Conflict of Interest of a Career Woman as Seen in The Devil Wears Prada

This graduating paper analyzes Lauren Weisberger�s The Devil Wears Prada. This chick lit presents the topic about a young career woman, Andrea Sachs who experiences conflict between her career and personal life. Working as an editor assistant of a famous fashion magazine, Runway, is not in line wi...

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Main Authors: , YASHINTA DIFA P, , Nur Saktiningrum, S.S., M.Hum.
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Published: [Yogyakarta] : Universitas Gadjah Mada 2013
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description This graduating paper analyzes Lauren Weisberger�s The Devil Wears Prada. This chick lit presents the topic about a young career woman, Andrea Sachs who experiences conflict between her career and personal life. Working as an editor assistant of a famous fashion magazine, Runway, is not in line with her passion and personality. Moreover, it brings many problems in Andrea�s life. The objective of this research is to analyze problems faced by Andrea related to her career and her relationships with the people she loves. It is also aimed to study Andrea�s efforts to overcome those problems. This graduating paper applies objective approach, since it is the most suitable approach to be used to analyze some influential characters and plot in order to find out the problems and conflicts which are faced by Andrea. Library research is employed to support the analysis. The result of the analysis shows that Andrea faces many problems as the impact of her tendency to always prioritize her career. Those problems are Andrea�s internal problems, Andrea�s problem in her love relationship, Andrea�s problem in her friendship, and Andrea�s problem with her family. A terrible car accident which almost causing her best friend�s death becomes a turning point when she finally realizes that her family and closest people are worth to be kept rather than her demanding job. As the resolution, she chooses to quit from Runway, comes home, starts a new job which is more suitable with her passion, and reconnects her relationships with her family, her best friend, and her boyfriend.
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spelling oai:generic.eprints.org:1213922016-03-04T08:44:33Z https://repository.ugm.ac.id/121392/ Conflict of Interest of a Career Woman as Seen in The Devil Wears Prada , YASHINTA DIFA P , Nur Saktiningrum, S.S., M.Hum. ETD This graduating paper analyzes Lauren Weisberger�s The Devil Wears Prada. This chick lit presents the topic about a young career woman, Andrea Sachs who experiences conflict between her career and personal life. Working as an editor assistant of a famous fashion magazine, Runway, is not in line with her passion and personality. Moreover, it brings many problems in Andrea�s life. The objective of this research is to analyze problems faced by Andrea related to her career and her relationships with the people she loves. It is also aimed to study Andrea�s efforts to overcome those problems. This graduating paper applies objective approach, since it is the most suitable approach to be used to analyze some influential characters and plot in order to find out the problems and conflicts which are faced by Andrea. Library research is employed to support the analysis. The result of the analysis shows that Andrea faces many problems as the impact of her tendency to always prioritize her career. Those problems are Andrea�s internal problems, Andrea�s problem in her love relationship, Andrea�s problem in her friendship, and Andrea�s problem with her family. A terrible car accident which almost causing her best friend�s death becomes a turning point when she finally realizes that her family and closest people are worth to be kept rather than her demanding job. As the resolution, she chooses to quit from Runway, comes home, starts a new job which is more suitable with her passion, and reconnects her relationships with her family, her best friend, and her boyfriend. [Yogyakarta] : Universitas Gadjah Mada 2013 Thesis NonPeerReviewed , YASHINTA DIFA P and , Nur Saktiningrum, S.S., M.Hum. (2013) Conflict of Interest of a Career Woman as Seen in The Devil Wears Prada. UNSPECIFIED thesis, UNSPECIFIED. http://etd.ugm.ac.id/index.php?mod=penelitian_detail&sub=PenelitianDetail&act=view&typ=html&buku_id=61477
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