AN ANALYSIS OF CULTURAL BARRIER FACED BY SCOTT THOMAS AS AMERICAN TRAVELER IN ALEC BERG’S FILM “EUROTRIP”

THESIS

By: YULIANA 08360153

ENGLISH DEPARTMENT FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF MUHAMMADIYAH MALANG NOVEMBER 2012 AN ANALYSIS OF CULTURAL BARRIER FACED BY SCOTT THOMAS AS AMERICAN TRAVELER IN ALEC BERG’S FILM “EUROTRIP”

THESIS

This thesis is submitted to fulfill one of the requirements to achieve Sarjana Degree in English Education

By: YULIANA 08360153

ENGLISH DEPARTMENT FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF MUHAMMADIYAH MALANG NOVEMBER 2012

This thesis written by Yuliana was approved on November 14, 2012.

This thesis was defended in front of the examiners of Faculty of Teacher

Training and Education of University of Muhammadiyah Malang

and as one of the requirements to achieve

Sarjana Degree in English Education

on November 14, 2012

Approved by:

Faculty of Teacher Training and Education

University of Muhammadiyah Malang

M O T T O :

Katakanlah : “ Hai orang-orang yang beriman, jadikanlah sabar dan shalatmu sebagai penolongmu, sesungguhnya Allah beserta orang-orang yang sabar”

(Surat Al-Baqarah:153)

Berangkat dengan penuh keyakinan-Berjalan dengan penuh keikhlasan-Istiqomah dalam mengadapi ujian.

“Yakin,Ikhlas,Istiqomah”

DEDICATION :

This Thesis Dedicated To :

My Beloved Parents

(My Father Miswadi and My Mother Yatiha)

My Beloved Family

(Muhammad Nanang Sujito – Siti Madenang Khaliq-Dian prizka Okta Putra-Febri Dwi Pramana Putra)

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Alhamdulillahirobil’alamin my praise is gratefully only dedicated to Allah SWT. For His Almighty and Merciful guides and blesses, the writer can finish this thesis. Sholawat and Salam are always given to the prophet Muhammad SAW.

The writer realizes that this thesis will never get the success without any help from other people. Therefore, thewriter would like to give sincere gratitude to:

1. Mrs Dr. Sri Hartiningsih, M.M and Mr Drs. Mas’udi, M.Ed as her advisors for their advices, suggestions, guidances, critics, and correction in completing this thesis. 2. The writer’s beloved family, her father Miswadi, mother Yatiha, big brother M.Nanang Sujito, big sister Siti Madenang Chaliq, small brother Dian Friska and Febri. There is no word for you , so many sacrifices you have given to get the writer’s success. Thanks for the pray and support. 3. My beloved friends, Mbak Linda, Rafika Rabba Farah, Ervin Yunita, Bibib, Dik Duk, Yaning, Molly, Widia , Ayu, Dini, Rika, Qiz, Endah, Ulfa , Diah, Desy and Widya thanks for your help, makes laugh together and thank you for being such a nice friends in her life and for all her friends that she cannot mention one by one she love you all and she will never forget you guys. Finally, the writer truly realizes that this thesis still needs constructive critics and suggestions from the readers in order to be perfect and useful for the readers, especially for English Department students.

Malang, 14 November 2012

The Writer,

Yuliana TABLE OF CONTENTS

APPROVAL ...... i LEGALIZATION...... ii MOTTO & DEDICATION...... iii ABSTRACT...... iv ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ...... v TABLE OF CONTENTS ...... vi

CHAPTER I: INTRODUCTION 1.1. Background of the Study ...... 1 1.2. Statement of the Problems ...... 3 1.3. Purposes of the Study ...... 3 1.4. Significance of the Study ...... 4 1.5. Scope and Limitation...... 4 1.6. Definition of Key Terms ...... 4

CHAPTER II: REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE 2.1. Literature ...... 5 2.2. Film...... 6 2.3. The Similarities and Differences between Film and Drama ...... 6 2.3.1. The Similarities between Film and Drama ...... 7 2.3.2. The Differences between Film and Drama ...... 7 2.4. Types of Film ...... 8 2.4.1. Action Adventure Film ...... 8 2.4.2. Comedy Film ...... 8 2.4.3. Horror Film ...... 9 2.4.4. Drama Film ...... 9 2.4.5. Musical Film ...... 9 2.4.6. Romance film ...... 9 2.4.7. War Film ...... 9 2.5. Elements of Film...... 9 2.5.1. Plot ...... 10 2.5.2. Character, Characteristic, and Characterization ...... 11 2.5.3. Conflict ...... 13 2.5.4. Theme ...... 13 2.5.5. Setting ...... 14 2.6. Culture Barrier...... 14 2.6.1. The Definition of Culture Barrier...... 15 2.6.2. Aspects of Culture Barrier...... 15 2.6.3. The Effects of Culture Barrier...... 16 2.6.4. The Overcoming Culture Barrier...... 17

CHAPTER III: RESEARCH METODHOLOGY 3.1. Research Design ...... 19 3.2. Approach ...... 19 3.3. Object of Study ...... 21 3.4. Data Collection ...... 21 3.5. Data Analysis ...... 21

CHAPTER IV: FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION 4.1. Findings ...... 23 4.1.1. Culture Barrier faced by Scott Thomas as American Traveler in Alec Berg’s film “Eurotrip” ...... 24 4.1.2. The Effect of Culture Barrier faced by Scott Thomas as American Traveler In AlecBerg’s film “EuroTrip ...... 27 4.1.3. The Ways Scott Thomas Solved His Culture Barrier ...... 32 4.2. Discussions...... 34 4.3. Lesson ...... 37

CHAPTER V: CONCLUSIONS AND SUGGESTION 5.1. Conclusions ...... 38 5.2. Suggestions ...... 39

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APPENDIX

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APPENDIX 1 SYNOPSIS Scott Thomas just graduated from high school when his girlfriend drops him.

Brokenhearted, he emails Mieke, an Internet pen pal in , Germany, with whom he has been corresponding for years. Scotty always thought that Mieke was a German boy's name. Mieke is flying to America and wants to get together with Scotty. Scotty's friend Cooper convinces him that Mieke wants a boyfriend and Scotty freaks out and emails Mieke never to write again. Scotty discovers that Mieke is a cute girl and even though he has never met her, she may be `The One'. Scotty and Cooper fly to en route to Berlin to meet Mieke. They get together in with their high school twin friends, Jenny and Jamie. They have a wild and wacky trip across going to London, Paris, , Berlin and finally .

By the time Scott figures out that Mieke is a girl-and a hot one at that-Mieke has cut off her email account and all contact with Scott. Thinking that this might be his one chance at true love-even though he’s never actually met the girl-Scotty and his best friends, Cooper and the twins Jenny and Jamie, embark on a raucous trip across

Europe headed for Berlin.

Scott and Cooper travel as couriers to London, where they end up befriending the members of a Manchester United football hooligan firm, led by Mad Maynard

(Vinnie Jones) after accidentally stumbling upon their pub and escaping a fight by claiming to be members of a Manchester United fan club from Ohio. After a wild night of drinking, Scott and Cooper wake up on a double-decker bus on their way to Paris for a Manchester United game, where they eventually meet up with their fraternal twin friends, Jenny and Jamie, who are touring Europe together. They decide to accompany Scott and Cooper to Berlin to find Mieke, and plans to visit other parts of Europe together, since this will be the last summer the four of them will spend together before going off to college. In Amsterdam, Jamie lost his luggage that included his money, passport etc.after that Scott and friends collect their money to be able to go Berlin.

With no choice but to hitchhike to Berlin, they manage to get a truck driver to pull over. However, he does not speak English, and Scott, saying that he speaks some

German, crudely asks the driver if he can take them to Berlin. The driver mentions

Berlin in his reply numerous times, but he is actually saying he is going nowhere near

Berlin, as he is wanted there for assaulting a horse. The group ultimately end up in , where they are horrified by the desolation of Eastern Europe in the aftermath of the Cold War. They talk to a Slovak man named Tibor, who loves 1980s

American pop culture. Deciding to have some fun, the group goes to a nightclub owned by a man named Kristoff , whom Jenny met at the railway station in Paris earlier.

The next day, Tibor finally drives them to Berlin, where Mieke's father informs

Scott and Cooper that his daughter has gone with a tour group for the summer and will only be reachable in Rome for a short time. In order to afford flight tickets to Rome to find Mieke, Jamie sells his precious Leica camera. In Rome, the four friends head to , where Mieke will tour before she leaves. However, the group are unable to get inside the Vatican to follow Mieke, but in the end, they get inside after Jamie manage to convince the Swiss Guards that he is a tour guide. Once inside, Jamie is asked to replace one of the tour guides who called in sick. Meanwhile, Cooper unknowingly rings the bell of Saint Marco and sets a Papal mitre on fire. Throwing it onto the fireplace, it lights up in white smoke over the Vatican, making everyone realize that the pope has died and that a new pope has been elected. Attempting to escape, Scott gets tangled in a golden curtain and ends up stumbles out on the balcony, where he is presumed to be the new pope. Spotting

Mieke, Scott jumps down a banister to meet up with her. Although the Swiss Guards realize what is going on and attempt to stop Scott and Cooper, the football hooligans from London eventually shows up at the Vatican and rescue Scott and Cooper. Scott finally introduces himself to Mieke in person and confesses his love for her. A man whom Jamie took on a tour of the Vatican turns out to be Arthur Frommer, author of the guidebook Jamie has memorized. Frommer hires Jamie to tour every museum and cathedral across Europe. Scott, Cooper, and Jenny board their flight back to Ohio

APPENDIX II

BIOGRAPHY

Alec Berg is an American comedy writer, best known as a writer for the . He also co-wrote the screenplays for the films The Cat in the

Hat, EuroTrip, and The Dictator. In addition, Berg is an executive producer of and directed numerous episodes of 's .

In the Seinfeld episode "The Face Painter", Berg's name is given to an attorney friend of Jerry's who gives Jerry some playoff tickets.

When Jerry fails to thank Berg's character for the tickets, Berg does not offer Jerry tickets for another game that week. In that episode, Jerry jokes that Berg has a great

"John Houseman name", pronouncing it jokingly in a Houseman accent. Alec Berg is a Swedish-American.

In the Season 8 Curb Your Enthusiasm episode "The Divorce," Larry

David fires his divorce attorney Andrew Berg (played by Paul F. Thompkins) after he finds out that Berg is not Jewish, but instead is a Catholic of Swedish heritage. The character was based on Alec Berg.