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WOMEN CAREER AND CAPITALISM
IN FRIENDS WITH MONEY MOVIE
a final project
submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements
for the degree of Sarjana Sastra in English
by
Dwi Linda Kusuma
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ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
LANGUAGE AND ART FACULTY
SEMARANG STATE UNIVERSITY
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ABSTRACT
Kusuma, Dwi Linda. 2010. Women Career and Capitalism in Friends with Money Movie. Final Project, English Department, Language and Art Faculty of Semarang State University, First Advisor: Frimadhona Syafri, S.S, M.Hum, Second Advisor: Dwi Anggara Asianti, S.S, M.Pd.
Movie or film as a part of modern literary works is an interesting subject to be analyzed since many people will be more both enjoy and understand about the aim of the movie. Since at that point, the writer chose a movie entitled Friends with Money as the object of the study. The movie described how Capitalism works in a society and how they regard Capitalism in their life, in particular, women’s consideration in terms of their career or job. The aims of this study are to know how the description of Capitalism, Women Career and the relationship of Capitalism and Women Career revealed in the movie are.
The writer did the study through some steps, they were reading and watching, selecting, and classifying data from the movie. Then, the writer tried to analyze and interpret the collected data to do the report of the study. The writer also used some references to support the analysis. Those were taken from books, encyclopedia, and dictionary and even from internet that had relation with the movie, data and theories that underlied the study.
From this study, the writer found that first, Capitalism can works through individuals and income which may go along with elements, such as: money, labor power, and production. Individuals take a different role, as producer, consumer, and investors will play different role since it depends on the welfare they have. Second, women career also may change based on the individuals who get their own career. Considerations and reasons, such as getting more income, will influence the change of the career. The last is, if a woman lives in a condition that is covered by Capitalist circumstance she will more increase their career to get better, even if it is supported by their couple.
