DALAM KESUNYIAN: KISAH INSPIRATIF PERJUANGAN FIKRI, PENYANDANG TULI DALAM FOTO CERITA NARATIF

In the Silence: An Inspirational Story of Fikri’s Struggle, the Deaf Boy, in Narrative Photostory. Fikri is a nineteen-year-old boy who has been deaf since birth. He becomes the main character in this narrative photo story because he is considered extraordinary and an inspiration to other deaf people. Fikri works and earns money as the breadwinner for the whole family, considering that both of his parents are also deaf and they do not have a job. This research aims to create narrative photostory that can convey the author's perspective on Fikri in order to make the readers to have the same perception as the author. The benefit of this research is as a practical application of narrative photostory theory with Fikri as the deaf person as the subject. The method used in this research was descriptive qualitative, done by exploring or photographing social situations which were thoroughly, broadly, and deeply examined. The data was collected from observation, interviews, surveys, and literature studies.