CHAPTER III
RESEARCH FINDINGS
The previous chapter has explicated about the theoretical frame work which is going to be used to analyze in this chapter. This chapter will provide the research finding
of the examination. In this case, it is needed to be confirmed that theoretical frame work is only a tool but not the main purpose. So, the most important thing is how to make the
best use of the tool, and then the meaning of the literary works can be optimally understood.
A. Data Description
Iron Jawed Angels is film by Katja Von Garnier. This film is about women with strong character who seek the right of women’s vote and attempt to get the justice. It
begun when Alice Paul and her friend Lucy try to get the right of women’s vote. They started their action on parade of President Woodrow Wilson’s inaugurations day. They
asked many women to join the parade and it was successful. In the parade they get bad treatment, but they still continue their action until they get the justice.
In this chapter the researcher focus the discussion on Alice Paul characters because she is the main character in this film. Alice Paul has characteristics which
correlated with the feminist values, and it can be seen on the table bellows.
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B. Data Analysis
A character is a person in literary work that has some short of identity. Alice Paul is the main character in this movie, and she has very important role in the development of
the story. It because of her character presented by conflict and action that make the film nice to be watched. The researcher gives some marks in some words or line as the
evidences of Alice’s characteristic. Then the writer analyzes the evidence of Alice’s characteristic and divided into several characteristic. Those are educated women,
courageous, struggle, decisive, persistent, self confidence, and independent woman for more detail explanation it will be explained one by one below.
A. The issues of Alice’s characteristics through feminism approach.
Alice’s characteristic Minutes
Corpus 1.
Educated women
1:12
18:47 Woman: She bright girl, smart
more………..and a doctorate from Penn
Carrie: Yeah Carrie : she want to lobby for
constitutional amendment
Carrie: She thinks congress is going to suddenly roll over?
I thought you said she was bright. Paula who?
Woman : Paul, Alice Paul
Ben: Negro men have been voting since civil war. You think the
ballot’s changed his life? It’s a cash-and-carry country. What
will the vote buy you?
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Alice: self respect, for starter Ben: I vote and I have no self
respect. What do you think women going to do when they
vote? Reform politic.
Alice: Because we are morally superior. That’s a nice fairy tale.
I don’t have any illusions about women. There is good and bad,
just like a man. I don’t know what they’re going to do with
their vote, and I don’t care.
Ben: Prohibition? Legalize birth control?
Alice: it doesn’t matter. That’s not the point.
Ben: what the point? Alice: we are legitimated citizen.
We are taxed without representation.
We are not allowed to serve on juries, so we are not tidied by our
peers.
Alice: it’s unconscionable, not to mention unconstitutional. We
don’t make the laws, but we have to obey them, like children. You
know the suffrage amendment has only one been in the senate?
But we’ve got nine states now. That’s for million women voters,
which mean one-fifth of the house. One-sixth of the senate
and one-seventh of the electoral votes come from suffrage states.
You want to know what women can buy with that.
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Ben: were you the smartest girl in your class?
Alice: No, in the whole school. Ben: would you be talking to me,
if I don’t work for the Washington post.
Alice: No Ben: hmm……hmm….have lunch
with me, Alice Paul. 2.
Struggle woman 01:40:40
08:55 Alice: I was put in the straitjacket
and taken on the psychopathic ward. I could not see my family
or friends. Counsel was denied me. No other prisoners and heard
nothing of them. I could see no paper. Today I was force fed for
the third time. I refuse to open my mouth, my left nostril, throat, and
muscles of my neck are very sore. I vomit continuously during the
process.
Lucy: I think 1.000 women marching means more than
10.000signatures on a piece of paper. Suffragist is not a dead
issue, it’s us, it’s you, and it’s living, breathing women. We are
not just a petition that can be crumpled up and tossed away,
and this is what marching does. Marching shows the politician
that we women are united in our demand for political.
Ruza: Show me a raise, screw the politicians
Lucy: Go ahead if you think it’ll help.
Alice: Now, there’s a hundred
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and forty-six women burned to death in a factory fire last month.
Where is your fire escape? Laws are making by elected officials.
Afire escape can be required by law. A vote is fire escape.
Ruza: We take Sunday off to la- di-da for you, we get fire on
Monday. You have children, missus? They don’t eat ballots.
Go ahead, shout head off.
Alice: The ruling classes are those who have a voice and that
voice is a vote. No one hears you. Votes for women.
Lucy: the parade is going to happen and please, would you
like one?
Ruza : A vote is a fire escape. Alice: that’s right a vote is a fire
escape
Ruza: Mrs. Menclawska. Ruza. Alice: Alice Paul
Ruza: Now give me the rest, college girl.
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3. Courageous
27:38
08:15 President: As I promised in my
election campaign, congress will on currency.
Revision and tariff reform. These are issues which affect all
American, and of course must take priority over special interest.
I can’t very well instruct congress on the merits of an issue
I hope you will be patient while I educate my self.
Alice: Mr. President How can you legislate tariff
reform when not all citizens are able to vote for it
Isn’t that why we fought the American Revolution
08:15 Lucy: You have never organized
the parade before; it’s not like giving dinner party.
Alice: have you ever given dinner party?
Lucy : No Alice: Then what are you worried
about?
Did you get the permit? Lucy: I’ve been to the district
police three times
Alice: Go over his head, to the parks commissioner
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Lucy I could go under his belt Alice I bet you would
4. Self confident
20:27 Alice: this desk was Susan B.
Antony. From the old head quarter. It’s was in storage, its
haunted.
Lucy: Did you kiss him? Because if you don’t want him, I’ll take
him.
Alice: ssssssssssstttt….. Listen. Lucy: ask her how to we’ll get the
amendment on the floor?
Alice:………….Alice listen to the desk
Lucy: what does she said? Alice: she said just do it.
5. Decisive woman 44:24
Alice: the national party is composed entirely of women
and does not align itself officially or unofficially with any existing
political party. The NWP does not put forth a candidate for
election. We are a single plat form party, dedicated to the
passage of the following constitutional amendment; the
right of citizens of the united state vote. Shall not be denied or
abridge by the united state or any state, on account of sex. We
pledge unceasing opposition to
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any and all political candidates who refuse to support this
amendment.
1. Alice as an educated woman
Alice is a smart and bright girl; she has ability to make an amendment for women’s vote which not everybody can make it.
Harriet: She bright girl, smart more………..and a doctorate from Penn Carrie: Yeah
Harriet: she wants to lobby for constitutional amendment Carrie: She thinks congress is going to suddenly roll over?
I thought you said she was bright Paula who?
Harriet: Paul, Alice Paul
The quotation above shows that Harriet and Carrie are talking about the young woman who bright and smart, she is Alice Paul. She is graduated from Penn, and
understands about politic at that time which she is not given right to the women for doing vote.
Alice is a smart girl, she can make an amendment. Amendment is a big thing that nobody can make it, but Alice can make an amendment. When she wants to lobby for her
constitutional amendment, Carry Cat underestimated her.
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Quotation above shows that Alice gets the underestimate from Carrie. Carrie thought that Alice could not lobby for constitutional amendment, and Carrie also doubt
that Alice is a bright and smart girl, but the reality Alice is a doctorate from Penn University.
In the other dialogue which supports that Alice is a smart girl. Her smart shows in her long dialogue with Ben. She explains about women’s vote and she looks different
from men and women right. Alice: we are legitimated citizen. We are taxed without representation.
We are not allowed to serve on juries, so we are not tidied by our peers.
Alice : it’s unconscionable, not to mention unconstitutional. We don’t make the laws,
but we have to obey them, like children. You know the suffrage amendment has only one been in the senate? But we’ve got nine states now. That’s for
million women voters, which mean one-fifth of the house. One-sixth of the senate and one-seventh of the electoral votes come from suffrage states. You
want to know what women can buy with that.
Ben : were you the smartest girl in your class?
Alice : No, in the whole school.
Ben : would you be talking to me, if I don’t work for the Washington post.
Alice : No
Ben : hmm……hmm….have lunch with me, Alice Paul.
Quotation above supports that Alice is a smart girl, she can explain to Ben fluently about women’s suffragist and what the influence of women’s vote for women.
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Ben listens the explanation carefully. By listening to the explanation, Ben considers that Alice is the smartest girl that he ever met.
2. Alice as a struggle woman
As a main character, Alice is a struggle woman, although her act is opposed by many people, she never gives up. She gets the bad treatment from the government when
she tries to fight to get justice. In her effort to get justice of women’s vote, she uses all her abilities and all her times. Alice as the leader of NWP asks her members to do their
protest action in front of the white house. When her members do the protest, they get bad treatment. According to the government the protests that is done by Alice and her
members is obstructing traffic. In the reality the protester’s line picket does not disturb the main road. Because of that government gives a fine to the protester. They should pay
a fine one dollar for each person or they will be jailed along sixty days. Not only Alice’s member, but Alice also gets fine in the women jail. In the jail
Alice and her member get the bad treatment. Alice gets the worst treatment. Alice: I was put in the straitjacket and taken on the psychopathic ward. I could
not see my family or friends. Counsel was denied me. No other prisoners and heard nothing of them. I could see no paper. Today I was force fed for the third
time. I refuse to open my mouth, my left nostril, throat, and muscles of my neck are very sore. I vomit continuously during the process.
Quotation above shows that Alice is a struggle woman To get the justice and woman’s vote she get many oppressions by the government. Alice’s struggle appears
when she tries to organize parade in Mr. President Wilson Woodrow. Lucy: I think 1.000 women marching means more than 10.000signatures on a
piece of paper. Suffragist is not a dead issue, it’s us, it’s you, and it’s living, breathing xxxvi
women. We are not just a petition that can be crumpled up and tossed away, and this is what marching does. Marching shows the politician that we women are united in our
demand for political.
Ruza: Show me a raise, screw the politicians Lucy: Go ahead if you think it’ll help.
Alice: Now, there’s a hundred and forty-six women burned to death in a factory fire last month. Where is your fire escape? Laws are making by elected officials. Afire escape can
be required by law. A vote is fire escape.
Ruza: We take Sunday off to la-di-da for you, we get fire on Monday. You have children, missus? They don’t eat ballots. Go ahead, shout head off.
Alice: the ruling classes are those who have a voice and that voice is a vote. No one hears you. Votes for women.
Lucy: the parade is going to happen and please, would you like one? Ruza : A vote is a fire escape.
Alice: that’s right a vote is a fire escape Ruza: Mrs. Menclawska. Ruza.
Alice: Alice Paul Ruza: Now give me the rest, college girl.
Quotation above shows that Alice is a struggle woman. She asks woman employees to get their right. Alice asks the employees to follow the parade. She explained
to the employee that they have to get their right. Firstly one of the employees whose name is Ruza does not care about the right of women, but Alice gives more explanation
about the effect of women vote for women and the last Ruza also wants to join the parade.
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3. Alice as a courageous woman
Courageous is the ability to control fear when facing danger, pain, and opposition. In addition courage also means the ability to give opinion and brave
face the risk. Her courage is to speak with NAWSA leader who does not allow her to decelerate her amendment. She asks to president to declaration her amendment.
President: As I promised in my election campaign, congress will on currency. Revision and tariff reform. These are issues which affect all American, and of
course must take priority over special interest. I can’t very well instruct congress on the merits of an issue
I hope you will be patient while I educate myself.
Alice: Mr. President How can you legislate tariff reform when not all citizens are able to vote
for it Isn’t that why we fought the American Revolution
When Mr. President has already talked about his promise in his election campaign he stands up and goes, Alice gives the opinion that makes Mr. President sit
down. In this situation Alice is brave to give opinion and she tries to make Mr. President give the justice for women. Alice’s courage also appears when she wants to held the
parade. Lucy: You have never organized the parade before; it’s not like giving dinner party.
Alice: have you ever given dinner party? Lucy: No
Alice: Then what are you worried about? Did you get the permit?
Lucy: I’ve been to the district police three times Alice: Go over his head, to the parks commissioner
Lucy I could go under his belt
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Alice I bet you would
The dialogue above shows that Alice is a brave woman. When her friend ‘Lucy reminds her that she never organizes the parade before, she believes that she can do it.
She is not fear to face the risk of the parade and she is not worried at all. She just enjoys the situation although she never organizes before. Then the writer assumes that Alice as a
courageous woman because she is not fear to face the risk. Another situation which supports Alice as a courageous woman is when Alice
tells the media that she organizes the new party of women’s suffrages. The name of the party is National Women’s Party NWP.
Alice: the national party is composed entirely of women and does not align itself officially or unofficially with any existing political party. The NWP does not put forth a
candidate for election. We are a single plat form party, dedicated to the passage of the following constitutional amendment; the right of citizens of the united state vote. Shall not
be denied or abridge by the united state or any state, on account of sex. We pledge unceasing opposition to any and all political candidates who refuse to support this
amendment.
Alice has already made a new party of women’s suffrages. She is as a leader of NWP and she organizes all the activities in NWP. She makes the line picket in front of
the white house.
4. Alice as a self confident woman
Alice shows herself confident when many people opposes her, but she believes that she can make the amendment. She can change the women position and make women
get their right. Government really opposes her plan, and NAWSA also opposes her plan. Alice always tries to help women to get their right.
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Alice: this desk was Susan B. Antony. From the old head quarter. It’s was in storage, its haunted.
Lucy: Did you kiss him? Because if you don’t want him, I’ll take him. Alice: ssssssssssstttt….. Listen.
Lucy: ask her how to we’ll get the amendment on the floor? Alice:………….Alice listen to the desk
Lucy: what does she said? Alice: she saidjust do it.
The dialogue above happen when Alice was dating with Ben, actually she gets the dating with Ben for lobbying Bent to make a dead line about women suffrage in the
newspaper where he works . Alice talks to an empty table, puts her ear on it and listen her own thought about how to get amendment. When she said “just do it” it is mean she is
quite sure of herself that she can get the amendment. It shows that she is a very confidence person. In the home Lucy asks about Alice’s dating with Ben. Quotation
above supports that Alice is a self confident woman. When her friend asks about her dating with Ben, she just listens to the desk and ignores the question about Ben. She does
not care about Ben who loves her. She just thinks how the way to lobby for a constitutional amendment and how to do it. The word just do it means that Alice is very
confident to get the amendment and to do it.
5. Alice as a decisive woman
Decisive woman is having or showing the ability to decide quickly. In the other word, woman is able to make a quick decision for her fate. Alice has a decisive character
and her decision appear when NAWSA investigates about money that came to Alice. At that time Alice thought that she didn’t want to fight women, because what she has already
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done at that time is also for women. Alice thought that she had to make a new party for continue her fight to get right for women.
Alice: the national party is composed entirely of women and does not align itself officially or unofficially with any existing political party. The NWP does not put forth a
candidate for election. We are a single plat form party, dedicated to the passage of the following constitutional amendment; the right of citizens of the united state vote. Shall not
be denied or abridge by the united state or any state, on account of sex. We pledge unceasing opposition to any and all political candidates who refuse to support this
amendment.
This quotation also shows that Alice is a decisive woman; she decided to make a new party even though many sides are against her.
B. Feminism ideas on Alice’s Character
