Background of the Study

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6. Benefit of the Study

The researcher hopes that this study has the benefits that are divided into theoretical and practical benefit, they are as follows:

a. Theoretical Benefit

The researcher hopes this result can be useful as references, contribution and additional information to the larger body of knowledge especially for the literary study on The Help movie.

b. Practical Benefit

The result of this research hopefully enriches the researcher’s knowledge and her experience dealing with sociological approach in deeper. Then, it can be useful input for the other researcher in analyzing The Help movie into different approach.

B. Research Method

1. Type of the Study

In doing this research, the researcher uses qualitative research because she intends analyzing the structural element on the The Help movie and describing the racial discrimination reflected in The Help movie.

2. Object of the Study

The object of this research is Tate Taylor’s The Help movie. In conducting the research, the researcher is going to analyze it by using a sociological approach.

3. Type of the Data and the Data Source

There are two types of data are Text and image. Text data in this research is movie manuscript, which consists of words, phrases, and sentences. Image data in this research are images capturing of some actions in the movie which is related to the topic of research. There are two types of the data source namely primary data source: The Help movie released on August 10, 2011 in Jackson, Mississippi by Tate Taylor and secondary data source: the other materials taken from books or any information related to racial discrimination. 5

4. Technique of the Data Collection

The steps are watching the movie repeatedly, taking notes of important parts both primary and secondary data, arranging the data into several groups based on its theoretical category, selecting particular parts considered important and relevant for analysis and drawing conclusion and formulate its pedagogical suggestion. 5. Technique of the Data Analysis The technique of data analysis for this movie uses descriptive qualitative method that consists of two steps: analyzing the data based on its structural elements and analyzing the data based on sociological approach.

C. Research Findings and Discussion

1. Structural Elements of

The Help Movie a. Narrative Elements 1 Character and Characterization a Major Characters: 1 Aibileen Fig 1. Aibileen Aibileen is first major character. She was born in Chickasaw, Pledmont Plantation in 1911. She is from black people. Physically, her hair is curly and black. Her noise is pointed. she is old lady. “I was born 1911, Chickasaw County,Piedmont Plantation”. movie script, 00:01:23 Socialy, She is a kind woman. She helps Skeeter make a book because she wants to make her community get same treatment as white people.