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This research paper explores the anxiety experienced by Tom Hanks' character, Chuck Noland, in Robert Zemeckis's film 'Cast Away'. an introduction to the study, including the background of the film and the researcher's objectives. It also discusses the limitations and benefits of the study, as well as the research methodology and organization.
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Submitted as a Partial Fulfillment of Requirement for Getting Bachelor Degree of Education in English Department
by: HANIK SULISTIANA A. 320 040 034
A. Background of the Study Literary works consists of many items such as poem, film, novel, drama, songs etc. There are literary review within, and there can be analyzed by using psychoanalytic analysis. One of literary works is film which is consists of dialogues, actors, producers and other film stuff on a wide screen cinema. Cast Away is 143 minutes dramatically and tragic movie published on Friday December 22, 2000. This film directing by Robert Zemeckis and create by four producers such as Jack Rapke, Robert Zemeckis, Steve Starkey and Tom Hanks. Robert Zemeckis is a director almost all of his film got an Amy Award such us: Cast Away is a film; this film tries to put a long monologue dialogue played by Tom Hank. The film describes about Chuck Noland, a Federal Express efficiency supervisor, jets around the world trouble-shooting problems for the company. His life is driven by the clock, and he demands the same of FedEx employees. On Christmas Eve, he’s unexpectedly dispatched on an assignment. Just before leaving, he proposes to his girlfriend, Kelly, and promises her, "I'll be right back". The FedEx plane he hitches a ride on hits a severe storm and is blown hundreds of miles off course. The plane crashes into the Pacific Ocean, and Chuck, the only survivor, drifts to a small deserted island. For the next four years he struggles to survive, using salvaged items 1
The approach which is used to analyze the film is Psychoanalysis because the anxiety is one of the important things in our psychological problem. Psychoanalysis is a general term for approaches to psychoanalysis which attempt to provide a conceptual framework more-or-less independent of clinical practice rather than based on empirical analysis of clinical cases. The psychoanalytic theory focuses on dreams and the effect that the unconscious has on the individual. Sigmund Freud, the best-known figure in all of psychology developed a comprehensive theory in which he said personality consisted of three separate in three parts, id, ego and superego. According to Freud in Hjelle and Ziegler (1992: 102), the anxiety “is one of the important concepts in the theory of psychoanalysis.” It means that anxiety plays an important role in the development of the personality. Anxiety is a feeling experience that makes the individual hurt. The condition is presented by the tension of the internal part of the body. The tension is caused by the internal or external drives. For examples, staying alone, left in the dark, and lost behind someone produce strong anxiety reaction. From the background above, the film makes the researcher interested in Chuck Noland’s (Tom Hank) experience in the way he makes a decision to survive The writer is interested in conducting in this research entitled “ Anxiety of Tom Hank in Robert Zemeckis’s Cast Away movie: A Psychoanalytic Approach”.
B. Literature Review The previous analysis done by Joko Supriyanto’s research paper (2008) entitles “Anxiety of Judge Fawley in Michael Winterbottom’s Jude Movie: A Psychoanalytic Approach” He focused on how the anxiety of the major character reflected in Michael Winterbottom’s Jude Movie, and the result is that the problem of major character cause the conflict of his mental condition. Different from previous study, this research focuses on Anxiety of Tom Hank in Robert Zemeckis’s Cast Away movie: A Psychoanalytic Approach.
C. Problem Statement The main point of the study is: “How is anxiety reflected in Robert Zemeckis’ Cast Away ?”
D. Limitation of the Study The writer wants to limit the study on the major character Chuck Noland (Tom Hank) in the “ Cast Away ” movie based on Psychoanalytic Analysis.
E. Objective of the Study Considering the problem statement above, the objectives of the study in the research are:
In brief, descriptive qualitative research is research employing the method of collecting, describing, classifying and analyzing the data and then drawing conclusion. The data can be sentences, discourse, pictures diary and memorandum. By using the descriptive method, this research is aimed to describe anxiety in Chuck Noland (Tom Hank) in the “ Cast Away ” Movie Directed by Robert Zemeckis based on Psychoanalytic Analysis.
2. Type of the Data and the Data Source The data in this study can be divided into two kinds of data, namely primary and secondary data. Primary data are the main data consisting of dialogue, action and description about the character especially major character of the movie “ Cast Away”. In this case, the secondary data are the data such as: a. Primary Data Source Primary data in this study consist of data collected from the Chuck Noland (Tom Hank) in the “ Cast Away ” Movie and the “ Cast Away ” script. The data are taken from the dialogues, character’s description, plot and all of the statement related to the problems. b. Secondary Data Source Secondary data are collected from other sources related to the research like the dictionary, website, and also the book related to the research.
3. Technique of the Data Collection Data collecting technique in this study is library research. The necessary steps are as follows: a. Watching the film twice or three times. b. Reading the script carefully because there are a lot of pages, about 117 pages. c. Taking notes of the important parts in both primary and secondary data sources. d. Browsing to the internet to get some information article that related to the topic (the director, producer, actors, script, scenario, etc). 4. Technique of the Data Analysis Data analysis in this study consists of two steps: a. Classifying and verifying the data b. Interpreting the data based on psychoanalysis theory conducted by Sigmund Freud.
H. Research Paper Organization In order to make clear research, the research paper is organized by the following paper organization. Chapter I is introduction that consists of background of the study, previous study, problem statement, objective of the study, limitation problem, benefit of the study, and research paper organization. Chapter II is underlying theory that elaborates Notion of Psychoanalysis, Structure of Personality, Anxiety, Structural Elements of a
