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AN ANALYSIS OF INFERIORITY FEELING FACED BY OLIVER

TWIST IN ROMAN POLANSKI’S FILM “OLIVER TWIST”

THESIS

BY:

WINAROH ANDANI

07360072

ENGLISH DEPARTMENT

FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION

UNIVERSITY OF MUHAMMADIYAH MALANG

2012

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AN ANALYSIS OF INFERIORITY FEELING FACED BY

OLIVER TWIST IN ROMAN POLANSKI’S FILM

“OLIVER TWIST”

THESIS

This thesis is submitted to meet one of the requirements to achieve

Sarjana Degree in English Education

BY:

WINAROH ANDANI

07360072

ENGLISH DEPARTMENT

FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION

UNIVERSITY OF MUHAMMADIYAH MALANG

OCTOBER 2012

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This thesis written by Winaroh Andani was approved on October 24th, 2012.

By:

Advisor I, Advisor II,

Rina Wahyu Setyaningrum, M. Ed. Dian Inayati, M. Ed.

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

Training and Education of University of Muhammadiyah Malang

and accepted as one of the requirements to achieve

Sarjana Degree in English Education

on October 24th, 2012

Approved by:

Faculty of Teacher Training and Education

University of Muhammadiyah Malang

Dean,

Dr. M. Syaifuddin, M. M

Examiners: Signatures:

1. Dra. Erly wahyuni, M.Si 1. ……………………….

2. Rahmawati Khadijah Maro, S. Pd, M. PEd 2. ……………………….

3. Rina Wahyu Setyaningrum, M. Ed. 3. ……………………….

4. Dian Inayati, M. Ed. 4. ……………………....

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Alhamdulillah, all praise be to Allah SWT, the Merciful and Charitable.

Because of the guidance, blessing and affection, the writer can finish this thesis.

The writer would like to express her deepest gratitude to Rina Wahyuni

Setyaningrum, M. Ed, her first advisor and Dian Inayati, M. Ed, her second advisor,

for their suggestions, valuable guidance and advice during the consultation period,

and their comments and corrections during the completion of this thesis.

The writer’s sincere gratitude and appreciation are also extended to certain

people who really helped her in conducting this thesis. First of all, to her lecturers in

English Department who gave her precious suggestion and guidance in conducting

this thesis. Also to her friends who support her in conducting this thesis, they are

Dana, Mia, Tya, Ciezka, and Bebeb Iman

Finally, a special thank goes to her beloved mother (Umi Rumyati), The

deceased of father (Muhammad Sutrisno), brother (Prasetyo), Mami, all of her best

friends in Amelia Kost (Dewi, Ayufredy, Mia, Mba Mey, Mas Den and Melinda), the

helpful person Kris Subargo P, and her special someone (R.Widho Widhaswara S.E)

and family for their encouragement, love, care, and pray so that the writer can finish

this thesis.

Malang, October 2012

Winaroh Andani

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MOTTO AND DEDICATION

“Take the good thing of every bad thing happens”

“Don’t say that you can, but prove that you can”

By: Andhani

DEDICATION:

I dedicated this thesis to:

My beloved parents, I really want to see both of you happy

My beloved Aii, brother, and big family

And all of my precious friends and best friends

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

APROVAL .................................................................................................... i

LEGALIZATION ......................................................................................... ii

MOTTO & DEDICATION ......................................................................... iii

ABSTRACT .................................................................................................. iv

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS .......................................................................... v

TABLE OF CONTENTS .............................................................................. vi

CHAPTER I: INTRODUCTION

1.1 Background of Study........................................................................... 1

1.2 Statement of Problem .......................................................................... 5

1.3 Purpose of Study ................................................................................. 5

1.4 Significant of Study ............................................................................ 5

1.5 Scope and Limitation .......................................................................... 6

1.6 Definition of Key Terms ..................................................................... 6

CHAPTER II: REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE

2.1 Literature ............................................................................................ 8

2.2 Film .................................................................................................... 9

2.3 The Similarities and Differences between Drama and Film ................. 10

2.4 Film Genre .......................................................................................... 14

2.5 Element of Film ................................................................................. 20

2.6 The Concept of Inferiority Feeling ..................................................... 24

2.7 Previous Studies on Inferiority Feeling .............................................. 30

CHAPTER III: RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

3.1 Research Design.................................................................................. 33

3.2 Approach ............................................................................................ 34

3.3 The Object of Study ............................................................................ 35

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3.4 Data Collection ................................................................................... 35

3.5 Data Analysis ...................................................................................... 36

CHAPTER IV: FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION

4.1 Findings .............................................................................................. 37

4.1.1 The causes of Oliver Twist’s Inferiority Feeling ......................... 37

4.1.1.1 Social Disadvantages ........................................................... 37

4.1.2 The Effects of Oliver Twist’s Inferiority Feeling on His Life...... 42

4.1.2.1 Anxiety Increase ................................................................. 42

4.1.2.2 Insecurity Feeling ............................................................... 44

4.1.3 The Way Oliver Twists Overcome his Inferiority Feeling ........ 45

4.1.3.1 Staying Away from Bad Company ........................................ 45

4.1.3.2 Improving Self..........................................................................46

4.1.3.3 Getting Support from Mr. Brownlow...................................... 46

4.2 Discussion ......................................................................................... 47

4.3 Lessons .............................................................................................. 49

CHAPTER V: CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION

5.1 Conclusion ......................................................................................... 50

5.2 Suggestion ......................................................................................... 51

REFERENCES

APPENDIX

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APPENDIX

OLIVER TWIST SYNOPSIS

“Oliver Twist” is a 2005 British drama film directed by Roman Polanski and

written by Charles Dickens. “Oliver Twist” tell about a young orphan boy who gets

involved with a gang of pickpockets in 19th Century London. Abandoned at an early

age, Oliver Twist (Barney Clark) is forced to live in a workhouse lorded over by the

awful Mr. Bumble, who cheats the boys of their meager rations. Oliver spends the

first nine years of his life in a badly run home for young orphans and then is

transferred to a workhouse for adults. After the other boys bully Oliver into asking for

more gruel at the end of a meal, Mr. Bumble, the parish beadle, offers five pounds to

anyone who will take the boy away from the workhouse. Desperate yet determined,

Oliver makes his escape to the streets of London. Penniless and alone, he is lured into

a world of crime by the sinister Fagin (Ben Kingsley) -- the mastermind of a gang of

pint-sized pickpockets. Oliver's rescue by the kindly Mr. Brownlow is only the

beginning of a series of adventures that lead him to the promise of a better life.

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ROMAN POLANSKI BIOGRAPHY

Roman Polanski (Rajmund Roman Liebling) is a Polish film director,

producer, writer and actor. Born in Paris, France 18 August 1933. Having made films

in Poland, Britain, France and the USA he is considered one of the few "truly

international filmmakers. Roman Polanski's parents returned to Poland from France

in 1936, three years before World War II began: on Germany's invasion in 1939 as a

Jewish family they were all sent to the Krakow ghetto. His parents were then captured

and sent to two different concentration camps, his father to Mauthausen-Gusen in

Austria where he survived the war and his mother to Auschwitz where she was

murdered. He witnessed his father's capture and then, at 7, managed to escape the

ghetto and survive the war at first wandering through the Polish countryside

pretending to be a Roman-Catholic visiting his relatives. Although this saved his life

he was severely mistreated suffering a near fatal beating which left him with a

fractured skull. Local people usually ignored the cinemas where German films were

shown, but Polanski seemed little concerned by the propaganda and often went to the

movies. As the war progressed Poland became increasingly war torn and he lived life

as a tramp, hiding in barns and forests, eating whatever he could steal or find. Still

under 12 years old he encountered some Nazi soldiers who forced him to hold targets

while they shot at them. At the war's end in 1945, he was reunited with his father who

sent him to technical school, but young Polanski seemed to have already chosen

another career. In the 1950s, he took up acting, appearing in Andrzej Wajda's A

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Generation (1955) before studying at the Lodz Film School. His early shorts such as

Dwaj ludzie z szafa (1958), The Fat and the Lean (1961), and Mammals (1962)

showed his taste for black humor and interest in bizarre human relationships. His

feature debut, Knife in the Water (1962), was the first Polish post-war film not

associated with the war theme. Though already a major Polish filmmaker Polanski

chose to leave the country and headed to France. While down-and-out in Paris, he

befriended young scriptwriter, Gérard Brach, who eventually became his long-time

collaborator. The next two films, Repulsion (1965) and Cul-de-sac (1966), made in

England and co-written by Brach, won Silver and then Golden Bear awards at the

Berlin Film Festivals. In 1968, Polanski went to Hollywood, where he made the

psychological thriller Rosemary's Baby (1968). However, after the brutal murder of

his wife Sharon Tate by the infamous Manson gang in 1969, the director decided to

return to Europe. In 1974, he again made a US release: Chinatown (1974). It seemed

the beginning of a promising Hollywood career, but after his conviction for the

statutory rape of a 13-year old girl, Polanski fled from the USA to avoid prison. After

Tess (1979), which was awarded several Oscars and Cesars, his work became

intermittent and rarely approached the caliber of his earlier films. He still likes to act

in the films of other directors, sometimes with interesting results as in A Pure

Formality (1994).

By: Yuri German (blsidt1 AT imf.org) and edited by Steve Somers.

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