Background of the Study

1 CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION

1.1 Background of the Study

Economic condition is a point to assign the prosperity of society in a country. Every country has tried to develop their economic sector, in order to be able to lead them to the way of managing other aspects of life for the citizen progressively and fast since economy is the main root for every nations in determining their fate both for now and future. As stated in Cultural Antropology Bodley, 2000:298 that “all societies and cultures are now interconnected within a single economically stratified global system of nation-states dominated by giant corporations, and dependent on the flow of finance capital.” It means that economy may affect human life. All over the world show their own ideology about economy based on either the condition of the society or the history in the past time. Many modern countries that more tend to the Liberalism economy ideology, which private properties are more to be attended will carry them to the profit focused. In Liberal ideology, private properties and individual rights are respected highly. Therefore, people there will try to keep developing and improving their ability in collecting private properties and assets. Moreover, this atmosphere carries out them to the Capitalist society or Capitalism. That society, who most of them are from high economy level, has their own way in showing the 2 reflection of Capitalist life style. The life style could be focused on money. Money and money may become their belief since money may support them in collecting private properties. Getting much more money will be their effort, for example they can employ the labor power with low salary and offer the product with high price. Then, they could be more consumptive in gaining they want since they have money in great number. In addition, they will try to search for interesting and profitable places for investment. Capitalist there, are appeared due to the fact that they have much wealth that support their life. The wealth comes from the outcomes of every family there, either both work or either of the couple who works with high salary. The family that has the couple work shows that the wife or the woman has job or occupation or career. Some women who choose to have their own career believe that they can get whatever they want without depending on their husbands or men. Therefore, the income they get will influence them in their thought and principle of life. For example is when a career woman who has got married and has children, but she is going to buy some products or shopping for her desire, she would wisely use her money from her career, not from her husband. Many literary works reveal the circumstance of human and society, even aspects of life in humanity and social. Those are often presented in interesting form. This is based on the function of literature itself that it can give people pleasure and enjoyment. Therefore, people not only get the enjoyment, but they can also catch the moral values or messages that the author would like to share with the reader in unique way, such as using the extraordinary words, etc. This 3 may lead human to the agent of change in understanding the meaning of life through literary works. Movie or film as a part of modern literary works is an interesting subject to be analyzed since many people will more both enjoy and understand about the story. In addition, many movies reflect the reality of human life. By using author’s ability in organizing and developing the story, movie as the literary work brings on its purpose ─ based on the definition of literature, that shows human’s desire, willingness, and emotion. Therefore, movie performs the author’s desire towards certain cases, in particular, human social life or culture either from his point of view or society’s. Since at that point, many writers of literary works create their own works which describe human social life from many aspects, such as politics, culture, and technology, social and economic aspects. Nicole Holofcener is one of the writers and directors of movies who tries to describe human life from social and economic sides. He, particularly, has made a description of capitalism in a modern country; it is in a part of the United States of America, especially, the relationship with the women. It may be a description for American Women who are affected by this capitalism. The film or movie entitled Friends with Money describes women career and its relationship with the capitalism that colors women life atmosphere. 4

1.2 Reasons for Choosing the Topic