AbstractThe objective of this research is to identify the socioeconomic status of Malaysian Indian
plantation community, to analyze their attitude and to study the correlation between these
two variables as portrayed in Malaysian Tamil novels. The qualitative research method
was used and data collection was carried out using description and analysis. The Theory of
Reasoned Action was used to analyze the attitude and behavior according to four elements
which are intention, belief, reflection and behavior. Six Malaysian Tamil novels with the
background of Malaysian Indian plantation community were used for this study. Twentynine
characters from the selected novels were used to identify their socio-economic status;
to analyze their attitude and to study the correlation between these two variables. The
findings show that there are twelve characters portray high socioeconomic status with
positive attitude while the other seventeen portray low socioeconomic with negative
attitude. The fin.....