A Revelation of Danny Boyle’s Worldview on Slumdog Millionaire A Thesis Submitted to Letters and Humanities Faculty in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirement for the Degree of Strata One HELMI FAHMI No. 105026000976 ENGLISH LETTERS DEPARTMENT LETTERS AND HUMANITIES FACULTY STATE ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY “SYARIF HIDAYATULLAH” JAKARTA 2009 ABSTRACT Helmi Fahmi, A Revelation of Danny Boyel’s Worldview on Slumdog Millionaire. Thesis. Jakarta: English Letters Department, Letters and Humanities Faculty, State Islamic University Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta, November 2009. The research is aimed at finding out Boyle’s worldview in the main character of Slumdog Millionaire. The writer uses qualitative descriptive analysis as the method to analyze Slumdog Millionaire and its external elements, which reflected social life in India through main character from the world view of director. By using genetic structuralism theory of Lucien Goldmann, the writer can reveal Boyle’s worldview. The data obtained through watching the film, reading the script of the film and making some note from it. In this analysis, the writer find out the final result that shows how Boyle’s worldview appears in Jamal Malik as the main character in Slumdog Millionaire. It appears through some points that is used as the research orientation. Jamal who came from lower caste was treated unequally by the people who came from higher caste. Through following the quiz Who Wants to be A Millionaire, he hoped it would be the way for him to escape from his poverty. The result of this research shows how Boyle’s worldview was depicted about social life in India that was performed by Jamal Malik, the main character of the film. Economic Liberalization that hopefully could change the social condition India failed to fulfill Indian people’s hope. Meanwhile, Jamal who tried to escape from the poverty was following the quiz who wants to be a millionaire, he was being oppressed by Prem, the host of the quiz. However, having much money is not the only important thing to Jamal. Treating well and respecting by the society can be important thing as well. So that, it can be said that Jamal can be described as a representation of Indian people, especially lower caste. Jamal was not only being oppressed with the money, but also being humiliated from higher caste. APPROVEMENT A Revelation of Danny Boyle’s Worldview on Slumdog Millionaire A Thesis Submitted to Letters and Humanities Faculty In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for The Degree of Strata One HELMI FAHMI 10502600976 Approved by: INAYATUL CHUSNA, M.Hum NIP. 150 331 233 ENGLISH LETTERS DEPARTMENT LETTERS AND HUMANITIES FACULTY STATE ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY SYARIF HIDAYATULLAH JAKARTA 2009 LEGALIZATION The thesis entitled ” A Revelation of Danny Boyle’s Worldview on Slumdog Millionaire” has been defined before the Letters and Humanities Faculty’s Examination Committee on November 20, 2006. The thesis has already been accepted as a partial fulfillment of the requirement for the degree of Strata One. Jakarta, November 20, 2009 Examination Committee Chair Person, Secretary, Dr. Muhammad farhan, M.Pd Drs. Asep Saefudin, M.Pd NIP. 150299480 NIP. 150261905 Members: Dr. Muhammad farhan, M.Pd Elve Oktaviani, M.Hum NIP. 150299480 NIP. 150317725 DECLARATION I hereby declare that this submission is my own work and that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, it contains no material previously published or written by another person nor material which to a substantial extend has been accepted for the award of any other degree or diploma of the university or other institute of higher learning, except where due acknowledgment has been made in the text. Jakarta, November 20, 2009 Helmi Fahmi ACKNOWLEDGMENT First of all, the writer would like to give the most appreciation and many thanks to Allah SWT, the lord of the universe and the thereafter. He believes that he can not do anything without his mercy. Then, peace and blessing is upon to our beloved prophet Muhammad SAW and all of his followers. The writer had been supported by a number of people whose contribution in assorted ways to the research and the making of the thesis deserved special mention. It is a pleasure to convey the writer’s gratitude to them all in his humble acknowledgment. The writer wishes to deliver his gratitude to the following persons: 1. Dr. H. Abdul Chair, the Dean of Faculty of Letters and Humanities State Islamic University Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta. 2. Dr. M. Farkhan, M.Pd, the Head of English Letters Department. 3. Drs. Asep Saefuddin, M. Pd, the secretary of English Letters Department. 4. Mrs. Inayatul Chusna, M.Hum, the thesis adviser. The writer gratefully acknowledge for her supervision, and guidance from the very early stage of this research as well as giving her extraordinary experiences throughout the work. He thanks for all of her advices that have been delivered to him. May Allah SWT bless her and her family. 5. The writer would like to express his gratitude to his family; his mother, Asminah, and his father, Jamhuri, are the parents who sincerely raised him with their caring and gently love. The writer also wants to thanks to his brother, Irfan, and his sister in law, Teh Lusi, thank you so much for the financial support. His sister, Heni, and his brother in law, Vaka, who supported him in doing this paper. In addition to my younger sister, Endah, thanks for caring sibling and my lovely little angels; Feeza and Naya thanks for being good nieces. 6. All his friends at English Letters Department especially My classmate and the people who I used to play a game: Wahyu, Amar, Ardhi, Rohim, Mamduh, Mulya, Galih, Ali and Jani. 7. All his friends at CCNR and ROD; Hafiz, Supray, Tri, Herry, Agung, Ardi, Joseph, Ade, Tier, and Ferdi, thanks for the adventure. The writer also would like to thank to Sari for giving knowledge in making the thesis. Last but not least, the writer would like to thank to everybody who was important to the successful realization of the thesis, as well as expressing his apology that he could not mention personally one by one. Finally, may Allah gives his blesses to us. Amien Jakarta, November 20, 2009 Helmi Fahmi The Writer TABLE OF CONTENTS ABSTRACT……………………………………………………………………....... i APPROVEMENT………………………………………………………………….. ii LEGALIZATION….. ……………………………………………………………... iii DECLARATION…………………………………………………………………... iv ACKNOWLEDGMENT………..…………………………………………………..v TABLE OF CONTENTS…..………………………………………………………. vii CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTION…………………………………………………... 1 A. Background of the Study ………………………………………………….. 1 B. Focus of the Study…………………………………………………………. 4 C. Research Question…………………………………………………………. 4 D. Objective of the Research………………………………………………….. 4 E. Significance of the Research……………………………………………….. 5 F. Research Methodology…………………………………………………….. 5 1. Method of the Research…………………………………………………. 5 2. Data Analysis……………………………………………......................... 5 3. Research Instruments……………………………………………………. 5 4.Analysis Unit…………………………………………………………….. 6 CHAPTER II. THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK…………………………………. 7 A. Genetic Structuralism………………………………………………..….. 7 1. Human Facts…………………………………………………………… 8 2. Collective Subject……………………………………………………… 9 3. Worldview………………………………………………………………10 B. Intrinsic Elements…………………………………………………………… 12 1. Character………………………………………………………………… 13 2. Varieties of Character…………………………………………………… 14 3. Description of Characterization………………………………………… 15 C. Extrinsic Elements …………………………………………………………..17 1. Socio-historical Background…………………………………………….. 17 2. The Biography of Danny Boyle…………………………………………. 19 CHAPTER III. RESEARCH FINDINGS………………………………………….. 22 A. Data Description of the Main Character…………………………………… 22 B. Character Analysis…………………………………………………………. 25 C. Extrinsic Analysis………………………………………………………….. 32 1. Socio-historical Analysis………………………………………………... 32 2. Biographical Analysis…………………………………………………… 34 D. Worldview………………………………………………………………….. 36 CHAPTER IV CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION……………………………. 42 A. Conclusion………………………………………………………………….. 42 B. Suggestion…………………………………………………………………... 44 BIBLIOGRAPHY………………………………………………………………….. 45 CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION A. Background of the study Literature, as one kind of art, has more advanced in the meaning. Literature ,which is used to be defined by the text that is only words, can be described as something that happened in our life either text or not. According to Melani Budianta, the meaning of the text can be included into two. First, the text is something has been written in books or any value as works of art. Second, text is expression and phenomena that happen in human’s life which can be read as the text, by paying attention to the elements, such as: discursive, narrative and incident1. It seems clear, that literary forms, such as: novel, poetry, drama, short story and others, use the text to convey its aesthetic to the reader. Budianta breakthrough this tradition. In her opinion, everything that happen in human’s life, expression and phenomena, can be read as the text. As long as there are elements, such as: discursive, narrative, and incident. Through the explanation above, the writer may conclude that something which is not only in text but also in expression and phenomena that happen in human’s life can be considered as literature. So that, film , narrative form, concerns with story telling similar to literature because it is also the mimesis or the reflection of the society which is presented in motion picture. Moreover, film , an audio visual communication, is part of media literacy. According to Rubin