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Lucy’s bond with her mother affects her, particularly when her husband leaves her because she keeps on her decision to adopt a baby Garcia, 2009: 85.
a. Lucy as a woman
As a woman who is unable to conceive a baby, Lucy finally decides to adopt a baby. Unfortunately, Joseph, her husband and her parents in law are diminishing her
decision. Joseph eventually leaves her but this does not discourage Lucy. Lucy knows that she has her mother who always supports her.
INT. LUCY’S KITCHEN ROOM – NIGHT Ada looks into the kitchen and finds Lucy standing at the sink, the dishes all
washed and the water still running, lost in thought.
ADA. Where are you right now? Lucy turns off the water tap.
LUCY. I was thinking about Joseph. Ada waits for more.
LUCY CONT’D. He was a stranger once – then he was the love of my life. Now I don’t know what he is anymore. And it doesn’t matter to me.
Ada has no comment. LUCY CONT’D. Time is ruthless, isn’t it? Garcia, 2009: 111
The scene that happens in Lucy’s kitchen above shows that Lucy is no longer care whether Joseph is around for her and her adoptive daughter or not. This shows that
as a woman, Lucy is able to do and to decide everything on her own because she realizes that she is always be encouraged by her mother. This is because Lucy and
Ada have a positive bond in between both of them.
b. Lucy as a mother
In the end of the screenplay, it is told that Lucy adopts Elizabeth’s baby daughter. Lucy learns that being a mother is not as easy as she thinks; however she is
able to learn how to soothe her baby and how to be a mother from Ada Garcia,
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2009: 102. The researcher concludes that Lucy’s capability to act as a mother
should do is related to the positive bond between her and her mother. This is based on
Baruch and Barnett’s theory which says that positive bond between a mother and a daughter might improve t
he daughter’s ability in the family roles 1983: 601-606.
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CHAPTER V CONCLUSION
According to Freud, mother is the child’s primary love object and the parent most responsible for its optimal development 1963: 129. Therefore, the bond
between a mother and her child is special. A mother has significant roles in forming her children’s attitudes and characterizations, especially daughters. This thesis uses
Rodrigo Garcia’s Mother and Child screenplay to elaborately study some particular effects of the bonds between mothers and the daughters toward the daughters.
Each character in Rodrigo Garcia’s Mother and Child has different kinds of bonds with their mothers. Each character is affected by the bond with their mothers.
Thus, this thesis discusses each effect of the mother – daughter bond toward each
character in the screenplay. The first character is Karen. Karen has a difficult bond with Nora, her mother.
