AN ANALYSIS OF THE MAIN CHARACTER INFLUENCE IN THE PLOT OF THE MOVIE “FREEDOM WRITERS”
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Gruwell and students who compiled the book out of real diary entries about their lives that they wrote in their English class at Woodrow Wilson Classical High School in Long Beach, California. The purpose of this study is to identify the main character influences in the plot of the movie: Erin Gruwell in ‘Freedom Writers’. To examine the influences in the plot, two problems appear in this study. The first is “What types of plot structure used in the movie?” The second is “How the conflicts of the main character influence the plot of the movie?” To answer these problems, the researcher used content analysis as the method of the study. The primary data of this study was the movie and the supporting data of this study are books and journals. This movie uses Linear plot. It is also known as progressive plot. Is a kind of plot shows a chronological structure which first establishes the setting and the character of the story, then follows the rising actions through to a climax or conflict of the story, then concludes by the resolution. The writer considers that the raising action and falling action were influenced by the conflict of the main character. If Erin listen to her father to run for major cooperation she would not divorced by her husband but class 203 will not change if Erin not their teacher. The researcher hopes this study can add knowledge on the main character influence in a piece of literacy work to the readers.
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