PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI SUCCESSFUL LIFE OF FORREST GUMP AS THE RESULT OF HIS AND JENNY CURRAN’S DEFENSE MECHANISMS IN ROBERT ZEMECKIS’ FORREST GUMP MOVIE AN UNDERGRADUATE THESIS Presented as Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Sarjana Sastra in English Letters By MARCELIUS TOMY PASKALIS Student Number: 144214089 DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH LETTERS FACULTY OF LETTERS UNIVERSITAS SANATA DHARMA YOGYAKARTA 2018 PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI SUCCESSFUL LIFE OF FORREST GUMP AS THE RESULT OF HIS AND JENNY CURRAN’S DEFENSE MECHANISMS IN ROBERT ZEMECKIS’ FORREST GUMP MOVIE AN UNDERGRADUATE THESIS Presented as Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Sarjana Sastra in English Letters By MARCELIUS TOMY PASKALIS Student Number: 144214089 DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH LETTERS FACULTY OF LETTERS UNIVERSITAS SANATA DHARMA YOGYAKARTA 2018 ii PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI A Sarjana Sastra Undergraduate Thesis SUCCESSFUL LIFE OF FORREST GUMP AS THE RESULT OF HIS AND JENNY CURRAN’S DEFENSE MECHANISMS IN ROBERT ZEMECKIS’ FORREST GUMP MOVIE By MARCELIUS TOMY PASKALIS Student Number: 144214089 Approved by Sri Mulyani Ph.D. September 6, 2018 Advisor Co-Advisor A Sarjana Sastra Undergraduate Thesis iii PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI SUCCESSFUL LIFE OF FORREST GUMP AS THE RESULT OF HIS AND JENNY CURRAN’S DEFENSE MECHANISMS IN ROBERT ZEMECKIS’ FORREST GUMP MOVIE By MARCELIUS TOMY PASKALIS Student Number: 144214089 Defended before the Board of Examiners on September 17, 2018 and Declared Acceptable BOARD OF EXAMINERS Name Signature Chairperson : Sri Mulyani Ph.D ________________ Secretary : Maria Ananta S.S., M.Ed ________________ Member 1 : Dr. Tatang Iskarna, M.Hum ________________ Member 2 : Sri Mulyani Ph.D ________________ Member 3 : Maria Ananta S.S., M.Ed ________________ Yogyakarta, September 28, 2018 Faculty of Letters Sanata Dharma University Dean Dr. Tatang Iskarna, M.Hum iv PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI STATEMENT OF ORIGINALITY I certify that this undergraduate thesis contains no material which has been previously submitted for the award of any other degree at any university, and that, to the best of my knowledge, this undergraduate thesis contains no material previously written by any other person except where due reference is made in the text of the undergraduate thesis Yogyakarta, August 28, 2018 Marcelius Tomy Paskalis v PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI LEMBAR PERNYATAAN PERSETUJUAN PUBLIKASI KARYA ILMIAH UNTUK KEPENTINGAN AKADEMIS Yang bertanda tangan di bawah ini, saya mahasiswa Universitas Sanata Dharma Nama : Marcelius Tomy Paskalis Nomor Mahasiswa : 144214089 Demi pengembangan ilmu pengetahuan, saya memberikan kepada Perpustakan Universitas Sanata Dharma karya ilmiah saya yang berjudul SUCCESSFUL LIFE OF FORREST GUMP AS THE RESULT OF HIS AND JENNY CURRAN’S DEFENSE MECHANISMS IN ROBERT ZEMECKIS’ FORREST GUMP MOVIE beserta perangkat yang diperlukan (bila ada). Dengan demikian saya memberikan kepada Perpustakaan Universitas Sanata Dharma hak untuk menyimpan, mengalihkan dalam bentuk media lain, mengelolanya dalam bentuk pangkalan data, mendistribusikan secara terbatas, dan mempublikasikannya di internet atau media lain untuk kepentingan akademis tanpa perlu meminta ijin kepada saya maupun memberikan royalty kepada saya selama tetap mencantumkan nama saya sebagai penulis. Demikian pernyataan ini saya buat dengan sebenarnya. Dibuat di Yogyakarta Pada tanggal 28 Agustus 2018 Yang menyatakan, Marcelius Tomy Paskalis vi PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI “Doing nothing gives me great pleasure. And believe me, I succeed wonderfully in it.” -Steven Patrick Morrissey- vii PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI FOR MY BELOVED PARENTS, BROTHER and SISTER, And MY BEST FRIENDS in the Hope of a Better Future viii PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS At the very first, I would like to thank God for giving me the chance to complete my thesis, because of His mercy and support, I could finish my thesis and pass my study. Second, I would like to express my gratitude to my advisors Sri Mulyani Ph.D. and Maria Ananta S.S., M.Ed for their guidance and encouragement throughout my undergraduate thesis process. I would also like to give my gratitude to Drs. Hirmawan Wijanarka, M.Hum. for giving me advice and helping me with my thesis format. My appreciation also goes to Dr. Tatang Iskarna, M.Hum. for being my examiner and gave me advice for completing this thesis. Lastly my appreciation goes to all the lecturers and staffs from English Letters Department and Sanata Dharma University that have given me the knowledge and shared experiences. I would also like to give gratitude to my parents for raising me and supporting me, also my brother and sister for supporting me. My gratefulness would also be given to all of my friends especially my closest friends: Theo Augusta Soesanto, Bayu Kusuma, Brandon Benedict Ngandianto Lim, Fazlurrahman Adiputra, Rityasiwi Gita, Aldorio Petra, Daniel Jerry Christian and Kevin Teddy for giving me advice and support for me in my time of needs. Marcelius Tomy Paskalis ix PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI TABLE OF CONTENTS TITLE PAGE ........................................................................................................... ii APPROVAL PAGE ................................................................................................. iii ACCEPTANCE PAGE ............................................................................................ iv STATEMENT OF ORIGINALITY ....................................................................... v LEMBAR PERNYATAAN PERSETUJUAN PUBLIKASI KARYA ILMIAH ...... vi MOTTO PAGE ........................................................................................................ vii DEDICATION PAGE ………………………………………………………..... .... viii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ..................................................................................... ix TABLE OF CONTENTS ......................................................................................... x ABSTRACT .............................................................................................................. xii ABSTRAK ................................................................................................................ xiii CHAPTER I: INTRODUCTION ........................................................................... 1 A. Background of the Study .............................................................................. 1 B. Problem Formulation .................................................................................... 4 C. Objectives of the Study ................................................................................. 4 D. Definition of Terms ....................................................................................... 5 CHAPTER II: REVIEW OF LITERATURE ....................................................... 6 A. Review of Related Studies ............................................................................ 6 B. Review of Related Theories .......................................................................... 12 1. Theory of Character and Characterization .............................................. 12 2. Theory of Psychoanalysis and Defense Mechanism ............................... 15 3. Filmmaking Technique ........................................................................... 18 C. Theoretical Framework ................................................................................. 22 CHAPTER III: METHODOLOGY ....................................................................... 24 A. Object of the Study ....................................................................................... 24 B. Approach of the Study .................................................................................. 24 C. Method of the Study ...................................................................................... 25 CHAPTER IV: ANALYSIS .................................................................................... 26 A. Characteristics of Forrest Gump and Jenny Curran ....................................... 26 1. Characteristics of Forrest Gump .............................................................. 27 2. Characteristics of Jenny Curran ............................................................... 40 B. The Influence of Forrest Gump‘s and Jenny Curran‘s Characteristics Toward Their Defense Mechanisms .............................................................. 46 C. The Influence of Forrest Gump‘s and Jenny Curran‘s Defense Mechanisms toward Forrest Gump until He Become a Successful Person......................... 57 x PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI CHAPTER V: CONCLUSION ............................................................................... 72 REFERENCES ......................................................................................................... 75 APPENDIX ............................................................................................................... 77 xi PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI ABSTRACT PASKALIS, MARCELIUS TOMY. (2018). Successful Life of Forrest Gump as the Result of His and Jenny Curran’s Defense Mechanisms in Robert Zemeckis’ Forrest Gump Movie. Yogyakarta: Department of English Letters, Faculty of Letters, Universitas Sanata Dharma. This research is conducted to analyze the effect of Forrest Gump‘s and Jenny Curran‘s characteristics