AN ANALYSIS OF ISHAAN ASWATHI’S STRUGGLE TO HEAL HIS LANGUAGE DISORDER IN AMOLE GUPTE’S FILM “LIKE STARS ON EARTH”

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AN ANALYSIS OF ISHAAN ASWATHI’S STRUGGLE TO

HEAL HIS LANGUAGE DISORDER IN AMOLE GUPTE’S FILM

“LIKE STARS ON EARTH”

THESIS

BY:

SHINTA ISAURA

(07360110)

ENGLISH DEPARTMENT

FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION

UNIVERSITY OF MUHAMMADIYAH MALANG


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AN ANALYSIS OF ISHAAN ASWATHI’S STRUGGLE TO HEAL

HIS LANGUAGE DISORDER IN AMOLE GUPTE’S FILM

“LIKE STARS ON EARTH”

THESIS

BY:

SHINTA ISAURA

(07360110)

ENGLISH DEPARTMENT

FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION

UNIVERSITY OF MUHAMMADIYAH MALANG


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AN ANALYSIS OF ISHAAN ASWATHI’S STRUGGLE TO HEAL

HIS LANGUAGE DISORDER IN AMOLE GUPTE’S FILM

“LIKE STARS ON EARTH”

THESIS

This thesis is submitted to meet one of the requirements to achieve Sarjana Degree in English Education

BY:

SHINTA ISAURA

(07360110)

ENGLISH DEPARTMENT

FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION

UNIVERSITY OF MUHAMMADIYAH MALANG


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This thesis written by Shinta Isaura was approved on January 26, 2012.

By:

Advisor I, Advisor II,


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This thesis was defended in front of the examiners of Faculty of Teacher Training and Education of University of Muhammadiyah Malang

and accepted as one of the requirements to achieve Sarjana Degree in English Education

on January 26, 2012

Approved by:

Faculty of Teacher Training and Education University of Muhammadiyah Malang

Dean,

Drs. H. Fauzan, M.Pd.

Examiners: Signatures: 1. Dr. Sri Hartiningsih, M.M. 1. ...

2. Puji Sumarsono, M. Ed. 2. ...

3. Dra. Thathit Manon Andini, M. Hum. 3. ... 4. Fardini Sabilah, S. Pd, M. Pd. 4. ...


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MOTTO

Daring to Begin

(Shinta Isaura - 2011)

"Any intelligent fool can make things bigger,

more complex,

an more violent. It takes a touch of genius –

and a lot of courage – to move

in the opposite direction."

(Albert Einstein - 1879)

DEDICATION

This thesis is dedicated to:

My Lord Allah SWT and Prophet Muhammad SAW,

My beloved parents,

All my friends in the world,

Also, to all children with dyslexia who have


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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Alhamdulillah, all my grateful prays are praised to Allah SWT, The Almighty and The Most Merciful, for His gift to the writer in finishing the thesis. Allah, who gives me the soul of belief, is the only power in my soul, the source of the beauty in my life. Because of His powerful guidance I can finish my thesis entitle An Analysis of Ishaan Aswathi’s struggle to Heal His Language Disorder in Amole Gupte’s Film “Like Stars on Earth”. Sholawat and salam will always be given to our last Prophet Muhammad SAW who has been showed us to right way under the Islamic guidance. I would like to express great appreciation and thank to many persons who are behind the completion of his thesis. Therefore, I want to address her sincere thank to:

• Dra. Thathit Manon A, M. Hum, my first advisor, thank you very much for her given great patience, idea, guidance, correction, and constructive critics, without those of this thesis would have never been completed.

• Fardini Sabilah, S. Pd, M. Pd, my second advisor thank you very much for given great encouragement, correction, reading, with her valuable comment suggestion, the content of this thesis could be improved.

Hopefully, Allah SWT always blesses those reason mentioned above and all their sacrifice became their merciful deeds to help them gain success in their future. It is expected that this thesis can be useful and beneficial for people who read it. May Allah S.W.T bless all of us.

Malang, January 26, 2012

The writer,


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TABLE OF CONTENTS

TITLE...i

APPROVAL...ii

LEGALIZATION...iii

MOTTO AND DEDICATION...iv

ABSTRACT...v

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ...vi

TABLE OF CONTENTS. ...vii

LIST OF APPENDIX...xii

LIST OF PICTURES...xiii

LIST OF CHART...xiv

CHAPTER I: INTRODUCTION...1

1.Background of the Study...1

1.2 Statement of Problems...5

3.Objectives of the Study...5

4.Scope and Limitation of the Study...6

5.Significance of the Study...6

6.Definition of the Key Terms...7

CHAPTER II: REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE...9

1.Literature...9

2.2 Film...10


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2.2.2 The Elements of Film...14

1. Micro Elements of Film... 14

a.Cinematography... 14

b.Editing... 14

c.Sound...15

d.Mise-en-scene...15

e.Lighting and colour...16

2. Macro Elements of Film...16

a. Genre...16

b.Narrative...16

2.3. Representation...16

2.4. Element of Fiction Film...17

a. Character...17

b.Point of View...18

c. Plot...18

d.Setting...20

e. Conflict...20

f. Dialogue...21

g. Theme...21

2.3 Struggle...21

2.3.1 The Kinds of Struggle...22

1. Struggle of existence (life)...22


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3. Armed struggle...22

2.3.2 The Factors of Struggle...23

1. Material Struggle...23

2. Mental or Moral struggle...23

2.3.3 The Ways of Struggle...23

1. Physical Struggle...23

2. Mental struggle...23

2.3.4 The Negative Effects of Struggle...24

1.Stress...24

2.Depression...24

3.Fear...25

4.Angry...25

2.3.5 The Positive Effects of Struggle...25

1.Motivation...25

2.Satisfaction...25

3.Belief to God...26

4.Independence...26

5.Self confidence...26

2.4 Language Disorder Affects Learning Disability...26

2.4.1 The Types of Learning Disorder...27

1. Arithmetic Dyslexia /Arithmetic Difficulty (Dyscalculia)...28

2. Writing Dyslexia/Writing Disability (Dysgraphia)...28


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2.5 Synopsis of Film “Like Stars on Earth”...30

2.6 Previous Studies...32

CHAPTER III: RESEARCH METHODOLOGY...35

3.1 Research Design...35

3.2 Approach...36

3.2.1 Mimetic Approach...37

3.2.2 Pragmatic Approach...37

3.2.3 Expressive Approach...37

3.2.4 Objective Approach...37

3.3 Object of the Study...38

3.4 Data Collection...38

3.5 Data Analysis...39

CHAPTER IV: FINDING AND DISCUSSION...41

4.1 Research Findings...41

4.1.1 Ishaan Aswathi’s Struggle to Heal His Language Disorder...42

1.1.1. Applies Special Method in Reading...44

1.1.2. Applies Special Method in Writing...48

1.1.3. Applies Special Method in Arithmetic...50

4.1.2 The Causes of Ishaan Aswathi’s Struggle to Heal His Language Disorder...52

4.1.2.1 Ishaan Wants to go Home to Meet His Family...52

4.1.2.2 Ishaan’s Friends Always Underestimated Him...54


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4.1.2.4 Ishaan's Teachers Always Concluded That He is stupid

and abnormal...59

4.1.2.5 Ishaan Wants to Be Like Other Normal Children...62

1.3. The End Of Ishaan Aswathi's Struggle To Heal His Language Disorder ...65

4.2 Discussion...67

4.3 The Lesson Can Be Taken From Ishaan Aswathi's Struggle To Heal His Language Disorder...70

CHAPTER V: CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION...72

5.1. Conclusion...72

5.2 Suggestions...73

5.2.1 Suggestion for the students ...73

5.2.2 Suggestion for the audiences and the readers of film script ...74

5.2.3 Suggestion for the Prose subject ...74

5.2.4 Suggestion for the teacher ...74

5.2.5 Suggestion for the parents...75

5.2.6 Suggestion for the next researcher...75


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LIST OF APPENDIX

Appendix 1: Biography...79 Appendix 2: Synopsis “Like stasOn Earth”...80 Appendix 3: Script of Film “Like Stars On Earth”...81


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LIST OF PICTURES

Picture 1: Mr. Nikum wrote ‘a’ and ‘e’ to produce the sound...44

Picture 2: Each letter was followed by Ishaan...44

Picture 3: Mr. Nikum was going to write letter ‘b’ on Ishaan’s arm...45

Picture 4: Ishaan wrote similar form of letters in the same page arm...46

Picture 5: Mr. Nikum wrote some words and practiced Ishaan to read “mat” and “mate”...47

Picture 6: Ishaan was listening to the recorder while he was reading the text...48

Picture 7: Ishaan’s writing production...49

Picture 8: Unreadable and narrow space...49

Picture 9: Readable and narrow space...49

Picture 10: Readable and appropriate space and size...49

Picture 11: Ishaan wrote number ‘8’ in different blackboard...50

Picture 12: Numbers which were prepared by Mr. Nikum in ladder-step...51


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LIST OF CHART

Chart 1: Film Genres Chart...12 Chart 2: Personal Pronouns Chart...18 Chart 3: Plot Chart...19


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CHAPTER CHAPTERCHAPTERCHAPTER IIII INTRODUCTION INTRODUCTIONINTRODUCTIONINTRODUCTION

This chapter discusses about background of the study, the statement problems, the objective of the study, the scope and limitation, the purpose of the study, and also the definition of the key terms. Each section is presented as follows:

1.1 1.1

1.11.1 BackgroundBackgroundBackgroundBackground ofofofof thethethethe StudyStudyStudyStudy

Literature and society are closely related. Literature is inseparable from life since it describes the events that can happen in a society, what human being has experienced in her life or it scribes the reality. Authors express what they see and do, and they often convey social conditions in literary works. According to Arp and Jhonson, any fiction that illuminates some aspects of human life or behavior with genuine originality and power is called literary (2006:63). As many authors are inspired by social conditions, literature can be said as a portrait of life.

One of literary works that reflects human life which describes mind and soul through the characters is film. According to Newman, film is complex literature that gives knowledge from the visual-aural language expression (2008). Films are made to entertain and convey messages to audiences. The film makers often have a mission in the films that they make. They often insert moral value into the film so that audiences can learn from it. Moreover, the film about a human right is exciting because it reflects the human life generally....


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Talking about human being, however nobody is perfect in this world. Although God has created human being better than other creatures, God still gives weakness in every person. Abnormal social interaction of human also refers to the weakness which is categorized as language disorder. Language disorder refers to language disfluency which causes the damage of understanding and expression of language, such as dyslexia. Stowe states that, dyslexia affects a person’s ability to deal with language, including spoken language as well as written (2000: 1). It shows that language disorder as dyslexia is not only affecting speaking and listening but also learning.

Generally, the parents or teachers thought that children who suffer from reading, speaking, and writing impairments are lazy. They easily conclude that those impairments are the signs of stupidity as dyslexic, for example Albert Einstein. Albert Einstein who was a dyslexic was popular as genius person. Many of his high school teachers labeled him dumb and he could barely read his textbook. Nevertheless, Einstein was struggling to change his life better than before. Einstein used his free time to formulate papers and published them three years later. Once the world saw his work, he was recognized the genius he was. Beside him, there are other people with dyslexia who have special competence and have struggled to change their life better, such as Tom Cruise as an actor, Leonardo da Vinci as a painter, Thomas Alfa Edison as a scientist, Walt Disney as entrepreneur and so on (Stowe, 2000).

Based on some famous people above, the writer can conclude that struggle is one of the characteristics that human should have. According to Alwisol, struggle is continual effort to get the final goal (2004). If someone wants to be better


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in life, he or she must struggle to get everything that they want. Humans can try many ways to get everything that they want, but not all wish as can be reached by human being. People can see the struggle not only in real life but also in fiction story like story in novel, or film.

The struggle for better life can be seen in the “Like Stars on Earth film. This film tells about a dyslexic character, namely Ishaan Awasthi, who cannot write or spell any word appropriately. Whereas, whatever words or numbers that he saw, those were inverted, mirror imaging, or spread out. That was why he could not read and understand the words and numbers as normal people. Parents thought that their son was stupid, lack of effort, and did not want to study hard then sent Ishaan to boarding school. During teaching process, Mr. Nikum, the art teacher, who was a dyslexic, perceived that there was something wrong with Ishaan. His prediction was accurate that Ishaan suffered dyslexia. By time, patience and care, Mr. Nikum ultimately helped Ishaan found himself and Ishaan also struggle to heal his learning disorder by spending his spare time to study with Mr. Nikum.

In short, nobody in this world is as perfect as God. People have to learn how to read and write in order to learn other knowledge. Yet, reading, writing, doing something according to direction, and speaking are not as easy as others because language disorder is caused by weak quality connection between his right and left hemispheres and usually can be diagnosed when the children are fourth grade or 7-9 years old (Stowe, 2000). The phenomenon of dyslexia and struggle to change life is interesting to be analyzed, especially that was shown by the character of “Like Stars on Earthfilm.


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This research is important to be analyzed because “Like Stars on Earth” film brings a good message to everyone who watches it. This film shows how a child with dyslexia has a struggle to change his life looks better. Besides, this film can clarify the misconception in social life reality about language disorder (dyslexia), that someone who suffers from reading, speaking, and writing impairments doesn’t mean that they are lazy. They just need a little help from us. This film also gives learning for the teacher. After teachers watching that film, and knowing that some students have characteristics of dyslexia, they must teach them patiently, well, and great respect for their abilities. In relation to this study, this film has received several awards, including the Best Award for 2008 and the 2008 on Family. It was India's official entry for the 2009 Academy Awards Best Foreign Film. This film also succeeded to get approximately $ 98 million. (http://film/contributor/180439558/bo).

In addition, the previous research had done by Sandra Hapsari (2007) entitled “The Struggle for Human Right of Gay and AIDS-infected person of the main character in Jonathan Demme’s Philadelphia film” analyzed about someone who has disease but he struggled to change their life to be better. One of the results of that study is, the struggle of the main character in the film is about to prove the discrimination, to get a lawyer and get over from AIDS. This previous research adds the reason of why the writer assumes that Ishaan Awasthi struggles to heal his language disorder is also important to be analyzed.

Considering the background above, the writer is interested in conducting a literary study entitled “An Analysis of Ishaan Awasthi’s Struggle to Heal His Language Disorder in Amole Gupte’s Film “Like Stars on Earth”. There are some


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reasons why the writer chooses the title above. First, the writer would like to get some inspirations and to broaden knowledge about learning human behavior by watching this film. Second, the writer is interested to know the struggles of main characters in order to heal his language learning disorder to make his life better than before. In addition, the writer take struggle to be analyzed because it has correlation with someone’s life, as we know that people cannot live without struggling in this world.

1.2 1.2

1.21.2 StatementStatementStatementStatement ofofofof ProblemsProblemsProblemsProblems

Based on the background of the study above, the research investigates the following problems:

1. What is Ishaan Awasthi’s struggle to heal his language disorder in the film “Like Stars on Earth”?

2. What are the causes of Ishaan Awasthi’s struggle to heal his language disorder in the film “Like Stars on Earth”?

3. How is the end of Ishaan Awasthi’s struggle to heal his language disorder in the film “Like Stars on Earth”?

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1.31.3 ObjectivesObjectivesObjectivesObjectives ofofofof thethethethe StudyStudyStudyStudy

Based on the statement of the problems, the purpose of this study is presented as follows;


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1. To know Ishaan Awasthi’s struggle to heal his language disorder in the film “Like Stars on Earth”.

2. To find the causes of Ishaan Awasthi’s struggle to heal his language disorder in the film “Like Stars on Earth”.

3. To know the end of Ishaan Awasthi’s struggle to heal his language disorder in the film “Like Stars on Earth”.

1.4 1.4

1.41.4 ScopeScopeScopeScope andandandand LimitationLimitationLimitationLimitation ofofofof thethethethe StudyStudyStudyStudy

This study is focused on the film “Like Stars on Earth”. There are many struggles, which are done by some characters. There are many characters who struggle in this film, but in this study, the writer only focuses on the main character’s struggle, namely Ishaan Awasthi.

1.5 1.5

1.51.5 SignificanceSignificanceSignificanceSignificance ofofofof thethethethe StudyStudyStudyStudy

The result of this study hopefully gives valuable contributions, generally for all readers, lectures and especially for the students of English Department of Muhammadiyah University of Malang, which are described as follows:

1. This study is expected to provide a description of the important struggle to get self esteem, and to show that people have to appreciate each other. So, it can be used by the reader to anticipate, solve and identify the problem of human being that may happen in their personal lifes, like social, education, health and so on.

2. This study is expected to enrich the study of literature, especially the study of film. Because when the readers are studying literature especially film “Like


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Stars on Earth”, it will give educational values and valuable lessons. So, it can make the readers to think more critically in learning human behavior.

3. This study is expected that the readers would have better understanding about problems that always happen in healing language disorder faced by Ishaan Awasthi as dyslexic child which is found in “Like Stars on Earth” film.

4. This study can be an alternative reference for the students who are interested in analyzing prose especially for the similar research.

5. This study is expected to be an input toward lectures who teach literature and anyone who likes literature as well.

1.6 1.6

1.61.6 DefinitionDefinitionDefinitionDefinition ofofofof thethethethe KeyKeyKeyKey TermsTermsTermsTerms

The title of this thesis is “An Analysis of Ishaan Awasthi’s Struggle to Heal His Language Disorder in Amole Gupte’s Film “Like Stars on Earth”. In order to avoid misunderstanding in interpreting the terms used in this study, this study gives some definitions related to the key terms:

Analysis Analysis

AnalysisAnalysis ::::the process of sorting, arranging, coding, and in other ways looking for patterns in data for the purpose of coming up with findings (Bogdan and Biklen, 2007: 271).

Struggle Struggle

StruggleStruggle ::::is to labor in pain or anguish; to be agony; to labor in any kind of difficulty or distress (Brainy Dictionary, 2005). Language

Language

LanguageLanguage disorderdisorderdisorderdisorder :::: is one of language studies which takes psycholinguistic case. In this research, it involves both language production and language comprehension (Chaer, 2009).


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Dyslexia Dyslexia

DyslexiaDyslexia :::: is a developmental or acquired disorder of reading involving the disruptions of one or more of the component skills of reading. Central reading skills include letter identification, phonological awareness and processing, and decoding of the written word (Zillmer and Spiers, 2001: 551).

Film Film

FilmFilm ::::is complex literature that gives knowledge from the visual-aural language expression (Newman, 2008).

Like Like

LikeLike StarsStarsStarsStars onononon EarthEarthEarthEarth :::: is a film which tells about a dyslexia child in language learning. It is written by Amole Gupte then produced by Amir Khan and bought by Walt Disney for released on 2008 in US.


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in life, he or she must struggle to get everything that they want. Humans can try many ways to get everything that they want, but not all wish as can be reached by human being. People can see the struggle not only in real life but also in fiction story like story in novel, or film.

The struggle for better life can be seen in the “Like Stars on Earth” film. This film tells about a dyslexic character, namely Ishaan Awasthi, who cannot write or spell any word appropriately. Whereas, whatever words or numbers that he saw, those were inverted, mirror imaging, or spread out. That was why he could not read and understand the words and numbers as normal people. Parents thought that their son was stupid, lack of effort, and did not want to study hard then sent Ishaan to boarding school. During teaching process, Mr. Nikum, the art teacher, who was a dyslexic, perceived that there was something wrong with Ishaan. His prediction was accurate that Ishaan suffered dyslexia. By time, patience and care, Mr. Nikum ultimately helped Ishaan found himself and Ishaan also struggle to heal his learning disorder by spending his spare time to study with Mr. Nikum.

In short, nobody in this world is as perfect as God. People have to learn how to read and write in order to learn other knowledge. Yet, reading, writing, doing something according to direction, and speaking are not as easy as others because language disorder is caused by weak quality connection between his right and left hemispheres and usually can be diagnosed when the children are fourth grade or 7-9 years old (Stowe, 2000). The phenomenon of dyslexia and struggle to change life is interesting to be analyzed, especially that was shown by the character of “Like Stars on Earth”film.


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This research is important to be analyzed because “Like Stars on Earth” film brings a good message to everyone who watches it. This film shows how a child with dyslexia has a struggle to change his life looks better. Besides, this film can clarify the misconception in social life reality about language disorder (dyslexia), that someone who suffers from reading, speaking, and writing impairments doesn’t mean that they are lazy. They just need a little help from us. This film also gives learning for the teacher. After teachers watching that film, and knowing that some students have characteristics of dyslexia, they must teach them patiently, well, and great respect for their abilities. In relation to this study, this film has received several awards, including the Best Award for 2008 and the 2008 on Family. It was India's official entry for the 2009 Academy Awards Best Foreign Film. This film also succeeded to get approximately $ 98 million. (http://film/contributor/180439558/bo).

In addition, the previous research had done by Sandra Hapsari (2007) entitled “The Struggle for Human Right of Gay and AIDS-infected person of the main character in Jonathan Demme’s Philadelphia film” analyzed about someone who has disease but he struggled to change their life to be better. One of the results of that study is, the struggle of the main character in the film is about to prove the discrimination, to get a lawyer and get over from AIDS. This previous research adds the reason of why the writer assumes that Ishaan Awasthi struggles to heal his language disorder is also important to be analyzed.

Considering the background above, the writer is interested in conducting a literary study entitled “An Analysis of Ishaan Awasthi’s Struggle to Heal His Language Disorder in Amole Gupte’s Film “Like Stars on Earth”. There are some


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reasons why the writer chooses the title above. First, the writer would like to get some inspirations and to broaden knowledge about learning human behavior by watching this film. Second, the writer is interested to know the struggles of main characters in order to heal his language learning disorder to make his life better than before. In addition, the writer take struggle to be analyzed because it has correlation with someone’s life, as we know that people cannot live without struggling in this world.

1.2 1.2

1.21.2 StatementStatementStatementStatement ofofofof ProblemsProblemsProblemsProblems

Based on the background of the study above, the research investigates the following problems:

1. What is Ishaan Awasthi’s struggle to heal his language disorder in the film “Like Stars on Earth”?

2. What are the causes of Ishaan Awasthi’s struggle to heal his language disorder in the film “Like Stars on Earth”?

3. How is the end of Ishaan Awasthi’s struggle to heal his language disorder in the film “Like Stars on Earth”?

1.3 1.3

1.31.3 ObjectivesObjectivesObjectivesObjectives ofofofof thethethethe StudyStudyStudyStudy

Based on the statement of the problems, the purpose of this study is presented as follows;


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1. To know Ishaan Awasthi’s struggle to heal his language disorder in the film “Like Stars on Earth”.

2. To find the causes of Ishaan Awasthi’s struggle to heal his language disorder in the film “Like Stars on Earth”.

3. To know the end of Ishaan Awasthi’s struggle to heal his language disorder in the film “Like Stars on Earth”.

1.4 1.4

1.41.4 ScopeScopeScopeScope andandandand LimitationLimitationLimitationLimitation ofofofof thethethethe StudyStudyStudyStudy

This study is focused on the film “Like Stars on Earth”. There are many struggles, which are done by some characters. There are many characters who struggle in this film, but in this study, the writer only focuses on the main character’s struggle, namely Ishaan Awasthi.

1.5 1.5

1.51.5 SignificanceSignificanceSignificanceSignificance ofofofof thethethethe StudyStudyStudyStudy

The result of this study hopefully gives valuable contributions, generally for all readers, lectures and especially for the students of English Department of Muhammadiyah University of Malang, which are described as follows:

1. This study is expected to provide a description of the important struggle to get self esteem, and to show that people have to appreciate each other. So, it can be used by the reader to anticipate, solve and identify the problem of human being that may happen in their personal lifes, like social, education, health and so on.

2. This study is expected to enrich the study of literature, especially the study of film. Because when the readers are studying literature especially film “Like


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Stars on Earth”, it will give educational values and valuable lessons. So, it can make the readers to think more critically in learning human behavior.

3. This study is expected that the readers would have better understanding about problems that always happen in healing language disorder faced by Ishaan Awasthi as dyslexic child which is found in “Like Stars on Earth” film.

4. This study can be an alternative reference for the students who are interested in analyzing prose especially for the similar research.

5. This study is expected to be an input toward lectures who teach literature and anyone who likes literature as well.

1.6 1.6

1.61.6 DefinitionDefinitionDefinitionDefinition ofofofof thethethethe KeyKeyKeyKey TermsTermsTermsTerms

The title of this thesis is “An Analysis of Ishaan Awasthi’s Struggle to Heal His Language Disorder in Amole Gupte’s Film “Like Stars on Earth”. In order to avoid misunderstanding in interpreting the terms used in this study, this study gives some definitions related to the key terms:

Analysis Analysis

AnalysisAnalysis ::::the process of sorting, arranging, coding, and in other ways looking for patterns in data for the purpose of coming up with findings (Bogdan and Biklen, 2007: 271).

Struggle Struggle

StruggleStruggle ::::is to labor in pain or anguish; to be agony; to labor in any kind of difficulty or distress (Brainy Dictionary, 2005). Language

Language

LanguageLanguage disorderdisorderdisorderdisorder :::: is one of language studies which takes psycholinguistic case. In this research, it involves both language production and language comprehension (Chaer, 2009).


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Dyslexia Dyslexia

DyslexiaDyslexia :::: is a developmental or acquired disorder of reading involving the disruptions of one or more of the component skills of reading. Central reading skills include letter identification, phonological awareness and processing, and decoding of the written word (Zillmer and Spiers, 2001: 551).

Film Film

FilmFilm ::::is complex literature that gives knowledge from the visual-aural language expression (Newman, 2008).

Like Like

LikeLike StarsStarsStarsStars onononon EarthEarthEarthEarth :::: is a film which tells about a dyslexia child in language learning. It is written by Amole Gupte then produced by Amir Khan and bought by Walt Disney for released on 2008 in US.