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The Effort of Will Salas to Defend Time Reflected in Andrew Niccol's in Time Movie (2011) : an Individual Psychological Approa THE EFFORT OF WILL SALAS TO DEFEND TIME REFLECTED IN ANDREW NICCOL’S IN TIME MOVIE (2011) : AN INDIVIDUAL PSYCHOLOGICAL APPROACH PUBLICATION ARTICLES Submitted as a Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for Getting Bachelor Degree of Education in English Department Written by ENING PERTIWI A320090184 SCHOOL OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION MUHAMMADIYAH UNIVERSITY OF SURAKARTA 2013 UNIVERSITAS MUHAMMADIYAH SURAKARTA FAKULTAS KEGURUAN DAN ILMU PENDIDIKAN Sekretariat: Jl.A.Yani Tromol Pos I, Pabelan, Kartasura, Surakarta 57102 Telp. (0271) 717417, 719483 (Hunting), Fax. (0271) 715448 Website: http//www.ums.ac.id, E-mail: [email protected] Surat Persetujuan Artikel Publikasi Ilmiah Yang bertanda tangan dibawah ini pembimbing skripsi/tugas akhir: Nama : Drs. H. Abdillah Nugroho, M. Hum. NIK : 589 Nama : Nur Hidayat, S.Pd. NIK : 771 Telah membaca dan mencermati naskah artikel publikasi ilmiah, yang merupakan ringkasan skripsi (tugas akhir) dari mahasiswa: Nama : Ening Pertiwi NIM : A 320 090 184 Program Studi : Bahasa Inggris Judul Skripsi : “THE EFFORT OF WILL SALAS TO DEFEND TIME REFLECTED IN ANDREW NICCOL’S IN TIME MOVIE (2011) : AN INDIVIDUAL PSYCHOLOGICAL APPROACH ” Naskah artikel tersebut, layak dan dapat disetujui untuk dipublikasikan. Demikian persetujuan dibuat, semoga dapat dipergunakan seperlunya. Surakarta, Maret 2013 Pembimbing I Pembimbing II Drs. H. Abdillah Nugroho, M. Hum. Nur Hidayat, S.Pd NIK. 589 NIK. 771 THE EFFORT OF WILL SALAS TO DEFEND TIME REFLECTED IN ANDREW NICCOL’S IN TIME MOVIE (2011): AN INDIVIDUAL PSYCHOLOGICAL APPROACH Ening Pertiwi A 320090184 Consultant 1: Drs. H. Abdillah Nugroho, M. Hum. Consultant 2: Nur Hidayat, S.Pd. ABSTRACT ENING PERTIWI. A 320090184. THE EFFORT OF WILL SALAS TO DEFEND TIME REFLECTED IN ANDREW NICCOL’S IN TIME MOVIE (2011): AN INDIVIDUAL PSYCHOLOGICAL APPROACH. RESEARCH PAPER. MUHAMMADIYAH UNIVERSITY OF SURAKARTA. The research proposed to analyze how the effort to defend time reflected in In Time movie 2011 by Individual Psychological Approach. There are two objectives: the first is to analyze the movie in term of structural elements, and the second is to analyze the movie based on the individual Psychological Perspective. This study is a qualitative study, using Andrew Niccol’s In Time movie 2011 as of structural elements, and the secondary data. The primary data source is In Time movie which is directed by Andrew Niccol, and the secondary data are some articles, book of literary and internet related to the subject. The method of collecting data in this research is library research by watching the movie, reading some related books and articles, accessing internet, taking notes of important part, arranging, and drawing conclusion the data. In analyzing the data, the writer employs descriptive analysis. The outcome of the study shows that the movie illustrates the effort to defend time. The time here is used as money. The people work to get time, buy and pay everything use time. And it shows that the rich people will be immortal, the poor people will die. Keywords: Effort, In Time movie, An Individual Psychological Approach A. Introduction 1. Background of the Study Effort is one of the things that give meaning to life. Effort means you care about something that is important to you and you are willing to work for it. In Incremental intelligence effort is what turns on people’s intelligence and allows them to use it to their full advantage. It can foster a more collaborative atmosphere among students because everyone can feel smart by applying their intellectual abilities to the problems they face. (Carol Dwek – Growth Mindsets: 2011). From the explanation above the writer mean effort is something which must be attempted, because it is important to life. For example someone who lives in poverty works hard to get much money, and then he tries to manage it well until his condition change, to be rich person. In Time is a 2011 American dystopian science fiction action film starring Justin Timberlake, Amanda Seyfried, Cillian Murphy, Olivia Wilde, Alex Pettyfer, Johnny Galecki, and Vincent Kartheiser. The film, written, directed and produced by Andrew Niccol, was released on October 28, 2011. In Time movie present a world where time has become the ultimate currency. In a future society, people are genetically modified to stop aging at twenty five and after that a clock is activated with one more year for each citizen. There are some points that make this movie interesting to be analyzed. It is crucial to be conducted due to the pedagogical element of empowerment in In Time. Empowering students are vital factors that will build a better academic atmosphere, because this movie gives the new horizon about effort, life and time. This story is very interesting to analyze. Individual psychology in Will Salas suffering, inferiority felling, and the influence by the meaningful environment around him. The psychology aspect is very interesting to create the literary works. They depict the psychic condition of human being through their literary works. Investigating the effort of Will Salas that can make the reader know important of the time, the present writer will be a teacher later and this project is necessary to be carried out to enlarge, insert more knowledge to her profession as teacher. 2. Literature Review After the writer has looked for the literature review in many libraries especially in Muhammadiyah University of Surakarta and in University in Central Java at least, she has not found the research about In Time movie done by the other researcher. So that the writer cannot compare this research with other research because this is the first study of In Time movie. The writer uses Individual Psychological approach to analyze the data and using In Time movie as an object. The writer analyzes “The Effort of Will Salas to Defend Time Reflected in Andrew Niccol’s In Time Movie (2011) : An Individual Psychological Approach”. 3. Problem Statement Based on the research background above, the problem of the study is how the effort of Will Salas to defend time is reflected in In Time movie (2011) viewed from individual psychological approach. 4. Limitation of the Study The writer will focus on the analysis of the major character of In Time movie (2011) viewed from the aspect of an Individual Psychological Approach by Alfred Adler. 5. Objective of the Study The objectives of this study are to analyze the structural elements in In Time movie and to describe the effort of Will Salas to defend time based on Individual Psychological Approach. 6. Benefit of the Study There are two benefits in this study, they are theoretical and practical benefit. In theoretical benefit, the study is projected to give movie contribution and information to the large body of knowledge particularly in the literary studies. Whereas, in practical benefit, the study is expected to enrich the knowledge and experience of the writer, and other students at UMS, and other Universities who have interested in literary study on the movie from individual psychological approach. 7. Underlying Theory In this study, the writer uses individual psychological theory from Alfred Adler. This part presents the underlying theory which consist of the notion of individual psychology, the basic assumption of individual psychology, notion of effort, aspects of effort, structural elements of the movie, and the theoretical application. a. Notion of Individual Psychology According to Adler as quoted by Ryckman (1985: 95) Individual psychology is science that attempts to understand the experiences and behavior of each person as an organized entity. They believes further that all action one guided by a person’s fundamental attitudes toward lies. Another Adler’s statement (in Hjelle and Ziegler, 1992: 139) is the foremost challenge confronting individual psychology is to prove this unity in each individual: in thinking, feeling, and acting, the so-called conscious and unconscious, in every expression of personality. Adler’s Individual Psychology depicts human being as single, indivisible, self-consistent and unified (Adler in Hjelle and Ziegler, 1992: 139). b. Major Principle of Individual Psychology The basic assumption of individual psychology can be presented less than six general heading: (1) inferiority feeling and compensation, (2) striving for superiority, (3) fictional finalism, (4) style of life, (5) social interest, and (6) creative power. 1) Inferiority Feeling and Compensation Inferiority means feeling week and unskilled in facing the task that needs to be completed (Hall & Lindzey, 1985: 147). It is the shape on individual consciousness toward a condition which is from inability or imperfection feeling. Adler (in Hall & Lindzey, 1970: 163) states that inferiority and unmanliness are equal. The feelings of inferiority arise from a sense of incompletion or imperfection in any sphere are of life. Adler contends that inferiority feeling is not a sign of abnormality. They are the case of all improvement in the human lot. 2) Striving for Superiority Striving for superiority means a condition that forces a man to gain a better life to make him exist in the society (Hall and Lindzey, 1981: 123). It means that a man is motivated to reach the superiority. According to Adler striving for superiority is “innate of a man and his continuous efforts in gaining life which is better than other, that is a man is motivated to reach his superiority with his own wither is right or wrong” (Hall and Lindzey, 1981: 123). 3) Fictional Finalism Fiction is “ideas that have no real existence, yet they influence people as if they really exist (Feist, 1985: 65-66). Final goal may be a fiction that is an ideal, which is impossible to realize, but which is nonetheless a very real motivation to human’s striving and the important explanation of their conduct. It deals with individual goal and life, which is unreal in nature or as a fiction.
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