AN ANALYSIS OF COOPERATIVE PRINCIPLE USED BY THE MAIN CHARACTERS IN “CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY” MOVIE

The type of this research is Descriptive Qualitative research. It is aimed to find out
the types of maxim were obeyed and violated by the main characters in “Charlie
and the Chocolate Factory” movie. The object of this study is the “Charlie and
the Chocolate Factory” movie directed by Tim Burton and written by John
August. According to the result of data analysis the researcher gets the results that
there are 38 conversations used by the main characters in the movie, among
Charlie Bucket and Willy Wonka with other characters, from 38 conversations
found, there are four types of maxim obeyed by the main characters in “Charlie
and the Chocolate Factory” movie by Roald Dahl (61.18%) such as Maxim of
Quantity (19.35%), Maxim of Quality (24.73%), Maxim of Relevance (30.11%),
and Maxim of Manner (25.81%). The researcher also found maxim violation
(38.82%). Besides that, the researcher also explains the reason why the main
characters violated the maxim. Absolutely, the frequent maxim that occur in
“Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” movie is obeyed the maxim (61.18%) and
maxim violation (38.82%). In this movie, the researcher concluded that the main
characters more obeyed the maxim than they violated them so the communication
could run well.
Keywords: Cooperative Principle, Main Character, Violation, Maxim