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fury he told administration officials that he could go to school, he could pass and he could get work. Finally he was desperate to go to college, but it d
idn‟t change peoples views on abnormal person.
It seems so clear that there are differences in the treatment of a normal and to a disabled people. It makes Richard finally found the core of
his life. And the treatment of people of his friend Art Honeyman a genius because of this he became paralyzed made him get up to fight for human
rights as social beings. After seeing this film, the writer interested to choose it as a thesis
analysis. Because in this film shows us “binary opposition” between normal
and abnormal in physically, where the abnormal one that become marginal minority. The writer will feature elements associated with the focus being
researched. B.
Focus of the Study
As mentioned in the background of the study, this research will focus on displaying binary opposition between superior and inferior. It is because of
limited research in terms of time, effort, and costs, and to make this research more directed and focused.
C. Research Questions
In the study the writer attempts to propose the study into one question as stated below:
How are Richard and Art as the inferior persons opposed to the normal people as the superiors shown in the film Music Within?
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D. Significance of the Study
The writer hopes that this research can expand the readers views about the meaning of colonialism. In social life, there are some people who treat
disabled group unnaturally. Besides that, the writer wants the readers to know the origin and the beginning of democracy to the disabled people, especially
in America.
E. Methodology of the Research
1. Objective of the Study
The objective of the research is to give understanding that as human beings who live socially, we should not underestimate the people
who have a deficiency. It also gives a motivation to disabled people that they can not be underestimated to make their dream come true as
described in this study. 2.
Method of the Research
The method used in this research is a qualitative method. In this study, the writer describes the data which are collected from the script of Music
Within – movie as well as by watching the movie carefully that refers to a
binary opposition of the characters, without applying them statistically.
3. Data Analysis Technique
In this study, the writer uses the descriptive analysis technique. In this analysis, she uses the concepts of Edward W. Said concerning
“Orientalism” and his opinion on post colonialism.
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4. Research Instrument
The instrument of research is the writer herself as the subject to obtain data by watching the movie Music Within repeatedly and reading its
scripts to select data that are important are support this research. Than, The writer analyses the data from sociological
– views by using intrinsic element of the study such as choosing characters of the film, opposing one
character to another in achieving the objective of the study – some
dialogues are also used to support the analysis.
5. Unit of Analysis
The unit analysis in this study is a film of Music Within produced in 2007, by starring Ron Livingston, Melissa George and Michael Sheen.
F. Time and Place of the study
This research was conducted on the ninth semester 2010 in the Department of English Language and Literature of Adab and Humanities
Faculty, States Islamic University Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta, as well as in the other libraries and places that support this study.
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CHAPTER II THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK
A. Postcolonial Theory
Postcolonial discourse was first introduced in literature field of study. There are two important models in post-colonial literature Postcolonial
literature, which is a model of national and model of black writing. National model focuses on the relationship between state and ex-colonialist.
While the black model focuses the writing on the works of the African Diaspora of the Black Atlantic. This model was later expanded to include
other forms of writing, such as Australian Aboriginal writing or writings from India, because this model more bases itself on ethnicity rather than
nationality.
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The literary and postcolonial theory has two main keys, namely the domination-subordination and hybridity creolization. These issues appear at
first to the surface related to military control and economic backwardness. Domination and subordination is a relationship that not only occurs between
countries or ethnic, but also within a country or within a particular ethnic, even in gender power relations. As reviewed by Gayatri Spivak Can
Subaltern Speak?, stating that subaltern cannot speak, that women in the colonial context have a conceptual language to speak because there is no ear
of colonial and indigenous men to listen.
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Leela Gandhi, Teori Poskolonial: Upaya Meruntuhkan Hegemoni Barat Yogyakarta:Qalam, 2001 p. vi-vii.
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Akhyar Yusuf Lubis, Dekonstruksi Epistemologi Modern Jakarta: Pustaka Indonesia Satu, 2006 p. 204.
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