reprimanded as well as the actions for which the child is rewarded. Through the incorporation of parental standards into superego, behavior is brought under self-control.
Children no longer need anyone to tell them it is wrong to steal; their superego tells them. The inferred superego is most nearly synonymous with conscience. It keeps someone
working according to an ideal of the self arising in early childhood, an ideal formed especially as a consequence of parental prohibition. It operates on what called as
perfection principle .
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I. Research Methodology
1. Method of the Research
The writer uses the descriptive qualitative method in this research. By using this method, the writer will do the research by explaining, describing and analyzing
the characteristic of the main character and the personality structure on Mr. Brooks’ character in the film.
5. Data Analysis
The collected data will be analyzed by using Sigmund Freud’s personality structure. Therefore, the study begins by analyzing the script and the pictures of
Mr. Brooks’ film, and then focuses on the main character to find his characteristics and the personality structure of his character.
6. Instrument of the Research
The research employs the writer herself as the main instrument by watching the film several times, analyzing the script of the film Mr. Brooks, identifying,
classifying and giving some notes of the collected data.
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edition USA: Harcourt brace Jovanovich, Inc, 1971 p. 409
7. Unit of Analysis
The unit analysis in this research is the script of Mr. Brooks’ film written by Bruce A. Evans and Raynold Gideon and directed by Bruce A. Evans which
first released on June 1, 2007 distributed by MGM Distribution Company, USA.
J. Research Findings
1. Data Description
In analyzing the personality structure in this film, the writer focuses to analyze the dialogues and actions of the characters which can be used to identify the characteristic of
the main character, and to find the work mechanism of the personality structure of the character in the film. The dialogues are identified as the corpus of the research. They are
presented in the following tables.
The list of the main character No.
Character Corpus
Remark
1. Mr. Brooks
Man : I could go on and on about what a great guy earl is, how he cuts
his toe nails, how he gives freely of his time and money, but let’s get Earl up
here to speak for himself. Ladies and gentlemen, I give you a businessman,
a philanthropist, a great friend and the Evanston Chamber of Commerce
Man of the Year… Mr. Earl Brooks.
Mr. Brooks 2007, scene: 2 Jane : I’m going to have an
abortion anyway, so there is nothing to get upset about. I wasn’t even going
to tell you guys. Mr. Brook
: There will be no abortion.
Jane : Daddy, you are not going to Successful
businessman Wise and patient
