name of Beverly Hills is the name of a luxurious housing in the USA. Also, the furniture is same with the modern USA furniture such as a soft chair, a glass table,
and a television. When he turns on the television, he also finds the television program like the one in the USA.
The experiences of Dre in China show the orientalist point of view as the West. His perspectives about China are only in his perception and they do not
relevant with the reality. The description of Dre above explains the orientalism point of view. The experience of Dre proves that his imagination is contradictive
with the reality. In the last period, Dre s negative perception changes into positive. The
changes is caused by his experiences in the middle period. Besides that, in the last period, he starts to like the culture and tradition of China such as kung fu, Chinese
traditional therapy and Chinese traditional festival. He also finds the unique traditional therapy that uses traditional material such as cotton, chopstick, bottle,
and fire. He is in surprise when he can be cured by it. It proves that his perception has changed from negative into positive about China. He also enjoys the puppet
show in the festival.
B. Suggestion
For other researchers, the writer suggests there are several important aspects to be analyzed discourse of binary opposition between the West and the East in a
movie. First, the story must be about and located in East. Second, the main character must be the West or the the East who brings the West s thoughts. Third,
the movie is produced by the West. Fourth, the West s figure is the hero in the end of story. Furthermore, there is another issue in The Karate Kid that needs to be
explored namely the culture of China because the more also shows the traditional and modern culture in China.
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