statement of obligationnecessities is obviously seen that Jules obliges Ben by
saying do not feel you have to go. Jules adds please to soften the utterance. The marker please makes the request does not force Ben to go to San Francisco.
g. Imperatives
Imperatives occur 7 times in this movie. This strategy of request is straight to the point to the requestee. It contains understandable intention which is similar
with an order. Thus, this strategy is simpler than the other strategies. An example of imperatives is found in the conversation below that begins
in San Francisco. In the morning, Jules has an interview with CEO‘s candidate. She is not stunned by the candidate because they do not blink. She goes out from
the building and comes near to Ben who waits forher. She and Ben should go back to the office. Then, they go to the airport.
Jules : Airport, please. Driver : driving to airport
Datum 33
By saying Airport, please, that utterance contains imperative strategy
because Jules directly states her destination to the driver. Jules intends to ask the driver to escort them to the airport. It is because the job of a driver is to take
people to their destination, then heshe should comply the customer‘s request. By
adding the marker please, the request becomes soft and polite.
Another example of imperative is a conversation that happens in the office. After Jules arrived from San Francisco, she is greeted by her coworkers.
Moreover, Ben is greeted by his friends. Jules accepts a bouquet of flowers by
Ted Townsend from CEO in San Francisco. She asks Becky to give the phone number of Ted Townsend. The dialogue is presented below.
Becky : Also, these just arrived from Ted Townsend. Here‘s the card.
Jules : reading the card
Get me Townsend’s number will you?
Datum 35 Jules directly asks Becky to give the number of Ted Townsend. She says
Get me Townsend’s number will you? It is an imperative strategy that is applied
in this utterance because the request is stated clearly and imposes the requestee to carry out the request. The intention from this utterance is obviously seen that Jules
wants the number of Ted Townsend. She wants to call Ted Townsend to say thank
for the bouquet. By adding will you?, the request becomes polite and pleasant for
the requestee to accept the request.
3. The Purposes of Request Applied by the Main Characters in The Intern
