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The fault in
our stars
Sentences or utterance
contained maxim of
relevance
Gus : Hazel Grace!
Hazel : Hi Augustus.
Gus : Are you crying,
Hazel Grace?
Hazel : Kind of.
Gus : Whats the matter?
Movie
The fault in
our stars
Table 4.2 The Violation of Maxim of Quantity
in The Fault in Our Stars Movie Script.
Sentences or utterance
contained maxim of
quantity
Movie
The fault in
our stars
Sentences or utterance
contained maxim of manner
Hazel: What are you thinking
about?
Gus: Oblivion.
Hazel: Augustus...
Gus: I know its kids stuff
but... I always thought Id
be a hero, you know, with
a grand story to tell.
Something that would run
in all the papers. I mean
I was suppossed a be
special.
Hazel: You are special
Augustus.
Gus: Yeah but... you know
what I mean.
Sentences or utterance
contained maxim of
relevance
Hazel : Of course my
lungs still suck at
being lungs but,
theoretically, they
could continue to suck
in just this way for, I
dunno, a while maybe.
Gus : So are you back in
school or. . .?
Hazel : Cant.
Gus : Why not?
Hazel : Already got my
GED.
Gus: A college girl! Well
that explains the aura
of sophistication...
Table
4.6
The
Sentences or utterance contained
Adherence to The
Movie
maxim of quality
Maxim of Quantity
in The Fault in Our
The
Hazel : This obsession with being
fault or
in utterance
remembered...
Sentences
ourmaxim
stars ofGus
: Dont get mad...
Movie
contained
quantity
Hazel: But Im mad! I think
The fault
Hazel: Why are you looking at
youre special, is that not
in our
me like that?
enough?
stars
Gus: Because youre
Gus : Hazel . . .
beautiful.
Hazel : You think the only way
Hazel: I enjoy looking at
to live a meaningful life is
beautiful people and I
for everyone to love you, for
decided a while back not to
everyone to remember you.
deny myself the simpler
Well guess what, Gus, this is
pleassures of exixtance.
yourlife. This all you get. You
Particularly given that, as
get me, and your family, and
you so astutely pointed out,
this world.
were all gonna die pretty
Hazel : And if thats not enough,
soon.
well Im sorry, but its not
Hazel : Im not beautiful.
nothing. Cause Ill
remember you, Ill love you. .
Stars Movie Script.
Gus : Youre right...
Table 4.7 The Adherence to The Maxim of
Quality in The Fault in Our Stars Movie Script.
Movie
The fault
in our
stars
Sentences or utterance
contained maxim of quality
Hazel: Why are you thinking
about?
Gus: Oblivion.
Hazel: Augustus...
Gus: I know its kids stuff
but... I always thought Id
be a hero, you know, with a
garnd story to tell.
Something that would run
in all the papers. I mean I
was suppossed a be special.
Hazel: You are special
Augustus.
Gus: Yeah I know but... you
know what I mean.
This
step
the
researcher would like to discuss
the result of the writer finding.
The writer will discuss and
analyze the conversational
maxims that was found in The
Fult in Our Stars movie.
There are First,
Maxim of Relevance, in this
use of maxim, Hazel showed
her dishonest to Augustus about
his question, and she want
Augustus did not apprehensive
with her. Second, Maxim of
Quantity, in this case, Hazel
wanted to stress her effort that
she was contacting Peter Van Houten. Third,
Maxim of Quality, Augustus has already lied to
Hazel. He tried to hide his feeling in order that
Hazel believe him and denied what he felt. The
last, Maxim of Manner, Augustus wanted to
Hazel trusted to him. He tried to confident with
himself. Then he made an ambiguous statement,
so it caused Hazel confused and entered into
Augustuss trick.