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    This document provides an introduction and outline for analyzing the film "The Greatest Showman" and the portrayal of the American Dream. It will examine the characters and their characterization to understand how the American Dream of success through hard work and determination serves as the main motivator for the lead character. The analysis will focus on identifying the characters, their relationships, and how the American Dream ideology shaped the main character's pursuit of his vision. The research will use qualitative methods like descriptive analysis and instrumentation through close viewing of the film. The goal is to understand how literature can convey life lessons and values like the perseverance embodied in the American Dream narrative.

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    THE VALUE OF AMERICAN DREAM AS

    THE MAIN CHARACTER OF LIFE IN THE


    “THE GREATEST SHOWMAN” FILM

    Name : Rifaatul Lailiyah

    Strata One (S1) English Department

    Faculty of Letters

    DARMA PERSADA UNIVERSITY

    JAKARTA

    2017

    1
    TABLE CONTENS
    CHAPTER ONE ~ INTRODUCTION

    A. Background of the Study……………………………………………………………………..…………3

    B. Problem Formulation……………………………………………………………………………………….4

    C. Objectivities of the Studies………………………………………………………………………………4

    D. Benefit of the Research……………………………………………………………………………………4

    E. Method of the Research……………………………………………………………………………………5

    F. Data Analysis……………………………………………………………………………………………….…5

    G. Instrument of the Research………………………………………………………………………………5

    H. The unit of The Analysis…………………………………………………………………………………5

    CHAPTER TWO ~ LITERATURE REVIEW

    Literature Review……………….....................................................................................6

    A. Character
    B. Characterization
    C. Motive and Motivation
    D. Value
    D. The American Dream
    CHAPTER THREE ~ ANALYSIS

    Analysis……………........................................................................................................6

    A. Analysis the Main Character of the film “The Greatest Showman”

    B. Analysis the relation the Main Character with the value American Dream

    CHAPTER FOUR ~ CONCLUSION

    Conclusion …………….................................................................................................6

    Bibliography…………..................................................................................................7

    2
    CHAPTER I

    INTRODUCTION

    A. Background of the Study

    The literature work often describe about the real of life, and it also give many
    lessons like it happen in the real life. There are so many values that can be taken from
    the literature work, likes film, novel, poem, short story, drama, etc. One of them will
    give value and lesson for life with the different way.

    In novel we can read that, then we can find characters, plot plots,
    characterization, themes, point of view and settings. From drama we will find the
    same thing likes novel if we just read the scripts. But when we see the show, it will
    be just like a film, although the analyze still remain about characters, characterization,
    plots, point of view, settings, and themes. From the poem and poetry we can also
    analyze or take the value from reading it, but the poem and poetry need us to do a bit
    deep analyze. It is because they use an unusual language, so we can’t easily find what
    is the meaning.

    According to American Dream Anthropology, or "American dream" , is a


    belief, believed by many in the United States. They believe, through hard work,
    sacrifice, and determination, regardless of social status, one can get a better life.
    This idea is rooted in a belief that the United States is a "city upon a hill", "a
    light unto the nations"), which has value and wealth that has since the arrival of
    European explorers to the next generation. (Febry:2010)
    The theory of American dream above explain that people should struggle to reach
    their dreams. The people should brave to do everything extraordinary. The Greatest
    Showman tell about

    The story of PT Barnum, a visionary who rose from scratch to create a


    mesmerizing spectacle that became a sensation all over the world. The Greatest
    Showman is a movie that has been developed since 2009, featuring a
    contemporary music show, Jackman acted as a showman at the time, with the
    excess of making everyone gullible. Over these advantages tried to make the
    circus Barnum & Bailey, but until now the most popular circus around the
    world.( www.sinopsis.co.id)

    3
    The film show about PT Barnum who never give up to reach his dream, and his
    struggle to make his dream became true with his wife and children and the people
    who has special excessive.

    After all, this paper will focus in analyze the value of American Dream as the
    main character motive in his life in the Greatest Showman film. Greatest Showman is
    taken from real story and full of value of life from American Dream. According to
    the explanation above this will be analyzed by watching the movie, and then find the
    character and characterization to relate with the value of American dream.

    B. Problem Formulation

    1. How the characters and characterization in the film “ The Greatest Showman”?

    2. How value the American Dream used as main character motive of live in the film “ the
    greatest showman”?

    C. Objectivities of the Research

    The study answer about the problem formulation. The study will explain about the characters
    and characterization in the film “The Greatest Showman”. Then from the character and
    characterization will be analyzed about how the value of the American Dream became a
    motive of life for the main character in the “The Greatest Showman”.

    D. Benefit of the research

    For the Writer

    The research for writer give the writer the knowledge about the literature study in specific in
    analyze the film, the knowledge about the character and characterization then about the
    American Dream theory.

    For the Reader

    The research share about the scientist about the literature studies for the reader, that hope can
    use as the useful thing in the real life of the reader

    4
    E. Method of Research

    This research use the qualitative method in conducting. Qualitative which is


    one of method that is used in research, is a research using verbal data and other non
    numeric data as the basic analysis and in solving the problems these are studied.

    F. Data Analysis

    This research use descriptive analysis technique, the writer collects some data
    from many sources as book and websites those related to this research.

    G. Instrument of the Research

    This research use main instrument by watching the film “ The Greatest
    Showman” to understand the scene, except that the writer also collects some related
    data by writing down some dialogs in this film and making some snapshot of the
    scene support this research

    H. The Unit of Analysis

    The unit of Analysis in this research is the film “The Greatest Showman” which is
    directed by Michael Gracey which is released in 2017

    5
    CHAPTER TWO ~ LITERATURE REVIEW

    A. Character
    B. Characterization
    C. Motive and Motivation
    D. Value
    D. The American Dream

    CHAPTER THREE ~ ANALYSIS

    A. Analysis the Main Character of the film “The Greatest Showman”

    B. Analysis the relation the Main Character with the value American Dream

    CHAPTER FOUR ~ CONCLUSION

    This part will make conclusion about the result of the research and make the
    summarize about the answer of formulation and what things that the writer has gotten
    from the research.

    6
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    Literature.Newyork:Oxford University Press.

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    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Greatest_Showman

    https://www.Sinopsis.co.id

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