addressee so that the addressee understands that the current speaker has a higher degree than himher. In this datum, Michael, Hazel’s father performs a disagreement
act for showing off his authorities. Hazel
: You cannot make me. Michael :
Of course we can. We’re your parents.
Datum 3 In this conversation, Hazel utters that she does not want to attend the Support
Group that her parents register for her anymore. She thinks that it is her right to do anything she wants and that her parents do not have that right to make her come. In
respo nse of disagreeing, Michael states an objective fact that he and Frannie, Hazel’s
mother, are her parents. That is why they have the right to make Hazel do some activities outside as they are aware of their authorities upon their daughters. It means
that M ichael shows off his authority of being Hazel’s parent toward his daughter to
make her attend the Support Group.
e. Prohibiting the First Speaker to Do an Action
Some disagreement acts are identified as a strategy to prohibit the first speaker to do an action. It can be seen by the context and by the expression that the characters
use. The characters often perform disagreement acts because of this reason by performing an expression which contains prevention. The dialogue between Hazel
and Augustus represents the occurrence of this reason. Hazel
: Gus, I have to call somebody. Augustus
:
No, no. Please don’t call 9-1-1. Please. Don’t call my parents or 9... I will never forgive you if you call them.
Datum 34
Hazel states that she needs to call somebody in hurry seeing Augustus’
condition that she cannot handle it by her own. Furthermore, Augustus performs his disagreement for Hazel’s assessment by immediately stating bare exclamation ‘No’.
He also clearly states ‘Please don’t call 9-1-1. Please. Don’t call my parents or 9…’ that contains an expression of begging and preventing. He also adds a threat for Hazel
by saying ‘I will never forgive you if you call them’. In this context, Augustus’s
statement explicitly shows that he prevents Hazel to call his parents or 9-1-1. Therefore, it can be concluded that the reason of this kind of disagreement acts is
because the current speaker prohibits the first speaker to do an action.
f. Making An Excuse of the Initial Statement
The other reason that the characters in
The Fault in Our Stars
movie perform disagreement acts is because the current speaker is making an excuse of hisher initial
statement. The example is taken from a dialogue between Michael and Hazel in Datum 7 below.
Michael : Uh, you don’t “take” pot.
Hazel : Well, that is the kind of thing I would know with a fake ID.
Datum 7 The conversation takes place in Lancaster family’s home when Hazel protests
to her parents that she does not need to go to the Support Group anymore for the sake of socializing. Hazel gives another alternative to her parents if they want Hazel to be
a teenager, they need to get a fake ID to Hazel so that she can go to clubs and take marijuana pot as she likes. Then, Michael notices that ‘pot’ or a specific kind of
drug is not ‘taken’ to consume. However, Hazel delivers her disagreement by making
