Professional Documents
Culture Documents
a Final Project
Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements
for the degree of SarjanaSastra
in English
by
Dina Ratnasari
2250407071
Adam Prasetyo
ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
FACULTY OF LANGUAGES AND ARTS
SEMARANG STATE UNIVERSITY
2014
APPROVAL
PERNYATAAN
Hope for the best, prepare for the
worst.
To
My beloved father, Ari
Susilo and my beloved
mother in heaven, Emy
Pudji Astuti
My Dearest, Naeema
Nashwa Kirana Dinan
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Praised to Allah S.W.T, Lord of the world. Peace and blessing on the
Messenger of Allah, Muhammad SAW the prophet. First and foremost, I wish to
take the opportunity to express my greatest gratitude to Allah SWT, the Merciful
and the Almighty, for the blessing, health, love, luck, strength and inspiration
final project: Rini Susanti Wulandari, S.S, M.Hum., my first advisor also as my
third examiner, and Dr. Januarius Mujiyanto, M.Hum., my second advisor also as
process of accomplishing my study make the work that at first I thought is hard
Margawati, S.S., M.Hum as the first examiner, and all examiners who examined
my final project and gave me encouragement and all lecturers for expanding my
I also would like to express my deepest love and prayer to my parents, Ari
Susilo and Emy Pudji Astuti (Alm.) for their endless love, trust, pray and support
through out my life. My special love goes to my Dearest, Naeema Nashwa as my
Finally, I expect that this final project would be useful for further study.
Every effort has been made to trace the owners of the material used as sources in
this final project. I would like to apologize for any apparent negligence. If noticed,
Dina Ratnasari
ABSTRACT
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LIST OF APPENDICES
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CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION
This current chapter presents an introduction of the study. There are six
subchapters which consist of background of the study as the first subchapter; the
second subchapter is the reasons for choosing the topic, then the statement of
problems, the objectives of the study, significance of the study, and the last
presented as follows.
Everyone should have experienced the most wonderful moment in their life. One
of the most beautiful moments in everyones life is childhood, where at that time
someone can enjoy the beauty of the world without any burdens. Generally, a
child spent his childhood by playing and doing some fun activities, either with
their parents, relatives, playmates, neighbor, and classmates or all people around
them. Being a child is very fun because at that period, love, affection and attention
from both parents and peoples around, entirely devoted to them. All their needs
and wishes will always be granted by parents because every parent will definitely
give the best for their children. Commonly, childhood is identical with the play
and motoric skills will grow well; it also can influence emotional intelligence and
creativity of the child. Moreover, playing will enhance social skill and develop
self-esteem of children. So, let children playing and interacting with society in
But in fact, not all children are lucky of being able to enjoy such a happy
childhood. As we all know, it has been familiar that some cases of child abuse are
increasing day by day. In 1962, Henry Kempe was writing this problem in Journal
damage.
psychological torture that can cause pain, suffering, disability, and even death.
There are four main types of violence against children, that is physical, sexual,
any other elder. Even in school, where children should acquire sense of secure,
there also happen some violence against children which is held by teachers and
other schools friends. Physical abuse may include physical beatings of a childs
body, either by hand or other hard stuffs which cause pain, mild or severe injuries,
and make children suffer from trauma. Besides that, kicking, slapping, pulling ear
or hair, and shaking childrens body rudely as well as the categories of physical
abuse.
Other violence actions that frequently happen everywhere are children
abandonment usually are the parents of the child itself. They ignore their children
in a way do not fulfill childrens life necessities, do not giving love and affection,
do not feed and also give a decent living facilities to their children. In addition,
there are still many children who become beggars, a street singing beggar, a
pitchman and a laborer that was deliberately employed by their parents or certain
group of people because of financial problem. There are so many cases show that
parents of poor families sell their own baby or children just for gaining some
money, so that they are free from economical hardship. Worse yet, the case of
throwing or killing baby/children who are born due to the actions of free sex are
also still increasing. Human trafficking is also a part of the sexual abuse on child.
Usually girls, pre-teen age and teenagers are abducted by persons in crime, and
then they are sold and forced to be sexual workers. In some cases, selling children
and pressures of life is the biggest reason why parents do such inhumane actions.
abuse are most often happened almost in every place and every day. Anger, scorn,
ridicule, insults, and harsh words is a form of verbal abuse and emotional
older children or adults, teachers, and even their schools friends or playmates.
Not only adults who become the offenders of violence action, in some cases,
children also become the actor of violence towards their own playmate or even
schoolmate. Commonly, the violation that is conducted by children to other
consists of three basic types of abuse emotional, verbal, and physical. It includes
such as hitting, kicking, pinching, spitting, tripping or pushing, and verbally such
group on purpose. Bullying can occur during or after school hours. While most
approximately one in ten children have bullied others and as many as 25% of
children in grades four to six have been bullied. A 2004 study published in the
medical Journal of Pediatrics found that about one in seven Canadian chidren
aged 11 to 16 are victims of bullying. Studies have found bullying occurs once
every seven minutes on the playground and once every 25 minutes in the
There are some causing factors of bullying that happen in the society.
also printed mass media, like the internet, television programs, fictional story
books, and newspapers which spread in the community. From some of the media,
television has a big influence on the spread of violence acts toward children
because in the current era of press freedom, television program containing violent
elements are presented in details. Television presents the impression of violence in
the form of movies, news, entertainment and sports like smack down. Those
violent TV programs are consumed widely and freely by all parties, including the
This is such a terrible condition. Childhood which should be fun and free
from any burdens must be gone because of violence acts carried out by various
parties. Right and protection of children seems to have been overlooked, whereas
children are the greatest asset of our nation that really needs huge attention
because they will determine the future of this nation. Parents and adults should
create happiness for the children, supporting, encouraging, directing, and equip
children with moral values and firm religion or strong faith, so that it can form the
the cases of violence are increasingly rising day by day, children grow up in an
environment filled with action and the threat of violence, then what this nation
will be? Of course if we let it happen, it will raise some negative effects that
would damage this nation and the next generation, increasing crime rate and make
This is a social problem which needs serious attention from all of us,
included government, educators, parents, young people, adult and also children.
Based on the explanation above, the writer is interested in conducting a research
There are some reasons why the film CJ7 is chosen as the subject of this analysis.
The story of this film is very interesting and it gives moral values to the viewer
about social condition such as how we should behave and how we should
socialize in our society, especially to the children as the next generation. This
topic of research is very important for parents, educators, government, adult and
children to know, to avoid, and to understand more about the danger of bullying
Children who watch teen or adult movies without parental assistance will
cause the child to behave mimic scenes contained within the film. Bullying that
within the film or other actions in the television programs. This study will try to
determine whether there is a scene in the film, such as bullying really affects
In order to focus on the topic of the research, the writer wants to limit the
(3) What are the effects of bullying to the children psychological development?
After watching the movie closely and concerning the reasons for choosing the
(2) to find out causing factors of bullying that happened in the society,
(3) to determine the effect of bullying contained in the film CJ7 on the
Related to the objectives of the study, there are some expectation to be shared to
the readers. Firstly, the result of the study can be used as a reference for
developing literary studies. It is expected that the result of the study will facilitate
the readers in understanding the moral and social values of the movie, also give
For the English department students, the writer hopes that they will
increase their knowledge about literature and its works and also can use this final
project as a reference. Then, the study is also aimed to give additional knowledge
in analyzing a movie from psychological point of view. Through this final project,
the writer hopes that the readers would increase their knowledge about bullying
report, readers can manage and anticipate themselves from bullying and can face
adeucation, so that children can beome the next generation that have good moral.
Finally, the writer also hopes that this movie could be one of
supplementary literary subject since the significant moral values conveyed by this
movie.
To arrange the final project report systematically, the writer divided this final
which consists of background of the study, reason for choosing the topic,
statement of the problem, objectives of the study, and outline of the study.
underlying the writing of the study. This chapter discusses film which contains the
definition of film, history of film, genres of film, also discuss about bullying
which contains the theories of bullying, types of bullying, and the effects of
literature and children psychology dealing with the effects of bullying towards
Chapter III presents the method of investigation. It deals with the object of
the study, types of data, role of the researcher, procedure of data collection, and
overall analysis leading the readers to the findings answering the statement of the
problems.
The second chapter presents the theories underlying the topic of the study. This
chapter consists of three subchapters; they are review of previous study which has
similar topic or related topic with this study, review of related theories, and
theoretical framework.
There are two previous studies that deal with this study. The first is Ratna (2008)
who did research entitled Mothers over Rearing as a Form of Child Abuse as
Reflected in Dave Pelzers a Child Called It. Her research focused on the child
research, which emphasizes about mothers over rearing as a form of child abuse,
literature especially novel as the approach. However, this research had aimed at
investigating the types of abuse that a mother did towards her own son as reflected
in the novel A Child Called It. It also provided the limitation of punishment in
rearing that a mother should pay attention to. In addition, the significance of this
study is to share information to the readers and the next researcher about child
abuse which can happen everywhere, even in a family conducted by his/her own
mother.
The other study which has similar topic is conducted by Delvi Andri
Febrian. In 2011, he wrote his final project entitled Children Mischief as a Result
the story, and to discuss the effects of indulgent parenting that are reflected on the
main characters psychological development. The result of his study shows that
indulgent parents in the short story Charles gave the children more negative
This study aims to complete the studies which had been conducted or
written previously. The two previous studies conducted by Ratna and Delvi Andri
Febrian tend to focus on the child abuse and child mischief which is conducted by
parents in the family scope. Unlike those aforementioned studies which highlight
the child abuse conducted by parents, in this investigation the writer discuss about
children in the school environment, called bullying. This study is aimed to give
bullying, and the negative effects that may appeared. By reading this study,
2.2.1 Film
People prefer watching film to reading drama or poetry to satisfy their needs in
entertainment. Films give more fun and make it easier to enjoy. Photography, film
editing, camera movement, special effects and other elements are added to the
film to create an art form that is more complex than any other literatures. These
elements make film becomes a complete-art in its part as an art and function in
life.
In this recent time many films are based on narrative story that develops
This form of literary work is considered as the easiest media to convey ones idea
or moral value to the audience. Film is one of literary work such as poetry, prose,
and drama. In a movie, we can find many messages which have moral values
1995:434)..
A movie reflects the things that are useful to peoples life and portrays a
clear description about the situation or event that are often made into a film are
related to culture, social events, political issues, personal life, and so on. A movie
Based on definition above, a film has a goal to make the viewers more
understand and catch the meaning of the story in enjoyable a literary work.
When we talked about film, we can not be free from the genre of film. There are
some genres in making movie. Here are the kinds of main film genres.
Some people like to watch a documentary film that usually present factual
According to Bordwell and Thompson (1997: 44) there are two types of
documentary film. They are: (1) Compilation film; produce assembling images
documenter film deals with facts and seek to provide the spectator with
about scientific discoveries they needed. This kind of movie is very useful to its
fictional film.
Based on Dave Monahan (2010:78) in his book An Introduction to Film,
fictional film or usually called as narrative film is a film that tells a fictional orr
and characters help to convince the audience that the unfolding fiction is real.
recognize adventure film as action film because it has many similarities inside.
Adventure films could be searches or expeditions for lost continents, "jungle" and
"desert" epics, treasure hunts, disaster films. (2) Comedy Films, which are light-
hearted plots designed to amuse and provoke laughter. Comedy films often
present funny story which can make the viewer laughs. (3) Drama Films, which
the content of the film. Dramatic films are probably the largest film genre, with
many subsets. (4) Historical Films, or usually called epics film include costume
dramas and historical story. Epics take an historical or imagined event, mythic,
legendary, or heroic figure, and add an extravagant setting and lavish costumes.
From the brief explanation above, fictional film can be said as a film that is
made based on real occurrences. The fictional film carry the understanding that
the filmmaker has the freedom to create story lines and alter historical facts as
h/she sees fit. This freedom allows the director to shape the movie and perfect the
story.
There is close correlation between movie and literary works. In this era, there are
many movies are produced based on drama, novel, myth and etc. Conversely,
movie also influences the development of literary work. Some authors create their
work based on the movie which they had ever seen. Therefore, the existence
between movie and other literary works can not be separated from each other.
has close relation to the traditional approaches that is textual studies. Klarer
(1998:57) states that in spite of their differing forms and media, drama and movie
are often categorized under the heading performing arts because they use actors as
their means of expression. Both movie and literary work depend on their
Introduction by Bordwell & Thompson, there are three essential elements of film
theme. It is like what Pickering and Hooper (1981:61) defined theme as the
central idea or statement about life that unifies and controls the total work. Theme
is not the issue, problem, or subject with which the work deals, but its the
comment or statement the author makes about the subject as it necessary and
inevitably emerges from the interplay of the various elements of the works.
In the other hand, theme in literary work of fiction can be discovered by
making an analysis and interpretation towards the elements and its every word of
the work. Besides that, we can say that theme of a story in making film will be
revealed through the elements such as plot, characters, setting, atmosphere, style,
and tone.
While, the theme of CJ movie in this research is about bullying, because of
the bullying culture that occurs in the film, the main character who become both
doer and victim of bullying can portrays such social problem through their acting
explicitly.
(2) Plot
The second element that becomes an essential thing to make a good film is
determining the plot. The word plot is in fact a technical term to say about a series
other hand, the story of the film has been structured that every single word from
the opening scene to the concluding is tied artistically skeleton called plot.
While, the classic plot structure usually divided into three parts, they are:
(a) the beginning, in this part, we are given with some information about
characters, places where they live, situations, and so on. It also introduces some
short of conflict or potential conflict, (b) the middle, it involves the conflict which
is developing and complicating. The conflict reaches its climax when the
complication attains its highest point of intensity, (c) the end, the conflict resides
in the film CJ7, there are some situations where the characters have some conflicts
in the part of the story. This film has the middle plot and the end plot, it reveals
where the main characters changing his life because his conflict in the middle and
the end plot. His social problem influences his behavior, it emerges in the middle
of the plot and the climax of the film is in the end of the plot.
(3) Characterization
The last point which becomes essential element in making a film is determining
flat and round characters. A flat character is someone who has only one
of varying from that characteristic. While a round character is many facts and is
capable of change.
In the film CJ7, the main character that is Dicky, a poor boy who is always
bullied by his rich schoolmate, has a round character. His changing behavior
which is caused by social strata, from a nice poor boy becomes a rough-ambitious
conclusions related to the movie of CJ7. First, the genre of this movie is Children
behavior, fantasy, childrens power, intimidation, and parents role. Moreover, this
movie also involves two dimensional aspects, good-boy battling bad-boy. Second,
this movie was produced by Sony Pictures Classic and released on March 14,
2008. The last, in relation with the element of a film, CJ7 presented wonderful
sound effect from the beginning until the end of the film. For example, the sound
effects which revealed when the battle of the good-boy and bad-boy began and the
As we all know that recently there is a social problem that occurs in the society.
adulthood. Almost everyone in this world have experienced it, either as a doer,
bullying.
experience it. Bullying can happen to anyone at any age and anywhere
bullying since it relates to both a wide range behavior that may constitute
However, the most common definitions in use were adopted by Roland (1989) and
an individual who can not defend himself or herself (p. 21). In line with this
Olweus also defines bullying, but more carefully and restrictive, as repeated,
inside a room, saying nasty and unpleasant things, and teasing (p. 413).
picked on over and over again by an individual or group with more power, either
imbalances in physical and psychological strength between bully and the victim
that we generally speak of bullying when one or more persons repeatedly and
over a period of time say or do painful and unpleasant things to someone who
has problems defending himself or herself (p.7). To address the terms painful
and unpleasant experience, Olweus and Solberg refer them as direct bullying
and indirect bullying. They argue that the pain and unpleasantness may be due to
problem that occurs in the society, especially in children daily life, so we have to
pay attention more to this case in order to avoid and safe children from the
attention among researchers, the media, school authorities, and parents who are
worldwide problem that can have negative consequences for the general school
climate and for the rights of students to learn in a safe environment without fear.
Until recently, most bullying researchers have been merely concerned with school
bullying although other contexts of bullying have also been widely researched.
The reason for this is that during school age bullying becomes a common and
bullying happens during elementary school and slightly less during middle school
Many studies have been carried out related to the phenomenon of bullying
in school. Olweus, the first Scandinavian researcher concerned with the issue,
conducted his systematic study in Norwegian and Swedish schools and found that
bullying, and between 5% and 15% of students in various grades reported being
bullied (Moon, et. al 2008, p.3) or approximately one in seven pupils are
(Olweus, 1993, p.13). Other studies concerning school and bullying also have
Italy, Japan, South Korea, and the United States, and found similar or even higher
percentage of samples who engage in bullying (Moon, et. al 2008; Olweus and
of the formal research on bullying in school has taken place in those mentioned
countries, the problems associated with bullying have been noticed and discussed
stealing that are initiated by one or more students against a victim. In addition to
socially isolated through intentional exclusion (Olweus and Solberg, 1998, p.7).
Whether the bullying is direct or indirect, the key component of bullying is that
ongoing pattern of harassment and abuse (Rigby, 2001, p. 26). To let bullying in
schools continue without any intervention will most probably escalate the
phenomenon to school violence and create a serious risk to students' academic life
child and that there are no shortages of excuses. Other reasons children are bullied
adds to the list of reasons as to why children are targeted and these are: the child
who is new in the particular environment; the child who is the youngest in the
school; the individual who has been traumatized; the individual who is
submissive; the child who is unwilling to fight; the one who is shy, reserved or
sensitive; the child who is fat or thin, short or tall, wear glasses, has black skin
and other physical conditions. These are just many examples of the reasons why a
child is bullied. There are many others, and as was mentioned earlier, nobody is
destructive it is. Garret (2003:70) mentions that in some cases children do not
survive the effects of bullying. In most situations, victims do survive, but carry
effects. Children who are bullied usually suffer physical and psychological harm,
such as wounded, high level of stress and anxiety, losing or failing to develop self-
adults, willing to revenge, and the extreme, ultimate response is attempted suicide.
development.
2.2.3 Psychology
The third subchapter of the second chapter is talking about psychology. Each topic
has differences one another whether viewed by its definition. The elaboration of
each topic of the third subchapter will be presented as the following description.
study of mans invisible world and nothing else. The relation to behaviour could
be studied, and the relation to the brain activity is either, but subjects itself, should
be the study of the mind or soul. They are subjects involving how to alter
1992: 701), psychology is the scientific study of the human mind and reasons for
peoples behaviour, kinds of mind that people have, which make them think or
behave in a particular way. Davidov (1976:2) also stated that psychology is the
evolution of the species and the growth of the individual in learning and problem
the mechanism of human activities and adaptation, so that a man might improve
himself.
philosophy devoted to the study of mind. The mind itself includes consciousness,
In analyzing this final project, the writer uses some theories related to the topic in
order to answer the statement of problems as stated in the previous chapter. One
psychology enters the area of literary criticism through four ways: (1) discussion
about the process of literature creation, (2) psychological analysis of the author
applicable to the analysis of characters behavior in literary works, and (4) the
Psychology was firstly believed as the clinical theories, now might come to the
angles. Fellman (as cited by Green, 1996) explains that we normally tend to see
Warren (1977:90) states that sometimes the novelist can teach us more about
human nature and the psychologist with all of his imagination stated in words.
From the explanation about psychology in literature above, it can help the
writer in determining and analyzing the topic which involves some psychological
point of view in understanding the related problem occurs in the literary work,
which is film.
the findings and discussion related to the topic. Moreover, the writer focuses on
psychology of children since the topic is aimed to discuss about the effect of
According to Chapman and Chambell (1997: 19), they point out that
Children often do wonderful and delightful things. They perform acts bravely,
kindly, honestly, and respectfully. While, other researcher, Marrison (1988: 25)
a) Angry d) Happy
b) Fearful e) Curious
c) Jealous f) Selfish
Marrison (1988: 68) also stated the self concept of children is built by the
follows: (a) Easy Children, They tend to have positive response of every new
situation and they are predictable. While (b) Uneasy Children, tend to have
negative response of every new situation and they are unpredictable. These
In addition, Narramore stated that there are several reasons why children
misbehave (1980: 60-138), the first one is because children receive less affection.
Children lacking for affection will feel lonely, worried, unimportant and isolated.
These negative feelings can make children do unpleasant acts, which can hurt
themselves and other people as well. The second reason why children misbehave
is usually they are overconfident. In this case, children may become aggressive
and they think that all their demand should be fulfilled, to compensate for their
weakness and unpretending. Feeling over confident will always cause children to
show-off their ability and underestimate other people especially their peers.
Another reason that leads children misbehave is because they feel bored. Children
who feel tired or have lost interest in their routine activities are able to misbehave
to compensate for their boredom. Furthermore, sometimes they do not realize the
consequences. Besides that, when children in a situation that are discomfort and
unsafe, they usually misbehave. They feel disappointed and threatened because of
their discomfort and unsafe feeling. They will be able to hurt others for what they
feel wrong.
From the explanation above, we can see that children have many different
behaviour. Children tend to have positive and negative responses in any situation.
They are sometimes unpredictable and able to act bad behaviour because of their
misbehave. In this movie entitled CJ7, the main character Johnny was a superior
boy in the school environment, but he cannot control his power in a good way, so
he becomes rude and abuse his power by doing bullying to his inferior
schoolmate, that is Dicky. Being over confident will always cause children to
show off their ability and underestimate other people. It showed that Johnny was
overconfident because he feels that he has high status as a rich boy in his school,
literature represent life, and life is in large measure, a social reality, even though
the natural world and the inner or subjective world of the individual have also
of this study is that there is no central truth because circumstances and time,
which are changeable and sometimes arbitrary, govern the world of the intellect
(Edgar V. Roberts, 2003: 275). This analysis leads to a statement that there is no
one correct interpretation about a work but only interpretations, and every
This analysis deals with interpreting a social problem that occurs in a story
of the movie from psychological point of view. This analysis is about to discuss
the effects of bullying culture that are reflected on the main characters
applied to compile the data. Also, in order to focus on the related topic, the theory
from Olweus and Solberg are used in the view of classifying and analyzing the
problems which is about bullying, its causing factor, and the effects that brought
To get a glance explanation about the topic of this final project along with
the theories that are used, let us see the following chart.
Film Olweus and
Solbergs
Theory
Psychology of
children Bullying Culture Bullying
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
The third chapter deals with method of study which consists of several
subchapters. The first subchapter is the object of the study; it covers the synopsis
of the movie, the second subchapter is the roles of researcher, the third is the type
of the data, the fourth is the procedure of collecting the data, and the last
The object of this study is a motion picture entitled CJ7. This movie was
Chow and released by Sony Pictures Classics in March 14, 2008. The duration of
3.1.1 Synopsis
lives in a half-demolished house with his son, Dicky. Chow is eager to save up
money to support the education of his son in elite private school. He wants to
ensure that his son future will be better and brighter than his own life. However,
because of his poverty, appearance, and his stupidity. He always tries to follow the
values imparted by his father that though they are poor, they do not lie, fight, or
take what isnt theirs. Mr. Chow can barely afford food on the table, let alone
luxuries like electric fan or shoes, but one day his son wanted a sophisticating toy
One day, while at a department store watching television, Dicky begs his
father to buy him a popular robotic toy. Not being able to afford one, Mr. Chow
goes to the junkyard, a place where he usually picks up clothes and other home
appliances for Dicky, and brings home a strange green rubbery ball. He tells
Dicky that it is a new toy better than the robot they saw earlier. Dicky is hesitant
at first, but agrees to keep it. A night later, it turns into a cute cuddly alien that
befriends Dicky. After playing, Dicky falls asleep and dreams the alien, whom he
names CJ7, will help him beat up bullies, get the 100 score on his exam and get
the high grades on physical exercise. The next morning, Dicky decided to bring
CJ7 to school but it turns out his dream was only a dream; he ends up receiving a
zero on his exam, getting humiliated at physical education, and being bullied with
other students just as usual. Feeling disappointed, Dicky tries to throw away the
alien, but when he comes back home, CJ7 has been home first before him. Over
the next day, because of CJ7, Dicky finds new friends at school. It also heals his
father who almost died because an accident in the construction building, the place
where he works. After all its power has used up, CJ7 turns back into an ordinary
green ball and disappear to the space. Dicky was extremely sad because CJ7 has
been gone, but on the other side he was very happy because his father still alive.
Finally, in tears of joy, Dicky promises to his father that he will never give up in
school or in life
In order to complete this final project the writer collected the data about the film
from the movie in the form of Vision Compact Disk (VCD), from the script of the
After getting the data, the writer analyzed them then takes the essence of the data.
The writer makes some group from the several data based on the classification.
The writer also reduces the data that the writer gets from the sources in order to
The data used in this study were divided into two types: primary data and
supporting references. The primary data were gained from the object of the study;
a film entitled CJ7 which is directed by Stephen Chow. The data were in the form
of scenes, acts, dialogue and visualizations used among the characters. The
supporting references were taken from those related books, journals and articles
gained from library and internet. Both primary data and supporting references
were used for helping the writer in analyzing the data to answer the problems of
study.
primary source. It was source from which the main data were taken. The object of
the study was CJ7 movie. The second source was called secondary source. It was
the source from which the supporting data were taken. They involved the theory
of bullying, theory of psychology and movie script. Those data were taken from
books, dictionaries and websites. The writer takes some steps in collecting and
analyzing the data, they are, reading and watching, identifying, inventorying,
The very basic step in analyzing a movie is reading and watching. The writer does
not only read the script but also watch the movie. The writer has to find out every
side of it as well as understand the whole content clearly. The process of watching
here functions to synchronize the original dialogue in the script with the dialogue
spoken by the characters in the movie. Even the writer has to read and watch the
movie several times to get deeper ideas which are related to the topic.
3.4.2 Identifying
Here the word identifying means the activity of separating between data and non-
activity was to enable me to review the datum for the inventorying process.
3.4.3 Inventorying
Inventorying means to list all the identified data and put them in a table. The table
Table 3.1
3.4.4 Classifying
It means that if each datum has answered of all the statements of problems
classifying is not required. On the contrary, if each datum has not answered all the
statement problems, classifying is required. It means that the inventoried data are
divided into some classifications. This step notes what is so called by classified
data or supposed data. The table of classifying step would be like this.
Table 3.2
3.4.5 Selecting
This step is selecting the classified data by reducing them into several samples. It
can be random sampling or other techniques. The using of the techniques depends
on the data. They must be simplified in order to carry through this study to
analyze. Only relevant data are used to answer the problems. Then, the relevant
data are being emphasized in order to facilitate the study to determine the
indicator.
3.4.6 Reporting
After selecting, the data are then reported in the appendices. The appendices will
help the readers to find out the overall data analysis easily.
In this step, the writer used the descriptive method. This method was to reveal the
on the explanation above. The writer did not only report the analysis of the movie
story inside but also showed theories related to the analysis of the movie.
using several steps. The first is exposing the data; they were exposed to reveal the
hidden meaning of the context. The second step was using psychological
approach. It means that the data were analyzed by using the reference or the
theory. Finally, the writer made a conclusion. The answers for the statements of
In this chapter, the study focuses on the analysis of the data. This chapter consists
of three subchapters which become the main answers of the problem statements
stated on the previous chapter. The first is about bullying culture happened in the
movie. The second is the causing factor of bullying, and the last is the effect of
follows.
Film CJ7 which is directed by Stephen Chow contains the bullying culture
through the characters of the film and their interpersonal relationship, which are
directly and indirectly by some of the characters. The direct and indirect bullying
in the film is expressed in the forms of verbal and physical actions. Below are the
In the film, bullying phenomenon is done directly. The direct bullying is done
The verbal bullying is reflected in the most of scenes. It is done by the characters
relationship between a person and other in the same level, such as the relationship
The dialog indicates that the direct, verbal bullying occurs when the
his classmates. Dicky sees Johnny showing off his new toy during break hour.
Johnny feels disturbed by Dickys presence. He then pushes Dicky away while
saying Back off, loser!. Johnnys action can be considered as verbal bullying
is referred to the inferior people in the contexts of economy, status, etc. When
Johnny calls Dicky loser, Johnny humiliates and hurts Dickys feeling. This
behavior can be considered as verbal bullying done by the students in the school.
The verbal bullying also happens in the horizontal relationship between
Johnny and his classmates. Johnny commits verbal bullying by sneering his
The dialog occurs in the cafeteria when Johnny is showing off his new,
expensive toy, then suddenly he sees one of his classmates who have imperfect
ridiculed. As shown in the dialog, Johnny humiliates his little classmate with harsh
words, saying that No matter how much you eat,you are doomed to be a dwarf,
which means a sarcasm that little boy will always be little in size regardless the
amount of his food. Such expression should not be uttered because it is able to
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The dialog also happens in the cafeteria. In the break hour, Johnny and his
three followers pass by around Maggie, a girl who has abnormally huge body.
Without reasons, Johnny humiliates Maggie with harsh, painful words. It shows
as alien and a huge tub of lard by Johnny. Johnnys utterance Maybe you
should go see the doctor indicates that such person like Maggie is sick and she
must meet a doctor. Such abnormal person does not belong to the normal
community, being a monster so that she must be exiled. Moreover, in that scene
reflected in his sentence Someone call the police to shoot this monster!. A
person who owns abnormally huge body must be shot down and banished from the
society. In fact, a persons posture is his rights and cannot be ridiculed. Johnnys
down line relationship), for example, when Mr. P.E., the sport teacher, bullies
Dicky.
The dialog above shows that verbal bullying done in the form of sneering
by Mr. P.E. towards Dicky due to Dickys low intellect. Dicky is not smart in all
subjects. Dickys low intellect becomes Mr. P.Es object to ridicule him. The
teacher uses harsh words such as poor, dirty, and wicked, which indicate
that Dicky is poor, having low intellect, and does not deserve to study in the
2) Physical Bullying
Direct bullying, besides in the form of verbal bullying, may also be in the form of
physical bullying. In the film, the physical bullying is shown by hitting and
(1) Hitting
The example of physical bullying by hitting that occurs in CJ7 movie is revealed
During break hour, the students spend their time in the cafeteria for lunch.
Johnny enters the cafeteria and sees one of his friends who is having lunch. He
suddenly approaches him, humiliates with loud voices and then hit his head using
his fist. Johnnys action belongs to physical bullying because such violence is
intentionally done to hurt the victim. The victim has abnormally little body so he
receives such bad treatment from Johnny. Being helpless, the victim escapes by
following dialog shows how offensive actions are done to bully someone.
and the gang. Johnny is curious about the content of Dickys bag. Yet, Dicky
refuses to let him know and keeps walking. As the result, Johnny and his gang go
after Dicky and try to take his bag by force. Such action consists of physical
contact, that is, how the students pull Dickys hands violently. Johnny attacks
Dicky because he wants Dickys toy, CJ7. CJ7 is a unique animal from the outer
space which has super power, superior to Johnnys CJ1. Jonnys violent action
shows that he disturbs Dickys rights and freedom. Such violent action belongs to
physical bullying.
Besides direct bullying, indirect bullying can also be found in the film, by making
victim.
The indirect bullying done by discriminating the victim in the film is reflected in
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The dialog happens when Dicky tries to defend Maggie who is being
victim of bullying. But Dickys effort means nothing to Johnny. It does not make
Johnny stop to commit bullying. Due to his arrogance, Johnny tries to isolate
Dicky. His action is based on Dickys social status as the poor boy. It is reflected
in his utterance Go away, poor boy! We dont want you around!. Johnnys
utterance shows that he does not want Dicky around and tries to isolate him from
film CJ7 directed by Stephen Chow. The repeated, violent actions are done in the
forms of direct bullying and indirect bullying. The examples of direct bullying are
verbal abuses, such as humiliating, ridiculing and sneering with harsh, painful
words. Besides that, direct bullying can also be in the form of physical bullying,
such as hitting and offence. Bullying can also be indirect, such as discriminating
and isolating the victim to make him suffer. In film CJ7, many acts of bullying
both directly and indirectly are done in the school, involving the students as the
follows.
The first factor leading to bullying is social standing. The social standing can be
tends to be placed on a special and privileged status. Such status may encourage
In film CJ7, the portrait of high social status by wealth is reflected on the
character named Johnny, the rich boy. He owns a super sophisticated robot toy
which symbolizes his existence in the school environment where someone who
owns such toys will be acknowledged by the society as rich folks. Conversely, the
children who cannot afford to buy such expensive toys are ignored,
environment.
classmates are in the cafeteria. Dicky who is walking in front of Johnny is blocked
by him. Johnny gets in Dickys way when Dicky wants to go someplace. Johnny
forbids Dicky to go further and says back off, loser!. Calling Dicky as a loser in
the film CJ7 indicates that Johnny, the antagonist, considers himself superior to
others. Such superior feeling is originated from the high social statuses which are
owned by him.
Losers represent the poor, that is, the people who are in the lower level of a
Johnny thinks he is superior so that he has the right to get permission from other
students who attempt to pass by the place where he is sitting. Dicky is hit by his
Besides that, based on the CJ7 movie, the loser is unwanted and tends to be
discriminated by the superior group. It can be seen in the script We dont want
one.
From the phenomena in film CJ7, it can be seen that Stephen Chow, the
director, presents the facts that there is no equality in this world. A person who has
power like the rich boy tends to treat others based on their social backgrounds.
Status becomes symbol of existence so that people will fight for it in the society.
where one will always see the other as an opponent, not a friend or partner
(Bateson, 1987). Such phenomenon can be found in film CJ7 where the rich boy
sees Dicky as an opponent in having the super sophisticated toys. The rich boy
will not let Dicky win, so when Dicky has a new toy, he will feel threatened.
The second factor leading to bullying is the abuse of power (Rigby, 2008).
and the chance for controlling someone in a community. In film CJ7, there is a
relation in school, Johnny has high authority position. The people place Johnny in
the high position because Johnny has a great amount of wealth, so that he is
known as the rich boy. With his power, Johnny tends to behave recklessly
towards others. He is also bossy; he has made his three classmates as his
The dialog happens when Johnny and his three followers are in the school
cafeteria. There they meet their friend named Maggie who has extraordinarily
huge body and is having her lunch. In that scene Johnny is bullying her with
unpleasant and painful words. Then, Johnny commands his followers to attack
Maggie by saying Someone call the police to shoot this monster!. Immediately,
In the scene above it can be seen that Johnny abuses his authority to
control other people, in this case three classmates who become Johnnys followers
to bully other students. Johnny uses his leadership in the wrong way; he uses it to
leading to bullying.
In the film CJ7, Stephen Chow portrays the abuse of power committed by
The piece of dialog above happens when Johnny stops Dicky who is
walking alone through the school yard. Johnny wants to know the content of
Dickys bag. Since Dicky rejects his demand, Johnny tries to take the bag by force
with the help of his followers. Such violent action indicates that the doer (Johnny)
Johnny feels threatened as Dicky has a new toy called CJ7, an alien which
has super power. Johnnys feeling makes him perform violence, that is, taking
others belonging by force. Such act of domination happens when someone who
has authority power mentioned in 4.2.1 abuses his power for committing bullying.
4.2.3 Physical Strength
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The dialog above occurs in the school yard as Johnny and his three
followers stops Dicky who is passing through the yard holding a green ball in his
hand. Johnny is very curious about the thing that Dicky brings. Then Dicky
explains to Johnny about his new toy, named CJ7 which is far more superior to
Johnnys toy, called CJ1. Feeling threatened, Johnny humiliates Dicky by saying
that his CJ7 is a mere junk taken from the dump. Annoyed by that, Dicky prepares
to hit Johnny, but Johnny manages to use his whistle, summoning his big, strong
follower named Storm Dragon. Johnny has a higher authority so he can command
the big fellow to attack Dicky. Immediately, Strom Dragon beats and throws
Dicky, making Dicky drop on the bushes and receives scars. Storm Dragon, who is
physically bigger than Dicky, has a great power and strength but he abuses his
Another case that shows abuse of physical strength in the CJ7 movie is
presented bellow.
The dialog above happens in the cafeteria between Johnny and his
has small body by saying No matter how much you eat, you are doomed to be a
dwarf, while slapping his head. That violence action is conducted by Johnny
towards his schoolmate because Johnny feels that he has physical strength than the
dwarf or little boy. Johnny thinks that the dwarf, who has small body, is weak
harm others. Someone who misuses his physical strength is prone to commit
Film CJ7 depicts how someone who misuses his physical strength has
inclination to commit bullying towards the weak. As the director, the producer, and
also the screenwriter of film CJ7, Stephen Chow presents the factors that motivate
someone to commit bullying namely social standing, abuse of power, and physical
strength. Those factors are indirectly related because if they are misused, then the
act of domination will be easily committed. In the film, the three factors are
exerted by a student towards others so that they become the causes of bullying in
Development
Bullying may incur negative effects on the victims both physically and
psychologically, especially when the victims are children. The effects of bullying
The picture above shows that Dicky becomes the victim of bullying done by his
classmate, the Storm Dragon. The event begins as Dicky and Johnny are playing in
the school yard. Johnny humiliates Dicky by calling Dickys toy is a junk taken
from the dump by his father. Dicky gets angry and tries to beat Johnny. However,
Johnny quickly blows the whistle, calling his huge henchman named the Storm
Dragon to beat Dicky. The Storm Dragon then squeezes Dickys hand and throws
him down to the bushes. Dicky is injured because of that. Such violent bullying
clearly gives negative effect for the victim, Dicky, in the form of injuries on his
body.
Bullying does not only causes physical harm, but also psychological harms such as
stress and anxiety, experiencing feeling of isolation, and willing to revenge (Garret
2003:70). Based on the quotation above, each effects of bullying will be going to
be elaborated as follow.
Bullying may incur stress and anxiety towards the victims. In CJ7, such negative
Figure 4.1. Maggies expression of stress because she had been bullied by Johnny.
The dialog occurs when Johnny and his three followers bully Maggie, the
big girl, with harsh words in the cafeteria. Johnny calls Maggie with words such as
alien, a huge tub of lard, and also monster, which feel so painful for
Maggie feel depressed, expressed by Maggies hysterical crying and rushing away
from the boys. Maggies response is caused by her anxiety and fear of being
The act of bullying may incur discomfort and insecurity on the victims. Because of
such negative states, the victim often feels isolated and marginalized by the
In CJ7, the act bullying inducing the victims feeling of isolation is done by
From the dialog it can be seen that the act of bullying belongs to verbal
does not belong to Johnnys group, the rich and superior. The expression loser
that Johnny uttered also indicates that the called is meant to be isolated. Johnnys
makes Dicky not confident and feels isolated from the society. Dickys inferior
and has super power so that he can be accepted in the school environment which is
mostly filled by the riches. Dickys imagination is a compensation for his feeling
of isolation caused by Johnny. Dicky imagines that he owns super power and thus
But the reality is absolutely different to Dickys imagination. In fact, Dicky has
little space/rights to perform his activities well just like his other friends. It is also
forbidden for Dicky to build relationship with others, such as Fanny, the girl
adored by Johnny and Dicky. Johnny forbids Dicky to interact with Fanny because
he thinks Dicky is just a poor boy and cannot interact with the riches. From the
The next negative effect of bullying is the will for revenge. Such negative feeling
occurs due to a conflict or bullying. In the film, such feeling is reflected in Dicky.
Dicky becomes vengeful on Johnny since he and Maggie have been bullied by
him. When Maggie is being bullied like he was, Dicky stands and fights for her.
The dialog shows how Dickys vengeful feeling occurs when he sees
Maggie being bullied like he was. When his suppressed anger finally bursts out, a
person tends to bully back the person who bullied him before. In CJ7, Dicky is
involved in a fight with his classmates because he is very angry and vengeful
towards Johnny. His expression What are you doing? can be considered as
Dickys vengeance on Johnny. Such action shows that Dicky is tired of being
Dicky can do exactly what Johnny did in him which is saying harsh and painful
words. In this case, Dickys vengeful feeling as the victim of Johnnys bullying is
The last chapter includes two subchapters. They are conclusions and suggestions.
Conclusion of the data analysis is presented in the first subchapter as the summary
of the final project and the second subchapter presents some suggestions that may
5.1 Conclusion
Based on the analysis in the previous chapter, the writer presents the conclusion
related to the bullying culture reflected in the film CJ7 and the effects of bullying
There are two types of bullying that can be found in CJ7 film, i.e. direct
and indirect bullying. Direct bullying can be done directly and indirectly. Direct
and indirect bullying can be done both verbally and physically. Bullying is done
the other hand, people who are lack of superiority in those aforementioned aspects
are always being bullied. In CJ7 film, a person who is superior is represented by
Johnny and his group of friends, while a person who is lack of superiority is
represented by Dicky. Johnny, in the film, does bullying to Dicky both verbally
There are many factors which motivate a person for doing bullying, i.e.
social standing, power abuse, and physical strength. People who have an
outstanding social status in a society often use their status for bullying other since
social status gives them power. They do bullying toward other people to prove
their existence in a social life. Power that is possessed by superior people is often
used abusively. Another factor causing bullying is physical strength. People who
have physical strength often bully somebody else who is physically weak. In CJ7
movie, there can be found a great example of factors causing bullying. Johnny
who possesses great power and social standing as a rich boy always does bullying
toward Dicky, the looser. The example of bullying motivated by physical strength
is done by the Storm Dragon towards Dicky. He bullies Dicky by attacking Dicky
Bullying causes negative effects for its victim both physically and
bullying causes psychological harm like stress, feeling isolation, and willing to
revenge.
CJ7 film is a great film which depicts the real childrens life world. By
watching this film, people especially parents can know that bullying phenomenon
5.2. Suggestion
This study is hopefully can be useful for the students of English department and
for readers in general. For the student of English department who is going to have
another approach.
By analyzing the literary work in the form film entitled CJ7, the writer
suggests for the readers in general for being aware toward bullying phenomena
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Genres: Comedy
Hu Qianlin : Fanny
SYNOPSIS OF THE CJ7 MOVIE
lives in a half-demolished house with his son, Dicky. Chow is eager to save up
money to support the education of his son in elite private school. He wants to
ensure that his son future will be better and brighter than his own life. However,
because of his poverty, appearance, and his stupidity. He always tries to follow the
values imparted by his father that though they are poor, they do not lie, fight, or
take what isnt theirs. Mr. Chow can barely afford food on the table, let alone
luxuries like electric fan or shoes, but one day his son wanted a sophisticating toy
One day, while at a department store watching television, Dicky begs his
father to buy him a popular robotic toy. Not being able to afford one, Mr. Chow
goes to the junkyard, a place where he usually picks up clothes and other home
appliances for Dicky, and brings home a strange green rubbery ball. He tells
Dicky that it is a new toy better than the robot they saw earlier. Dicky is hesitant
at first, but agrees to keep it. A night later, it turns into a cute cuddly alien that
befriends Dicky. After playing, Dicky falls asleep and dreams the alien, whom he
names CJ7, will help him beat up bullies, get the 100 score on his exam and get
the high grades on physical exercise. The next morning, Dicky decided to bring
CJ7 to school but it turns out his dream was only a dream; he ends up receiving a
zero on his exam, getting humiliated at physical education, and being bullied with
other students just as usual. Feeling disappointed, Dicky tries to throw away the
alien, but when he comes back home, CJ7 has been home first before him. Over
the next day, because of CJ7, Dicky finds new friends at school. It also heals his
father who almost died because an accident in the construction building, the place
where he works. After all its power has used up, CJ7 turns back into an ordinary
green ball and disappear to the space. Dicky was extremely sad because CJ7 has
been gone, but on the other side he was very happy because his father still alive.
Finally, in tears of joy, Dicky promises to his father that he will never give up in
school or in life.
APPENDIX B
6.
Dicky : Please, sir. Can I say something? 00:47:24 - 1
P.E Teacher : No, you can't. 00:47:59
You are a poor student.
You are always dirty,and you are
very wicked.
You discredit the school.
There's nothing more to say.
5. 00:23 Psychologic
Johnny: So, what is it al harm,
called? willing to
Dicky: Its called CJ7 revenge
Johnny: Pathetic piece
of crap!
Your dad found it
in the garbage
Dicky: Dont talk about
my dad like that!
Im going to beat
you up!
Johnny: Oh yeah?
[Blow the whistle, call
the Storm Dragon]