CHAPTER III RESEARCH FINDINGS
The presence of the character is the most essential in literary works, Because the author often brings his or her idea through the characters. They can be flat or round
character and static or developing character. These varieties are depending on the role of the characters in the story.
In the film Slumdog Millionaire, Boyle, the director, created the main character, Jamal, who played important role in developing of the story. Because the whole of the
story talked about Jamal’s life along with his brother, Salim, and his friend, Latika. A. Data Description of the Main Character
No Characteristic Corpus Pagescene
1 A tough guy
Mother: Run Jamal, Salim, run Everybody stares at her. A train speeds through as she continues to
shout, her words lost beneath the thundering train Mother: Go Run The train goes through, the last
carriage flying past suddenly opening up the sight of a wall of rioting men wielding clubs, scythes, metal
bars. They come screaming across the railway tracks.
Salim: Krishna, quick Salim holds out his hand to Krishna who is wading with difficulty through the
water. Krishna: No way Youre a bloody Muslim. Get away
from meThe rioters leap the tracks and are upon them.
Krishna: Theyre Muslims Him and him Mother: Go
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Jamal: hello, brother Salim Salim: what’s up little brother, you’ve got problem
Salim: here, take her, she is yours todayto latika Latika: I don’t want her
Jamal: she said she doesn’t want her Salim: take her or I’ll drop her, keep her crying
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you’ll earn triple. Salim: Come on get out to workthe children scatter
to the cars trapped at the lights, tapping plaintively on the windows and making the universal begging
gesture
Constable Srinivas: a part from his name, I can’t get a word out of the runt.
Inspector: you’ve been here all bloody night, Srinivas. What have you been doing?
Constable Srinivas: he is a tough guy to Jamal Inspector: a little electricity will loosen his tongue.
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2 A kind heart
Arvind: Greeted Jamal blessing unto those who do good for others
Arvind: smelling and touching the money a dollar, how much?
Jamal: 100 Arvind: so, you take me a fool
Jamal: honestly, I swear on my mother soul Arvind: what on this note? whose picture is it?
Jamal: there is an old man, he is bald on top with long hair on the sides like a girl
Arvind: Benjamin Franklin. Thank you , you were generous the first time. But this without even
song.Arvind keeps hold of Jamal’s arm Arvind: so you are now big guy Jamal, I’m happy for
you. Jamal: I’m so sorry Arvind
Arvind: you’ve got save Jamal, that’s only the difference.
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Jamal hurries
down the
aisle signposted
“Cornmarket”, gets to a male trainee hand him a tea. Dave glances around to check nobody’s looking and
slips off his head-set. Dave: two minutes, Jamal. I’m on millionaire duty.
Jamal: Rajneesh…… Dave: it’s my turn Jamal. I’ve had my pee breaks.
Please. If he comes just keep your head down and pretend you are doing an upgrade on the-
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Latika: Jamal, Jamal, look at you... Their heads are close, they might kiss.
Jamal: I found you Jamal smiles hopefully at her. But there is sadness in her now. There is a bruise her
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Jamal: Youve hurt your eye. Latika: Why are you here?
Jamal: To see you. Latika: well. You see mewhile they were talking,
there was TV program that was quiz “who want to be a millionaire
Jamal: why does everyone love this program?to the TV
Latika: it’s the chance to escape, isn’t it? 3. A dreamer
Salim: piss off to the girl, she will have the security guard onto us
Jamal: let her in, she could be the third musketeers Salim: I am the elder in this family now, and I say she
is not coming in, okay? Salim huddles down in the pipe. After a while, Jamal follows suit
Salim: in any case, we don’t even know the name of the third bloody musketeers the girl drawing shapes
in the mud with her finger Jamal: Come over here Jamal calls to the girl who
is in the outside Jamal: where is your mother? silence
Jamal: your father?the girl shakes her head slightly Jamal: I am Jamal. This is my brother Salim
Latika: I am Latika 1934
Jamal: I just need Maman to like my singing, and we are in the money, big money Latika
Latika: can we stop begging Jamal: begging? Are you kidding?
Jamal: we’ll live in a big house on harbor road? You , me and Salim. The 3 musketeers
Latika: harbor road, really Jamal: yes, in the moonlight you and me
Jamal: Jamal dance badly you’ll dance with me, wont you?
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Prem: What sports do you play? Jamal: None.
Prem: None. Oh, dear, oh dear, oh dear. Not to worry, theres only ten million rupees at stake...
Which cricketer has scored the most first class centuries in history. Was it A Sachin Tendulkar, B
Ricky Ponting, CMichael Slater, D Jack Hobbs. Prem allows the question to sink in.
Prem: Youve got a cheque for five million rupees in your hands. Youve still got two life-lines, Phone A
Friend and 5050. For ten million rupees: pay, play, 70128
or bail out. Its still an option. Remember, if you get the answer wrong, you will lose everything like
that.He clicks his fingers. Prem: Are you sure you want to do this?
Jamal: Ill play.Tense laughter from the audience. Prem holds up the cheque. Jamal nods. Prem tears it
up slowly. Allows the pieces to fall to the floor Prem: The dreams of so many. On the floor.
B. Character Analysis Characters are the imaginative creation of the authors. Therefore, the authors are
the lords of their own characters in the case that they are in charge in shaping them. The writer will analyze the characteristic of the main character, Jamal Malik, by using the
clues that can be found from the character in the novel.
Jamal’s Characteristic Jamal is a complex and interesting lead character and provides a unique behavior
with any ordinary sudra caste. Though he came from Sudra caste, he dreamed to be a successful man. He was born in Moslem family where most of the people were Hindus.
He was 18 years old man who worked as a Chaiwalla in XL 5 mobile center. While he worked in there, he found the way to get escape to better life. That was through following
the quiz Who Wants to be A Millionaire that was suggested by Latika. To understand the character of Jamal in reaching his dream, it can be seen from his characteristics:
1. A tough guy Jamal was a tough guy. Jamal who had bad experience along his life made him a
tough guy. It can be seen when he had to face the fact that he lost his beloved mother.
Mother: Run Jamal, Salim, run Everybody stares at her. A train speeds through as she continues to shout, her words lost beneath the thundering train
Mother: Go Run The train goes through, the last carriage flying past suddenly opening up the sight of a wall of rioting men wielding clubs, scythes, metal bars. They come
screaming across the railway tracks. Salim: Krishna, quick Salim holds out his hand to Krishna who is wading with difficulty
through the water. Krishna: No way Youre a bloody Muslim. Get away from meThe rioters leap the
tracks and are upon them. Krishna: Theyre Muslims Him and him
Mother: Go
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From the dialog above, it can be seen that Jamal lost his mother due to riot that happened between Hindus and Moslem. Jamal who was a Moslem became the minority
where most of the people were Hindus. When Salim, Jamal’s brother, asked his friend, Krisna, to go with them, he refused it. In fact, he blamed them by saying they were
bloody Moslem to the rioters. From then on, Jamal should continue the life with Salim, lived in the street. Jamal had to find meal to live or he would die because of starvation.
In addition, being abused by the gangster and lived in the train was the worst experience for him. And yet, he never sorrowed what happened to him. He just let the life
flow, he kept going on the life cheerfully. Such terrible condition in the slum made Jamal a tough guy.
Jamal: hello, brother Salim Salim: what’s up little brother, you’ve got problem
Salim: here, take her, she is yours todayto latika Latika: I don’t want her
Jamal: she said she doesn’t want her Salim: take her or I’ll drop her, keep her crying you’ll earn triple.
Salim: Come on get out to workthe children scatter to the cars trapped at the lights, tapping plaintively on the windows and making the universal begging gesture
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Salim, who should protect Jamal, forced him to beg in the street of India, money that was resulted from begging collected to the gangster. This occasion implied that
Jamal, a child who should get education, had been used by the gangster to beg in the street of India.
In one occasion, when he was being investigated by the police who accused him for being cheated in the show, Jamal was treated like a thief who did bad things to other
people. Constable Srinivas: a part from his name, I can’t get a word out of the runt.
Inspector: you’ve been here all bloody night, Srinivas. What have you been doing? Constable Srinivas: he is a tough guy to Jamal
Inspector: a little electricity will loosen his tongue.
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From the explanation above, it was clear that Jamal, who used to get the pain either mentally or physically from the police, was a tough guy. The police, who asked
him to confess that something he never did, was being cruelly to him. 2. A kind heart
Jamal was not only a tough guy, but also a kind heart. He was the man who came from sudra caste and often being oppressed by the people surround him. And yet, it did
not make him as a bad person. It can be seen from the choice of the name. The origins of the name is Arabic and it means beauty, it can also mean inner beauty from the heart.
When he was a kid, Jamal and Salim were the object of human trafficking. They should work for the gangster, such condition did not make him as a bad guy. It was
different with Salim, his brother, he decided to join the gangster when he was adult. Meanwhile, Jamal, who was adult as well, decided to work as a chaiwalla in XL5 mobile
phone. He did this because he did not want to hurt anyone. Furthermore, he was a kind heart when he gave money to Arvind, his friend in
childhood, worth at least 100 dollars.
Arvind: Greeted Jamal blessing unto those who do good for others Arvind: smelling and touching the money a dollar, how much?
Jamal: 100 Arvind: so, you take me a fool
Jamal: honestly, I swear on my mother soul Arvind: what on this note? whose picture is it?
Jamal: there is an old man, he is bald on top with long hair on the sides like a girl Arvind: Benjamin Franklin. Thank you , you were generous the first time. But this
without even song.Arvind keeps hold of Jamal’s arm Arvind: so you are now big guy Jamal, I’m happy for you.
Jamal: I’m so sorry Arvind Arvind: you’ve got save Jamal, that’s only the difference.
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Jamal gave this money because he was pity on Arvind condition. He was so sad looking at Arvind, due to Arvind had already blind. Besides, Jamal was a kind heart
when he was replacing Dave, an operator in XL5. Jamal hurries down the aisle signposted “Cornmarket”, gets to a male trainee hand him
a tea. Dave glances around to check nobody’s looking and slips off his head-set. Dave: two minutes, Jamal. I’m on millionaire duty.
Jamal: Rajneesh…… Dave: it’s my turn Jamal. I’ve had my pee breaks. Please. If he comes just keep your
head down and pretend you are doing an upgrade on the- Jamal: friends and family, I know …two minutes. .
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Though Jamal was busy with his work he had willingness to help Dave. By helping him Jamal also risking his job because it was not his duty to serve the customers.
Last but not least, Jamal was a kind heart, it can be seen from his action in trying to release Latika from Javed, the chief of the gangster.
Latika: Jamal, Jamal, look at you... Their heads are close, they might kiss. Jamal: I found you Jamal smiles hopefully at her. But there is sadness in her now. There
is a bruise her eye Jamal: Youve hurt your eye.
Latika: Why are you here? Jamal: To see you.
Latika: well. You see mewhile they were talking, there was TV program that was quiz “who want to be a millionaire
Jamal: why does everyone love this program?to the TV Latika: it’s the chance to escape, isn’t it?
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From the statement above, Jamal was worried about Latika. He asked what happened with Latika’s eyes that probably had been hurt by Javed. He did not care what
happened to him even though it should get into Javed’s house in which harmed him. It was clear that Jamal was a kind heart.
3. A dreamer Jamal was characterized as a dreamer. Even though he came from sudra caste, he
had a big dream. This tendency can be seen from three occasions. First of all, Jamal’s actions had been influenced by the story three musketeers that had been written by
Alexander Dumas. He imagined himself to be Athos, Salim as Porthos, and Latika as the third musketeers, although he did not know the name of the third musketeers.
Salim: piss off to the girl, she will have the security guard onto us Jamal: let her in, she could be the third musketeers
Salim: I am the elder in this family now, and I say she is not coming in, okay? Salim huddles down in the pipe. After a while, Jamal follows suit
Salim: in any case, we don’t even know the name of the third bloody musketeers
the girl drawing shapes in the mud with her finger Jamal: Come over here Jamal calls to the girl who is in the outside
Jamal: where is your mother? silence Jamal: your father?the girl shakes her head slightly
Jamal: I am Jamal. This is my brother Salim Latika: I am Latika
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Secondly, when Jamal lived in Maman’s camp, the gangster who collected the money from a kid like Jamal, he dreamed of becoming a successful man.
Jamal: I just need Maman to like my singing, and we are in the money, big money Latika Latika: can we stop begging
Jamal: begging? Are you kidding? Jamal: we’ll live in a big house on harbor road? You , me and Salim. The 3 musketeers
Latika: harbor road, really
Jamal: yes, in the moonlight you and me Jamal: Jamal dance badly you’ll dance with me, wont you?
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From the dialog above, it can be seen that Jamal dreamed one day he would live in a big house on harbor road. Though he came from sudra caste it did not stop him to
have a dream. Last but not least, it can bee seen when Jamal followed the quiz, Prem asked him to stop, by offering him a large amount of money.
Prem: What sports do you play? Jamal: None.
Prem: None. Oh, dear, oh dear, oh dear. Not to worry, theres only ten million rupees at stake... Which cricketer has scored the most first class centuries in history. Was it A
Sachin Tendulkar, B Ricky Ponting, CMichael Slater, D Jack Hobbs. Prem allows the question to sink in.
Prem: Youve got a cheque for five million rupees in your hands. Youve still got two life- lines, Phone A Friend and 5050. For ten million rupees: pay, play, or bail out. Its still
an option. Remember, if you get the answer wrong, you will lose everything like that.He clicks his fingers.
Prem: Are you sure you want to do this? Jamal: Ill play.Tense laughter from the audience. Prem holds up the cheque. Jamal
nods. Prem tears it up slowly. Allows the pieces to fall to the floor Prem: The dreams of so many. On the floor Slumdog Millionaire 2007, 70.
This occasion implied that Jamal refused to stop playing the quiz though he did not know the correct answer. He continued his dream to be a successful man by getting
the biggest prize, Prem who tried to stop his dream said that Jamal had many dream through this quiz.
B. Extrinsic Analysis 1. Socio-historical Analysis
Slumdog Millionaire directed by Danny Boyle was depicted about the condition
of India in the year 2006. When India reached economic growth 9.7 in the year 2006,
there were many changes had been made by this country. A lot of building were built in the cities of India, there were also many top industries were standing there.
Between 1947 and the early 1990s the Indian economy transformed, India, at past time was colonized by Britain, was using Swadheshi movement. The Swadeshi
movement, part of the Indian independence movement
, was a successful economic strategy to remove the British Empire from power and improve economic conditions in
India through following principles of swadeshi self-sufficiency. Strategies of the swadeshi movement involved boycotting British products and the revival of domestic
made products and production techniques
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. This economy policy had been used after India got its independence in 1947. The
government attempted to close the Indian economy to the outside world. The Indian currency, the rupee, was inconvertible and high tariffs and import licensing prevented
foreign goods reaching the market. India also operated a system of central planning for the economy, in which firms required licenses to invest and develop
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. India
was under socialist
-based policies for an entire generation from the 1947 until the 1991. The economy was characterized by
extensive regulation ,
protectionism , and public ownership,
leading to pervasive corruption
and slow growth
. When India closed its economy to the outside world, there were many people
lived in poverty, this was because it closed people to encourage themselves in entrepreneurship. Due to the fact that the government of India had nationalized the
economic system. In the year 1991, the Prime Minister, Narasimha Rao, and the Minister
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of Finance, Manmohan Singh, reformed the economic system
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. The reforms progressed furthest in the areas of opening up to
foreign investment , reforming
capital markets ,
deregulating domestic business, and reforming the trade regime.
This policy was made in loosening government regulations, especially in the area of foreign trade. Through this policy, hopefully it could change the life of Indian society.
Because it could encourage the people of India to get a better life by having opportunity to be an entrepreneurship and to create new workers. Moreover, there was also
considerable concerned that liberalization would reinforce class and regional economic disparities.
Even though, the fact that economic liberalization made most of the people of India were not getting better, due to there were still many people who lived in poverty. It
was because economic liberalization made people who had more capital to grow faster than people who did not have enough capital. Poor people were being oppressed by rich
people because they were not respected from rich people In the consequences of that, it could be said that there was no correlation between economic growth that happened in
India and the quality of life of the society, especially poor people. 2. Biographical Analysis
Danny Boyle was a British Director who directed the film Slumdog millionaire film. He was born in Radcliff, Lancashire, England. He came from labor family. His
father used to be a British soldier in India along the second world war, meanwhile his mother wan an Irish who came from Ballinasloe Co Galway. When he was a boy he
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Narasimha was the Prime Minister of India in the year 1991-1996, and Manmohan Singh was the Minister of Finance in the year 1991-1996. Nowadays, Manmohan Singh was appointed as the prime for
the second time after he had been elected for the first time in the year 2004. Both of these people was known as the founder of Economic liberalization in India. Having become Prime Minister, Manmohan
Singh continued his economy policy in the year 1991 when he became the Minister of Fiinance.
dreamed to be a priest, despairing to be a priest he continued his study at T hornleigh
Salesian College in Bolton and University of Wales, Bangor
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. There were many good films that he had been made such as: Trainspotting, Beach
and Slumdog Millionaire. In Trainspotting Boyle talked about someone who became a drug abuse, in Beach he explored the beautiful island in Thailand. And in Slumdog
Millionaire he talked about the struggle of a kid who came from slum to reach his dream.
For the last one, he got a best director in Academy Awards. Actually in making Slumdog Millionaire
, Boyle must made observation in the slum area of Mumbai city, India, he did this to make sure that he did not any big mistakes.
Moreover his father who ever lived in India told him everything about India. From the culture, society, religion and poverty. In addition, he got an assistant from a co-
director, Loveleen Tandan. She is an Indian woman who helped Boyle in describing India at present day.
Furthermore, Boyle whose mother came from Ireland, also gave influence to him in making this film. The fact that at the past Ireland and India had been colonized by
Britain. The younger generation of India, at the past, are growing up full of what may be called Irish bitterness, and the situation must fill all who believe in the peaceful progress
of the country under British rule with anxious apprehensions
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. Nowadays, the situation between Ireland and India is not so much difference. Both of the countries often happen
riot because of faith. In Ireland, the riot between Catholic and Protestant happen in there, and in India the riot between Hindu and Moslem almost Happen in there as well. Overall,
it can be said that India is likely to be another Ireland.
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Slumdog Millionaire was an effort at crossover, and like all crossovers it can be
criticized from either side. And it invited accusations of imperialism. Boyle, A British director, tried to be embraced the script in a complete way. He wanted to tell the story as
an insider. As in interviewed by Kevin Kelly in Toronto Film festival 2008, he stated: Kevin Kelly: Did you learn anything about yourself making this film? I mean, being in
India the whole time. What did you learn? Danny Boyle: Yes. I think, that’s the most important thing you do learn. Is that you go
there and you think you’re going to learn about Indian culture and all those kinds of things. And you do obviously because you do research to make sure it’s accurate and all
that kind of stuff.
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The condition of the people lived in the poverty line that Boyle was described in the Slumdog Millionaire lived in suffering and sadness. Along the film it could be seen
how a contrast between rich and poor. It was usual to see a luxurious car were passing through in the slum street of India and it was not strange to see a celebrity lived in a big
house on the other hand there were many houses that were living in the slum. Slum area grown up around the airports and this airports have been used by celebrity.
Boyle created beautifully in imagining this condition through Jamal’s character, he described Jamal as the one who watched the economic growth. When Amitabh
Bachan, a top celebrity in India, came to the slum area using a helicopter, Jamal did anything to see his celebrity even though he had to sink in the dirt.
C. Worldview After analyzing the intrinsic elements and the external elements of the film, the
writer found that there was relation between the society and the film. Boyle as the
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director had certain worldview. Worldview which is taken by the director can not be seen without the investigation of the historical background when the director is creating his
work. In this film Jamal acted as a man who was being oppressed by other people who
came from higher caste than him. Jamal, the one who lived in the slum area along his life, had many bitter experiences. When he was a child he should see his mother died because
of riot. This riot happened when Hindus people attacked Moslem region, since that time he lived in the street along with his brother.
Jamal did not get good education as any ordinary child, he should spent his childhood lived in the street of India. In addition, he also encountered with the gangster
world where he met with other children who did not get any protection from the government like him. The government of India that should guarantee the children to have
education were not paying attention to this problem. Instead of study at school and enjoyed their childhood, The children were forced to beg in the street of India. That was
why Indian people who came from lower caste were being humiliated in the society. However, Jamal who had many bitter experiences did not stop to dream to
become a wealth man. During he stayed with the gangster, he dreamed to live in a big house along with his brother, Salim and his friend, Latika.
Jamal: I just need Maman to like my singing, and we are in the money, big money Latika Latika: can we stop begging
Jamal: begging? Are you kidding? Jamal: we’ll live in a big house on harbor road? You , me and Salim. The 3 musketeers
Latika: harbor road, really Jamal: yes, in the moonlight you and me
Jamal: Jamal dance badly you’ll dance with me, wont you? Latika: I hope you sing better than you dance
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Having been adult, Jamal who wanted to be admitted in the society followed the quiz who wants to be a millionaire, it was the quiz from Britain, having aired more than
100 countries all over the world, where people could be a new millionaire
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. The use of the quiz emphasizes that this quiz give a big opportunity to be a wealth man similar to
the purpose of economic liberalization that happened in India in the early 1990s. Because this quiz does not require certain ability, everybody can join the quiz.
Jamal decided to follow this quiz after he had met with Latika, She suggested him to follow this quiz because it was a chance to get a better life.
Latika: Jamal, Jamal, look at you... Their heads are close, they might kiss. Jamal: I found you Jamal smiles hopefully at her. But there is sadness in her now. There
is a bruise her eye Jamal: Youve hurt your eye.
Latika: Why are you here? Jamal: To see you.
Latika: well. You see mewhile they were talking, there was TV program that was quiz “who want to be a millionaire
Jamal: why does everyone love this program?to the TV
Latika: it’s the chance to escape, isn’t it? Slumdog Millionaire 2007, 74
However, Jamal got obstacle in reaching his dream, Prem, the host of the quiz, acted as a man who oppressed lower caste. He considered himself more intellectual than
Jamal. He ridiculed Jamal in front of the audiences and being a cruel man by saying that a Chaiwalla is mean job. He showed his arrogance by saying that he did not accept
someone to win the quiz, particularly the one who came from lower caste like Jamal. Jamal steps outside the backstage door. Prem called him. Immediately, a blanket is
thrown over his head and two police men bundle him into the back of a police van. The director joins Prem at the backstage as the van pulls away, sirens screaming.
Director: what’s going on? Prem: he’s cheat.
Director: this was you? You called them? Prem shrugs Director: how do you know he is cheating?
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Prem: oh, come on Of course he is. He is a bloody village boy. Even when I fed him the wrong answer, he got it right.director stare at him
Director: you gave him an answer? Prem: well, I didn’t exactly he walks away, shaking his head and hit the wall
Prem: this is my quiz ,this is my fucking quiz
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The dialog above implied that Prem did not accepted Sudra caste to win the quiz, he tried anything to made Jamal lose in the game. He gave wrong answer to Jamal and
reported him to the police due to cheating in the game. Prem thought that how a kid from slum knew all the answers.
Moreover, The police, who should protect and serve society, hurt Jamal. The police also being not fair to Jamal, they prefer to believing Prem than Jamal.
Constable Srinivas: Maybe he did know the answers. Inspector: Have you gone soft, Srinivas? Professors, lawyers, doctors, General
Knowledge never get beyond sixteen thousand rupees. And hes on ten million? What the hell can a slumdog possibly know? Slumdog Millionaire 2007, 5
The police underestimated the one who came from lower caste like Jamal. It proved that the police being injustice to the people who lived in slum area. Jamal also
realized that becoming Sudra caste was often get inequality in the society. People from Sudra caste were often being looked negatively by others people who came from higher
caste. Inspector: it is all bizarrely plausible. And yet….Jamal is drinking a cup of coffee
Jamal: because I am Slumdog, a chaiwallah, I am liar, right? Inspector: most of you are, but you are not liar, that is for sure, you are too
truthful….well doneSlumdog Millionaire 2007, 85
From those description above, the writer may conclude that the main character, Jamal, represented Indian people who came from humble background. When the
government of India was trying to prosperous their citizen by transforming its economic system in the year 1991, many people were hoping to gain wealth through this economy
system. Because it could create the competition in the society, everybody was involved in the activity of economy, that the result could boost economic growth.
Economic liberalization, that expected to change social life, by giving the freedom to trade to the society, was failed to fulfill Indian people’s hope The fact that
economic liberalization only made people who had more capital to conquer people who had less capital. Poor people were becoming the object of humiliation, they often being
treated not equal in the society. Economic liberalization that happened in India was described implicitly in the quiz who wants to be a millionaire.
When Jamal was trying to become a wealth man through this quiz, he was humiliated by Prem, the host of the quiz. He was symbolized as the one who had more
capital, he could not accepted someone like Jamal won the quiz. Moreover, the police who had the authority prefer to believing Prem than Jamal. It can be seen that Jamal had
been oppressed mentally and physically. He got this terrible condition by people surround him who treated him badly in the society. According to Yeats and McLaughlin as quoted
by Erita. Penelitian tentang kemiskinan yang diselenggarakan Bank Dunia tahun 2000
menyatakan, kaum miskin punya penekanan berbeda dari pembuat kebijakan tentang hal-hal yang dipersepsi sebagai dimensi kemiskinan. Selain tingkat pendapatan,
konsumsi, pendidikan, dan kesehatan, kaum miskin juga menekankan faktor psikologis seperti kepercayaan diri, ketidakberdayaan powerlessness, serta pengucilan fisik dan
sosial sebagai sumber kemiskinan
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It was clear that for poor people, having much money is not the only important thing. Treating well and respecting by the society can be important thing as well. The
economic growth will be useless if there were many people lived in the poverty and the decrease of quality of life of the society.
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CHAPTER IV CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION
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