The real character of Summer is obviously appears when she pleased Tom to come into her room. Tom sees Summer‟s apartment, a place where the real character
appears. Summer
: You know, I dream sometimes about flying. It‟s starts out like I‟m running really, really fast, I‟m like superman. And the terrain starts
to get really rocky and sleep and then I‟m running so fast that my feet aren‟t even touching the ground, and it‟s like this amazing
realness. I‟m free, I‟m safe, then I realize... I‟m completely alone and then I wake up. . .
When Summer tells the story, her face is full of emotion, she sometimes closes her eyes and really feels insecure, then she cries, and sometime weeps her tears. In her
dream, Summer enjoys herself to be free. When she feels she is flying, she seems like a superhuman and it‟s kind of amazing realness. However on the other side Summer
realizes that she is completely alone and afraid. Summer‟s dream is one of the things that describe Summer‟s insecurity.
Although Summer enjoys herself to be free, but she not feels safe anymore when she being free. When Summer does not want to attached with man, she ignores serious
relationship, and in her opinion that she does not believe in love, it‟s only part of her
great effort to protect herself from the insecurity. In fact, the freedom that she seeks cannot bring security for herself, because Summer still feel alone and afraid.
D. Conclusions and Suggestions
“500 days of Summer” is romantic drama movie which describes the relationship between two people Tom and Summer in this postmodern era. The film
describes postmodern love story which never what people expect it to be. One character, Summer Finn, is the first woman character, as a central figure,
Summer Finn describes as a free and independent woman. She has “unusual” thought
which reflects her as postmodern person. She has a complex relationship, she is kind of free woman, who does not want to be attach with man and avoids serious relationship.
She re-evaluates western value systems. She is emotionless woman because she has no direction and ambition. Summer also described as a person who lives with her own
beliefs that she said love is only fantasy. Her being pessimistic indicates that she‟s a representation
of postmodern person. It reflects from Summer‟s thought, idea, and attitude. The film is focused on Summer representation of postmodern person, possibly
in deconstruction analysis, Summer is not real pessimistic. The deconstruction of Summer‟s character is obvious. At the end of the story
Summer is totally changed. Summer be the real new of her who leads herself into regulation named marriage, and she‟s truly romantic. After deconstructed, Summer as
representation of postmodern person is doubted and quest ioned. It‟s proven by Summer
having a good relationship to other people, she also kind of restricted woman. Then Summer follows the western value systems. And she is sensitive woman. At the end she
decides to marry other man and live by togetherness. The
result of deconstruction shows Summer‟s appearances reflect modernity with her all blue vintage style. Moreover, Summer‟s apartment also does not reflects her
as postmodernist, because Summer‟s apartment is very structured and very functional, there is no sense of
“anything goes” that reflect her as representation of postmodern person. Everything is very neat and organized.
In addition, Summer‟s last decision to get married with other man is her way to find some security, especially emotional security for her insecurity. When she acts
herself to be free is only part of her way to get some safety, but is not give her any
