Sarcasm as Retract Ability

67 Second, Max knows Coldplay and its style. The third is the person with reference „he‟ is actually Max‟s father but he does not know that Max is his daughter. This assumption revealed from Max‟s sentence makes the hearer surprised because they do not expect the harsh act performed by her. As the response a fter hearing Max‟s sarcastic utterance, they give their reaction by put of their knit hats immediately and being polite in delivering request to Max as the woman and older person that they should give respect to which can be seen by the diction, gestures and intonation. From the connection between Max and her customer above, it can be seen that Max as the speaker expects the hearer to look the meaning beyond from what she said. Max assumes that the guys in front of her are able to infer the implied meaning of what it is said and it is considered as flouting in conversation. Another example of elaboration is given for utterance 32, which occurs in the following situation. Situation 32 Han : Well, I got to go home. Ive been watching Dharma Greg on Hulu. Oh, I missed so much growing up in Korea. Max : What, like puberty? Han : Max, in my country I‟m average height. What being mentioned in this utterance is the thought that Han does not grow up much in his puberty when he still lives at his hometown, Korea. The situation happened when Han says to his employees about his going home from the diner since there is an American television sitcom starring Dharma and Greg 68 to be watched on Hulu, the American online company supporting streaming service offering a selection of TV shows and also available in Korean language. While Han gets a nostalgic feeling, Max, this time chooses to give response with sarcastically asks about the puberty of him which for her, does not look significant on Han. As the Americans, Max bold the fact that Han is not as tall as other people who works at the diner and that is something wrong when he got his puberty. However, Han, as the hearer, does not simply take the sarcastic utterance as kind of joke. He has the assumption that Max believes about his puberty which does not give any significant on his height. As the hearer, Han understands the implicit meaning in Max‟s utterance and that what makes him gives reply to Max‟s sarcastic utterance. Han gives his aggressive reply as his response in order to save his face from other people who are there when the conversation happened. Also, Han wants Max to believe that Han is actually not as short as she thinks by saying that people in Korea has the same height as his. From Han‟s response to the sarcastic utterance given to him, it can be seen that flouting is happened in situation 32 because Han as the hearer is able to infer the implied message from what it is spoken and that is what Max expects as the speaker. Utterance 36 appears in the following situation 36 as follows. Situation 36 Caroline : Original tan, original tile, original too. What do you think, Oleg? Oleg : Nice. Max : “Nice”? All you got is “nice?” This place was like Great Adventure for rats They were waiting in line to bite us. 69 “Nice?” It used to smell like the place poop comes to die. Or death comes to poop. The situation happens in Max and Caroline new cupcake shop. Han and Oleg are invited to come over and give comments about the new place. Getting positive comments with good attitude by Earl, Sophie, and Han, Caroline and Max believe Oleg will do the same thing since they are good as coworkers. Being proud, show excitement or giving positive comment will be considered as a good attitude for Max and Caroline. Meanwhile Oleg, unlike the other co-workers, does not show any interest through his face and „nice‟ is the only word from him to say. This response apparently does not very satisfying Max. Feeling the co-worker does not have the same interest as hers, Max is being sarcastic by playing words which shows both of Caroline‟s and her hard work dealing with rats and the bad smells. Even though Oleg already gives his comment to Max and Caroline, his response is still not enough because it is not what the speaker expects to be heard as the response. As the response for Max‟s sarcastic utterance, Oleg remains to keep silent since he thinks that the word „nice‟ is what comes up on his mind and it is also considered as a word with the positive meaning. However, Oleg as the hearer is able to infer the message from the speaker but he does not give the response as what being expected and that is the indicator of flout in conversation. Table 3.1. The Hearer’s Response of Sarcastic Utterances Based on Purposes No Purpose of sarcasm The Hearer‟s Response 1. Group Affiliation a. Knows the fault and gives the different reaction which is being polite. PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI