Skripsi ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui apa saja kritik sosial dan bagaimana nilai pendidikan karakter dalam kumpulan cerpen orang-orang pinggiran karya Lea Pamungkas. Penelitian ini merupakan jenis penelitian yang menggunakan teknik analisis dan kualitatif deskriptif. Data dalam penelitian ini diperoleh dengan menggunakan teknik baca, teknik simak, dan teknik catat. Data yang telah ditemukan kemudian diklasifikasi sesuai dengan struktur masing-masing. Data dalam penelitian ini berupa kata-kata, kalimat, dan paragraf yang terdapat dalam kumpulan cerpen orang-orang pinggiran. Pada analisis data peneliti mengaitkan kajian teori dengan data yang terkumpul mengenai arti atau maksud penggunaan data tersebut. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa terdapat kritik sosial dan nilai-nilai pendidikan karakter dalam kumpulan cerpen Orang-orang Pinggiran. Data yang diperoleh sebanyak 56 data yang terdapat dalam kumpulan cerpen Orang-orang Pinggiran. Hasil dari tiap data dari kritik sosial bidang politik terdapat 6 data, bidang hukum terdapat 7 data, bidang budaya terdapat 5 data, dan bidang ekonomi terdapat 5 data. Sedangkan hasil dari tiap data dari nilai-nilai pendidikan karakter kerja keras terdapat 7 data, tanggung jawab terdapat 5 data, agama atau religius terdapat 6 data, disiplin terdapat 4 data, peduli sosial 4 data, bersahabat/komunikatif 2, rasa ingin tahu 4 data, dan toleransi 1 data. Data kritik sosial yang diperoleh sebanyak 23 data. Data nilai pendidikan karakter yang diperoleh sebanyak 33 data.

This thesis aims to find out what social criticism is and how the value of character education is in a collection of short stories from people on the periphery by Lea Pamungkas. This research is a type of research that uses descriptive qualitative and analytical techniques. The data in this study were obtained using reading techniques, listening techniques, and note-taking techniques. The data that has been found is then classified according to their respective structures. The data in this study are in the form of words, sentences, and paragraphs contained in a collection of short stories of marginal people. In data analysis, the researcher relates the theoretical study to the collected data regarding the meaning or purpose of using the data. The results of the study indicate that there are social criticisms and values of character education in a collection of short stories for marginal people. The data obtained were fifty six data contained in a collection of short stories of marginal people. The results of each data from social criticism in the political field contained six data, the legal field contained seven data, the cultural field contained five data, and the economic field contained five data. While the result of each data from the values of hard work character education are seven data, responsibility is five data, religion or religion is six data, discipline is four data, sosial care four data, friendly or communicative two data, curiosity four data, and tolerance one data. Sosial criticism data obtained as many as twenty three data. Data on the value of character education obtained as many as thirty three data.