ABSTRACT
This research discusses about the Burnham family crisis depicted in the film American Beauty. The family crisis happens in American family in the 20th century. This research is to find out what are the factors that cause the destruction of family value in Burnham family and how the construction of red rose represent the destruction of family value in Burnham family.
This research is descriptive qualitative research. The main data of this research are the script, character, and setting. The source of data is taken from the VCD of American Beauty distributed by Dreamworks Pictures. The supporting data of the research is taken by the journals, books, E-books, and online media which related with the topic of the research.
This research is conducted in the frame of American studies. It used many disciplines in the forms of theories and an approach to analyze the movie. The disciplines consist of socio cultural approach and semiotic theory. It needs socio cultural approach to analyze about the structure condition of social and culture in America. The researcher also uses some figures in the movie to analyze this research. It needs semiotic theory to analyze the figure.
The researcher analyzes family crisis based on the main character in the American Beauty movie. The movie tells about the family which cannot keep the value in the family. The family harmony doesn’t arise in this family. The Burnham’s family type is contemporary family. This type arises in 20th century. One of the contemporary family types is dual worker family. It is related with Burnham’s family type. Each of the spouses has a career. This research aims to analyze about family crisis which cannot keep family value in the family. It causes family disharmony.
KEY WORD: Family Value, American Family in 20th Century, Family Crisis, Contemporary Family Type.