CONFLICTS OF VALUES AND INTERESTS IN CLINT EASTWOOD’S CHANGELING: A SOCIOLOGICAL APPROACH

The object of the research is the movie entitled Changeling. The major problem of this study is how the conflict of values and interests is reflected in Clint Eastwood’s Changeling based on Sociological approach. This research is aimed at analyzing the structural elements of Changeling and describing the conflict of values and interests in the story based on Sociological approach. This research is qualitative research. The object of the study is Changeling directed by Clint Eastwood. The primary data source is Changeling itself and the secondary data sources are the other sources related to the analysis such as literary theory books, and articles related to the research. The writer gets the data for analysis from primary and the secondary data source, and takes note and captures images to collect the data. The technique of data analysis is descriptive analysis based on Sociological approach. The outcome of the study shows the following conclusions. Firstly, based on the structural analysis, the movie suggests that the conflicts of values and interests may harm the civil rights of the society. Secondly, based on the sociological analysis, the movie represents a social criticism against the government institutions that tend to meet their own interests rather than the social service for the society