STRUCTURAL CONSTRUCTIVE SOCIETY IN SIDNEY SHELDON’S THE STARS SHINE DOWN

Abstract

This research aims to explain ways to construct a structural constructive society and several
factors to establish it in The Stars Shine Down written by Sidney Sheldon in 1992. It uses a
descriptive qualitative method. The Constructive Structuralism theory by Pierre Bourdieu is
used by applying four concepts: capital, fields, structure, and strategy. This research reveals
that leaders have the right to control and manage their society. Also, the holding capital can
force the lower class to obey their order. The existence of ruler depends on the amount of
their capital and the way they compete to defend their position in society.