3. Projection
Projection is a one of defense mechanism by attributing someone‟s unwanted urge or instinct to an external object. This is due
to the excessive anxiety. Actually it is a tendency to see the urge from the others that we do not want to have. Whereas that urge comes from
our own self.
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For example, if a student has a strong desire to cheat on his examination but cannot admit it to himself due to the moral
code, he will distrust of others and accuse them of cheating when they are innocent.
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4. Sublimation
The only one of defense mechanism that can be accepted by society is sublimation. Sublimation makes the urges and instinct from
the id becomes more acceptable either culturally or socially. The purpose of this mechanism is to maintain a stable relationship between
human being and his social activity, so the social achievement and personal pleasure can be reached.
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For example is when someone cannot satisfy his sexual motive, he will satisfy the motive by finding
some other outlet which seems to reduce the tension, such as painting, visiting the art, or listening to music.
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Ibid., p. 37.
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Clifford T. Morgan Richard A. King, op. cit., p. 376.
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Ferdinand Zaviera, op. cit., p. 109.
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Clifford T. Morgan Richard A. King, op. cit., p. 378.
5. Regression
Regression is a process of returning to the habit in the past due to an anxiety in the developmental stage. This is a way that people
usually take to reduce the anxiety. As people get the anxiety, they will look for a safer and more comfortable place or situation. Their habit
also will change to their old one. Besides that, they will shift their libido into the more familiar and primitive object.
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For example, a boy drinks his milk from a bottle when his sister is born. He will do this after seeing his sister sucks her mot
her‟s nipple. The anxiety that he experienced makes him wants to find a
more secure position. So, he starts to drink milk from a bottle. 6.
Rationalization It is a form defense mechanism by changing the motive. An
individual explains his behavior in such a way as to assign a socially approved motive and conceal the unacceptable motive. For example, a
student who gets the bad score in her study will blame her teacher for her failure. She can tell the others that the teacher is not fair enough
with her, or maybe the teacher does not have a long time to explain the materials.
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7. Introjections
When the projection is a kind of defense mechanism that divert unwanted impulse to the external objects, introjection adopts the
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Jess Feist Gregory J. Feist, op. cit., p. 36.
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Clifford T. Morgan Richard A. King, op. cit., p. 377.
positive values of others into his own ego. It is intended to resolve the nagging feeling. In this case, an adolescent will imitate her favorite
artist started from the lifestyle and the behavior. It makes the adolescent to appreaciate and see herself better.
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Jess Feist Gregory J. Feist, op. cit., p. 43.
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CHAPTER III RESEARCH FINDINGS
In this research, the writer focuses on Michael Foster‟s character. Michael Foster was a medical technician who worked at the hospital. He lived with his
wife and his two sons in the center town. As a med tech, Foster was a quite successful man. He loved his job and his family. Behind his perfect life, he had
unstable personality. It was due to the absence of parents when he was child. Later, his unstable personality was aggravated by the death of his sister, Melinda
Foster. He kidnaped the girls who had the similarities with his sister, especially having shoulder-length blonde hair. Later, he slashed their scalps and collected
them in a cellar that he prepared for remembering his sister. The reason behind his action was because her sister lost her blonde hair when she suffered from cancer.
From The Call movie, the character of Michael Foster has a personality problem. For that reason, in this chapter the writer answers and explains the
research question by following the focus of the study that analyzes what the character and characterization of Michael Foster are and how his personality
problem is showed by Sigmund Freud‟s personality structure. This research is divided into two sub-chapters. The first is character and
characterization analysis of Michael Foster. And the second is personality structure of Michael Foster. The writer focuses the analysis from
Foster‟s appearances and dialogues with other characters. The scenes of the movie are also
presented in this chapter.
A. Character and Characterization Analysis of Michael Foster
Character is someone who builds the arrangement of events to be powerful, colorful, and attractive. If there are no characters, there will not be a
story. That personality can be seen by the way they talk, think, and interact with the others. In this movie, the character of Michael Foster has an influence to make
up the story. Through his character, the story in the movie runs. In the beginning of movie, Foster is described as a mysterious man because there is no clear
description about him. But then at the next scenes, he is depicted clearly. Michael Foster is a white, cool, good looking, and middle-age man. It can be seen through
his physical appearance from the pictures below:
Picture 1 00:29:24 Picture 2 00:43:38
Picture 3 00:17:46 Picture 4 00:38:32
From the picture 1 and 2, Foster is showed as a man who has a thin beard, pointed nose, and short brown hair. His appearance is simple like the usual person. Foster
is a man who seems happy wearing casual clothes wherever he goes, such as long or short t-shirt and shirt and jeans. Sometimes, he also gets his cap and sunglasses
to make his appearance good. This characteristic is also supported by picture 3 that explains more about Foster‟s appearance. When Foster goes to the public
places, he never wears something flashy or having many patterns. He just puts his casual outfit that does not attract people‟s attention around him. His appearance in
this picture also tells about his composure. From the picture 4, the thing nearby him also supports the establishment of
early assumption that Foster is a simple person who does not like flashy things. For example, we can see that Foster drives an old car with a dark color. It proves
that as a usual person, Foster does not want to show up who he is and what he has. This habit is also espoused by the way Foster organizes his house.
Picture 5 00:55:01 Picture 6 01:00:05
Foster had two houses. They were in downtown and town center. From the color of
Foster‟s houses, Foster chose soft color for the interior and did not put
