Defense Mechanism Of The Four Photographers In The Bang Bang Club Film

Main Author: Nita Mawadah Nur
Format: Bachelors
Terbitan: Fakultas Adab dan Humaniora UIN Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta
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  • This thesis aims to analyze the four war photographers in dealing with the horrible situation (violence, shooting gun, chaos, murder and death) at their workplace using Sigmund Freud?s psychoanalysis theory. The writer is uses qualitative method to analyze character and characterization of the four photographers. Based on the analysis, the writer finds that the four photographers experience different psychological condition. Ken Oosterbroek is a cold-hearted and ignorance person, Joao Silva is easily lost his temper, Greg Marinovich is a brave person, and Kevin Carter is a drugs addict. In order to deal with the horrible situation in their workplace, the four of them use several defense mechanisms for instance, repression, displacement, reaction formation, intellectualization, and rationalization.