5. The Intern
Figure 1. The Cover of The Intern Movie
The Intern is the title of an American comedy movie by Nancy Meyers which was released on September 25, 2015 by Warner Bros. Some stars involve
in the production of this movie are Robert De Niro as Ben Whitaker and Anne Hathaway as Jules. Both of them are the main characters. Meanwhile, the
supporting characters are Rene Russo, Anders Holm, Andrew Rannells, Adam De Vine, Christina Scherer, and Zack Pearlman.
The Intern is a story about seventy-year-old widower named Ben Whittaker who is accepted as an intern senior program. The name of the company
is About the Fit, located in Brooklyn. The company runs fashion mode, whose founder and CEO is Jules Ostin. As an intern, Ben works with his boss, Jules. He
should accompany his boss in every situation, such as escorting her to meet some clients, going to the warehouse, or staying in the office when Jules has to stay to
work overtime. Moreover, Ben and his coworkers help Jules to delete an email in her mother‘s laptop that accidentally sent by her. Ben is not only close with Jules
but also with her family, her daughter, Paige and her husband, Matt. Matt gives up on his career, thus, he becomes a house husband for Paige.
Jules has crisis about her company because her investor feels that she is unable to cope with workload. Therefore, she should hire a CEO to develop the
company. After that, Jules and Ben go to San Francisco to have an interview with CEO candidate. At night before the interview, Jules tells that she knows about
Matt‘s cheating behind her. The problem increases that Matt has an affair with a mother
of Paige‘s friends.
6. Previous Research
There are many researchers who conduct some analysis under the study of pragmatics focusing on speech act. In this research, the researcher uses two
previous studies as the references. There are undergraduate thesis and international journal.
The first research is conducted by M. Rifki Fahrurrozi. The title of the research is A Pragmatic Analysis of Speech Act of Requests Expressed by the
Characters in Office Space 2015. The objectives of the research are to investigate the types of request and to identify the strategies of request employed
by the characters in the movie. Then, the research mostly uses the type of conventionally indirect request based on the hearer. Meanwhile, the characters in
Office Space mainly use the strategy of questioning hearer`s ability and willingness.
The second research is conducted by Khalid Wahaab Jabber and Zhang Jinquan. The title of the research is The Modal Verbs: A Speech Act of Request in
the Speech of the President of the United States Barak Obama 2013. The objective of the research is to explore the speech acts of request of political speech
which has been delivered by President Obama. The results of the research are speech acts of request is the most frequent prevailing in the political nominated
speech and the speech acts of request is mostly happened in an indirect way. There are some differences between two previous studies and this
research. This research intends to analyze some purposes that are different from both of the researches. This research adds the purpose of request and The Intern
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