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A MAIN CHARACTER ANALYSIS OF “RALPH” IN WRECK- IT RALPH FILM USING HIERARCHY OF HUMAN NEEDS BY ABRAHAM H. MASLOW A Thesis Submitted to Letter and Humanities Faculty In partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the degree of Strata One By: NURUL HAIFA 1110026000055 ENGLISH LETTERS DEPARTEMENT LETTERS AND HUMANITIES FACULTY STATE ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY SYARIF HIDAYATULLAH JAKARTA 2015 ABSTRACT Nurul Haifa, NIM: 1110026000055, a Main Character Analysis of “Ralph” in Wreck-It Ralph Film Using Hierarchy of Human Needs by Abraham H. Maslow. Thesis: English Letters Department, Letters and Humanities Faculty of Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University, Jakarta 2015. The purpose of this research is to know what the main character needs for his life and how he fulfills his needs based on the theory of Hierarchy of Human Needs. The writer uses qualitative descriptive analysis method to analyze it. The data are collected from the narrative elements in the film. The writer analyzed this film using Hierarchy of Human Needs theory by Abraham H. Maslow. From the analysis of this film, the writer finds that the main character is troubled about himself. There is an unconfident of him so he decided to change his life to be like another man. He thought that being a hero or a winner is something that can make his life perfect. He just wanted to be like Felix, his partner in his work, who always got a prize and loved by the people. Just because he does not confident of himself who works as wrecker or his people say he is a bad guy he has to face a long journey to find what he really needs in his life. He tried to pursuit his esteem needs and actualize himself in order to make his perfection of life. In the middle of his pursuit, he realized that be another man is a bad thing because he lost everything that he already had before. Finally he felt that be a truly him is good and be a bad guy is not bad until he realized that he got the esteem from others. So he decided to serve forever in his job and got a peak his needs, actualize his life in his job. i 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 extent has been accepted for the award of any other degree or diploma of the university or other institute of higher learning, except where due acknowledgement has been made in the text. Jakarta, March 5th 2015 Nurul Haifa iv ACKNOWLEDGEMENT First of all, the writer would like to give appreciation and many thanks to Allah SWT, the lord of the universe and the thereafter. She assures, she cannot do anything without him. God guided us with all of his blessed in our life. Then, peace and blessing is upon to our beloved prophet Muhammad SAW and all of his followers. This paper is presented to English Letters Department of Letters and Humanities faculty UIN of Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta as partial fulfillment of the requirement for strata one degree. The writer would like to express the highest gratitude to her family; her parents and brother and sister who always give spirit every day to makes her strong. Most of all, her dedicated this thesis for all of her beloved family for the support all this time. The writer is very thankful to her advisor Ms. Elve Oktafiyani, M.Hum and Ms. Ida Rosida, M.Hum. for the great patients and contributions on finishing this paper. Thanks for all of the advices that have been given to me, and may Allah SWT bless them and their family. The writer also would like to convey her sincere gratitude particularly to: 1. Prof. Dr. Sukron Kamil, M. Hum., the Dean of Letters and Humanities Faculty. 2. Drs. Saefudin, M.Pd., the Head of English Letters Department. 3. Elve Oktafiyani, M.Hum., the Secretary of English Letters Department. 4. Her Examiners who brought this thesis into perfection Mrs. Inayatul Chusna, M. Hum. and Mrs. Pita Merdeka, M.A. 5. All lecturers of English Letters Department for their encouragement to the writer. v 6. The beloved parents, M. Husin and Marisah for their love, patient, and support. 7. All her beloved friends and Literature classmates at English Letters Department. Her partners who are always struggle together in handling some events in ELD; M. Noval and M. Media Adimurti. Her ‘four half years’ friend who always together in this campus and always give his helps in every time needed, Septian Hega Pratama. KKN SASAREUNGAN. 8. Her second family, all members of PSM UIN Jakarta, especially the “DPH 2014 – 2015” Ardito (thank you to always remind to fix this thesis and your taught about the theory), Lullaby, Cajon, and Shenai thank you for your time to handling all the things so we can work well without forgetting to fix this thesis. All the “DPO”. Laja “The Conductor” thank you to always give spirit. Colica who always ready to share about the theory. Every material song, harmony, humor and laughter are the spirit of the writer when the boredom and fatigue plagued. 9. All her playmates “CH”; Dita, Fia, Nadia, Dewi, Opi, Icut, Meyke, Shika. In the end, the writer realizes the thesis is far from perfection. Therefore, she needs more critics and suggestions from everyone who will contribute her to make this paper better. Jakarta, April 30th April The Writer vi TABLE OF CONTENTS ABSTRACT .................................................................................................... i APPROVAL SHEET ..................................................................................... ii LEGALIZATION ........................................................................................... iii DECLARATION ............................................................................................ iv ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ............................................................................ v TABLE OF CONTENTS .............................................................................. vii CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION ............................................................... 1 A. Background of the Study ............................................................................ 1 B. Focus of Study ............................................................................................. 4 C. The Problem of the Study ........................................................................... 4 D. The Significance of the Study ..................................................................... 4 E. The Methodology of the Study .................................................................... 5 1. Method of the Study .............................................................................. 5 2. The Objective of the Study .................................................................... 5 3. The Technique of Analysis Data ........................................................... 5 4. The Instrument of the Study .................................................................. 5 5. The Unit Analysis .................................................................................. 5 6. Time and Place of the Research ............................................................ 6 CHAPTER II THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK ..................................... 7 A. Previous Research ....................................................................................... 7 vii B. Characterization in the Movie .................................................................... 9 C. Maslow’s Theory of Hierarchy of Needs ................................................... 12 CHAPTER III DATA ANALYSIS .............................................................. 20 A. Character Analysis ...................................................................................... 20 B. The Hierarchy of Needs in Main Character ............................................... 25 CHAPTER IV CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTIONS ........................... 31 A. Conclusions ................................................................................................. 31 B. Suggestions .................................................................................................. 32 BIBLIOGRAPHY .......................................................................................... 34 APPENDICES ................................................................................................. 36 viii CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION A. Background of the Study Today, film not only has an entertainment values, it is also part of the modern life and available in any forms, such as in cinema, television shows, in video cassettes, and laser disc.1 People enjoy all genres of film, for example cartoon or animation film is enjoyed not only by the children but also the adults. So that, there are so many animation studios which have been developed rapidly nowadays. The Walt Disney Company, the biggest American animation studio now is known as Walt Disney Animation Studios, started in 1923 in the rear of a small office occupied by Holly-Vermont Realty in Los Angeles. It was there that Walt Disney, and his brother Roy, produced a series of short live-action/animated films collectively called the ALICE COMEDIES. During the next 14 years, many changes took place at the Disney studio: Mickey Mouse was "born" in 1928, followed by Pluto, Goofy, Donald Duck, and the rest of the Disney gang.2 In 1937, The Walt Disney Studios released its first fully animated feature films. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs pioneered a new form of family entertainment.3 In 1940, Disney released