PARTICIPANT'S UNDERSTANDING OF THE SHORT SHORT “ANGELS ALSO KNOW” BY DEE LESTARI: A DECONSTRUCTION APPROACH

This study aims to change the participant's view of someone with special needs by using the theory of deconstruction in the short story entitled "Angel Also Knows" that someone with special needs also has a genuine love and affection. This is changed and analyzed using the theory of deconstruction. Deconstruction is a positive effort that maintains and promotes the unspoken, forgotten, and subordinate reality of tradition. The method used is descriptive qualitative method with data collection techniques carried out by reading and note-taking techniques. From the data that has been analyzed, this study concludes that the short story "Angel Also Knows" gives a different view of someone with special needs. In the first quote, it is explained that (1) autistic children also have a sincere love like other normal children. The second quote explains that, (2) society's perception of people with special needs is scary and always causes trouble. But actually not. There are certain things that make them troublesome and scary. The third quote, it is explained that not all people with special needs are said to be stupid, but in this short story someone with special needs turns out to be smart, and knows a lot of knowledge.