Materialistic Lady Reflected in Jake Kasdan's Bad Teacher Movie (2011): An Individual Psychological Approach
Abstract
In this research, the researcher discusses materialist of Elizabeth Halsey as
major character in Bad Teacher movie. Objectives of the research are: to analyze
materialistic lady in Bad Teacher movie based on its structural elements and an
individual psychological approach. The type of the research is qualitative research.
There are two types of the data, namely primary and secondary data. Primary data
source come from Bad Teacher movie and secondary data come from books, internet, or
any information related to the study. Then, the data are analyzed based on structural
elements and an individual psychological approach proposed by Alfred Adler theory. In
analyzing the data, the researcher use descriptive analysis. There are three finding of this
research. First, based on the structural analysis of each element, it shows that the
character and characterization, plot, setting, point of view, theme, mise-en-scene, casting,
cinematography, sound, and editing are correlated to each other and form of unity.
Second, based on the individual psychological analysis are focus on Elizabeth Halsey as
major character reflected in inferiority feeling and compensation, fictional finalism,
striving for superiority, social interest, style of life, and creative power of the self. The
last, based on the materialist theory are focus on Elizabeth Halsey as major character in
Bad Teacher movie.