Jesslin, Jesslin (2026) AN ANALYSIS OF POLITENESS STRATEGY TO REFLECT SOCIAL BACKGROUND IN THE MOVIE THE BOY IN THE STRIPED PYJAMAS (2008). Undergraduate thesis, Fakultas Ilmu Budaya.

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Abstract

This study examines the politeness strategies employed by a young child as depicted
in the movie The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas, focusing on the main character, Bruno,
and how these strategies reflect his social background. The method of this study is
descriptive qualitative. The data were collected from Bruno’s interactions that contain
politeness strategies. The observation method was applied to assess the relevance of
the data, and the note-taking method was applied to mark Bruno’s utterances. This
study is based on Brown and Levinson’s (1987) theory of politeness, which proposes
four types of politeness strategies, namely bald-on record, positive politeness, negative
politeness, and off-record. Furthermore, two factors influence the use of politeness
strategies, namely payoff and sociological variables. The results show that there are 34
Bruno’s utterances containing politeness strategies, 18 data (53%) are categorised as
bald-on record, 12 data (35%) reflect positive politeness, and 4 data (12%) demonstrate
negative politeness. The findings indicate that Bruno most frequently uses bald-on
record strategies, suggesting that he tends to be direct and explicit, particularly when
interacting with interlocutors with whom he has a close social distance.
Keywords: politeness strategies, movies, social background, children

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