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The Self Actualization of the Main Character ''In the Pelican Brief THE SELF ACTUALIZATION OF THE MAIN CHARACTER ’’IN THE PELICAN BRIEF ’’ FILM DIRECTED BY ALAN J. PAKULA Gaguk Rudianto Universitas Putera Batam, Batam, Kepri, Indonesia gagukrudianto@ gmail.com Abstract Characteristics of sef actualization are the terms to identify whether a person is categorized into self-actualized person or not. A sef actualized person is a person who is living creatively and fully using his or her potentials to realize his desire for self- fulfillment, namely, to the tendency for him to become actualized in his own potentials. This research is discussing about the characteristics of self-actualization of the main character, Derby Shaw in fulfilling her self-actualization needs in “Pelican Brief” film directed by J. Pakula in 1993. The method of collecting data in this research is qualitative descriptive research where the data are in the form of sentences or utterences from the script of the film and then they are categorized based on the Abraham Maslow theory of personality especially the motives and the characteristic of self-actialization namely 1) An Accurate perception of reality, 2)Independence, Creativity, Spontaneity, 3) Acceptance of themselves and others, 4) A Problem- centered outlook, rather than a centered outlook, 5) Enjoyment of Life, 6) Good Sense of Humor. After they are categorized, they will be explained to find out the characteristic of sef actualization in the film Keyword: self-actualization need, Pelican Brief, characteristic of self actuaized person 1. INTRODUCTION creativity and spontaneity 3) Acceptance of 1.1 Background of the Study himself and others 4) Problems centered Self-actualization according to Abraham outlook 5) Enjoyment of life and 6) A good Maslow which is known as “Hierarchy of sense of humor. Needs” is the desires to fulfill ones highest One of the actualized persons can be seen potential differently in every person depends on from one of the main characters of “The what he is fitted for. For example a musician Pelican Brief” Darby Shaw (Julia Roberts). She must make music, an artist must paint, a poet acted as the second year Tulane University must write. These needs are the highest needs Law School student. She wrote down legal of the human being. They are the needs of a brief telling about her theory on why two human being to explore himself in order to Supreme Court Justices were killed she also achieve his full potentials or to actualize delivered her legal view to her law professor, himself (Carl Roger 1980: 550) mentor and lover Thomas Callahan (Sam A person is categorized into self- Shepard). actualized person if what he has characteristic The Pelican Brief is a 1993 legal of self-actuaized person, they are 1) Accurate political thriller based on the novel of the same perception of reality, 2) Independence, name by John Grisham. Directed by Alan J. 35 Pakula, the film stars Julia Roberts in the role b) Independence, Creativity, Spontaneity of young law student Darby Shaw and Denzel It means that A person freely to choose Washington as Washington Herald reporter what they want and to create their minds. While Gray Grantham. Music was composed by these people are able to follow generally James Horner. This was the last film to feature accepted social expectations, they do not feel Pakula as a producer and writer before his confined by these norms in their thoughts or death. behaviors. In addition, Self-actualizing individuals behave more spontaneously 1.2 Limitation of the Problem because they better understand their true The problems in this research deals motives, emotions, and abilities. with the characteristics of self-actualization of c) Acceptance of themselves and others the main character, Derby Shaw.. Self-actualizers are more tolerant of human 1.3 Formulation of the Problem weakness. They avoid judging other people or Based on the background of the study themselves, although they may experience above, the writer can formulate the problem of some guilt about any personal deficiencies that the study as follows: they have been unable to overcome. a. How does the main character, Darby Not only do self-actualized people fully accept Shaw fulfills her self-actualization needs themselves; they also embrace other people for viewed from Maslow’s Theory? who they are. Other individuals are treated the b. What characteristics of self-actualization same regardless of background, current status, of the main character of the film which or other socio-economic and cultural factors. can be seen? d) A Problem- centered outlook, rather 2. REVIEW OF THE RELATED than a centered outlook LITERATURE Self-actualizers tend to have a 2.1 Characteristic of Self-Actualization consuming mission in life that occupies much According to Maslow (1962,1971) in their time and energy. It is often motivated by a Kalat (1993:551) there are 6 characteristics that strong sense of personal ethics and people with a self-actualized personality shows responsibility. They enjoy applying their the following characteristics : problem-solving skills to real-world situations a) An Accurate perception of reality and like helping other people improve their Self actualizing people are freer of own lives. unwarranted optimism, pessimism, and other e) Enjoyment of Life defensive distortions of reality. They are able to While self-actualized people have evaluate people and events with considerable concrete goals, they do not see things as simply accuracy. a means to an end. The journey toward It means that people perceive the world as it is, achieving a goal is just as important and not as they would like is to be, but they are enjoyable as actually accomplishing the goal. willing to accept uncertainty and ambiguity f) A Good Sense of Humor when necessary. 36 Self-actualized individuals generally used intrinsic element in analyzing her have a thoughtful sense of humor. They are research. able to enjoy the humor in situations and laugh 3 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY at themselves, but they do not ridicule or make 3.1 Research Design fun at the expense of another person's feelings. The research which is applied in this Self-actualization is at the top of research is called qualitative research. One of Maslow's hierarchy of needs - becoming '"fully characteristics of qualitative research can be human"...maturity or self-actualization - and is seen from the form of the data. The form of considered a part of the humanistic approach to data in qualitative research is not in the form of personality. Humanistic psychology is one of number. Thus the data is in the form of several methods used in psychology for dialogue, utterance, description or explanation studying, understanding, and evaluating about the main character of Darby Shaw. The personality. The humanistic approach was dialogues or utterance which are delivered by developed because other approaches, such as the characters of the Pelican Brief movie. the psychodynamic approach made famous by Qualitative research is a means for Sigmund Freud, focused on unhealthy exploring and understanding the meaning individuals that exhibited disturbed behavior; individuals or groups ascribe to a social or whereas the humanistic approach focuses on human problem. The process of research healthy, motivated people and tries to involves emerging questions and procedures, determine how they define the self while data typically collected in the participant’s maximizing their potential. setting, data analysis in deductively building from particulars to general themes, and the 2.4 Previous Study researcher making interpretations of the To prove the originally of this study, the meaning of the data. The final written report writer presents the previous study can be seen has a flexible structure. Those who engage in from Dwi Susilowati (2010) entitled ” THE this form of inquiry support a way of looking at ELEMENTS OF AMERICAN research that honors an inductive style, a focus INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM IN THE on individual meaning, and the importance of NOVEL OF THE PELICAN BRIEF BY JOHN rendering the complexity of a situation GRISHAM in Dipenogoro University. She (Creswell, 2009:4). discussed about the element of American Based on explanation above, the investigative Journalism and the source of the qualitative research does not use numeric or data for her research are taken from the novel calculation data and this research describes of Pelican Brief rather than the film. The systematically, factual and accurate about the method of collecting data in her research is facts and causal relationships phenomenon descriptive qualitative research. The data are in under study. This research uses a script in the the form of quotations from the novel. She does form of words as the writer’s research data. not used any approach to analyze, thus she only 37 3.2 Source of the Data After the data which only relate to the self- According to Creswell (2009: 196) actualization of the Darby Shaw are collected explained that the data source of qualitative from the sources both from printed such as research is words, expressions, and the rest is book or others and non printed material such as additional data such as documents and others. in the form of file or soft copy, they will be The primary data of this research are taken classified into two namely whether the data from dialogues or utterances, explanation or relate to the values of self-actualization of the descriptions which are taken from the script of main character the data relate only to how the film and the film itself namely Pelican Brief Darby Shaw, the main character fulfills her conducted by Pakula in 1993. The dialogues or self-actualization. If the data relate to the utterances in the film which become the data of values of the main character, the data will be this research can be delivered by the main classified into four types namely awareness, characters or supporting characters as long as honesty, freedom or trust.
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