An Analysis Of Complaining Strategies Used By The Characters In The Film Entitled Ender’s Game

This research focuses on complaint utterance used by characters in Ender’ Game movie. This research analyzes two objectives (1) to describe the complaining strategies used by the characters (2) to describe the politeness strategies of the complaining utterances used by the characters in the film entitled Ender’s Game. The researcher takes qualitative research as the type of this study. The data of this research are the utterance used by the characters in the Ender’s Game. The data sources are the movie script entitled Ender’s Game. In the collecting data, the researcher uses the documentation and observation technique. The result of the research shows that (1) fifteen types of complaint strategies used by characters in Ender’s Game movie. The researcher finds 14 utterances belonging to no explicit reproach or hint (13,2%), 10 utterances belonging to expression of annoyance or disapproval (9,4%), 9 utterances belonging to ill consequences (8,5%), 6 utterances belonging to direct accusation (5,7%), 2 utterances belonging to indirect accusation (1,9%), 6 utterances belonging to modified blame (5,7%), 1 utterances belonging to explicit condemnation of the accused’s action (1%), 2 utterances belonging to explicit condemnation of the accused’s person (1,9%), 5 utterances belonging to asking for responsibility (4,7%), 8 utterances belonging to expressing of disappointment (7,6%), 7 utterances belonging to threatening (6,6%), 5 utterances belonging to warning (4,7%), 9 utterance belonging to criticizing or admonishing (8,5%), 16 utterances belonging to requesting or ordering (15 %), and 6 utterances belonging to prohibition (5,7%). The complaint strategies utterance used by the characters that is dominant in the film entitled Ender’s Game is requesting or ordering. The most number of data in this strategy is between teenager to teenager. There are 8 utterances. The characters in this movie tend to use complaint utterance by using please, turn it off, stop it, stay back, and leave us now. (2) The researcher also found 4 types of politeness strategies in the film entitled Ender’s Game based on Brown and Levinson’s theory. The researcher finds 18 utterances belonging to bold on record (39,13%), 8 utterances belonging to positive politeness (17,39%), 12 utterances belonging to negative politeness (26,09%), 8 utterances belonging to off record (17,39%). Type of politeness strategy which is dominant in the film entitled Ender’s Game is bald on record