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"ABSTRAKSalah satu mitos paling terkenal di Amerika adalah mitos American Adam. Fakta bahwa mitos American Adam digunakan dalam berbagai macam produk budaya, seperti buku, film, dan lagu-lagu tidak bisa lagi disangkal kebenarannya. Tulisan ini akan membahas representasi dari mitos American Adam yang digambarkan dalam film The Dreamers 2004 karya sutradara asal Italia Bernardo Bertulloci. Dengan menyesuaikan fase mitos American Adam yang dikemukakan oleh R.W. B. Lewis 1955 , tulisan ini akan mengikuti jejak mitos American Adam melalui perkembangan psikologis sang pemeran utama, Matthew. Selain itu, representasi dari American Adam dalam The Dreamers 2004 telah membawa perspektif yang berbeda terhadap Amerika melalui lensa perfilman Eropa, khususnya produksi perfilman Italia.

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ABSTRACTOne of the distinguished myths of America is the American Adam. The fact that the American Adam is applied within several contemporary cultural products, such as books, films, and songs are cannot be denied. This study will discuss the representation of the American Adam that is depicted in the film The Dreamers 2004 by an Italian director, Bernardo Bertulloci. By adjusting the phases of the American Adam from R. W. B. Lewis 1955 , this research will trace the track of the American Adam through Matthew rsquo s psychological development, as the main character in this film. Moreover, the representation of the American Adam in The Dreamers 2004 has brought a different perspective towards America through the lens of European cinema, specifically Italian cinema production. "

"From the time of the earliest settlements the Europeans had seen America as a New World which would give them unlimited opportunity in the future. This image was cherished especially by those who had left their homelands for greater economic opportunities. Between 1620 and 1635 England suffered from economic difficulties. Many people lost their jobs. This deteriorating condition was aggravated by insufficient crops, because most of the lands were used for sheep-raising to meet the increasing demand for wool for England's expanding wool industries. To the first immigrants, then, the new land became the land of hope. Many settlers believed that God had granted them the American land as a second chance for them to live on after the first chance had been ruined in their previous home country. America was really a place of relief for the people who were weary of too much suffering. It was stated that when the first immigrants were approaching the American shore, they felt that "air at 12 leagues' distance smelt as sweet as a new-blown garden-. (US IS, 1978: 1-3). Those people considered America just like the second Garden of Eden they were always dreaming about. The vast, virgin forest, extending along the eastern seaboard from the north to the south, and rich in natural resources, resembled the earthly paradise and then became the object of pursuit for the suffering people. This Edenic possibility continued to be a strong attraction and since America's beginning, the development of American society had been marked by the great tide of immigrants toward the west. This Edenic dream also became a motivating factor for the waves of later immigrants to the new world in the centuries which followed, especially in the 19th Century, where the Edenic dream was transformed into myth that had spread among the pioneers who moved west. The people believed that because the western areas were still virgin, a promising future lay ahead, in the treasure island which became a rich source of raw materials for the development of the country. .As the coastal seaboard became densely populated and the soil became incapable of producing grain, these unfavorable conditions stimulated migration to the western regions, and there came a steady stream of men and women who left their coastal farms and villages to take advantage of the frontier life of the continent. "