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WOMEN CAREER AND CAPITALISM

IN FRIENDS WITH MONEY MOVIE

a final project

submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements

for the degree of Sarjana Sastra in English

by

Dwi Linda Kusuma

2250406501

ENGLISH DEPARTMENT LANGUAGE AND ART FACULTY SEMARANG STATE UNIVERSITY

2010

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APPROVAL

This final project was approved by the Board of the Examiners of English

Department of Faculty of Languages and Arts of Semarang State University on

March 2010.

Board of Examiners:

1. Chairman,

Drs. Dewa Made Kartadinata, M.Pd NIP. 195111181984031001

2. Secretary,

Drs. Alim Sukrisno, M.A NIP. 195206251981111001

3. First Examiner,

Rini Susanti Wulandari, S.S, M.Hum NIP. 197406252000032001

4. Second Advisor as Second Examiner,

Dwi Anggara Asianti, S.S, M.Pd NIP. 197111232002122001

5. First Advisor as Third Examiner,

Frimadona Syafri, S.S,M.Hum NIP. 197210172002122002

Approved by

Dean of Faculty of Languages and Arts,

Prof. Dr. Rustono, M.Hum NIP. 195801271983031003

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STATEMENT OF ORIGINALITY Dengan ini saya, Nama : Dwi Linda Kusuma NIM : 2250406501 Prodi / Jurusan: Sastra Inggris / Bahasa dan Sastra Inggris Fakultas : Bahasa dan Seni menyatakan dengan sesungguhnya bahwa skripsi / tugas akhir / final project yang berjudul :

WOMEN CAREER AND CAPITALISM IN FRIENDS WITH MONEY MOVIE

yang saya tulis dalam rangka memenuhi salah satu syarat untuk memenuhi gelar sarjana ini benar – benar merupakan karya saya, yang saya hasilkan setelah melalui penelitian, bimbingan, diskusi dan pemaparan / ujian. Semua kutipan, baik yang langsung maupun tidak langsung dari buku, jurnal, dan artikel telah disertai keterangan mengenai identitas sumbernya dengan cara sebagaimana yang lazim dalam penulisan karya ilmiah. Dengan demikian, walaupun tim penguji dan pembimbing penulisan skripsi / tugas akhir/ final project ini membubuhkan tanda tangan sebagai tanda keabsahannya, seluruh karya ilmiah ini tetap menjadi tanggungjawab saya sendiri. Jika kemudian terdapat ketidakberesan, saya bersedia menerima akibatnya dengan mengadakan perubahan. Demikian, surat pernyataan ini dapat digunakan seperlunya. Semarang, 29 Maret 2010 Yang membuat pernyataan Dwi Linda Kusuma

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Believe in Your Ability,

Follow Your Instinct,

Do in the Right Way,

and Gain the Success

To:

My beloved mother and my (late)father

My brother, Widodo and my sister, Ayu

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Praise to be Allah SWT the Almighty Lord who has given everlasting

blessing. Therefore, the inspiration comes during the process of writing this final

project. Thanks God for your ease in every step to complete it.

The writer wishes to express her gratitude to Mrs. Frimadhona Syafri, S.S,

M.Hum as her first advisor and Mrs. Dwi Anggara Asianti, S.S, M.Pd as her

second advisor. Thanks for their guidance, advice, suggestion and motivation in

writing this Final Project. The writer also wishes to express her thanks to all

lecturers of English Department for their guidance during studying in the

Department.

Her greatest gratitude is for her beloved mother, brother, and sister who

give her their endless love, prayer and encouragement in her life. Her special

thanks also go for all friends in A Paralel class in the English Department 2006.

And thanks for all of her friends in Prizty Kos.

All people who cannot be mentioned one by one who support the writer in

compiling this final project, thank you very much. The writer hopes God bless

you all.

The writer realizes that there are still many shortcomings in this final

project, so that she will be appreciating for suggestions, comments, and critics that

could improve this final project.

Semarang, 29 Maret 2010

Dwi Linda Kusuma

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ABSTRACT

Kusuma, Dwi Linda. 2010. Women Career and Capitalism in Friends with Money Movie. Final Project, English Department, Language and Art Faculty of Semarang State University, First Advisor: Frimadhona Syafri, S.S, M.Hum, Second Advisor: Dwi Anggara Asianti, S.S, M.Pd.

Movie or film as a part of modern literary works is an interesting subject to be analyzed since many people will be more both enjoy and understand about the aim of the movie. Since at that point, the writer chose a movie entitled Friends with Money as the object of the study. The movie described how Capitalism works in a society and how they regard Capitalism in their life, in particular, women’s consideration in terms of their career or job. The aims of this study are to know how the description of Capitalism, Women Career and the relationship of Capitalism and Women Career revealed in the movie are.

The writer did the study through some steps, they were reading and

watching, selecting, and classifying data from the movie. Then, the writer tried to analyze and interpret the collected data to do the report of the study. The writer also used some references to support the analysis. Those were taken from books, encyclopedia, and dictionary and even from internet that had relation with the movie, data and theories that underlied the study.

From this study, the writer found that first, Capitalism can works through

individuals and income which may go along with elements, such as: money, labor power, and production. Individuals take a different role, as producer, consumer, and investors will play different role since it depends on the welfare they have. Second, women career also may change based on the individuals who get their own career. Considerations and reasons, such as getting more income, will influence the change of the career. The last is, if a woman lives in a condition that is covered by Capitalist circumstance she will more increase their career to get better, even if it is supported by their couple.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

APPROVAL ............................................................................................. ii

STATEMENT OF ORIGINALITY ........................................................ iii

DEDICATION ......................................................................................... iv

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ....................................................................... v

ABSTRACT ............................................................................................. vi

TABLE OF CONTENTS ......................................................................... vii

TABLE OF APPENDICES ..................................................................... x

CHAPTERS

I. INTRODUCTION ........................................................................ 1

1.1 Background of the study ................................................................. 1

1.2 Reason for choosing the topic ......................................................... 4

1.3 Statement of the problem ................................................................ 4

1.4 Objective of the study ..................................................................... 5

1.5 Significance of the study ................................................................ 5

1.6 Outline of the report ....................................................................... 6

II. REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE ................................... 7

2.1 Film ............................................................................................... 7

2.2 Capitalism ...................................................................................... 10

2.2.1 The Nature of Capitalism................................................................ 10

2.2.2 Capitalism in America .................................................................... 13

2.2.3 Cultural Study ................................................................................ 13

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2.3 Women Career .............................................................................. 14

2.3.1 Career Development ...................................................................... 14

2.3.2 Career Patterns .............................................................................. 15

2.3.3 Feminism ...................................................................................... 17

2.3.3.1 Women’s Movement ....................................................................... 17

2.3.3.2 Theory of Contemporary Feminism ................................................ 17

2.4 Modern Sociology Theory .............................................................. 18

2.4.1 Socialist Feminism ......................................................................... 18

2.5 American people ............................................................................ 20

2.2.1 Characteristics of American People ................................................ 20

2.2.2 American Social Life ..................................................................... 21

III. METHOD OF INVESTIGATION ............................................... 23

3.1 Object of the study ......................................................................... 23

3.2 Role of the Researcher.................................................................... 23

3.3 Types of the Data ........................................................................... 24

3.4 Source of Data ................................................................................ 25

3.5 Procedure of Data Collection .......................................................... 25

3.6 Procedure of Analyzing the Data .................................................... 27

IV. RESULT OF THE STUDY ......................................................... 28

4.1 Capitalism Concept as described in Friends with Money

Movie ............................................................................................. 28

4.2 Women Career Concept as described in Friends with Money

Movie ........................................................................................... 39

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4.3 Women Career relates to Capitalism as described in the movie ........ 45

V. CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION ......................................... 49

5.1 Conclusion………………………………………………………......49

5.2 Suggestion..........................................................................................50

Bibliography ............................................................................................. 51

Appendices ............................................................................................... 53

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TABLE OF APPENDICES Appendices1 : Summary of Friends with Money Movie

Appendices 2 : Selected data from Friends with Money Movie relates to

the statements of the problem

Appendices 3 : Classified Data from Friends with Money Movie

answering problem number 1, 2, and 3

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CHAPTER I

INTRODUCTION

1.1 Background of the Study Economic condition is a point to assign the prosperity of society in a country.

Every country has tried to develop their economic sector, in order to be able to

lead them to the way of managing other aspects of life for the citizen

progressively and fast since economy is the main root for every nations in

determining their fate both for now and future. As stated in Cultural Antropology

(Bodley, 2000:298) that “all societies and cultures are now interconnected within

a single economically stratified global system of nation-states dominated by giant

corporations, and dependent on the flow of finance capital.” It means that

economy may affect human life. All over the world show their own ideology

about economy based on either the condition of the society or the history in the

past time.

Many modern countries that more tend to the Liberalism economy

ideology, which private properties are more to be attended will carry them to the

profit focused. In Liberal ideology, private properties and individual rights are

respected highly. Therefore, people there will try to keep developing and

improving their ability in collecting private properties and assets. Moreover, this

atmosphere carries out them to the Capitalist society or Capitalism. That society,

who most of them are from high economy level, has their own way in showing the

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reflection of Capitalist life style. The life style could be focused on money. Money

and money may become their belief since money may support them in collecting

private properties. Getting much more money will be their effort, for example

they can employ the labor power with low salary and offer the product with high

price. Then, they could be more consumptive in gaining they want since they have

money in great number. In addition, they will try to search for interesting and

profitable places for investment. Capitalist there, are appeared due to the fact that

they have much wealth that support their life. The wealth comes from the

outcomes of every family there, either both work or either of the couple who

works with high salary.

The family that has the couple work shows that the wife or the woman has

job or occupation or career. Some women who choose to have their own career

believe that they can get whatever they want without depending on their husbands

or men. Therefore, the income they get will influence them in their thought and

principle of life. For example is when a career woman who has got married and

has children, but she is going to buy some products or shopping for her desire, she

would wisely use her money from her career, not from her husband.

Many literary works reveal the circumstance of human and society, even

aspects of life in humanity and social. Those are often presented in interesting

form. This is based on the function of literature itself that it can give people

pleasure and enjoyment. Therefore, people not only get the enjoyment, but they

can also catch the moral values or messages that the author would like to share

with the reader in unique way, such as using the extraordinary words, etc. This

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may lead human to the agent of change in understanding the meaning of life

through literary works.

Movie or film as a part of modern literary works is an interesting subject

to be analyzed since many people will more both enjoy and understand about the

story. In addition, many movies reflect the reality of human life. By using author’s

ability in organizing and developing the story, movie as the literary work brings

on its purpose─ based on the definition of literature, that shows human’s desire,

willingness, and emotion. Therefore, movie performs the author’s desire towards

certain cases, in particular, human social life or culture either from his point of

view or society’s.

Since at that point, many writers of literary works create their own works

which describe human social life from many aspects, such as politics, culture, and

technology, social and economic aspects. Nicole Holofcener is one of the writers

and directors of movies who tries to describe human life from social and

economic sides. He, particularly, has made a description of capitalism in a modern

country; it is in a part of the United States of America, especially, the relationship

with the women. It may be a description for American Women who are affected

by this capitalism. The film or movie entitled Friends with Money describes

women career and its relationship with the capitalism that colors women life

atmosphere.

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1.2 Reasons for Choosing the Topic

First, the movie entitled Friends with Money shows a description of economic

condition there; it is capitalism─ a keep-talking topic in this era, since this

influence towards world economy. The United States as the dream country for life

is a dream of every people all over the world. There, the diversity appears but can

live peacefully. We can also get everything easily since everything is in modern

and sophisticated technology. Many aspects of life are noticed, in particular,

economy and its conceptualization. Many people learn how economic principle of

United State is applied and develops as well as impacts towards their citizen.

Second, the movie also reveals some views of women career. Career is a

hope for women nowadays. Besides, the writer can also see how life style of

American society is, in particular, women who have career in their social life,

affected by the condition of capitalist atmosphere. The last one is, the writer can

see that this topic is rare as the topic for Final Project, especially, in the English

Department of Semarang State University.

1.3 Statements of the Problem

To reach our deeper understanding, there are three problem statements or research

questions that will be explored, they are:

(1) How is capitalism of America described in Friends with Money Movie?

(2) How is the concept of women career in Friends with Money Movie

described?

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(3) How is the women career related to the capitalist society as displayed in

Frends with Money movie?

1.4 Objectives of the Study

Dealing with the problem statements above, the objectives of the study may be

taken are:

(1) To explain how capitalism of America is described in Friends with Money

Movie.

(2) To analyze how the concept of women career in Friends with Money

Movie is described.

(3) To elaborate how women career relates to the capitalist society based on

the movie.

1.5 Significance of the Study

By conducting the study, the writer expects that, the result of the study will give

more advantages for readers. First, it can be used as reference for learning

literature in terms of deeper understanding human life reflected in the movie.

Consequently, it may give knowledge in analyzing the movie not only from the

point of social aspect, but also from economic aspect.

This project is also expected to be source in increasing insights about

capitalism, especially how it relates to human life, particularly, women. In

addition, for English Department students, it can also be used as reference in

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learning American Studies course. The last one, it is expected that this final

project may perform an obvious view of capitalism upon economic life.

1.6 Outline of the report

This final project is divided into chapters and subchapters. Chapter one is the

introduction consisting of background of the study, reasons for choosing the topic,

statements of the problems, objectives of the study, significance of the study, and

the outline of the report.

Chapter two contains review of related literature. It includes some theories

that underlie the study, such as: women career, capitalism, and characteristics of

American people.

The third chapter refers to the method of investigation. It focuses on the

methodology which is used to compile this final project. It contains object of the

study, role of the researcher, type of data, source of the data, procedure of

collecting the data, and procedure of analyzing the data. Procedure of collecting

the data itself consists of six methods. They are watching and reading, identifying,

selecting, classifying, and reporting the selected data.

Chapter four covers the main discussion of the study. It is the result of the

study.

The last chapter, chapter five, contains conclusions and suggestions.

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CHAPTER II

REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE

2.1Film

Movie or film is one of literary works which is presented in audio visual form. By

enjoying movie, people will be more understand about the value of the movie. As

stated in an article, Robert Stam, as a film theorist, refers to common ways of

categorizing films that:

While some genres are based on story content (the war film), other are borrowed from literature (comedy, melodrama) or from other media (the musical). Some are performer-based (the Astaire-Rogers films) or budget-based (blockbusters), while others are based on artistic status (the art film), racial identity (Black cinema), locat[ion] (the Western) or sexual orientation (Queer cinema). (In Introduction to Genre Theory by Daniel Chandler)

From quotation above, it can be stated that the division of film genres are also

adapted some media, both written and visualized forms. Written form, such as

story and literature, and visualized forms, such as artistic status and performance.

In addition, film is divided into some main film genres

(http://www.filmsite.org/bestpics.html):

1. Action films

Action films usually have some characteristics, such as high energy,

battles, fights, escapes, destructive crises (floods, explosions, natural

disasters, fires, etc.), and non-stop motion

2. Adventure film

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Adventure films are interesting films and usually consist of new

experiences.

3. Comedy film

Comedy films are films which are designed to amuse the audience and

give laughter through the characters and their relationship, language, and

their action. These movies are often funny.

4. Crime and Gangster film

Crime (gangster) films are developed through the actions of criminals,

bank robbers, underworld figure that steal and murder their way through

life.

5. Drama film

This type is serious, portraying realistic characters, settings, life

situations, and stories involving intense character development and

interaction. Usually, they are not focused on special-effects, comedy, or

action,

6. Epics or Historical film

Epics include historical, drama and war films that often cover a large

expanse of time set against a vast. Epics often take an historical event,

mythic, legendary, or heroic figure, and have high production values.

7. Horror film

Horror films are designed to frighten, while entertaining us at the same

time in a cathartic experience.

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8. Musicals (Dance) film

Musical/dance films emphasize full-scale scores or song and dance

routines in a significant way. In other words, these films are the

combination of music, dance and song.

9. Science Fiction film

Sci-fi films are often quasi-scientific, visionary and imaginative -

complete with heroes, aliens, distant planets, impossible quests,

improbable settings, fantastic place, technology, unknown and

unknowable forces, and extraordinary monsters ('things or creatures from

space'), either created by mad scientists or by nuclear havoc. Science

fiction often expresses the potential of technology to destroy human

being.

10. War (Anti-War) film

War films perform the horror and heartbreak of war, letting the actual

combat fighting (against nations or humankind) on the certain background

which is set for actions in the movie.

11. Westerns

Westerns are the major defining genre of the American film industry.

Over time, westerns have been re-defined, re-invented and expanded,

dismissed, and re-discovered.

In this study, the writer will analyze a movie which more tends to be

drama film genre since the movie reveals complex and serious circumstance with

character’s role and their interaction and relationship.

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2.2 Capitalism

Capitalism as an ideology relates to the economical developments. This term

involves the condition of economy that is assigned from social classes or levels in

society. This views property is the main thing in life. In a capitalist society, Marx

declares that such an ideology leads to fragmentation and alienation of

individuals, particularly those of the proletariat. (Bressler, 1998:213)

Capitalists, a community who are in capitalism, believe that they hold and

control the economic structure, so they are as if the center of the economic power

in society. In addition, it is stated that the character of capitalism is that classes

have their own production ways─ the capitalist─ doing operation based on capital

accumulation logic continuously; capital is property (money and other assets) that

can be used for producing material infrastructure from economic production.

(Ritzer and Goodman, 2007:438). Capitalists try to change the goods for

collecting properties to get more. In supporting the theory, there will be

explanation about the nature pf capitalism, capitalism in America, and theory of

Culture Industry.

2.2.1 The Nature of Capitalism

The nature of capitalism is actually system production that occupies land, labor,

technology, money, raw materials, and goods and services as commodities in the

market activities for certain profit. (Bodley, 2000:303). Capitalism tends to

polarize people by steadily widening the gap between rich and poor. (Bodley,

2000: 306). It is also stated: “….Capitalism is the outcome of a revolutionary

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change-a change in laws, attitudes, and social relationships as deep and far-

reaching as any in history.”(Bodley, 2000:304)

Based on www.wikipedia.com the economics of capitalism developed out

of the interactions of the following five items:

a. Commodities: There are two types of commodities: capital goods and

consumer goods. Capital goods are products not produced for immediate

consumption (i.e. land, raw materials, tools, machines and factories), but as the

inputs of consumer goods (i.e. televisions, cars, computers, houses) to be sold to

others.

b. Money: Money is primarily a standardized means of exchange which

serves to reduce all goods and commodities to a standard value. It eliminates the

cumbersome system of barter by separating the transactions involved in the

exchange of products, thus greatly facilitating specialization and trade through

encouraging the exchange of commodities.

c. Labor power: Labor includes all mental and physical human resources,

including entrepreneurial capacity and management skills, which are needed to

transform one type of commodity into another.

d. Means of production: Another term for capital goods – all manufactured

aids to production such as tools, machinery, and buildings.

e. Production: The act of making goods or services through the

combination of labor power and means of production.

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Moreover, those commodities above can work if there are also some types

of elements how capitalism works or how capitalism may occur. Based on

www.wikipedia.com, there are some types how capitalism works:

a. Individuals

Individuals engage in the economy as consumers, laborers, and investors.

For example, as consumers, individuals influence production patterns through

their purchase decisions, as producers will change production to produce what is

most profitable (most often what consumers want to buy). As laborers, individuals

may decide which jobs to prepare for and in which markets to look for work. As

investors they decide how much of their income to save and how to invest their

savings. These savings, which become investments, provide much of the money

that businesses need to grow.

b. Income

Income in a capitalist economy depends primarily on what skills are in

demand and what skills are currently being supplied. People who have skills that

are in scarce supply are worth a lot more in the market and can attract higher

incomes. Competition among employers for workers and among workers for jobs,

help determine wage rates.

From those explanations above, it can be stated that the nature of

Capitalism, in this case is the commodities of capitalism which consist of money,

labor power, means of production, and production can develop if there are

individuals and income work together.

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2.2.2 Capitalism in America

America or the United States of America is well-known as Capitalist State.

Utopian Capitalism is the American cosmology. The emphasis is that American

society locates economic growth and their belief that the world is stated by

material (Bodley, 2000:331)

As stated by Dwight Eisenhower that:

The economy of the American people has served this nation faithfully and well….It has afforded not only material comfort, but the resources to provide a challenging life of the mind and of the spirit….Our economy has grown strong because our people have made jobs for each other and have not relied on the government to try to do it for them. Our economy is the result of millions of decisions we all make everyday about producing, earning, saving, investing and spending. Both our individual prosperity, and our nation’s prosperity, rest directly on the decisions all of us are making. (In Cultural Antropology, 2007: 332) For American society, wealth is the measure of human’s worth and

poverty is the measure of personal’s failure and they also understand the levels of

society there which members conduct their own economy.

2.2.3 Theory of Culture Industry

Theory of Culture Industry was developed by Frankfurt School theoreticians such

as Theodor W. Adorno, Max Horkheimer and Herbert Marcuse who view that the

masses are dominated by a culture industry obeying only to the logic of consumer

capitalism. (Mujiyanto, 2008:65). The principle of hegemony in Cultural

hegemony is a goal to achieve for an oppressed social class.

Capitalism in the movie context relates to the society divided into upper

class and worker class only. The concept of capitalism here analyzes how the

thought patterns both classes in terms of interaction of money (materialism), labor

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power, and production only that may develop the economic of capitalism and the

effect of money towards happiness of life.

2.3 Women Career

Career is a reflection of women emancipation form in the world. The

emancipation relates to the movement from women in order to get their equality

with men, involving their right to get occupation or career. Klein points out that

women have at all times and in all countries taken part in the economic activities

of their countries (Hansen, 1978).

2.3.1 Career Development

For women, career development is rather to the uniqueness of women to have

choice for their life in terms of personal and professional working life. The

following quotation will elaborate career development:

Career development is seen as a continuous, lifelong process, conscious and unconscious, from preschool to old age, with various developmental stages. It is seen as the sequence of positions one holds in a lifetime, the various choices and decisions one makes to implement a life style, and the ways in which work and leisure fit in with the kind of person one perceives oneself to be(In Career Development of Women, Hansen, et al, 1978)

It can be interpreted that the women will change from a job to the other to

get the appropriate job for them based on their desire or willingness. In other

words, it is sequence of career a woman holds to decide which is appropriate for

her.

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2.3.2 Career Patterns

Based on the book of Career Development of Women, it is stated that:

The term career pattern originated in the field of sociology, in the study of social mobility by means of occupational mobility. The sociological term refers to the sequence of occupations in the life of an individual or of a group of individuals. This sequence may be analyzed in order to ascertain the major work periods which constitute a career.

Super states the classification of women career patterns; they are stable

homemaking (no significant work experience), conventional (work after education

but not after marriage), stable working (single women who work continuously),

double-track (married women who work continuously), interrupted (married

women who work, then are fulltime homemakers, then return to work), unstable

(in and out of the labor force at irregular intervals), and multiple-trial (a

succession of unrelated jobs) as explained below:

1. The Stable Homemaking Career Pattern

In this category, they are women who have no significant work experience

and they decide to get married after leaving school and having expected to

do so.

2. The Conventional Career Pattern

In the pattern, women after they finish their study, go for work in several

months or years. However, when they get married, they will leave their job

and be homemaker fully.

3. The Stable Working Career Pattern

In this type, after women finish their study, they embark a career which

becomes the woman’s life work. She will work continuously.

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4. The Double-Track Career Pattern

In this pattern, after completing education or school women will go for job

or work, then marry, but they keep working even they have married.

Therefore, they will have two roles of career as working and homemaking.

5. The Interrupted Career Pattern

Women in this type, they go for work after they get education, then marry

and be homemaking, but they return as working women. Women who do it

have some reasons. First, they will be homemaking when they marry and

no working. Then, after their children have grown up and could be left,

they will continue for work. Another reason is that they return for work

after they divorce or be widowed.

6. The Unstable Career Pattern

The women in this pattern are they who work, homemaking, and work

again and back to the full homemaking.

7. The Multiple-Trial Career Pattern

This pattern consists of a succession at unrelated jobs and has no stability

from one of the job.

The explanation of varieties career pattern that could be found in every

women from all over the world and this leads the writer in analyzing what kind of

career patterns in the movie are.

2.3.3 Feminism

2.3.3.1 Women’s Movement

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Women’s movement appeared in 1960s as the form to ask women’s right and

equality with men. This movement rebirth in some aspects of life, in particular

relates to women’s capability in social and economic circumstances. (Mujiyanto,

2008:39)

2.3.3.2 Theory of Contemporary Feminism

The Feminism theory typology is underlain by a puzzle about women, which

more tends to what the role of women is. This that may lead for what feminism

theory will be used. In the analysis of the movie, it can be seen in terms of women

and their role relate to the economic condition. These are based on women

experience from social point of view.

Women career reflects the progress of women’s movement of feminism in

terms of their desire to get the equality in job or occupation. Women Career’s

concept based on the movie is referred to the career patterns of the Double-Track

Career Pattern which is applied by upper class and the Multiple-Trial Career

Pattern which is applied by worker class. From this view, the writer may see how

those patterns are done in the capitalism atmosphere.

2.4 Modern Sociology Theory

Sociology is one of disciplines covering human in social life. It means that the

theory examines the human’s behavior in society, and involves how they do

interaction each other as the member of a community or society. The discipline

develops continuously. The Modern Sociology theory, for example, has some

branches that talk phenomenon over. However, since the writer will analyze

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capitalism and feminism, the writer has chosen one of Modern Sociology theories,

it is Socialist Feminism.

2.4.1 Socialist Feminism

It is said that the project of socialist feminism theory is developed for three aims:

first, to gain distinctive and related critics towards patriarchy and capitalism in

terms of woman experience; second, to develop explicit and affordable method for

social analysis from developed historical materialism understanding; the last one

is to unify understandings towards ideal significance through materialism analysis

for human problem determination. (Ritzer and Goodman, 2007:436)

Based on the book of Teori Sosiologi Modern page 441, it is stated that in

the framework of the general theory, socialist feminism can be divided into three

different emphasize. First, materialism feminist that emphasizes and sticks gender

relation in the structure of contemporary capitalist class system, in particular, the

system which is eligible generally. The desire of materialism feminists is in the

implication from global capitalism for women life and the way women labor gives

contributions for additional capitalism properties. Second, it emphasizes

contemporary socialist feminism at the relations of ruling. This relates to

interdependent control system. The control arrangement dynamics is explained

through the focus at the women daily activities and experiences. The last

emphasize is cultural materialism that focuses on the body, descriptions, meaning

and happiness, and politics as the effort of a group and social category to appear.

Theorists of this feminism more focus on patriarchy structure, capitalism,

racism, and heterosexism. Theory of Socialist Feminism that will cover about

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capitalism will relate to Classical Marxian theory at the method of historical

materialism.

In addition to explanation above, other feminist anthropologists have

argued that other variables in addition to women's role in production are keys to

understanding women's social status and power (Leghorn and Parker 1981). Other

feminists argue that women's housework is part of the social reproduction of

capitalism (Vogel 1995). That the necessary work of reproducing the working

class is unpaid allows more profits to capitalists. It is the sexual division of labor

in productive and reproductive work that makes woman unequal to men and

allows capitalists to exploit women's unpaid labor. Some even make this analysis

the basis for a demand for wages for housework (Federici 1975)

Moreover, Hochchild (2000) points out that career women tend to pay

working class women to do the second shift work at home so they can avoid that

extra work, and they have an interest in keeping such wages, e.g., for house

cleaning and nannies, as low as possible to keep the surplus for themselves.

Kollias (1981) argues further that working class women are in a stronger political

position to work effectively for women's liberation than middle class women,

while McKenny (1981) argues that professional women have to overcome myths

of professionalism that keep them feeling superior to working class women and

hence unable to learn from or work with them for social change

Since the topic of the study focuses on capitalism and feminism, then the

writer would like to see how the social relationship or influences of them.

Therefore, the writer uses sociology theory that discusses human social

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relationship, in particular Socialist feminism as this theory has the aim at

discussing capitalism and women experience, in which the experience here relates

to the job. In other words, the writer uses socialist feminism to underlie theory

that will discuss capitalism and feminism in a relationship underlying the study.

2.5 American People

2.5.1 Characteristics of American People

America or The United States of America, which is the super power

country, keeps and saves many dreams from people around the world. Dealing

with the history from some years ago since the discovery of the continent,

America becomes the main place for many immigrants did move from their

country. Consequently, The United States of America is well-known as a

multicultural country since there are many diverse people in different background

come and move to this country and live side by side peacefully and respect each

other. The heterogonous composition of American people leads them to the high

ability about tolerance and receiving the varieties that cover many aspects of

citizen.

The amount of Americans rising year by year and most of them are

descendent from many countries in the world, such as: Africa, Europe, and Asia.

These are emphasized in the first recorded expression of melting pot myth by

Hector St. John de Crevecour─ a man who was French born, naturalized

American, in his 1782 Letter from an American Farmer described the new

American as follows:

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He is either a European or the descendant of a European; hence, that strange mixture of blood, which you will find in no other country. He is an American, who, leaving behind him all his ancient prejudices and manner, receives new ones from the new mode of life he has embraced, the new government he obeys and the new rank he holds. Here individuals of all nations are melted into a new race of men, whose labors and posterity will one day cause great changes in the world. Americans are the western pilgrims, who are carrying along with them the great mass of arts, sciences, vigor, and industry, which began since long time ago in the east. They will finish the circle. (Handout of American Studies, 2007:1)

It can be interpreted that since their backgrounds are different and they are

demanded to live under the atmosphere of differences, it may cause new culture

and distinct American culture are created. From that point, then, it is getting new

and modern culture.

2.5.2 American Social Life

Social life in America is divided into some classes, in particular, in status

class. There are an upper, second upper, upper middle, lower middle, and working

classes. The diversity in America is involved into many groups based on social

and cultural affinities.

Upper classes are those who include as the member of exclusive

organizations and their participation in private schools. Those who are in this level

have certain lifestyle that may protect them in economic and political power.

Meanwhile, middle classes are those who belong to in little productive

property. Their appearance is more tend to the modern and well-designed

performance. The last one is lower classes who involve stable and unstable

workers and certain minorities.

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The frameworks of Characteristics of American People who are diverse

and divided into some classes are the forms of in capitalist society. However, they

can live together side by side. These are involved in the movie that will be also

analyzed since it relates to Capitalism and career or job.

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CHAPTER III

METHODOLOGY

The research was conducted in qualitative method and then presented in the

descriptive form. This was regarded as the most appropriate method because the

writer would not only describe about the social phenomenon in the movie related

to the cultural studies, but also finding the relationship among variables that

would be investigated.

3.1 Object of the Study

In this research, the writer chooses Friends with Money Movie. It was released in

April 7, 2006 and produced by Anthony Bregman, Ted Hope, and Anne Carey.

This film was directed by Nicole Holofcener.

3.2 Role of the Researcher

In this research, the writer is a data collector and analyst. In doing this role, it

emphasizes how the writer will act towards some data that will be investigated

through some procedures.

1. Data collector

In this role, the writer collected data that would be analyzed to complete this study

through some steps, those are: listing the data and categorizing the data. Listing

data means, the writer collected and listed the data from the movie. These data

were gained in the form of words, phrases, sentences, utterances, dialogues or

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conversation of characters in the movie. After listing all data, the writer then,

categorized data based on the problems, such as Capitalism, Women Career and

their relationship for writer’s findings.

2. Data analyst

In this activity, the writer analyzed the data based on the statement of the

problems, such as Capitalism and Women Career through some steps, they were

exposing the data, explaining the data and drawing conclusion. Interpreting the

data was interpreting the meaning of the data that had been taken and categorized

based on its function whether the data were for list of overall data or answer

statements of the problems. After the writer interpreted the meaning of selected

data, then, drew the conclusion in order to make the study be obvious.

3.3 Type of data

Type of data was descriptive qualitative. It means that the data were in the detail

explanation and used textual data from the movie. Textual data were in the form

of word, phrases, utterances, sentences and dialogues from the movie to be

analyzed.

3.4 Source of Data

In this study, the writer used two types of source. First, it was called as primary

source. This source involved the data that were taken from the movie itself. This

data were in the form of word, sentences, phrases, and conversation or dialogues

from the movie. Second, it was secondary source. This included some supporting

data that underlied the study, such as theories of women career, capitalism, and

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sociology. These sources were taken from books, dictionary, articles, journals,

encyclopedia and website.

3.5 Procedure of Data Collection

In collecting the data, there were some steps that helped the writer in conducting

the study. These sequences helped the writer in collecting data. They are as

follows:

3.5.1 Reading and watching

Reading the subtitle of dialogues or conversation and watching the movie for

several times were the first steps in the procedure of collecting data. These should

be conducted to get more understanding about the movie.

3.5.2 Selecting

Selecting was the way of the writer searched for the parts of the movie related to

the topic that were analyzed. The data were in the form of dialogues,

conversations and utterances from the movie. The following table was used for

selecting overall data related to the topic

No Data Form of Data Location Scene Time

3.5.3 Classifying

Classifying was the writer’s way to categorize data from selected data based on

the statements of the problems. This step was conducted in order to answer three

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statements of the problem stated in previous chapter. The following table was

used for classifying the selected data.

No Capitalism Concept

Women Career Concept

The relationship of Capitalism and Women

Career

3.5.4 Reporting

The last step was reporting data. After classifying based on the statement of the

problem, interpreting data that was taken for reporting the analysis and supported

by selected and classified data has been founded.

3.6 Procedures of Analyzing Data

This study was conducted by using descriptive method, in which, the writer

described phenomena through collecting or gathering data and doing the report by

using interpretation. In addition, since this study was qualitative, it emphasized

some techniques. First, it was exposing data to get the meaning of the context.

Then, it used sociological approach for reference or the theory that underlied the

data analysis. The last one was, drawing conclusion. This meant, the writer

answered statements of the problem in the previous chapter in the form of detail

description and explanation from the selected data. Then, the description and

interpretation data based on writer’s findings were presented in the chapter four

for the data analysis. The writer used Cultural Study to underlie Capitalism and

Feminism for Women Career. The writer also used Modern Sociology Theory as

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the theory underlying and supporting the analysis for the relationship of

Capitalism and Women Career concept.

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CHAPTER IV

RESULT OF THE STUDY

4.1 The American Capitalism Concept as described in Friends

with Money Movie

The movie entitled Friends with Money is a movie that describes capitalism or

capitalist society that occurs nowadays. Capitalism itself is an ideology relates to

the economical developments. It is stated that the character of capitalism is that

classes having their own production ways─ the capitalist─ doing operation based

on capital accumulation logic continuously; capital is property (money and other

assets) that can be used for producing material infrastructure from economic

production (see chapter II page 10). Capitalists try to change the goods for

collecting properties to get more. This term also involves the condition of

economy that is assigned from social classes or levels in society. In addition, the

writer uses cultural studies theory to help the writer in analyzing the movie.

The American Capitalism described in the movie is selected based on the

nature of Capitalism there; they are the commodities of capitalism and classes

division. First, the result of study relates to the commodities of capitalism.

The nature of capitalism is actually system production that occupies land, labor,

technology, money, raw materials, and goods and services as commodities in the

market activities for certain profit. Those influence the development of economics

of capitalism and based on the movie, the writer found that some of those

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commodities that will be analyzed and relate each other consist of money and

labor power.

4.1.1 Money

The writer found interaction relates to money, how Capitalist societies

utilize money and how the description of money that also influenced by some

types of elements capitalism works such as individuals and income.

First, it is individuals. The writer found concept of capitalism which is

analyzed more refers to the way the circulation of money they have― the way of

capitalist society in conducting their wealth or money. In other words, it tends to

how capitalism works which is influenced by individual and their income.

Individuals engage in the economy as consumers and investors only in this case.

For example, as consumers, individuals influence production patterns through

their purchase decisions. As investors they decide how much of their income to

save and how to invest their savings. These savings, which become investments,

provide much of the money that businesses need to grow (see chapter II page 12).

These circumstances are adapted from the movie based on the quotations:

Franny: “This shoe is 95$?” “I don’t know why she should use this shoe?”

Matt : ”Don’t worry, her feet grow up” Franny : “That’s right. Therefore, we should buy the cheap one

coz her feet will grow in two weeks” Matt : “No. Since it grows up, we need the best shoes”

(Datum no 1)

The first quotation above took place when Franny and Matt as a couple

have a daughter who is growing up. Matt has bought expensive shoes for her

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daughter, but Franny, as a mother disagree since the shoes only will be used in

two weeks. The other dialogue is:

Matt : “Hei…Franny and I have just bought billiard table in an investment” “Will you come there?”

(Datum no.2)

The quotation above shows Matt statements which reveal that he and his

wife has bought new table and he showed it up when he met his friends in a party

and he asked his friends in case they would come to his house and saw his new

stuff.

From those explanations taken from data no 1 and no 2, it can be seen that

an individual takes a role as a consumer to buy something through some

considerations. Individuals influence production patterns through their purchase

decisions. It means that a consumer as an individual will consider some decisions

they take in gaining something for their life. This pattern influences production

pattern for certain products. This phenomenon leads to the level of quality certain

products will influence the desire of consumer in buying it. The consumer more

prefers the best quality for their daily life, in particular, Capitalist society since

they have more money in gaining everything they like. Another quotation that

reveals individuals is the investor as the following:

Richard: “Where else they will put their money?” (Datum no 6)

The statement above was taken from the conversation between Richard

and Jane in a car. They had just attended a party with Matt and Franny when Matt

told where else he had invested his money. Richard asks Jane about Matt’s

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investment in some places. This leads to Richard curiosity where else Matt would

invest to get much more money.

From quotations above, it can be interpreted that Capitalist Society when

they are individuals who take a role in economic system in their life, they will

manage the circulation of their money, both expenditure and investment. It can be

seen that a man thinks as the investor, where those people― Capitalist people put

their money.

Then, the other is income. Income in a capitalist economy depends

primarily on what skills are in demand and what skills are currently being

supplied. The following quotation reveals the income:

Olivia: “Can you have 65 dollar an hour?” (Datum no.

16)

The quotation above took place when Olivia met her friend, who was

personal trainer. As a personal trainer, he had certain skill that led him in getting

money. Olivia tried to know how much money he could achieve from his skill.

Based on the explanation above, it shows the questions how to get such

salary in an hour. The salary is usually achieved depends on the ability of people

in utilizing their skill to earn more money for living. Having more good skill and

good management in contributing the skill may influence better salary.

In addition, besides the explanation above, Capitalist societies also have

some considerations in giving their money with some reasons. The quotations are:

Franny: “I will be better giving my money for you to go to the therapist and think what you will do”

Olivia : “So, you will not lend me for the exercise?” Franny: “No. I mean, I should talk it over with Matt”

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Olivia : “Will you discuss with Matt about money to lend me to go to the therapist?” “You bought your daughter 80$ shoes from France. But, you make me in difficulty”

Franny: “That’s Matt, not me” Olivia : “I have to go” Franny: “Will you?” Olivia : “You don’t know the feeling. Before there is Matt, you

will always lend me. That’s your money, not Matt’s” Franny: “Of course, it is his. We are in married”

The conversation happened when Olivia and Franny discussed about the

decision of Olivia who wanted to borrow some money to have training, so she

could get the other job with better salary. However, Franny disagreed with some

reasons and she should discuss with Matt, her husband.

From the dialogue above, the capitalist society will be cautious in giving

money for other people than for them selves. For the family or their desire they

will spend much money is not a problem. However, they have some reason and

background in giving the money for somebody who has no advantage or getting

honor from giving for poor people to avoid the expenditure useless.

4.1.2 Labor Power

Labor includes all mental and physical human resources, including

entrepreneurial capacity and management skills, which are needed to transform

one type of commodity into another. The writer found labor power commodities,

how labor power works, how Capitalist societies utilize labor power and how the

description of combination from labor power that is along with some types of

elements capitalism works― individuals and income.

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First, labor power relates to individual. Individuals engage in the economy

as the producers, consumers, and as labors itself. As producers will change

production to produce what is most profitable (most often what consumers want to

buy). As laborers, individuals may decide which jobs to prepare for and in which

markets to look for work. However, labors and producers in this case is similar

since labors do the services or as the producers of services. In other words, the

writer explained the use of labor power by Capitalist society in terms of how

Capitalist societies act as the consumer of labor power and how labors do the

productivity as the provider of services. The following quotation reveals

individual as consumer in considering the labor power.

Franny: “Should we employ her in our house?” Matt : “For our home? No”

The conversation above happened in Franny’s house. When Franny knew

Olivia worked as a maid, she asked in case they could employ Olivia in their

home to help Olivia getting more money easily and it was not too exhausted for

Olivia since Franny also had another maid in the home. However, Matt disagreed

since it would waste their money if they have two maids.

The quotation above shows an individual that takes a role as consumer for

service from the labor power. Society who act as the consumers they have certain

reason to reject what goods or service they get. An individual who is consumer,

she or he also may choose or consider should they use labor power or not. The

considerations usually depend on their own reason it will be either profitable or

not when they use labor power, especially labor power from their friends.

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In addition, the following quotation also shows labor power who takes a

role in a production as service supplier.

Olivia : “My name is Olivia” “I am a lady that cleans your house”

The quotation above happened when Olivia called the owner of the house

she cleaned. She called the owner to talk and discuss that she wanted to meet with

the landlord to talk about the last time she would finish and quit her job as a maid.

It shows Olivia as the labor power may do the production activity not as

the goods supplier but as service supplier, it is service from a maid. Occupying

labor power as the service supplier is usually harder than labor power as a worker

in certain company.

Second, labor power relates to the income. Income that will be explained

relates to how labor determines salary they should get based on the services they

gave.

Jane : “Are you worried in maintaining your salary?”

The quotation above took place when Jane and Olivia went for a walk and

Olivia told her that she got a landlord who seems poor but he wanted to pay a

maid for cleaning his messy home. Olivia told Jane that she agreed if she was paid

in lower salary since she felt that the landlord has the worst condition than her.

However, Jane disagreed with the reason that whether Olivia was worried in

maintaining her salary to get the standard salary.

From description of conversation above, it can be seen that the worker herself,

she gave the service as a maid with certain price to get income. As the workers, in

particular, private worker who stands as independent worker for certain job, have

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standard income they would like to get depending on how hard they do the job by

her or him self.

4.1.3 Production

Production is the act of making goods or services through the combination

of labor power and means of production. The writer found production in terms of

the use of labor power only, how labor power works to do the production in the

form of services and how it relates to the capitalism.

(When Olivia came to a house and apply for a job as maid)

The landlord : “So, all the cleaning suppliers are in the kitchen” “Because, I’m very messy”

Olivia : “No, its’ ok. That’s why I’m here for” The landlord : “This is the kitchen”

“And I don’t have dish washer” “So, can you come on Monday?”

Olivia : “Yeah…Monday is ok” The landlord : “And how much it’s charged?”

Olivia : “ohm…65 dollars”

The landlord : “I just can for50”

Olivia : “I don’t usually be charged that little” “Uhm…Ok”

The landlord : “Really?” Olivia : “Yeah...”

The landlord : “All right. Thank You”

It shows that in doing the production, it is service, the worker tries to get

the appropriate charge or salary since the condition of the room is very messy and

dirty. It takes a long time to clean the whole part of the house. However, the

consumer, in this case is the landlord or the owner of the house tries to bargain the

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cheap price for the worker. Capitalist society will try to occupy the labor power

more with the lower price, but not the worker or labor power. As laborers, they

will more consider how much service they have given to produce in order to gain

higher salary. This may appear in the condition of Capitalist society.

4.1.4 Classes division

For American society, in particular, the upper class, wealth is the measure

of human’s worth. In different setting from the movie, the thought about the

influence of money also often discussed for them. The quotations are:

Richard : “I will have more sex if I have much money”

“They never quarrel since they have much money”

The conversations took place when Christine had quarreled with her

husband because some different opinions. Richard, Jane’s husband knew about it

and he told that Matt and Franny never quarreled. It shows that a couple who’s

more money than the other will be happy and they will have less compromise in

occupying money for their needs. It may also be defined that money affects

people in getting happiness in their life. Some people believe a certain couple

seems happy because they have much money and very rich. From the

phenomenon, it can be interpreted that money is the measurement of prosperity of

people life. Having much more money, getting much more happiness in their life.

On the other hand, for lower class level in the capitalism, they have their

own thought in the way of money. The quotations are:

Olivia: “I don’t understand about such party. They all waste all their money for a party”

“Why don’t just give the money to the scientists or to sick people?”

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Olivia told the statements when she argued with Franny about the way of

rich people in contributing their money. This happened when Franny proudly

showed how she invested her money through the party and she did not give to

people who need it directly. From the quotations above, it shows that the way

Capitalist society in contributing money through the party seems unreasonable for

other people since they believe that that circumstance is similar to wasting money

than contributing to people who need it. Olivia who describes as a lower class

people believes that the contribution of the money should be given directly for

people who really need the aid. They will think that such events just waste money

and it is in vain for them.

From the writer’s findings and analysis it can be stated that Capitalism can

work through individuals and income which may go along with elements, such as:

money, labor power, and production. Individuals take a different role, as producer,

consumer, and investors will play different role since it depends on the welfare

they have. Capitalism society will have many considerations in circulating their

money and they have their own way in distributing the money.

4.2 The Women Career Concept as described in Friends with

Money movie

Career is a reflection of women emancipation form in the world. The

emancipation relates to the movement from women in order to get their equality

with men, involves their right to get occupation or career. The bourgeois and petty

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bourgeois careerists were always in favor of the emancipation of women "one by

one, commencing with my self"

(http://www.socialistappeal.org/faq/feminism.html).

The movie entitled Friends with Money besides explore capitalism, it also

describes women career of American women there. The movie reveals United

States is a country whose Capitalist society― refer to women there who has

career. It is one thing for working class women to express their concerns about the

problems faced by their sex and to want to fight against these, and another thing

altogether when bourgeois and petty bourgeois tendencies attempt to exploit the

problems of women to drive a wedge between the sexes. The natural concerns of

working class women are a kind of declaration that they see the existence of

inequality and are against it (http://www.socialistappeal.org/faq/feminism.html).

Moreover, the writer also uses feminism theory to help her in getting more

understandable analysis. The concept of women career described in the movie

consists of two aspects, they are career development and career patterns.

4.2.1 Career Development

Career development that relates to the women career is career that is chosen by

women which is seen as the sequences of career she holds. This also involves

many considerations of women in making decision to find out what the work that

is fit for them. In the movie we can see career development for women who are

from worker class or lower class level. The quotations are:

Franny : “Why you just do not come back for teaching?”

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“You are the only my friend who doesn’t like to do the exercise and you want to be the trainer?”

The quotation happened in Franny’s house when Olivia came there. It

showed that Franny told to Olivia why she did not come back for teaching. It was

a surprising thing that Olivia dislike exercise but she wanted to be a personal

trainer. Franny thought that it was really contradictive.

The other quotations are:

Olivia :”I just want to say that I can’t do that anymore” Marty :”How come?” Olivia :”I just get the other job in cosmetics”. The conversation happened in a phone which said that Olivia told to the

employer that she could not continue to work as a maid in his home since she had

another job.

From two quotations above, it can be interpreted that a woman who has

this condition thinks many aspects or considerations why she changes from one

career to the others that fit to her principle in having lifestyle. The changing of the

career can be mentioned as the measurement of the progress in finding the most

worthy job for them. She will neglect other people consideration towards her self.

In other words, it can be interpreted that career development is similar to career

changes from certain career to the other that she decides until she finds out the

appropriate career for her.

4.2.2 Career Patterns

Career patterns are divided into many categories. Based on the book of Career

Development of Women, Super stated classification of women career patterns,

they are stable homemaking (no significant work experience), conventional (work

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after education but not after marriage), stable working (single women who work

continuously), double-track (married women who work continuously), interrupted

(married women who work, then are fulltime homemakers, then return to work),

unstable (in and out of the labor force at irregular intervals), and multiple-trial (a

succession of unrelated jobs). (See Chapter II page 15)

For women, career pattern is decided by the women’s desire themselves.

Every woman has their own decision in determining the stability or continuing

career. Upper class women will continue their career if it is both profitable and

enjoyable work. Meanwhile, worker class women more tend to change from one

job to another in order to find out the stable work and fit based on their desire.

Based on the movie, only four categories for women career patterns that could be

found by the writer, those are:

First, it is The Stable Working Career Pattern. In this type, after women

finish their study, they embark a career which becomes the woman’s life work.

She will work continuously. This is the general description from the women of the

movie that they work and have long prospects for their life. These quotations

support the example career as designers:

Richard : “Honey, let see. She wears yours” Jane : “Ya, but she doesn’t look good on it” Richard : “But it was you who design it” The dialogues happened when Richard and Jane went for dinner outside in a

restaurant; they saw a woman wear clothes which is designed by Jane. The

quotations show that although they get married, the woman has been working as

designer who designs some clothes and her husband supports her in her job. For

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them, career which has good prospect for a long time will be always supported as

long as it may earn much money.

Second is The Conventional Career Pattern. In the pattern, women after they

finish their study, go for work in several months or years. However, when they get

married, they will leave their job and be homemaker fully. Based on the movie, it

is described about the woman as homemaker fully or as housewife. The quotation

is:

Olivia : “Franny, if you had to work, what’ll you do?” Franny : “I feel I like any work. I feel I’ll taking care my kids as works . The conversation happened when Olivia and Franny debated Olivia’s

changing for career and Olivia was really disagreed and she asked Franny what

she woud do if she must work. Based on the quotation, it can be interpreted that

the woman would like to take care her children or as home maker than other

works. For woman who prefers of taking care her children to her career will

ignore another job and it makes her less sensitive in answering the questions about

another works or career since she may believe taking care is her best way as her

decision.

Then, it is The Double-Track Career Pattern. In this pattern, after completing

education or school women will go for job or work, then marry, but they keep

working even they have married. Therefore, they will have two roles of career as

working and homemaking. The examples of the pattern are writers, designers,

teachers, etc. Based on the movie, we can see the examples are career as writers

and designers.

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These quotations support the example of career women as writers:

(At home) (When writing a script of a story with her husband, David) Christine: “I have problem with this line”.

“I really think Elliot would believe her”.

The illustration above happened when Christine, a writer was writing a

script of a story with her husband at home and debated about the content of the

story.

These quotations support the example career as designers:

Richard : “Honey, let see. She wears yours” Jane : “Ya, but she doesn’t look good on it” Richard : “But it was you who design it” The dialogues happened when Richard and Jane went for dinner outside in a

restaurant; they saw a woman wear clothes which is designed by Jane.

The quotations above show that although they get married, the woman has

been working as designer who designs some clothes and her husband supports her

in her job, even he tried to ensure that his wife is good in created her works.

Moreover, we can see that although she has married, she keeps working as writer

at her home and she works with her husband. It shows double role a woman takes,

as a mother and as a writer.

The last pattern is The Multiple-Trial Career Pattern. This pattern consists of

a succession at unrelated jobs and has no stability from one of the job. Women

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career from the lower or worker class society includes this pattern based on the

movie. The quotation from the movie is:

Olivia :”Can I work in the place you usually train Franny?”

This statement appeared when Olivia met her friend who is Franny personal

trainer and they talked about the job and she is interested to be a personal training

like him. The quotation shows a woman who has worked but she would like to

change her job again. It can be seen that Olivia from worker class has no stability

in her job. From a teacher, she changes as a maid and because of persuade from a

man, she would like to change as sport trainer

4.3 The Relation of Women Career and Capitalism (Capitalist

Society) as described in Friends with Money movie

In order to get understandable analysis of those two aspects and to relate theories

underlying those aspects above, Modern Sociology theory is used to help the

writer in describing the relationship both women career and capitalism. Career in

this case is worker for the lower class and writers and designer for upper class

women. Sociology is a discipline that studies human and social. Since the writer

analyze women career and capitalism which tends to social aspects, the writer

took the theory as the reference. Based on the theory the writer had explained in

chapter II page 18, Socialist Feminism is developed for three aims: first, to gain

distinctive and related critics towards patriarchy and capitalism in terms of woman

experience; second, to develop explicit and affordable method for social analysis

from developed historical materialism understanding; the last one is to unify

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understandings towards ideal significance through materialism analysis for human

problem determination.

Based on the explanation above, the writer tried to find out those three

aims as the answer for the third problem. By exploring the relationship of women

career and capitalist society as described in the movie, these are the quotations:

Matt : “You work as a maid?” “There’s nothing wrong working as a maid” “It is not like people think. A maid has lot money”

The statements above appeared when Matt met Olivia in a party and knew

the job Olivia as a maid and he revealed his belief of her career that nothing

wrong with working as a maid since it can give much money. From utterances

above, it can be seen that certain capitalists believe that a maid has good salary. It

is contradictory with the previous finding that Capitalist society would try to give

the cheapest price for the worker and they believe that the worker has much

money she or he earns. It can be seen in the following datum:

(From telephone sound which was left by Christine to Olivia) ” Hi, this is Christine. I’ve just recommend you to my business

partner. She looks for somebody to clean her house. She is so rich and she’ll pay lot money”.

The monologue was in a telephone, when Christine left a message for

Olivia that said that she had a friend that could pay Olivia with high salary. It

means that certain rich people will pay high salary for the worker. These may

underlie people belief that a maid could get much money that she or he can earn.

Although many people believe that a maid has good salary, sometimes the maid

herself has been trying to find another job that is better than the previous.

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On the other hand, it will be different condition for upper class women

who has good career and may get much money since her work is good and

famous.

Maya :” Jane, your clothes is everywhere” “My friend sees in Barney’s” Jane :”Yea…We do it well”

The dialogues happened when Jane met Maya in a market and Maya told

about the success Jane gained from her career and this leads to Jane’s popularity

in designing clothes. It shows that her career as designer is very famous since she

is able to do the best for her work and it carries her to be famous and get wealth

for her popular work. From the point of her success in getting career, she will try

to talk job or another career from other people to see the other women’s career.

The following dialogues may support the phenomenon:

Jane :” So, Gretchen, what do you do?” Gretchen :” We do the company together”

The dialogues happened when Jane met Gretchen, her husband’s friend

and she asked about Gretchen work and she also wanted to talk about it detail to

see the degree of Gretchen’s success.

From the combination of theory, it can be meant that in one hand

Capitalism can work through individuals and income which may go along with

elements, such as: money, labor power, and production. Individuals take a

different role, as producer, consumer, and investors will play different role since it

depends on the welfare they have. On the other hand, women career also may

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change based on the individuals who get their own career. Considerations and

reasons, such as getting more income, will influence the change of the career.

Therefore, if a woman lives in a condition that is covered by Capitalist

circumstance she will develop their career more to get better, even if it is

supported by their couple.

Moreover, for capitalist society who would rather get a meeting together,

directly, it will show who is the richest and the best even who can show the best

thing in their life. When they often meeting together, the topic that is talked over

about money and this leads to the effect of showing who has worth and failure in

economic condition or polarization both rich and poor from their ability in

showing the material (money and the assets) .

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CHAPTER V

CONCLUSION 5.1 Conclusion Based on the analysis, it can be drawn some conclusions. They are, first about the

development of economics of capitalism and based on the movie, the writer found

that some of those commodities that will be analyzed and relate each other consist

of money, labor, and production that also influenced by individuals and income.

About money, it is shown that Capitalist Society when they are individuals, they

will manage both expenditure and investment. Moreover, it can be meant that for

Capitalist Society who act as the consumers they have certain reason to reject

what goods or service they get. In the other hand, for the worker itself, he or she

gives the service certain price to get income. Then, about Labor and production―

it is service, the worker tried to get the appropriate charge or salary. However, the

consumer― Capitalist Society, tried to bargain the cheap price for the worker.

Second, is about Women Career. A woman who has difficult condition

thinks many aspects or considerations why she changes from one career to the

others that fit to her principle in having lifestyle. The changing of the career can

be mentioned as the measurement of the progress in finding the most worthy job

for them. Moreover, for Career Patterns also is fitted based on women’s desire.

They may choose either to keep working after married or not. Third, about the

relationship of Women Career and Capitalism is that sometimes Capitalist society

believe that career or job that the worker class women have also may earn a lot of

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money. Moreover, for the upper class women who get success in getting career,

they will try to talk job or another career from other people to see the other

women’s career.

5.2 Suggestion The writer expects that this study could be used as reference for readers, in

general, to enhance their knowledge about the social science relates to human and

their interaction. This study is also expected to enhance English Department

Students in analyzing the movie based on some theories, in particular, for Critical

Theories subject and in compiling scientific research as additional reference in

terms of steps or procedures.

This study is far from either perfect or excellent project. Therefore, the

writer hopes there will be more studies relate to this analysis and might be better

than this one. Consequently, the study does not limit to this analysis, there will be

more studies will give more new inventions or other conclusions to enhance the

knowledge about Capitalism and Women Career for example The Influence of

Capitalism and Patriarchy’s Role towards Women Career, etc.

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SUMMARY OF FRIENDS WITH MONEY MOVIE

The movie entitled Friends with Money told about the friendship of four

women, they were Franny, Christine, Jane, and Olivia. Three of them are married,

but Olivia. Those marriage women lived in welfare. Christine and Jane keep

working as writer and designer, but Franny did not work. Meanwhile, their friend

Olivia was a young unmarried woman and lived in lacking of money. She

changed from a job to the other job in order to get better salary, from a teacher,

then changes into a mad, and she wanted to be a personal trainer. Those people are

more interested in talking money, contribution, jobs, and welfare over. When they

met each other in a party for certain contribution, they would tell what

contribution they had given and how much they contributed it. Moreover, they

also talked about job they had and what they had done.

However, that prosperity they got was not equal to their family life.

Christine and David marriage was not unhappy since they less cared each other.

Although they were writers and did the job together in their home, when they did

the work, it was not impossible for them to quarrel due to different opinion and it

led them to tell the weakness of their couple. Franny and Matt was the richest

couple. Franny could not do everything without Matt’s considerations or advices

since Matt was very cautious in giving the money. Jane and Richard was good but

sometimes they got less care because Jane’s anxiety of getting old, although

Richard often empowered Jane through giving support in her career as a designer

and keeping calm.

Appendices 1: Summary of Friends with Money Movie

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In contrast, their friend Olivia was a young unmarried woman and lived in

lacking of money. She changed from a job to the other job in order to get better

salary, from a teacher, then changes into a mad, and she wanted to be a personal

trainer. Her previous career as a teacher in a school did not bring her to the

progress of her life. Therefore, she tried to change to be a mad with the better

salary, she thought. Her married-friends tried to help her. When they met in a

contribution party, Jane told that it was better to give the money for Olivia than to

contribute children’s school. Franny asked her husband, Matt to employ Olivia

worked in their home, but he disagreed. Many reasons Matt told not to employ.

Christine could not help her since she had been renovating her house to get bigger

house although her marriage with David was little unhappy.

The situation was changed when Franny introduced her personal trainer

for Olivia, but they did not know that the trainer lied to Olivia. He told to Olivia

that being personal trainer could get the better salary. His persuade made her

wanted to change. She told to Franny about this and would like to borrow some

money from her. Franny disagreed and she thought that it was better for her to

come back for teaching, but Olivia refused it.

The changing of career of a poor women or an effort to get better career

development was described by the willingness of Olivia since she would like to

get better job. The good career as designer also described here as the career that

led the women to the welfare. The description of writer career also described here.

How the woman did their own career and how far they maintained their career in

order to keep getting prosperity.

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No Data Form of

Data Scene Time

1.

Franny: “This shoe is 95$?”

“I don’t know why she should use the shoe?”

Matt: “Don’t worry, her feet grow up” Franny: “That’s right. Therefore, we

should buy the cheap one coz her feet will grow in two weeks”

Matt: “No. Since it grows up, we need the best shoes”

Dialogues

1

0:02:07

2.

Matt : “Hei…Franny and I have just

bought billiard table in an investment” “Will you come there?”

Dialogues

2

0:04:24

3.

Christine: “Do you know where places to

contribute?” “I have some good ideas”

Franny: “Yea…we have decided to contribute for Tammy’s school”

Richard: “That’s good” “How much?”

Jane: “No. Don’t ask it” Richard: “Can I ask?” Jane: “No” Matt: “Two million”

“It can be used to buy the school”

Dialogues

2

0:05:08

Appendices 2: Selected data from Friends with Money Movie relates to the statements of the problem

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No Data Form of

Data Scene Time

4.

Matt: “You work as a maid?”

“There’s nothing wrong working as a maid”

“It is not like people think. A maid has a lot money”

Dialogues

2

0:05:14

5.

Richard: “There will be Shed sample

selling next week in case somebody will come there”

Dialogues

2

0:06:05

6

Richard: “Where else they will put their

money?”

Dialogues

3

0:07:16

7

Richard: “We contributed much money

last year” “I think they also contributed

it, too”

Dialogues

3

0:07:31

8. Franny: “Should we employ her in our

house?” Matt: “For our home? No”

Dialogues

3

0:08:27

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No Data Form of

Data Scene Time

9.

Marty : “This is the kitchen”

“And I don’t have dish washer” “So, can you come on Monday?” Olivia : “Yeah…Monday is ok” Marty : “And how much it’s charged?” Olivia : “ohm…65 dollars” Marty : “I just can for50” Olivia : “I don’t usually be charged that

little” “Uhm…Ok” Marty : “Really?”

Dialogues

4

0:10:33

10.

Jane: “Are you worried in maintaining

your salary?”

Dialogue

4

0:13:27

11.

Maya :” Jane, your clothes is

everywhere” “My friend sees in Barney’s” Jane :”Yea…We do it well”

Dialogues

4

0:14:21

12.

Franny: ” She taught in a very good school

in Santa Monica”

Dialogue

5

0:15:39

13.

(From telephone sound which was left by Christine to Olivia) ” Hi, this is Christine. I’ve just recommend you to my business partner. She looks for somebody to clean her house. She is so rich and she’ll pay lot money”.

Monologue

7

0:19:57

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No Data Form of

Data Scene Time

14.

Richard : “Honey, let see. She wears

yours” Jane : “Ya, but she doesn’t look

good on it” Richard : “But it was you who design

it”

Dialogues

8

0:30:28

15.

Richard: “I will have more sex if I have

much money” “They never quarrel since they

have much money”

Dialogue

9

0:33:00

16.

Olivia: “Can you have 65 dollar an hour?”

Dialogue

9

\ 17.

Olivia: “Can I work in the place you

usually train Franny?”

Dialogue

10

18.

Olivia: “When I have done, I’ll get

certificate that I can work in a gym”

Dialogue

10

0:38:00

19.

Franny: “Why you just do not come back

for teaching?” “You are the only my friend who

doesn’t like to do the exercise and you want to be the trainer?”

Olivia: “Should accounting like numbers? Should navy likes kids

Dialogues

10

0:39:14

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No Data Form of

Data Scene Time

20.

Olivia : “Franny, if you had to work,

what’ll you do?” Franny : “I feel I like any work. I feel I’ll

taking care my kids as works.

Dialogue

10

0:39:30

21.

Franny: “I will be better giving my money

for you to go to the therapist and think what you will do”

Olivia: “So, you will not lend me for the exercise?”

Franny: “No. I mean, I should talk it over with Matt”

Olivia: “Will you discuss with Matt about money to lend me to go to the therapist?”

“You bought your daughter 80$ shoes from France. But, you make me in difficulty”.

Dialogue

10

0:40:12

22.

Olivia: “I don’t understand about such

party. They all waste all their money for a party” “Why don’t just give the money to the scientists or to sick people?”

Franny: You know what? They don’t. They hold party, so rich people like me can spend 10.000 dollar on the table and then they give to the sick people” OK?? That’s how it was done.

Dialogues

12

0:50:46

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No Data Form of

Data Scene Time

23.

Franny: “She wants to be personal

trainer”. Christine: “You choose to quit your job” Olivia: “The job is intolerable”

Dialogues

12

0:51:00

24.

Olivia: “My name is Olivia”

“I am a lady that cleans your house”

Dialogue

15

1:04:00

25. Olivia :”I just want to say that I can’t do that anymore”

Marty :”How come?” Olivia :”I just get the other job in

cosmetics”.

Dialogue 15 1:04:02

26.

Jane :” So, Gretchen, what do you

do?” Gretchen :” We do the company

together”

Dialogue

15

1:07:32

27. (At home) (When writing a script of a story with her husband, David) Christine: “I have problem with this line”. “I really think Elliot would believe

her”.

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No Data Time Answering 1.

Franny: “This shoe is 95$?”

“I don’t know why she should use the shoe?”

Matt: “Don’t worry, her feet grow up” Franny: “That’s right. Therefore, we

should buy the cheap one coz her feet will grow in two weeks”

Matt: “No. Since it grows up, we need the best shoes”

0:02:07

Problem no 1

2.

Matt : “Hei…Franny and I have just

bought billiard table in an investment” “Will you come there?”

0:04:24

Problem no 1

3.

Christine: “Do you know where places to

contribute?” “I have some good ideas”

Franny: “Yea…we have decided to contribute for Tammy’s school”

Richard: “That’s good” “How much?”

Jane: “No. Don’t ask it” Richard: “Can I ask?” Jane: “No” Matt: “Two million”

“It can be used to buy the school”

0:05:08

Problem no 1

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No Data Time Answering 4.

Matt: “You work as a maid?”

“There’s nothing wrong working as a maid”

“It is not like people think. A maid has a lot money”

0:05:14

Problem no 1, 3

5.

Richard: “There will be Shed sample

selling next week in case somebody will come there”

0:06:05

Problem no 2

6

Richard: “Where else they will put their

money?”

0:07:16

Problem no 1

7

Richard: “We contributed much money

last year” “I think they also contributed

it, too”

0:07:31

Problem no 1

8.

Franny: “Should we employ her in our

house?” Matt: “For our home? No”

0:08:27

Problem no 1

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No Data Time Answering 9.

Marty : “This is the kitchen”

“And I don’t have dish washer” “So, can you come on Monday?” Olivia : “Yeah…Monday is ok” Marty : “And how much it’s charged?” Olivia : “ohm…65 dollars” Marty : “I just can for50” Olivia : “I don’t usually be charged that

little” “Uhm…Ok” Marty : “Really?”

0:10:33

Problem no 1

10.

Jane: “Are you worried in maintaining

your salary?”

0:13:27

Problem no 1

11.

Maya :” Jane, your clothes is

everywhere” “My friend sees in Barney’s” Jane :”Yea…We do it well”

0:14:21

Problem no 2, 3

12.

Franny: ” She taught in a very good

school in Santa Monica”

0:15:39

Problem no

2

13.

(From telephone sound which was left by Christine to Olivia) ” Hi, this is Christine. I’ve just recommend you to my business partner. She looks for somebody to clean her house. She is so rich and she’ll pay lot money”.

0:19:57

Problem no 3

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No Data Time Answering 14.

Richard : “Honey, let see. She wears

yours” Jane : “Ya, but she doesn’t look

good on it” Richard : “But it was you who design

it”

0:30:28

Problem no 2

15.

Richard: “I will have more sex if I have

much money” “They never quarrel since they

have much money”

0:33:00

Problem no 1

16.

Olivia: “Can you have 65 dollar an hour?”

Problem no 1

17.

Olivia: “Can I work in the place you

usually train Franny?”

Problem no 2

18.

Olivia: “When I have done, I’ll get

certificate that I can work in a gym”

0:38:00

Problem no 2

19.

Franny: “Why you just do not come back

for teaching?” “You are the only my friend who

doesn’t like to do the exercise and you want to be the trainer?”

Olivia: “Should accounting like numbers? Should navy likes kids

0:39:14

Problem no 2

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No Data Time Answering 20.

Olivia : “Franny, if you had to work,

what’ll you do?” Franny : “I feel I like any work. I feel I’ll

taking care my kids as works.

0:39:30

Problem no 2

21.

Franny: “I will be better giving my money

for you to go to the therapist and think what you will do”

Olivia: “So, you will not lend me for the exercise?”

Franny: “No. I mean, I should talk it over with Matt”

Olivia: “Will you discuss with Matt about money to lend me to go to the therapist?”

“You bought your daughter 80$ shoes from France. But, you make me in difficulty”.

0:40:12

Problem no 1

22.

Olivia: “I don’t understand about such

party. They all waste all their money for a party” “Why don’t just give the money to the scientists or to sick people?”

Franny: You know what? They don’t. They hold party, so rich people like me can spend 10.000 dollar on the table and then they give to the sick people” OK?? That’s how it was done.

0:50:46

Problem no 1

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No Data Time Answering 23.

Franny: “She wants to be personal

trainer”. Christine: “You choose to quit your job” Olivia: “The job is intolerable”

0:51:00

Problem no 2

24. Olivia: “My name is Olivia” “I am a lady that cleans your house”

1:04:00 Problem no 1, 2

25.

Olivia :”I just want to say that I can’t

do that anymore” Marty :”How come?” Olivia :”I just get the other job in

cosmetics”.

1:04:02

Problem no 2, 3

26.

Jane :” So, Gretchen, what do you

do?” Gretchen :” We do the company

together”

1:07:32

Problem no 3

27. (At home) (When writing a script of a story with her husband, David) Christine: “I have problem with this line”. “I really think Elliot would believe

her”.

Problem no 2