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fourteen nomination. This film also won five category awards. Therefore, it is one of the qualified films that is worth analyzing.
1.2 Reasons for Choosing the Topic
There are some reasons why Edward Zwick’s film Blood Diamond is chosen as the subject of this analysis. First, it is because democracy is the form of
government system that has been applied by a lot of countries in the world. Furthermore, the idea of resistance or opposition in the democracy is a vital one.
It means, in essence, that all sides in a democracy share a common commitment to its basic values. Both opposition or incumbent do not necessarily have to like
each other, but they must tolerate one to another and acknowledge that each has a legitimate and important role to play. Another reason is as one of literary works,
film is the most effective way of presenting values and ideas toward its viewer. Film can reflect events happening in real life. Film can also influence the way of
thinking and responding certain phenomenon in the world. This film has been nominated for five Oscars and others fourteen nomination.
1.3 Statements of the Problem
The problems of this study are: 1.
How is the resistance portrayed in the film? 2.
What are the reasons of the resistance? 3.
How does the attitude of resistance toward mature democracy?
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1.4 Objectives of the Study
Based on the problems that will be discussed in this final project, the objectives of this study are:
1. To describe the resistance portrayed in the film.
2.
To find out what causes the resistance.
3.
To analyze how resistance makes a more mature democracy.
1.5 Significance of the Study
The result of the study is expected to be able to give the following benefits: 1.
The study would be able to facilitate the readers in understanding the movie.
2. The study is expected to give additional knowledge about the democracy.
3. The result of this study is hopefully useful to the other students of English
Department to do any further research.
1.6 Outline of the Study
This paper is systematically organized as follows: Chapter I provides introduction which consists of background of the
study, reasons for choosing the topic, statements of the problem, objectives of the study, significance of the study, and the outline of the study.
Chapter II is about review of related literature that can support the writing of the final project. It discusses theory of resistance, democracy, principal of
democracy.
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Chapter III presents the method of investigation. It deals with the object of the study, types of data, role of the researcher, procedure of data collection,
procedure of data analysis, and technique of data analysis. Chapter IV is the analysis of study. It is the main part of the final project
because it presents the analysis of the study. It discusses the democracy in film Blood Diamond
and also describes resistance toward democracy found in the film. Chapter V is the last chapter. It presents conclusion preserving the main
points from the result of the study. This chapter also provides some suggestions, which are relevant to the topic.
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CHAPTER II REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE
This chapter provides the review of related literature that supports the topic being discussed. It explores about film, resistance and democracy.
2.1 Film
