sad hearing the news, tries to make Augustus better by delivering her disagreement. She says that Augustus got a cancer attack and not all people who got cancer die.
Therefore, it can be concluded that Hazel’s reason in expressing her disagreement is because she wants to respect the first speaker, in this case is Augustus.
c. Refusing t
he First Speaker’s Judgment
The third reason why the characters in
The Fault in Our Stars
movie deliver their disagreement acts is because the speaker is refusing the first speaker’s judgment.
It often occurs when the characters directly state their disagreement in a shorter way than other disagreement strategies. The example of this reason is presented in Datum
36. Frannie
: Hazel, you have to be hungry. You didn’t even eat lunch. Hazel
:
I’m just not hungry.
Datum 36 This datum shows an occurrence of disagreement acts which is performed by
Hazel by giving an opposite orientation of the initial statement. In this context, Frannie assesses that Hazel must be angry looking at the fact that Hazel has not had
lunch today. This expression indicates that Frannie asks Hazel to eat first before going out. Hazel, who feels no hunger, does not accept Frannie’s assessment by
saying that she is not hungry. In this case, Hazel utters her disagreement act because she refuses her mothe
r’s judgment.
d. Showing Off Authorities
Another reason of disagreement acts performed by the characters in this movie is that the current speaker wants to show off herhis authorities upon the
addressee so that the addressee understands that the current speaker has a higher degree than himher. In this datum, Michael, Hazel’s father performs a disagreement
act for showing off his authorities. Hazel
: You cannot make me. Michael :
Of course we can. We’re your parents.
Datum 3 In this conversation, Hazel utters that she does not want to attend the Support
Group that her parents register for her anymore. She thinks that it is her right to do anything she wants and that her parents do not have that right to make her come. In
respo nse of disagreeing, Michael states an objective fact that he and Frannie, Hazel’s
mother, are her parents. That is why they have the right to make Hazel do some activities outside as they are aware of their authorities upon their daughters. It means
that M ichael shows off his authority of being Hazel’s parent toward his daughter to
make her attend the Support Group.
e. Prohibiting the First Speaker to Do an Action
Some disagreement acts are identified as a strategy to prohibit the first speaker to do an action. It can be seen by the context and by the expression that the characters
use. The characters often perform disagreement acts because of this reason by performing an expression which contains prevention. The dialogue between Hazel
and Augustus represents the occurrence of this reason. Hazel
: Gus, I have to call somebody. Augustus
:
No, no. Please don’t call 9-1-1. Please. Don’t call my parents or 9... I will never forgive you if you call them.
Datum 34
