CHAPTER 1

INTRODUCTION


This chapter presents the background of the study, the problem of the
study, the objective of the study, the scope and limitation of the study, the
significance of the study, and the definition of key terms.

1.1 Background of the Study
Literature is simply another way we can experience the world around us
through our imagination. Today we may be very busy and feel bored to do
something. We do not have any pleasure after doing something. A movie is one of
the result that has been enjoyed in our lives. A movie has become one of the
technology development result that has been enjoyed broadly by the society. We
agree that a movie is the best entertainment. We do not need to go to the cinema if
we watch the movie to get pleasure. We can watch movie anywhere, for instance
at home or at school. Actually we could get many advantages by watching a
movie, not only to get entertainment but also we can get some knowledge and
education from it.
According to Kleden, (2003:20) is actually considered as the works that
appeared the world imaginer for we and it was not an empirical world or the
historical fact.





By reading and watching literary works we are able to share many
experiences of life, human affairs, moral lessons, educations and social matters which
will help us to gain more understanding in the value of life. I will lead us to enhance
their skill in considering or judging the quality of things around us. In other words,
literature helps to develop human understanding, imagination and cultural,
philosophical religious world.
Movie is considered to be an important art form, a source of popular
entertainment and a motion picture of universal power in communication: some
movies have become popular worldwide attraction, by using dubbing or subtitles that
translate the dialogue. In this ,study, the researcher is interested in analyzing character
and characterizations of the main character. The researcher wants to analyze the main
character John and Savannah because they play very important roles and carry out the
plot of the story. Suitable with problem chosen by researcher, it is about character and
characterization on the movie, so the researcher choose "Dear John" movie. The
reason of. choosing this movie because she is interested with the plot of that the
movie that the story is about a romantic couple who strongly fall in love. Some
people who know this movie is interested in watching it because this is a romantic
movie.
It is necessary to analyze the characters and characterization of the main
character in "Dear John" movie. So, the researcher decides to use the title " The
analysis of character and characterization on the "Dear John" movie by Lasse
Hallstrom".





1.1 Problem of the Study
Based on the background of study above, the writer can propose the following
problems:
1. What is the character and characterization in the "Dear John" movie
directed by Lasse Hallstrom?
2. How is characterization of every character found in Dear John movie?

1.2 Objective of the Study
According to the problem of the study, the objective of the study is as follows:
1. To describe the characters in the "Dear John" movie by Lasse Hallstrom.
2. To describe the characterization in the characters of Dear John movie.

1.3 Scope and Limitation of the Study
This study will be limited to the analysis of character and characterization on
the main character of "Dear John" movie by Lasse Hallstrom. Actually "Dear John"
movie allowed many interesting aspect to be analyzed but especially it focuses on John
and Savannah as the actor and actress in this movie, because it has a lot of characters.

1.4 Significance of the Study
Theoritically
Hopefully, this study will be useful for the students who study
literature to get additional knowledge about literature and to
encourage the students to study literature.




To give sufficient material to the teachers, in giving such an
interesting literary lessons to their students.
Practically, the result of the study is expected to give some information to the
reader about how to analyze the character and characterization in a movie.
Hopefully this thesis will be useful for the students of English Department.
1. Further researchers
For further researchers this study can be used as a scientific reference
especially about the character and characterization in a movie.

1.5 Definition of Key Term
Definition of key terms are given make the readers of this thesis easy to
understand what the researcher actually means:
1. Main Character
Character in the literature is the people who play in Dear John movie.
2. Characterization
The method use to present the personality of a character in a work of
literature ( Daniel and Safier, 1980: 772).
3. Dear John Movie
Dear john is an American romantic drama movie directed by Lasse
Hallstrom . It was released in 2010.




CHAPTER II
REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE

This chapter, the researcher discusses the related literature. The researcher
reviewes theories and findings from some valid and accepted resources. The review
are about language, literature, film, characters and characterizations, and synopsis.

2.1. Literature
Literature is the result of human minds as an art the express in world. Literature
is created to produce complete, meaningful, beautiful and affective language.
Therefore, it can be concluded that literary works will use language that different with
other works, especially from its style and words choice.
The creation of literature is a uniquely human activity, born of man's timeless
desire to understand, express, and finally share experiences (Pickering and Hoeper,
1981:1). It means that when we want to create the literature we are free to express
based on our imagination. To make the literature is no limitation. Every people can do
this because literature is an art.
Kenney, (1996 in Dartin; 2005:7) states that literature is simply another way to
get experience of the world around us through our imagination. According to Jane Jr
in Hartiningsih (2003:45), by learning literature the researcher can learn and know
about human in society and the researchers can take the value advantage as our
experience life.




Literature not only gives us information but also entertain, offer knowledge,
and gives us pleasure. Literature influences the reader's mind, even their emotion. By
reading and watching literary works we are able to share many experiences of life,
human affair, moral lesson, education and social matter which help us gaining more
understanding in the value of life. It will lead us to enhance our skill to consider or
judge the quality of things around us. Literature helps us grow, both personally and
intellectually Robert, (2003:2). After defining some definitions of literature, the
researcher conclude that literature reflect the experience of people in exciting around
them by using media, that is language.
Literature is actually considered as the works that appeared the world imaginer
for us and it was not an empirical world or the historical fact Kleden (2003:20). It
means that literature give us the facts and date clearly.
In literature, the author arranges certain truths and facts as well as possible, so
the readers will accept what she has written. The author also selects facts which
support this idea to make a real story and she will not tell the reader answer of this
story but the readers have to make conclusion by him or herself. In short, it can be
concluded that the literature is everything written, which someone tries to describe the
minds from express is thoughts, feeling and every happening in our life.

2.2. Language
Language is used by human to communicate with others, expressing thought
and feeling (Robert, 2003:15). Language takes important role in human society. It is
an instrument many relationship possibilities with various aspects of human life to
express idea, emotion and desire that reflected the environment. It must be accurate



because it has important function in human activities. In literature, the function of
language is as the instrument to say and write illustration. Language meaning are used
to tell what the speaker believes, to give information about things and to give the
reason about fact.
In listening and reading, configurations of concepts are used to reconstruct and
interpret the meaning of the incoming language data, the written language or the
spoken language. In speaking and writing, configurations of concepts are organized
by grammatical rules, and then expressed by speaking or writing.

2.3. Literary Genre
According to style, (Robert, 2003:3) length and characteristic, literature can be
divided into three parts. They are : Poetry, Prose, and Drama.
They are two types of prose, prose fiction and nonfiction. Prose fiction includes
myths, parables, romances, novels, and short stories. Nonfiction prose consists of new
reports, feature articles, essays, editorials, textbook, historical and biographical works,
and the like, all of which describe or interpret facts and present judgment and
opinions.

2.3.1.Poetry
Poetry, according to Kleden, (2003:20), is like other literary works, so it has
bigger imagination than prose. The readers of poem can understand what the author's
wants by using their knowledge about poem to understand the author thought is
aiding the reader's idea. First, denotative meaning, which is called "literal" or
dictionary meaning. And second, connotative meaning, it is imaginations or



emotional meaning. This literary work also uses some symbol that means more than
word, which is presented by a poet, to express the author sense (Fannie, 2000:99).

2.3.2.Drama
According to Quaeritis (1904:461), drama is consisting of plays written for the
theater. Unfortunately, has acquired to many meaning it can denote, the whole body
of work written for the theater, or a single play, or a serious but untragic play, (as in
"life is full of Drama") events that contain conflict, tension, surprise.
Live actors design a drama or play to perform on stage: It consists of dialog
together with direction of action, like narrative fiction, it focused on single character
or a small number of character (Fannie, 2000:96).
Drama is literary works 'that is presented on the stage with actor or characters
in it. The same statement that is expressed by (Kennedy, 1983:59) that drama is a
work of storytelling in which actors represented the characters also the performance
of a play is much more than an event for the exchange of emotion between
performers and audiences.

There are two kinds of drama, tragedy, and comedy. Tragedy drama is kind of
drama which involves event which climax unhappy disaster, the subject matter is
necessary dark and the hero is defeated by forces outside his control. And comedy
drama is drama that deals with events that inevitable fine some sorf of pleasing or
happy resolution with the subject matter is essentially light and the hero ever comes
impediments and usually in entertaining, humorous way and successful.




2.3.3.Prose
Prose is the ordinary form of spoken and written language of which unit
is the sentence, rather that the line as it is poetry. Meanwhile prose fiction is
works of the literature that can only be made by someone, enjoyed and
understood it completely ( Fannie, 2000:84). In work of literature, other to
make a good story must work every elements prose fiction is done. Prose is
also a11 serious speech, spoken or written which is not limited in a certain
rule.
According to Abrams (1981: 43), prose is a term often used inclusively
for any literary narrative which is feigned or invented, and does not purport to
be historical truth. There are many forms of prose, one of them is novel. The
word novel is from Latin novellas means something new. The word "new" is
related to the reality that navel is a kind of fiction, which appears lately in a
short story and romance. It is written in the seventeenth and the eighteent h
centuries (Croft and Cross, 1982:63). According to Abrams (1981:86), novel is
a great variety of writing that have in common only attribute of being extended
works of prose
fiction. The novel is also distinguished from the short story. Its magnitude permits a
great variety of character, greater complication of plot and modes. Novel contains
number of characters some of them are fully developed, have more incidents, scenes,
or episodes, have number of settings, and may take a long span of time.




2.4 Film
Film has the same essential with movie and motion picture. Motion picture also
called movies, film, or the cinema as one of the most popular forms of entertainment,
enable people to immerse themselves in an imaginary word for short period of time,
(Robert, 2003:207).Some films combine entertainment with instruction, to make
learning process more enjoyable. In all its forms, cinema is an art as well as a
business and those who make motion picture take grade pride in their creations.
Drama is literary works that is presented on the stage with actor or character in
it. Nowadays, the position drama itself is changed with film or the other word, film is
specialized types and modern form of drama.
In this era, drama played in film that use modern techniques as photography,
film chemistry, sound, electronic technology, and other. According to Robert, film is
the word most often use most motions, pictures, although other common words are
cinema, movies and sometime pick. It is a specially type of drama, utilizing, like
drama the techniques of dialogue, monologue, and action, (Robert, 2003:3).
Movies or film is one of the entertainment media that is really popular in the
world. According to McEwen (2001:2) " As motion picture movie or film is in every
time, place, are defined by its intrinsic and organic relationship with every aspect of
the culture".

2.4.1.Theme
Theme is the central idea or statement about life that unifies and controls the
total work, (Pickering and Hoeper, 1981;61). It means that in literature, a theme is the
main idea of the story, or the message of the author is conveying. This message is



usually about life, society or human nature. Not all stories have explicit themes.
Because all stories choose certain areas of live to focus on and deal with all stories
inherently project some kind of outlook on life that can be taken as a theme,
regardless of season.
Theme is broad ideas and allusions that established by repetition of technical
and linguistic means throughout the film, (Robert, 2003:20). The film may have more
than one theme, but it will relate each other in constructing the story from beginning
to ending.
Theme of the film can be seen clearly along the story because the film will
show the theme throughout the film. It may show from the character and personality
especially from the major character and important events accorred in the film.

2.4.2.Plot
The plot is the backbone of a story, (Stanton in Sabbichis, 1965:15). Because it is
more self-evident than some of the story's other element, we may say little about it in
analysis, but without clear knowledge of its events, its links of cause and effect, its
degree of inevitability, we cannot hope to understand the story further. Like all other
elements of a story, the plot has its own laws: it must have a should occasionally
surprise us, it must arouse and satisfy suspense.
The movement of a plot comes chiefly from its ability to arouse questions our
minds, appealing to our curiosity, hope and fear. The simplest question is "What
happens next?" But often the questionnaire more specific than this, and their answer
may be delayed for many pages.




2.5. Character
The term of character applies to any individual in a literary work. Characters in
fiction are customarily described by their relationship to plot, by the degree of
development they are given by the author and whether or not they undergo significant
character change (Pickering and hoeper, 1981:24).
According to Kenny (1966:27), Character is the person in the people in
function and they must be similar to the people in life. A character is obviously
relevant to us and to our experiences if he is like ourselves or likes others whom we
know. A character is relevant if there are a lot of people like him in the real world.
Definition of character is to understand the meaning of the main character,
firstly the reader has to know what the character is, so that it is useful to explain
some of the definition of it. Characters are the players in literature works, drama
and novel and also are appealing of emotions, which can be observing from
action. In drama characters usually do thing for certain reason so the characters
have identifiable motives behind them. Most plays have central motives and in
general these are giant human emotions, which motivate most people in real life.
In other opinion said that character and imagined person, created by the
playwright in dialogue and stage direction, made particularly by actors.
(httn://www.csustan.edu/english/reuben/paUappend/AXH.HTML)
Characters are people or sometimes not people in the film. According to
Robert (1977:54) Character in literature is also the author's representation of
human being especially of those inner qualities that determine in individual
reaction to various condition or attempt to shape or her environment.



Koesnosoebroto (1988:67) says that there are two types of characters,
minor or major character, and minor character. Major characters are the most
important characters in a story but they cannot stand on themselves, they need
other characters to make the story more convincing and lifelike. Minor
characters are characters of less important than those of the main or major
characters.
Koesnosoebroto (1988:67) mentions that they are two kinds of characters:
Protagonist and antagonist. In tradition fiction the protagonist is also hero and
heroin, an admirable character who embodies widely accepted strengths and
virtues, who is because of his bad moral which he has such as cruel. He is called
antagonist because he is opposite to protagonist.
According to Kenny (1966:27), "Character is the person in the people
in function and they must be similar to the people in life". A character is obviously
relevant to us and to our experiences if he is like ourselves or likes others whom we
know. A character is relevant if there are a lot of people like him in the real world.
According to Kenny (I966:28-29), characters may be classified as "flat
(simple) and "round (complex)" character. Simple (flat) character is less the
representation of human personality than the embodiment of a single attitude
or obsession in character. A complex or (round) character is obviously more
life-like than the simple, because in life people are not simply embodiments of
single attitudes. A round character must be himself, an individual, and must be
fitting to his role.




2.6. Characterization
In literary work there are many kinds definition of characterization,
which always refers to the author to portray the character. Characterization is
the process of conveying information about characters in narrative or dramatic
works of art or everyday conversation.
Characterization is the method used by a writer to develop a character.
The method includes: showing the character's, displaying the character's
actions, revealing the character's thoughts, letting the character's speak, and
getting the reactions of others.
Characterization is made up of three elements: appearance, which is the
way the character looks; personality, which is the way the character thinks or
feel; and behavior, which is the way the character acts and reacts. In any type of
story, it is important that readers are able to picture the characters. (en.wikipedia.
org/wiki/characterization).

2.6.1.Definition of Characterization
Characterization is the way of the author to describe what the characters
speak, do or think. Jones (1968:84) states that:

"The characterization is the depicting of clear images of a person. There are two
methods of characterization: dramatic and analytic. In dramatic we form our
opinion of the characters from what they do and say, from their environment,
and from what others characters think of them. In analytic method, the authors



comment upon the characters explaining their motives, their appearance, and
their thought"
The researcher concludes that before we know about characterization we
must know the character in every actor. Characterization is about what the
character do, say or think. In characterization we learn about the characters in
play, for example what their motives, their appearance, and their thought.
Furthermore, the researcher can analyze the character and characterization
beside that the researcher also help the readers to get the messages of the story.

2.7. Synopsis of the Dear John Movie
Dear John is a romantic drama adapted from a novel the same title by American
novelist, Nicholas Sparks. Directed by Lasse Halstrom, the film became the fifth that
Hollywood adapt the Sparks Message in a Bottle (1999), A Walk to Remember
(2002), The Notebook (2004), and Nights in Rodanthe (2008).
The movie starts with John (Channing Tatum) lying on the ground in a camo
uniform. He's at war and has been shot. As his eyes close, his voiceover says, "When
I got shot, the first thing I thought of was coins. I was minted in 1980 and belong to
the US Army. Now I have two holes in me and am not in mint condition. Wanna
know the last thing I thought of before I blacked out? You".
The scene cuts to a group of four friends standing on a pier. One of the friends
knocks Savannah's (Amanda Seyfried) purse into the ocean. He obviously likes her so
he promises to run down and get the purse. John sees her saying 'My whole life is in
that purse' and he jumps off the pier and gets the purse. He meets the group at the
edge of the water and returns the purse. Savannah invites him back to her beach house



to have a beer. Her friend is obviously jealous and starts to pick on John while they
have a beer. A little boy runs up to Savannah and hugs her. He's obviously autistic.
She fells John that she's known Alan since he was born and his dad, Tim, is a close
friend of the family. John tells Savannah he has to leave because it's Sunday and his
dad made lasagna.
On the way home Tim sees John walking and picks him up. He drops John off
at his house and tells John very awkwardly "If you hurt Savannah I will do when he
gets out of the army in a year, he will move to be with her while she's at school.
Savannah tells John she'll be in school longer than expected because since spending
time with his dad she wants to work with special-ed kids. He
-
gets very offended for
her implying that his dad is autistic and runs off. On the way, the guy from the
beginning starts picking on him again and John hits him. A guy comes from behind
and John elbows him, busting his nose. He turns to see Tim and feels bad. Savannah
is mortified at what just happened and runs off.
John goes to see Savannah before she leaves for school but she isn't home. He
sees Tim and apologizes and Tim tells her to write her a letter and he promises to get
it to her. He digs an old bill out of the trash and John writes a note to her.
He goes home and eats lasagna with his dad (it's Sunday) and Savannah pulls up. She
apologizes to him, he apologizes to her and she goes in to eat lasagna because his dad
made an extra pan in hopes Savannah would come. It's a very touching scene.
Savannah leaves for school and hands John a letter as she's driving away. She starts to
cry.
John gets deployed to Africa. He and Savannah write each other every day. We
hear that the troops will have a weekend to go to Paris but John opts to go to the



states. The guys poke fun at him because they say after the long flight he'll have about
15 hours at home but he says it's worth it. While waiting to go home, we see a crowd
gathered and learn that 9/11 has just occurred. John's troop all stands and demands to
re-enlist even though they only have a few weeks left in the army.
John doesn't want to re-enlist but his captain says if the majority wants to, they
all will because they're a team. When he arrives home Savannah is there to meet him.
The two go to pick up John's dad and take him to a party that her parents are throwing
for John's arrival. While they're in the car, his dad starts to freak out and demand to be
taken home. He's crying and just very uncomfortable. They take him home.
A man stops John at the party to thank him for what he's doing for our country.
Savannah overhears this and asks John if he's still coming out of the Army. He tells
her he's going to re-enlist. When she drops him off at the airport he says "This isn't
goodbye - just a see ya later. Nothing changes, right?" and she says "See ya later" but
you can tell she's hesitant. Savannah goes to see John's dad and asks about his favorite
coin. He shows her a 'mule' coin, a mistake. The head is a nickel but the tail is a
penny. Savannah asks John about the coin and he writes her to tell her the story.
As a little boy, John was given the penny and when his mom left it became a
hobby for him and his dad to find a mule. Then John grew up and stopped spending
time with his dad, he became reckless and started fights with people. His dad kept
collecting coins as a way to remember John's childhood when they were happy. Then
John joined the army.
The letters keep coming until one day they stop. John doesn't get a letter for two
weeks and then finally gets one. Savannah apologizes to him and tells him she's
engaged to be married. John burns a11 of the letters she has sent since then



and then takes off with his troop to investigate something. John is shot and the scene
from the beginning starts over. John is told he can go home but demands to stay. A
few weeks later a man comes and tells him he's going home and takes his hat off, it's
John's father.
John goes home and learns his dad had a stroke. He is sitting beside his dad
who can hardly move and he reads him a letter, the letter from the beginning. The last
thing John thought of before he blacked out was his daddy. John's dad passes away
and he goes to see Savannah. She has taken over her parent's horse ranch. As they're
having coffee in her house he sees a picture of her and her husband it's Tim.
John is shocked and she says that Tim has cancer and is about to die. They go
to see him in the hospital. Alan is about 15 and asks his new mom for a cake. She
takes him to get it and Tim apologizes to John. He says it 'just happened' and tells him
that she still loves him. Tim says after everything that she never looks at him the way
she used to look at John and it's written on her face. Savannah tells John they're out of
money and her dream is just to have Tim at home for a while before he dies. She tells
him how unhappy she is without him and he tells her he needs to leave. She says "See
ya later" and he won't say it back. She cries and begs him to say it back but he says
"Goodbye Savannah".
John takes his dad's coin collection and sells it but keeps one coin, the first
mule they found. John gets one lasf letter from Savannah telling him that they
received an anonymous donation, which allowed Tim to be at home for the last
two months of his life, and now he has passed away. John smiles because it was him
who gave her the money to allow for it to happen.



We see Savannah sitting in a coffee shop and John walking his bike down the
street. He chains it to a parking meter and catches a glimpse of Savannah in the coffee
shop. She smiles, he smiles and he walks inside to see her, he hugs her and the movie
ends.

2.8. Previous Studies
In making thesis the researcher need to have some previous studies to help the
researcher in that work. Thus, the researcher decided to choose some thesis be
previous studies to support her thesis.
The first study was conducted by Putri, Sulung H (2010) in her study entitled
"Characterization on Major Characters in Arthur Golden's "Memoirs of a
Geisha". The similarity between the researcher study and Putri's is both of them deal
with characterization analysis. The difference is on the Putri's study only analyze the
characterization.
The second thesis was conducted by Moh. Sabbichis (2010) in his study entitle
"Character and characterization on the main character in the "2012" Film
Directed by Ronald Emmerick", The similarity between the researcher study and
Moh. Sabbichis's study is both of them deal with character and characterization
analysis. The difference is on the title of the film.
Difference from previous studies, that the researcher focused more on analyze
the character and characterization on the main character in the " Dear John" film by
Lasse Hallstrom which take an John and Savannah as the main character.




CHAPTER III
RESEARCH METHOD

This chapter, the researcher presents the methodology that is used in this
study. There are some variables such as Research design, Data and source,
Data collection, Instrument, Data analysis.

3.1. Research Design
According to Hornby (1995:996) " Research design is the strategies used
by the writer to arrange the background of the research in other to get validity
data based on characteristic and the goal of the research".
This research is literary one, the study employed a qualitative description
research, in which the data can not be treated in statistical procedures, because
there are not numerical. Thus, the data is taken and gathered by observing the
characters and characterization of the "Dear John" film on the main character.
The method that is used in this study was a descriptive analytical
qualitative research. This study is designed to obtained information concerning
with the current status of phenomena. They are directed toward determining
the nature of situation as if existed at the time of the study. This research also
emphasize on the quality which are collected in analyzing "Dear John" film in
order to get the target in this research.






3.2. Subject and Object of the Study
The object of this study is a movie by Lasse Hallstrom entitled "Dear
John". This movie is a romantic story drama adapted from a novel the same
title by American novelist, Nicholas Sparks. Directed by LasseHalstrom, the
film became the fifth that Hollywood adapt the Sparks Message in a Bottle
(1999), A Walk to Remember (2002), The Notebook (2004), and Nights in
Rodanthe (2008). On Dear John movie this story telling about romantic
drama John and Savannah that they are away from each other for a long
period of time, they feel like they only made love for the reason that they
want to stay together and they need a reason to be together even when they
are away from each other. With dictionary, authobiography of the author, and
synopsis.
Data collection is the process or means that is used in obtaining and
classifying data. In the qualitative research, the data can be taken from the
lots of sources. They are word, action, photo, literary essay, and other
sources. Second, the writer watching the movie to find out the character and
characterization on the main character. Finall y, the writer collect and analyze
the data based on the problem statements.

3.3. Data and Sources of the Data
The data to be analyzed is gathered from two sources. The primary
source from the film it selt "Dear John". The film directed by Lasse
Hallstrom, in significant about characters and characterization on the main
character.



The secondary source is related to the information of books, Oxford
dictionary, articles and research report. The secondary sources support the
primary source.

3.3. Instrument
In this thesis the instrument is the researcher herself who collect the
dialogue between characters which reflect any message that is related to life.
The instrument of data collection are DVD cassette of the film, and another to
understand and analyze the data in "Dear John" film, the researcher made table
like the following.
Denzin (1970) in Maxwell (1996:75) states that triangulation is
collecting information from a diverse range of individuals and setting, using a
variety of methods. This reduces the risk that the research's conclution will
reflect only the systematic biases or limitations of a specific method, and it
allows the researcher to gain a better assessment of the validity and generality
of the explanation that is developed.

3.4. Data Collection
The steps to collect data is:
1. The researcher collect the data by watching the film, "Dear John".
2. The researcher make notes about the film and analyzing the data by
read the script.
3. Select the data that showed characters.




4. The researcher obtains all of the necessary data in "Dear John" through
a form of dialogue, picture and events.

3.5. Data Analysis
Data analysis is the process of systematically searching and arranging the
interview transcripts, field notes, and to enable you to present what you have
discovered to others (Bogdan, 1998:157).
In analyzing the data researcher used the following step:
1. Watching the "Dear John" film carefully to collect data.
2. Identifying the characters and characterization of the main character in
"Dear John" film by read the script.
3. Making corpus data.
4. Taking conclusion.















CHAPTER IV
FINDING AND DISCUSSION


In this chapter, the writer analyzed the result of the study on the film
entitled Dear John released in 2010 directed by Lasse Hallstorm that conclude
from the characters dialogue and the content of the drama script. To make reader
easy for understand this study, researcher analyses the characters one by one about
the character of protagonist character, then the researcher continues the analysis to
the next other character. Here, the researcher describes the basic character of each
character found in the drama script included the characterization.

4.1 Research Finding
Dear John is a romantic drama movie directed by Lasse Hallstorm. In
this part, the researcher analyzed and discussed about the basic characters of each
character in the film Dear John and also analyzed the characterization of the
characters.
The researcher presents some of the data found in the text of the play.
They are in the form of words, phrases, and sentences based on the conversations
between characters. Besides the data from the dialogue, the data are also in a form
of the characters action, what other said and also narration from the author.





4.1.1 Basic Characters of the Protagonist Character
As the researcher explained at the previous chapter (review related
literature chapter), protagonist is who is central to the story. So, when there has
no protagonist character a play cannot be happen at all. Though often the good
guy, the protagonist can also be the bad guy (or the anti-hero) in the story.
Characters are involved in every event make them dominate the story. There
are two characters that found as the protagonist characters, those are John and
Savannah.
The basic characters of the protagonist characters of Dear John drama
script are described as follow:
a. John
John is one of the protagonist characters in Dear john movie. John
grew up raised by his father in North Carolina. He went through a tough time in
high school being a rebel leading him to make many regretful decisions. He
finds peace in surfing or going to the beach to get away. After high school he
decided to enlist in the Army. In June, after his quick return home he met
Savannah Curtis and fell in love.


No. Characters name Character Characterization
1 John Tyree Brooding, nice
guy, and quick
temper,

2 Savannah Nice, smart,



caring toward
others, generous
3. Mr. Tyree

Quiet, awkward
4. Tim


5. Alan