AN ANALYSIS OF DISCRIMINATION FACED BY OMAR EHZAS AS A MOSLEM IN “NEW YORK” FILM BY YASH CHOPRA
THESIS
This thesis is submitted to meet one of the requirements to achieve Sarjana Degree in English Education
BY:
MELINDA AGUSTINA 07360075
ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF MUHAMMADIYAH MALANG
MOTTO AND DEDICATION
Astaghfirullah for the past Alhamdulillah for the present
Insyaallah for the future
( Melynd )
DEDICATION:
I dedicated this thesis to:
My beloved par ents, father and mother,
My beloved si ster s, Nyot , Mba Ai, Bunda Ana n Mami Ani My beloved br other s, Ar i n Aa
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
First of all, the researcher gratefully thanks to God “Allah SWT” the almighty for a great endless blessing so that he was able to finish writing this thesis.
She is also greatly indebted to her first advisor, Dr. Sri Hartiningsih who has patiently helped, taught, managed, and advised in writing this thesis and her second advisor, Dian Inayati, M. Ed. in friendly way spent her time on advising and giving the writer the right way in writing this thesis.
Furthermore, the researcher wants to send her great thankfulness and deep appreciation to her beloved mother and father, sisters and brothers who have supported her financially, morally, and spiritually so that the writer can finish this thesis.
Special thanks are also given to her best friends and who has given her support and motivation. Her beloved friends in KPRI Dian Boardinghouse who given her support too.
Finally, the researcher hopes that this research is very useful for the other researchers for doing other research related to the literature study.
Malang, 21th, April 2013 Researcher
TABLE OF CONTENTS
APROVAL ... iii
LEGALIZATION ... iv
MOTTO & DEDICATION ... v
ABSTRACT ... vi
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ... vii
TABLE OF CONTENTS ... viii
CHAPTER I: INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of Study ... 1
1.2 Statement of Problem ... 3
1.3 Purpose of Study... 3
1.4 Significant of Study ... 3
1.5 Scope and Limitation ... 3
1.6 Definition of Key Terms ... 4
CHAPTER II: REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE 2.1 Literature ... 5
2.1.1 Definition of Literature………. 5
2.1.2 Types of Literature……… 5
2.2 Film ... 6
2.3 Film Genres ... 9
2.4 Elements of Film ... 11
2.6 Kinds of Discrimination... 15
2.7 The Effect of Discrimination……….. 17
2.8 The Ways to Overcome Discrimination……….. 18
2.9 Previous Study of Discrimination………... 19
CHAPTER III: RESEARCH METHODOLOGY 3.1 Research Design ... 20
3.2 Approach ... 21
3.3 The Object of Study ... 21
3.4 Data Collection ... 21
3.5 Data Analysis ... 22
CHAPTER IV: FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION 4.1 Findings ... 23
4.1.1 The Kind of Discrimination that Omar Faced as a Moslem ... 23
4.1.2 The Negatives Effect of the Discrimination on Omar ... 25
4.1.3 The Way Omar Fought Against the Discrimination ... 28
4.2 Discussion ... 31
4.3 Lessons ... 32
CHAPTER V: CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION 5.1 Conclusion ... 34
5.2 Suggestion ... 34 REFERENCES
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CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION
This chapter contains background of the study, statement of the problem, purpose of the study, significance of the study, scope and limitation, and definition of key term. Each section is presented as follows:
1.1Background of the Study
Literature is always interesting to be discussed, because literature is created from the author’s ideas, which are obtained from the life society. Rees (1973) asserts that literature is a permanent expression in words of some thoughts or feelings in ideas about life and the world. According to Wellek (1990: 3), “Literature is an expression of society because it is a mirror of social situation”. It is said that literature shows what happens in society as a reflection and expression of human mind, feeling, happiness, sorrow and culture through language form.
Basically, literary works are not only in the written form but also in spoken language. One kind of literary works which combines written and spoken forms is drama. Usually, the story of drama is based on written form performed by the actor or actress in spoken language with dialogue in front of the stage. Drama develops every period. One of the developments of dramas which has influence to the public interest is film (Scimidt, Bogard and Crockett, 2006)
cinematography recorded on celluloid, video tapes, video discs or other technology findings. It becomes more popular than drama because people could see it anywhere without sitting in front of the stage, such as drama. Film also tells what happens in human life like the real situation either past or future. It usually tells about culture, human’s feeling, love, sacrifice, humanity, struggle, and sorrow.
Based on the explanation above, film is chosen as one kind of literary works that is interesting to analyze. When watching a film, people will not only get entertainment or education but will also find exploration of human personality, problems, and feelings. Besides, film shows people how to be surviving on one conviction of life.
“New York” is a film that tells about friendship, love, and struggle of life in New York City which is often described as the centre of the world. Omar, the main character, got a scholarship to study at one university in USA. He has gone aboard for the first time in his life and soon enough he began to see and love America. He also met his best friends (Sam and Maya) in this city. It is a story of these friends discovering a new world together. But one day the world around them has changed, since the twin tower or known as the World Trade Center (WTC) on September, 11 2001 was exploded by the terrorist, and the US government accused Moslem for the terrorism action. Since that event Moslems in New York got had the discrimination and Omar as a Moslem had to survive from the discrimination.
USA had to face the prejudice and unjust in every steps. In other words, Moslems in the US got the discrimination due to the prejudice triggered from the WTC incident.
This film has a lot of topics to be analyzed and discussed such as love, friendship, struggle of life, unjust, and discrimination. Discrimination is the most interesting topic, because a lot of Moslem gets the discrimination in America. According to report of Council on American-Islamic Relation (CAIR, 2002) not only do people get discrimination due to religion, but they are also discriminated due to race. Thus, this study attempts to discuss and analyze about discrimination and how the discriminated people fight against the discrimination.
Based on the film story above, this study has focused on the discrimination faced by Omar Ehzas as a Moslem in the movie “New York” by Yash Chopra.
1.2Statement of the Problem
The problems of this study are elaborated as follows:
1. What kind of discrimination did Omar face as a Moslem in “New York” film by Yash Chopra?
2. What are the effects of discrimination did Omar face? 3. How did Omar fight against the discrimination? 1.3Purposes of the Study
By conducting this study, the purposes of this study are presented as follow:
1. To explain the kind of discrimination that Omar experienced in “New York” film by Yash Chopra.
3. To describe how Omar fought against the discrimination. 1.4Significance of the Study
In accordance, it will be expected to readers in the appreciate and understand literary work especially film. This analysis can be stimulus for the readers especially who want to spend their leisure time to see the literary works as much as possible to get knowledge about life.
It is expected that this study is able to analyze discrimination faced by the main character in “New York” film by Yash Chopra, and the reader can overcome the same problem that may happen in their personal life and help other people facing similar situation.
1.5Scope and Limitation
This study is focused on the film “New York”. There are a lot of topics that can be analyzed in this film, but this study is focused on the discrimination problem faced by Omar as the scope of this study. For the limitation, it is focused on the types or kinds of discrimination faced by the main character, Omar, reasons for the discrimination to happen, and how Omar overcame the discrimination.
1.6Definition of Key Terms
The definition of key terms in this research is aimed at avoiding misunderstanding of the terms which exist in the research. The terms that are necessary to be defined are as follows:
1. Analysis is trying to examine all parts of work in relation to the whole, select
2. Discrimination is defined as beliefs, attitudes, Institutional, arrangements and acts that tend to denigrate or deny equal treatment to individuals or groups based on racial, characteristic or group affiliation (Rippy and Newman, 2009)
3. Omar is one of the main characters of “New York” film.
4. Yash Chopra is the director of “New York”.
5. New York is film that made by Yash Chopra in 2009 which tells about an India
young man who get a scholarship in New York and he has to adapt in the new society.
6. Film is a movie that include of motion picture which has story that create the
