THE UNDERTAKER: REFLECTION OF ESAN SOCIETY

Abstract

This research aimed to study the reflection of Esan society appeared in The Undertaker movie written and directed by Thiti Srinuan. This was a qualitative research presented in descriptive analysis by applying framework from Supit Aungsae

The result found that Esan society was reflected in 5 dimensions were 1) economy, it consisted of secure and insecure job. This showed that a secure job provided a better life, 2) education, it showed that education helped to develop for the better career, 3) culture and tradition reflected the variety of culture of Esan people for living together happily, 4) beliefs reflected the various and different, beliefs to stay together happily and 5) values reflected that Esan people changed following public opinion.