Yenita Andriana, 2009 (2009) Juvenile Delinquency in the 19th Century London as Revealed in Roman Polanski’s “Oliver Twist”. Under Graduates thesis, Universitas Negeri Semarang.

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ANDRIANA, YENITA. 2009. Juvenile Delinquency in the 19th Century London as Revealed in Roman Polanski’s “Oliver Twist”. English Literature. Semarang State University. Supervisors: I. Rini Susanti Wulandari, S.S.M.Hum, II. Maria Johana A.W,S.S.M.Si. Key word: Juvenile Delinquency, 19th Century in London, Oliver Twist. This study analyzes juvenile delinquency revealed in Roman Polanski’s Oliver Twist movie. As the questions to be answered attached as follows, first “how is juvenile delinquency portrayed in the movie”. The second is “what factors cause juvenile delinquency”. The third is “what are the impacts of juvenile delinquency to the society”. The data of the study are in the form of words, phrases, sentences, dialogues, explicit utterance as well as implicit utterance. The writer uses descriptive qualitative analysis. The data are gathered by watching the movie, reading the script, identifying, classifying, and selecting technique. The analysis is done by several techniques including exposing, explaining, and interpreting. The results of the analysis are; there are several delinquencies in the story such as breaking the rules, lying, and stealing. While there are several factors that cause juvenile delinquency such as unemployment and poverty, social class, and the industrial revolution and workhouse. Juvenile delinquency also gives several impacts to the society especially for society such as poverty, criminal, etc. It is suggested that the students of English Department read this final project before they make a final project which explores the other topics about crime.

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