The Struggle of The Main Character in The Movie The Walk Directed by Robert Zemeckis

• Akbar Mardiah
• 2020

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Akbar Mardiah (31170002), The Struggle of The Main Character in The Movie The Walk Directed by Robert Zemeckis

 

The purpose of this paper is finding the types of struggle and the struggle of the main character in the walk movie for achieving his dreams, life and career. The research uses a qualitative descriptive method. They are several steps in taking data; watching the film several times, looking for the most prominent and interesting part of the film to be analyzed, and making a conclusion from the analysis. The results of this analysis show; (1) They are five kinds of struggle; Man VS Self, Man VS Man, and Man VS Society. The love and life struggle are also be part of the main characters’s struggle. (2) The main character’s struggles are shown in his enthusiasm in reaching the dreams, striving hard, not giving up easily in any condition, having a strong mentality, and being a brave man in facing any difficulties or problems that exist in his life. The importance of this study is that the moral message that shown from the main character’s struggle is closely related to the essence of the purity of the human soul that must be kept by them.   

 

Keywords: The Struggle, The Main Character, The Walk Movie

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