Object of the Study

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CHAPTER IV ANALYSIS

In this chapter, the analysis is divided into three parts. The first part analyzes the main characters, they are three women who live separately and do not have any relationship in between in the beginning. The second part reveals the bond between the main characters and their mothers. The third part reveals how the bond between the main characters and their mothers affects their personalities.

A. The Depiction of the Main Characters

1. Karen

The first character is Karen. Karen is fifty years old. She works as a therapist. She lives alone with her elderly mother, Nora. When she was fourteen years old, she had a baby girl. Because of having a baby outside the wedlock in her teenage years, she had to give up her baby for adoption. Afterward, Karen lives her life with her unsent letters for her daughter and has a bitter relationship with her mother. Karen thinks the situation that had happened to her is a disappointment for her mother. She does not inquire about h er daughter’s existence because she is afraid that her mother would be angry. As a person who lives with guilty feeling, Karen becomes a grumpy, difficult, and unfriendly woman. This is because she is scared of Nora, her mother. Nora keeps everything in silence so that Karen does not know how Nora feels toward 23 what Karen has done except saying her disappointment. After Nora dies, the truth about Nora’s feeling toward Karen is revealed.

a. Karen as a daughter

When Karen was fourteen years old, she gave birth to a baby girl outside wedlock. Then the baby was given up for adoption. Karen feels like what happened with her in her past is a disappointment for her mother, Nora. Thus, as a daughter, she lives with guilt feelings. She did not get married and lives with her elderly mother. She tries to be a good daughter for her mother even though her mother is cold and unfriendly to her. INT. KAREN’S BEDROOM – NIGHT Karen is brushing Nora’s hair and tying it back in a bun. She brushes it back hard and tight. NORA. How’s work? Karen is surprised, like Nora seldom asks. KAREN. It’s good. There’s a new training program, to work with people who are recuperating from chemotherapy. They asked if any of us were interested and I said yes. They’ll pay us to learn so that’s good, isn’t it? Karen nods. A beat. KAREN CONT’D. There’s a new therapist. This man my age. He’s a little…she searches for the right term… heavy set. And he’s graying you know. Karen shows the area on her head. KAREN CONT’D. He’s friendly. Everybody likes him. NORA. Watch yourself, Karen. Don’t set yourself up for falls. Karen tries not to show her disappointment. Garcia, 2009: 14-15 Unlike a novel or a play where the settings of places are usually depicted in details so that the readers can have their own assumptions about the settings, a screenplay has fewer details about the settings since they are already in physical forms or beings. It