the self-relationship 2. an un-self-confident or hesitant, fearing of the self- disclosure and 3. a non-self-acceptance, hiding the self-relationship. These characteristics, even a socially widely accepted, family, lacked acceptance resulting in male characters who loved men, choosing to hide, fearing to reveal, or expressing the self-relationship. However, the relationship of characters in the story was able to solve and eventually accepted.
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