Institusion
Universitas Negeri Semarang
Author
Setia Anggriwati , 2250406018
Subject
HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform
Datestamp
2015-04-25 07:52:51
Abstract :
This final project deals with the social problems and the causes that reflected in
Slumdog Millionaire movie. This research focuses on finding out the social
problems encountered by the characters and the causes of social problems in the
movie.
In this final project I used descriptive qualitative method and
sociological approach to analyze the film and the phenomena happened in the film
and compared with the condition of the society around us. By descriptive
qualitative research we can also understand relationship between behavior and
outcome of the part of the society. In this research I investigated the dialogue and
scenes which related with this study. I observed the data by watching the film,
selecting the data, identifying, inventorying and classifying the data.
This research has result that there are three kinds of social problems
which are happened in the movie. It is found that discrimination, children
trafficking and violence are the problems which described in this movie. The
problems in this movie caused by social jealousy and moral degradation of the
slums society in this film, and the impacts of the social problems are the crime in
the society, juvenile delinquency and physical violence.
In this research discrimination viewed as the basic of problem in the
society that influenced by social status, power, education background, salary
income, the life condition and the wealth which influence the someone?s prestige
and existence in the society.