Lady bird

Pembahasan

Film identity

Genre: American coming-of-age comedy-drama

Writers: Greta Gerwig

This film tells the story of a teenager named Christine who prefers to be called “Lady Bird” who is
looking for her identity. She lives with her family in Sacramento, however, she felt she was in the
“wrong place”. Christine faces an inner rebellion: ashamed of the place where she lives; and wanted to
move to a more cultured city, like New York, when she goes to college. However, it seems that
Christine's dream is not supported by her mother, her mother thinks that Christine's had a bad attitude,
she is also not good math subject and considering their family's mediocre financial condition. Christine's
relationship with her mother is like a love-hate-relationship, both of them love and need each other, but
they are often involved in debates. Children who have desires and parents who forbid things. A realistic
view from the mother's side, often makes her deny everything Christine says.

Lady Bird is a semi-autobiographical film from the writer and director of the film, Greta Gerwig. Most of
the elements in this film contain a personal touch from Gerwig's teenager hails from Sacramento. Greta
Gerwig represents her teenage life as a Catholic high school student who grew up and thrived in a
boring little Sacramento suburban California town with a family with poor financial conditions. Gerwig
recognizes Lady Bird as a story inspired by her experiences and life. This film depicts all the things that
we might experience when we grow up for real. Not only excitement is shown, but also a journey to
maturity. Lady Bird makes us remember our teenage years and the times we argued with parents.

Lady Bird merupakan film semi autobiografi dari si penulis sekaligus sutradara film yaitu Greta Gerwig.
Sebagian besar unsur dalam film ini mengandung sentuhan personal dari masa remaja Gerwig yang
berasal dari Sacramento. Greta Gerwig merepresentasikan kehidupan masa remajanya sebagai seorang
siswi SMA katolik yang tumbuh dan berkembang disuatu kota kecil Sacramento pinggiran California yang
membosankan bersama keluarga dengan kondisi finansial seadanya. Gerwig mengakui Lady Bird sebagai
kisah yang terinspirasi dari pengalaman dan kehidupannya. This film depicts all the things that we
might experience when we grow up for real. Not only excitement is shown, but also a journey
to maturity. Lady Bird makes us remember our teenage years and the times we argued with
parents.

This film tells the story of a teenager named Christine who prefers to be called “Lady Bird” who is
looking for her identity. Christine was tired of life in Sacramento and wanted to move to a more cultured
city, like New York, while she was in college. However, it seems that Christine's dream is not supported
by her mother, her mother thinks that Christine's attitude is bad, she is also not good at math and
considering their family's mediocre financial condition. Various family conflicts, friendships, and
romance make Lady Bird learn how to interpret his life.

This film tells the story of a teenager named Christine who prefers to be called “Lady Bird” who is
looking for her identity. At that time, she was in a situation of searching for identity. She lives with her
family that in Sacramento. However, she felt she was in the “wrong place”. Christine faces an inner
rebellion: ashamed of the place where she lives; and wanted to move to a more cultured city, like New
York, while she was in college. However, it seems that Christine's dream is not supported by her mother,
her mother thinks that Christine's had a bad attitude, she is also not good at math and considering their
family's mediocre financial condition. Christine's relationship with her mother is like a love-hate-
relationship, both of them love and need each other, but they are often involved in debates. Children
who have desires and parents who forbid things. A realistic view from the mother's side, often makes
her deny everything Christine says.

Pada masa itu, ia sedang berada dalam masa mencari jati diri. Ia hidup dengan keluarga kecil yang
bermukim di Sacramento. Namun, ia merasa dirinya berada di “tempat yang salah”. Christine
menghadapi pemberontakan di dalam dirinya: malu dengan tempat di mana dia tinggal; lebih memilih
melanjutkan studi di universitas luar kota atau di kota yang dia bilang “berbudaya”; dan bahkan lebih
ingin dipanggil “Lady Bird” alih-alih nama pemberian orang tuanya. Hubungan Lady Bird dengan sang ibu
semacam love-hate-relationship, Keduanya saling sayang dan membutuhkan, namun keduanya kerap
terlibat dalam perdebatan. Anak yang punya keinginan dan orang tua yang melarang macam-macam.
Pandangan yang realistis dari sisi sang Ibu, kerap membuat ia mementahkan segala yang Christine
ungkapkan.

Adegannya tidak benar-benar sama, tetapi memiliki inti serupa dengan hal-hal yang ia ketahui. This film
depicts all the things that we might experience when we grow up for real. Not only excitement
is shown, but also a journey to maturity. Lady Bird makes us remember our teenage years and
the times we argued with parents.

Lady bird berkisah tentang seorang remaja wanita yang berasal dari keluarga pas-pas an dengan konflik
keluarga biasa antara anak dan ibu, kakak dan adik, pencarian cinta sejati, dan persahabatan.

Konflik timbul karena Lady bird tidak menerima jati dirinya dan tidak menerima cita-citanya terkekang.
Masalah yang di alami hampir seluruh anak remaja di dunia ini. Bahkan mungkin di alami hampir seluruh
umat berlabel dewasa di dunia ini. Tidak menerima dirinya sendiri.
Siswa SMA Katolik di Sacramento, Carlifornia Utara, ini menghadapi pemberontakan di dalam dirinya:
malu dengan tempat di mana dia tinggal; lebih memilih melanjutkan studi di universitas luar kota atau di
kota yang dia bilang “berbudaya”; dan bahkan lebih ingin dipanggil “Lady Bird” alih-alih nama pemberian
orang tuanya.

Lady Bird adalah sebuah film nilai edukasi yang mengena, cerminan kehidupan realistis mengenai
psikologi terhadap pencarian jati diri remaja dalanm kultur kehidupan Amerika di lingkungan relijius.

Hubungan Lady Bird dengan sang ibu semacam love-hate-relationship keduanya saling sayang dan
membutuhkan, namun keduanya kerap terlibat dalam perdebatan anak yang punya keinginan dan orang
tua yang melarang macam-macam. Pandangan yang realistis dari sisi sang Ibu, kerap membuat ia
mementahkan segala yang Lady Bird ungkapkan.

Film Lady Bird menyorot kehidupan seorang gadis remaja di masa pubernya. Permasalahan remaja pada
umumnya yang mungkin saja dialami banyak anak seusianya di luar sana. Ingin coba banyak hal,
mencoba tampil beda, ngeyel. Tak ketinggalan kerap terlibat percekcokan dengan Ibu, kakak, dan ayah
sebagai satu-satunya tameng yang kerap mendukung pilihannya.

Gerwig juga menampilkan kisah khas SMA yang kita kenal: kelompok-kelompok “anak populer” dan
“anak-anak biasa” . Lady Bird yang masuk kelompok anak biasa, kepingin juga bergabung dengan
kelompok cantik-bening dan aduhai-gantengnya Timothée Chalamet itu. Berhasil gabung. Tapi kita juga
langsung tahu: bergaul dengan anak-anak populer di SMA hanyalah bermain-main di pinggir kehidupan.
Banal, dungu, dan serba palsu.

Pada masa itu, ia sedang berada dalam masa mencari jati diri. Ia hidup dengan keluarga kecil yang
bermukim di Sacramento. Namun, ia merasa dirinya berada di “tempat yang salah”.

Hubungan antara Christine dengan sang ibu, Marion McPherson (Laurie Metcalf), tidak begitu harmonis.
Sebab, watak keduanya yang keras kepala kerap kali membuat Christine dan Marion saling adu
argumen. Bahkan, ibunya pun memperdebatkan mengenai ia yang lebih menyukai panggilan Lady Bird
daripada Christine.

The story

Lady Bird merupakan sosok yang independen, keras kepala, pemberontak dan menginginkan
kebebasan.

Film Lady Bird memuat pesan bagi penonton, antara lain sebagai berikut. a) konsep diri
remaja cenderung positif dominan dipengaruhi oleh kondisi keluarga yang mendukung dan
harmonis; b) konsep diri remaja dapat cenderung positif jika remaja mampu mengatasi
masalah dan belajar pengalaman. Remaja akan memilih pandangan dirinya yang lebih
dewasa.
What is the Lady Bird

This film tells the story of a teenager named Christine who is called "Lady Bird" who is looking
for her identity. Christine is bored with life in Sacramento and wants to move to a more
cultured city, like New York, when she goes to college. But it seems that Christine's dream is not
supported by her mother, her mother thinks that Christine's attitude is bad, her brain is also
ordinary, and considering they are not from among the rich people. Various family conflicts,
friendships, and romance bring Lady Bird to a lesson to make sense of her life.

LadyBird is a semi-autobiographical film by Greta Gerwig herself. Most of the elements in this
film contain a personal touch from Greta's teenage years who hails from Sacramento. This
film represents a portrait of teenage girls in general. Although showing a love story, the focus
of the story is not about dating, but the relationship between a mother and her daughter.
Conflict occurs because of communication, how to express affection in different ways. This
film depicts all the things that we might experience when we grow up for real. Not only
excitement is shown, but also a journey to maturity. Lady Bird makes us remember our
teenage years and the times we argued with parents.

This film tells the story of a teenager named Christine or "Lady Bird" who is looking for her
identity. Christine was tired of life in Sacramento and wanted to move to a more cultured city,
like New York, while she was in college. But it seems that Christine's dream was not supported
by her mother, her mother thought that Christine had a bad attitude, her brain was also
normal, and remembered that they were not from rich people. Various family conflicts,
friendships, and romance bring Lady Bird to a lesson to give meaning to her life.

Lady Bird is a semi-autobiographical film by Greta Gerwig herself. Most of the elements in this
film contain a personal touch from Greta's teenage years who hails from Sacramento. This film
represents a portrait of teenage girls in general. Although showing a love story, the focus of the
story is not about dating, but the relationship between a mother and her daughter. Conflict
occurs because of communication, how to express affection in different ways. This film depicts
all the things that we might experience when we grow up for real. Not only excitement is
shown, but also a journey to maturity. Lady Bird makes us remember our teenage years and the
times we argued with parents.

AUTHOR'S BACKGROUND

LadyBird is a semi-autobiographical film by Greta Gerwig herself. Most of the elements in this
film contain a personal touch from Greta's teenage years who hails from Sacramento. Greta
Gerwig represents her teenage life as a Catholic high school student who grew up and thrived in
a boring little Sacramento suburban California town with a family with poor financial conditions.
Issue: Social Class Differences Are Also Important Issues Among Teenagers. In high school is a
stage of performance (and judgment) on the economic & social strata of its residents.

Lady Bird comes from a working-class family, and as a teenage girl she feels pressure to
come across as attractive, which her position defines as rich, popular, and having a boyfriend.
That's why she was willing to set aside her best friend to hang out with a popular girl. Willing to
date a guy from a rich family even though it was revealed that he was gay. The wrong decisions,
the pitfalls of life, all of them seem misleading but are very typical as part of the dynamics of .

Intrinsics Elements

The Themes

 Friendship
 Self identity, where we see Lady bird struggling to be herself.
 Personal growth and attachments.
 However, the central theme of Lady Bird is the complex relationship between Lady
Bird and her mother, Marion

The characters

 Christine (Lady Bird) Stubborn, reckless and explosive nature

 Marion: Christine's mother. Hard, critical and realistic
 Ayah Cristine
 Miguel:
 Julie Stefans:
 Danny
 Kyle:

Plot: Alur maju

a. Exposition

Christine "Lady Bird" McPherson was a senior at a Catholic high school in Sacramento in 2002.
She had a strained relationship with her mother. At first, Marion and Lady Bird enjoy a quiet
ride but the two bicker when Lady Bird brings up college matters. Marion insists that her
daughter should go to college in Sacramento, for reasons of safety and the danger of terrorists.
She and Marion argue over the matter, and Lady Bird throws herself out of a moving car to put
a stop to this argument. This resulted in a broken arm.

b. Rising action

Christine is bored with her life in Sacramento and wants to move to a more cultural city, like
New York, when she enters college. But it seems that Christine's dream is highly valued by her
mother who thinks that Christine's attitude is bad, her brain is also mediocre, and considering
they are not from among the rich people.

While Lady Bird, although she is not very good acade himically, especially in mathematics and
has financial problems, she still wants to study in New York. The only way is scholarships and
financial aid. She was absolutely determined in that regard.

On the other hand, Marion was already quite stressed because every day had to work hard as a
nurse in the psychiatric department. The family's economic condition is in dire straits, her
husband has just been laid off, and his first child, who graduated from Berkeley, has yet to find
a proper job. This pile of problems requires Marion to work double shifts to support her family.

c. Climax

Lady bird and Julie try to take theater drama extracurriculars of "Merrily We Roll Along". Lady
Bird develops a crush on a boy named Danny O'Neill, and the two of them start to date. Over
Thanksgiving weekend, Lady Bird joins Julie, Danny, and another friend as they smoke weed for
the first time. They eat leftovers and laugh. Later on, the students put on their show. At an
after-party, Lady Bird finds Danny kissing another boy in the bathroom stall.

Christine's problems do not only occur in the family environment, but also at school. “Lady
Bird” studied at a Catholic high school where most of the other students were from the upper
middle class, while Christine came from a lower middle class family. That's when he began to
feel inferior and fabricated lies that actually gave birth to new problems. One of them was an
argument with his best friend, Julie Steffans.

d. Falling action

Christine started applying to university and hoped that she would be accepted at one of the
universities outside the city. Christine received several rejection letters, but was delighted to
learn that she had been placed on a waiting list for a university in New York.

Lady Bird and her friends graduated. Over lunch with her family, Danny passes by and
accidentally says Lady Bird is on the NY school waiting list, even though she had told to her
family she was going to Davis University to live close to home. After hearing that Marion
became very annoyed and stopped talking to Lady Bird during the summer, Lady bird tried to
explain to her mother but Marion still ignoring her.

Before Christine left, Marion wrote on a piece of paper that she loved her daughter Christine
very much. When Christine was leaving for New York, Christine asked if her mother didn't want
to take her. Her mother said no.. Her mother drove the car and looked for parking. But
suddenly her mother turned around and returned to the airport, where Marion ran and cried in
her husband's arms.

e. Resolution

Di New York, Christine menemukan surat-surat dari ibunya yang diselamatkan oleh ayahnya.

In New York, Christine finds letters from her mother saved by her father. When she arrived in
New York Christine read a letter from her mother. Then she met a new friend, there she was
drunk, suddenly Christine fainted, she was rushed to the hospital, after leaving the hospital,
Christine saw the Sunday church service. Outside the church, Christine called home on her
handphone and left a voice message for her mother. Later, she introduced herself as Christine,
and expressed how much she appreciated the name her parents gave her. Finally, she discusses
Sacramento and states that she loves her mother.

Settings:

 Place: Sacramento, School, Lady Bird's House, Danny's House, Caffe, Kyle's house, New
york, Gereja, Rumah Sakit,
 Time: 2002 & 2003
 Suasana: marah, cemas, kecewa, sedih

Moral Messages

 If something is your dream, chase it with everything you’ve got.

 Be yourself and don’t care what other people think
 Surround yourself with people who you genuinely like and who bring you up.
 appreciating where we come from.

Unsur ekstrinsik
Unsur ekstrinsik merupakan membangun karya dari luar. Unsur ekstrinsik ini antara lain: nilai moral,
psikologi pengarang, nilai agama, dan nilai sosial. Berikut nilai-nilai yang terkandung dalam film Lady bird

Nilai Moral

Nilai moral merupakan nilai atau ajaran mengenai hal-hal yang baik dan benar yang diambil dari sebuah
cerita film sudah ditonton, baik itu dari segi perilaku ataupun akhlak seseorang tersebut

- Harus bisa belajar mengerti keadaan, tidak semua hal yang kita mau harus di turuti.

- Harus bisa menghargai orang lain dan mengerti akan batasan dalam mengeluarkan pendapat

- janganlah mengorbankan orang lain demi apapun yang kita ingin dapatkan

- Perlunya memiliki pikiran yang realistis

Psikologi pengarang

Lady Bird merupakan film semi autobiografi dari Greta Gerwig sendiri. Sebagian besar unsur dalam film
drama ini mengandung sentuhan personal dari masa remaja Greta yang berasal dari Sacramento. Greta
Gerwig merepresentasikan kehidupan masa remajanya sebagai seorang siswi SMA katolik yang tumbuh
dan berkembang disuatu kota kecil Sacramento pinggiran California yang membosankan bersama
keluarga dengan kondisi finansial seadanya.

Nilai agama

Sebagai manusia sudah sepatutnya kita mendekatkan diri kepada Tuhan

Nilai sosial

Sepatutnya kita memperhatikan etika berbicara dengan orang lain, - Perlunya memiliki pikiran yang
realistis,

Analisis Semiotika difilm Lady bird, teori Roland Barths

Visual Keterangan Makna Semiotika

 Gips ditangan Ia kesal dengan ibunya
lady bird yang
bertuliskan "fuck
you mom"

Close on a cast. In
very small letters
is written “fuck
you, mom.” The
1.
cast belongs to
Lady Bird. She
follows along
with the mass.

2. Poster kepala Burung betina yang

lady bird, badan ingin terbang
burung
Lady Bird’s head on a
LADY BIRD: It’s bird body.
just a bird head Another shows her
on a lady body or Catholic-uniformed
vice versa. body with a bird head.

Tanda salib
diberikan oleh
pastor, lady bird
tidak menerima
komuni karena
dia adalah orang
kristiani

Lady Bird
L3. approaches and
crosses

her arms so she

just gets a
blessing, not real
communion,
she’s not
Catholic.
 The girls look at a
model in the
magazine. She
poses in front of
the New York City
skyline.

4. Telur MIGUEL: Shelly and I Conotative

are trying to be vegan.
SHELLY (small Hence the soy milk.
voice): Eggs
aren’t good for
the environment,
anyway.

5. Lokasi rumah Lady Bird tidak Conotative

menginginkan tempat
DANNY: Thanks, tinggalnya.
I’m super excited.
You live in the
neighborhood?
LADY BIRD:
(doing a voice)
Nah, I’m from the
wrong side of the
tracks.

Menjaga jarak Conotative

SISTER SARAH-
JOAN: Six inches
for the Holy
Spirit!
 Larry perlu diet

He holds up a
throw pillow that
says “Golfers
Don’t Diet They
Just Exist On
Greens.” He
laughs.

JUST MARRIED Jenna and Lady Bird

TO JESUS are decorating the nun
mini-van with tin cans
and streamers and
attach a sign

Peran

Berdasarkan observasi dan pengamatan terhadap film lady Bird, didapat delapan semiotika
yang memiliki makna tersirat yang berpengaruh kuat terhadap tujuan dari film. Berikut
merupakan penjabaran kesepuluh semiotika tersebut.

Semiotic analysis of the film Lady Bird based on the theory of Roland Barthes

The film Lady Bird also contains a lot of semiotic elements which are indirectly related to each
other to form a series of stories. Not a few semiotics presented by Greta Gerwig that confused
the audience and finally underestimated and considered semiotics to be unimportant and not
related to the film.Barthes

Lady Bird film contains verbal and visual signs. Not a few semiotics presented by Greta
Gerwig that confused the audience and ultimately underestimated and considered semiotics
to be unimportant and unrelated to the film. Indirectly these signs are interconnected to
form a series of stories. Verbal and visual aspects of lady bird are studied using a semiotic
approach from Roland Barthes
(1) Gips. Secara denotasi, gips ditangan Lady Bird pada adegan film hanyalah gips biasa yang
dipasang dokter untuk perawatan tangannya. Karena ia keluar dari mobil tiba-tiba yang
dikendarai oleh ibunya. Secara konotasi, gips ditangan lady bird bertuliskan "fuck you mom"
yang merupakan bentuk kekesalannya terhadap Marion, ibunya. Pemaparan di atas sesuai
dengan penelitian sejenis yang dilakukan sebelumnya, yaitu semiotika yang terdapat dalam film
memiliki makna denotasi dan konotasi.

2. Poster kepala Lady Bird dan badan burung. Berdasarkan Semiotika Roland Barthes, secara
denotasi poster kepala lady bird dan badan burung ini memiliki arti bahwa lady bird pandai
dalam menggambar. Secara konotatif memiliki makna bahwa burung betina yang ingin
terbang, lady bird ingin menjadi pemimpin dalam dirinya sendiri dan memiliki kebebasan
terhadap hidup dan impiannya untuk melanjutkan kuliah di New York.

2. Lady Bird's head and body poster. Based on Roland Barthes' Semiotics, denotatively this
poster of the lady bird's head and bird's body means that the lady bird is good at drawing.
Connotatively means that a female bird who wants to fly, lady bird wants to be a leader in
herself and has the freedom to live and dream to continue her studies in New York.

3. Telur, berdasarkan teori Semiotika Roland Barthes, secara denotasi memiliki makna bahwa

5. I'm from the wrong side of the tracks. In denotation, Lady Bird does live beside the train
tracks, while in connotation, Lady Bird is ashamed and hates her place of residence.

6. SISTER SARAH-JOAN: Six inches for the Holy Spirit! Secara denotasi ini bermakna berikan
ruang untuk roh kudus. Secara konotatif ini menunjukkan arti bahwa Lady Bird dan Danny
perlu jaga jarak dan jangan terlalu dekat

SISTER SARAH-JOAN: Six inches for the Holy Spirit! In denotation this means to make room
for the holy spirit. This connotatively shows the meaning that Lady Bird and Danny need to
keep their distance and don't get too close

Hasil penelitian ini mencakup visual, keterangan, dan makna semiotika. Peneliti melakukan
observasi terhadap film Dua Garis Biru, kemudian mengambil beberapa visual dari film yang
mengandung semiotika dan memberikan keterangan pada semiotika, selanjutnya menjelaskan
makna semiotika yang terdapat pada tiap visual film Lady Bird

Semiotic analysis of the film Lady Bird based on the theory of Roland Barthes
The film Lady Bird also contains a lot of semiotic elements which are indirectly related to each
other to form a series of stories. Not a few semiotics presented by Greta Gerwig that confused
the audience and finally underestimated and considered semiotics to be unimportant and not
related to the film.

The conflict experienced by the main character in the film Lady Bird by Greta Gerwig arises
because of the many problems of life that result in various pressures on the psychological state
of the main character which is illustrated through Sigmud Freud's theory of personality theory,
id, ego, and super ego.

Id

The id is driven by the pleasure principle, which strives for the immediate satisfaction of all
wants, wants, and needs. If these needs are not satisfied immediately, the result is anxiety or
tension.

The id aspect is found at the beginning of the story. You can see the dialogue

When Lady Bird and her mother are enjoying a quiet trip but the two of them bicker when Lady
Bird mentions college matters. Marion insists that her daughter should go to college in
Sacramento, for reasons of safety and the danger of terrorists. However, Lady Bird wanted to
get out of Sacramento. He wants to be free. Christine is bored with her life in Sacramento and
wants to move to a more cultural city, like New York, when she enters college. But it seems that
Christine's dream is highly valued by her mother who thinks that Christine's attitude is bad, her
brain is also mediocre, and considering they are not from among the rich people.

This can be seen in the following dialog:

Lady Bird: “I don’t even want to go to school in this state anyway”. “I hate California. I want to
go to the East Coast.”Mother: “your dad and I will barely be able to afford in state tuition.”Lady
Bird: “there are loans and scholarship.”Mother: “Your father’s company is laying people off
right and left, did you know that? No of course not because you don’t care about anyone but
yourself” (Gerwig et al., 2017. 00:02:08 - 00:02:30)

Ego Conflict
Everyone has their own ego, just like in this film. Lady Bird has an ego and wanted to get
whatever she wanted and succeed. In this film there was a scene that showed the ego of lady
Bird. You can see the dialogue

Miguel and Shelly eat cereal, Larry reads the paper, Marion makes Lady Bird’s breakfast and her
lunch.

Bird: “Why can’t I just make the eggs?”

Marion: “Because you take too long and make a big mess and then I have to clean it up.

”Shelly: (small voice) “Eggs aren’t good for the environment, anyway.

” Lady Bird: (too loud) “WHAT?

”Miguel: “You heard her.

”Marion (placing the eggs) “Here, eat quickly, PLEASE.” (Gerwig et al., 2017, p. 14)

It happened when her family was breakfast at the dining table, mother cooks eggs and ready-
to-eat food for her lunch. Lady Bird wants to cook alone. However, her mother didn't let her
cook because it spend a lot of time and make the kitchen into chaos. Lady Bird felt a little
annoyed. She wanted to cook her own eggs. But saw her mother looked a little angry, she
thought again to cook it herself

Superego Conflict

The superego sometimes overpowers everything. The superego makes people do things they
should not do. Sometimes, the superego can make people commit crimes, cheat or act against
existing norms. In this film, there was a scene of the main character doing something bad.

The data that showed superego are:

Lady Bird: mom

”Mother: “we don’t need to buy that.

”Lady Bird: its only $3. I am having a hard week.

”Mother: “if you want to read it, we can go down to publiclibrary.

” Lady Bird: “I want to read it in bed.

”Mother: “that something that rich people do. We are not rich people.”
(Lady Bird walks away and then tucks the magazine underneath her sweater into the top of her
skirt, sneakily stealing it.) (Gerwig et al., 2017, pp. 20–21)

The above data is a form of the superego that exists in Lady Bird.

From this dialogue shows the form of the superego that exists in Lady Bird. The data was taken
when she was shopping at a supermarket with her mother. At that time, she wanted to buy a
magazine. But her mother did not have enough money to buy it. Lady Bird wanted that
magazine until she decided to steal it. She tucked the magazine into her skirt at the waist and
covered it with a shirt. It is clear that what Lady Bird was doing is against the law and what Lady
Bird was doing is included in the category of superego

Ext. Teacher parking lot. Afternoon. Jenna and Lady Bird are decorating the nun mini-van with
cans and streamers and attach a sign to the back that reads: “Just married to Jesus” (Gerwig et
al., 2017, p. 58)

The statement above was showed that Lady Bird did something bad to her teacher. She and her
friend decorated Sarah Joan’s mini-van with cans, ribbons, and balloons and made a big paper
with note “just married with Jesus”. Her behavior was not very good to imitate, it was the same
as having no morals. Sarah Joan was a nun at her school who always forbade to wear very short
skirts. At the time, she was close to her friend, Jenna. Then she help Jenna to humiliate the nun.