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A CONFLICT REVEAL KILLER OF DEATH MYSTERY FROM THE RICH

AUTHOR IN KNIVES OUT MOVIE (2019): A SOCIOLOGICAL APPROACH

Alifia Wulandari

, Abdillah Nugroho

Universitas Muhammadiyah Surakarta, Indonesia

Email: [email protected]

*Correspondence

ABSTRACT

Keywords: conflict; mystery;

movie; sociological.

Literary is reading something literature, forming a critical opinion, or

judging someone's criticism based on the theme, figurative language, etc

on the library work. The analysis method is by uncovering topics for

good understanding. Knives Out movie is a criminal and drama film full

of mystery but also the movie that has is a comedy. The type of study in

this research uses a Qualitative Descriptive Approach. The research

objects of this study are characteristics, mystery, speech act, the main

character, the situation, and the story of Knives Out (2019) movie. The

object is based on the movie. The data collection technique divided into

4kinds are watching, reading, taking notes, and observation. The

sociological Approach is used in the Knives Out movie because there

some several social forms example Crime, Family Life, Social Class,

Racism, and Inequality.

Introduction

Literary is reading something literature, forming a critical opinion, or judging

someone's criticism based on the theme, figurative language, etc literary work. The

sociological approach covers the attitude of someone or each person toward other people.

That is about how respect for each other can make other people respect us. The

sociological approach is telling about humanity, caring, helping other people, etc. The

function we analyzing something is that we can get a lot of data according to what we

want. The purpose of the analysis is to recognize the data obtained, overcome the

problem, and make a good decision. Knives Out movie is a criminal and drama film full

of mystery but also the film that has is the comedy. The film was released in 2019. The

film was held and written by Rian Johnson. This film gets a good and positive rating from

many audiences and critics. A review of R.Tomatoes has a 97% rating and received a

good rating from some sources. After this film aired at an International Film Festival

“Knives Out” successfully got an Oscar trophy. The film received a positive response and

review. The player’s script and the characters support the plot of stories that increasingly

add to the impression of this film with a themed and comedy genre (Thaib & Nofrial,

2019).

This research will analyze 1) What is the factor of the conflict in Knives Out movie

based on the sociological approach?, 2) How does the death mystery happen in the Knives

Out movie?, 3) Why sociological approach used in Knives Out movie? The objectives of

this research are 1) This study aims to determine the analysis of the mystery that occurred

in this movie, 2) This study aims to find out what happened in this movie, 3) To know

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why this movie can be called be a mystery movie, 4) To identify how the analysis of

knives out movie, 5) To describe the knives out movie analysis.

The writer analyzes the braveness of causes in the Knives Out movie. An object the

writer used is the main character in this movie (Pangestu, Pratiwi, & Buansari, 2021). The

writer analyzes using narrative and storytelling and how police detect the interview

witness using police speak by interpreting and describing the data using speak by police

and narrative storytelling theory (Ananta, 2021). (Windu Gunatika, Komang Dian Puspita

Candra, 2021) the researcher analyzes some types the nonobservation of the maxim

performed by the main character in the Knives Out movie. (Khoiroh, 2021) the researcher

uses a Sociological Approach to literature as the perspective to analyze data and this

research analyzes social stratification and the impact between the upper and the working

class. (Windu Gunatika, Komang Dian Puspita Candra, 2021) analysis of the mystery of

centuries-old stories and evolution in film within the recent decades has been an

interesting phenom to witness. This completely original story with an age-old genre

formula, and wowed audience. (Munthe, 2021) this research analyzes violation maxims

and implicatures used by all characters in the Knives Out Movie. This research uses

qualitative research.

This research used descriptive qualitative which describes the situation factually.

The research found all categories of hedging in the dialogues spoken by the supporting

characters there 2 data found from modal hedges (Fadilah, Fiza Asri, 2020). (Abidona

Revaldo, 2022) this research focused on analyzing the flouting maxims of quantity,

quality, relation, and manner. The researchers used data condensation, data display, and

conclusions to analyze the data. (Muhammad Naufal Shabri Rifansa, 2021) this research

analyzed the behavior and perception of all members Thrombey family. (Wati Kurnia,

2021) this researcher focuses on investigating the reason why Martha Cabera gets racial

treatment, to know how Martha experiences the racial treatment, and to examine form

racism.

Research Methods

The type of study in this research uses a Qualitative Descriptive Approach.

Qualitative Approach is a general way of thinking about the conducting of Qualitative

Research. It describes either explicity or simplicity, the purpose of the Qualitative

Research, the role of the researcher, the stages of research, and the method of data

analysis. The research objects of this study are characteristics, mystery, speech act, the

main character, the situation, and the story of Knives Out (2019) movie. The object is

based on the movie. The object data is the main discussion in this research.

The data is from watching the movie Knives Out and the data comes from many

sources that are on the internet. The method of collecting data is from the dialogue in this

movie. The collecting data is more discovery than any existing data. The data collection

technique is divided into 3 kinds: watching, reading, taking notes, and observing. The

analysis of data by interpretation and description of the data. The analysis data is from

the analyzing method. The analysis was from the Qualitative Research. The research

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looking for a journal related to the Knives Out movie, creating a research result

framework, and making a finding report.

Results and Discussion

The factor of the conflict in “Knives Out” with Sociological Approach. Sociological

has 3 main approaches. In my research only two approaches. There are the Functional

Structural Approach and Conflict Approach. The functional Structural Approach explains

that people with different backgrounds then work together to maintain the stability of

society. There are economic, study, and family. The conflict Approach explains social

change, gaps that can lead to conflict, and conflicts that bring prosperity.

The factor of the conflict in Knives Out movie based on the Sociological approach

All the family have been asked by Detective Letnan Elliott, his assistant, and Mr Blanc a

famous private investigator a consultant on Harlan’s death mystery. First, the detective

asked some of Harlan’s family about Harlan’s 85th birthday party before the incident of

Harlan’s death. Linda is the first that ask the detective to tell all the characters or Harlan’s

family at the birthday party. From the stories told the first conflict is with Harlan’s

younger child named Walt. And the second is from Richard Linda’s husband. And the

third is Joni, Harlan’s daughter-in-law. On the night before Harlan slept, he said that he

was disappointed that he didn’t ask Walt to write his books, he was a good father as a

provider to Joni, and he could be better to Linda and Ransom, he wanted to fix it before

he death as he said. Upon that, it was told that Marta wrongly injecting drugs and the

doses given were very high. But Marta didn’t find rescue medicine so it can make Harlan

wouldn’t die in 10 minutes. But Harlan didn’t want Marta to be blamed by the family and

Harlan prevented her from calling the ambulance and telling the family.

In that picture, as explained at the film's beginning, all the suspects are likely to kill

Harlan. Harlan has a list of his family's behavior. Richard and Linda's household

breakdown, Walt who can't manage his company, Joni's fraud, and Ransom who likes to

waste money. The picture tells about all the detectives interrogating the suspects and

searching Harlan's entire house

The death mystery can happen in the Knives Out movie because first of all the death

mystery occurred. After all, Marta was a family maid and especially a nurse for Harlan

the writer a famous criminal novelist. The thing that caused Harlan to die is one of the

giving of drugs and he committed suicide. The death mystery can happen in this movie.

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The initial guess was that Harlan was murdered. The death mystery could have occurred

because of the expression of who caused Harlan to commit suicide. All due to help from

Blanc. Marta which turned out to be initially framed by Ransom. Ransom made a scenario

as if he saved Marta because she was thought to be the Harlan killer by Blanc. Finally,

Mr.Blanc is the one who tells the truth about things to happened. Eventually, Ramson

was imprisoned.

The sociological Approach is used in Knives Out movie because there some several

social forms that use a sociological approach. Examples are Crime, Family life, Social

Class, Racism, and Inequality. In the Knives Out movie, several social forms use a

Sociological Approach. First of all were some crimes for example Ransom who

exchanged and concealed Harlan's medicine, Ransom who tried to kill Marta with stage

knives, trapping Marta on Fran's murder, and Fran Morphin'sfluid. The second is a family

life. Their family life is harmonious, they help each other, they tell each other if there is

an error, they are happy when they party and chat with each other, hard work to build a

business of Harlan, and their family life suddenly changes because of knowing the legacy

that turns out to be given to Marta. Third, fourth, and fifth are Marta whose mother is an

illegal immigrant. Walt wanted to persuade Marta so she wanted to submit her inheritance

to Harlan's family. Marta was threatened by Walt and would be reported by police because

her mother of illegal immigrant.

Conclusion

The researcher found 2 main approaches of sociological in the Knives Out movie.

First is the Functional Structural Approach and second Conflict Approach. The functional

Structural Approach is about maintaining the stability of society in the story of Knives

Out movie the example is about the family. Conflict Approach tells about the gaps that

can be a conflict in Harlan’s death mystery. The conclusion of Rian Johnson, Knives Out

movie has shown that the conflict reveals the killer of the death mystery we can conclude

that the conflict in this movie is from the story, dialogue, the characters, and the situation

described in this movie. This movie uses the Sociological Approach to literature as a

perspective to analyze data. Because from this research tells about the social something,

and analyses the social stratification. This study shows the characteristics of strong,

serious, loud voice, and stubbornness. The method of the Sociological Approach is about

the moral value that we can take in this movie.

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