AN ANALYSIS OF CHARACTER VALUES IN THE PRINCESS DIARIES (2001) MOVIE : THE STUDY OF MAIN CHARACTER

In Education, movies can be used as learning media since movies usually contain
values in life such as social values, education values, and cultural values. Based of
this fact, this research analyzed the character values in The Princess Diaries
(2001) movie: the study of main character. The objective of this study is to find
out the character values in The Princess Diaries (2001) movie and describe the
character values represented in the movie. This study used the values proposal by
Kemendiknas (2010). The method is descriptive qualitative. The subject of this
study used the subtitle in The Princess Diaries (2001) movie. The result found that
there are 15 values in The Princess Diaries (2001) movie include honesty,
tolerance, creative, curiosity, appreciation, communicative/friendly, social care,
discipline, work hard, independent, care about environment, responsible, love of
peace, patriotism, and nationalism. Based on the results of data analysis, it was
found appreciation is the most dominant value of the main character in The
Princess Diaries (2001) movie.
Key Words: Character Values, The Princess Diaries, Main Character.