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Stefi Anastasia Prasodjo St. Number THE CHANGES OF ALEX RUSSO’S BEHAVIOR IN WIZARDS OF WAVERLY PLACE MOVIE A Thesis by: Stefi Anastasia Prasodjo St. Number : 11.80.0023 ENGLISH DEPARTMENT FACULTY OF LANGUAGE AND ARTS SOEGIJAPRANATA CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY 2016 THE CHANGES OF ALEX RUSSO’S BEHAVIOR IN WIZARDS OF WAVERLY PLACE MOVIE Stefi Anastasia Prasodjo 11.80.0023 ENGLISH DEPARTMENT FACULTY OF LANGUAGE AND ARTS SOEGIJAPRANATA CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY 2016 i A THESIS ON CHANGES OF ALEX RUSSO’S BEHAVIOR IN WIZARDS OF WAVERLY PLACE MOVIE Stefi Anastasia Prasodjo 11.80.0023 Approved by, Dr. Ekawati Marhaenny Dukut, M. Hum, Dra. July 22nd, 2016 Major Sponsor B. RetangWohangara, SS., M. Hum. July 22nd, 2016 Co-Sponsor ii A Thesis defended in front of the board of Examiners on July 22nd, 2016 and declared acceptable BOARD OF EXAMINERS Chairperson : Dr. Ekawati Marhaenny Dukut, M. Hum, Dra ........................ Secretary : B. RetangWohangara, SS., M. Hum. ........................ Member : Angelika Riyandari, P.hD. ........................ Semarang, July 22nd 2016 Faculty of Language and Arts Soegijapranata Catholic University Dean, Angelika Riyandari, P.hD. NPP : 058.1.1996.201 iii ACKNOWLEDGEMENT I would like to say thanks to all who have supported and helped me doing this thesis. I am very thankful for their support. First, I would like to thank Jesus Christ for His blessing so I can finish this thesis. I have given the best for this thesis. I want to thank my family, my mother and my brother who supported and prayed for me. Special gratitude is given to my sponsors Mrs. Eka and Mr. Retang who gave me suggestions and valued feedback on this research. My gratitude is also for the teachers who have given me knowledge during my study at this Faculty of Language and Arts. Furthermore, I give thank to my 2011 friends and my boyfriend who supported and helped me to find books for this thesis. I really appreciate everyone’s support. iv TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE OF TITLE.................................................................................................... i PAGE OF APPROVAL..........................................................................................ii BOARD OF EXAMINERS...................................................................................iii ACKNOWLEDGEMENT......................................................................................iv TABLE OF CONTENTS........................................................................................v TABLE OF PICTURES.......................................................................................viii ABSTRACT...........................................................................................................xi ABSTRAK........................................................................................................... xii CHAPTER I: INTRODUCTION.......................................................................... 1 1.1 Background of the Study.......................................................................1 1.2 Field of the Study...................................................................................5 1.3 Scope of the Study................................................................................ 5 1.4 ProblemFormulation..............................................................................5 1.5 Objective of the Study...........................................................................5 1.6 Significance of the Study......................................................................5 CHAPTER II: REVIEW OF LITERATURE..........................................................7 CHAPTER III: METHODOLOGY OF THE RESEARCH..................................11 3.1. DATA COLLECTION METHOD.....................................................11 v 3.2. DATA ANALYSIS.............................................................................11 3.3. FILM ANALYSIS..............................................................................12 CHAPTER IV: DATA ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION..........................13 4.1. RECIPROCAL DETERMINISM OF ALEX RUSSO.......................13 4.1.1. HOME..............................................................................................13 a. ENVIRONMENT...................................................................................13 b. PERSON................................................................................................15 c. BEHAVIOR...........................................................................................16 4.1.2. CARRIBEAN ISLAND...................................................................18 a. ENVIRONMENT...................................................................................18 b. PERSON................................................................................................19 c. BEHAVIOR...........................................................................................20 4.2. OBSERVATIONAL LEARNING OF ALEX RUSSO.....................22 4.2.1. ATTENTION...................................................................................23 4.2.2. RETENTION...................................................................................23 4.2.3. REPRODUCTION...........................................................................24 4.2.4. MOTIVATION................................................................................25 CHAPTER V: CONLUSION................................................................................28 BIBLIOGRAPHY..................................................................................................30 vi TABLE OF PICTURES Figure1. Alex’s house........................................................................................14 Figure 2. Alex’s neighborhood condition..........................................................14 Figure 3. Alex & Harper watch movie from car................................................15 Figure 4. Alex using her magical energy...........................................................16 Figure 5. Alex asks her mother’s permission.....................................................17 Figure 6. Alex’s dress is odd..............................................................................17 Figure 7. Carribean Hotel...................................................................................18 Figure 8. Beach in the Carribean Island.............................................................19 Figure 9. Javier flirts with other girl...................................................................20 Figure 10. Alex & her family...............................................................................20 Figure 11. Alex has dinner with her family.......................................................20 Figure 12. Alex requests her mother’s agreement.............................................20 Figure 13. Alex inadvertently using her magical strength.................................21 Figure 14. Theresia does not remember Alex....................................................22 Figure 15. Justin and his father...........................................................................24 Figure 16. Alex requests to Justin about magical skills.....................................23 Figure 17. Alex reads forbidden spell book.......................................................24 Figure 18. Alex & Justin found a cliff in the forest............................................24 vii Figure 19. Alex is using her magical power........................................................25 Figure 20. Alex tries to get the Stone of Dreams................................................25 Figure 21. Alex holds the Stone of Dreams.......................................................26 Figure 20. Alex reverses the spell using the Stone of Dreams...........................26 Figure 21. Alex feels sorry to her mother...........................................................27 viii ABSTRACT Literature is a term to describe written or spoken material. An example of literary works is film. Film is a kind of literary work that explores human imagination using imagery, adventures and experiences shown in real time. The real time element makes film a media to see life in a more interesting way. Film is usually revealed through the characters’ behavior or acts in the movie. Therefore, a psychologist named Albert Bandura has the theory called Social Cognitive. Social Cognitive consists of Reciprocal Determinism and Observational Learning. This research finds out that someone’s personality or human behavior is shown through the major characters of the film.One example is that the main character in the film usually changes her behavior based on certain circumstances. ix ABSTRAK Sastra adalah sebuah istilah yang digunakan untuk menjelaskan bahan tertulis maupun lisan. Salah satu contoh dari karya sastra adalah film. Film adalah sebuah karya sastra yang mengeksplorasi imajinasi manusia dengan menggunakan pencitraan, petualangan, dan pengalaman dalam rangka untuk melihat sisi menarik dari kehidupan. Hal ini biasanya diungkapkan melalui sikap atau perilaku sebuah karakter di film. Oleh karena itu, seorang psikologi yang bernama Albert Banduratelah mempunyai teori yang bernama Kognitif Sosial. Teori Kognitif Sosial terdiri dari Reciprocal Determinism dan Observational Learning/ Dengan menggunakan teori yang dikemukakan oleh Albert Bandura, penelitian ini menemukan bahwa perilaku seseorang atau perilaku manusia ditunjukkan oleh karakter utama di dalam film ini. Salah satu contoh nya adalah bahwa perilaku karakter utama di dalam film ini selalu berubah berdasarkan pada kondisi lingkungan sekitarnya. x.
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