Maxim is the rule for good or sensible behavior, especially one in the form of a saying. Of course, it is about communication and also in the movie. This research aimed at analyzing maxims in a movie entitled The Miracle Worker. There are two objectives of the research, those are to identify the types of maxims that are used by the main character in The Miracle Worker movie and to know what the maxim is violated in conversation of the main character in The Miracle Worker movie. This study is descriptive qualitative research. The researcher collects the data from The Miracle Worker movie transcription. In collecting the data the researcher does some steps, those are: looking for the script, watches and matches the movie with the script and the last is taking note. Then the researcher analyzed the data in some following steps; analyzing, categorizing, identifying, and making conclusions. From this research, it has been found out that all of the Gricean Maxims: quality, quantity, relation, and manner has been fulfilled, furthermore the researcher also found violation of maxim that used by the main character. But the researcher has found two violations of the maxim that happen in the conversation by the main character in The Miracle Worker movie those are maxim of quantity violation and maxim of relation violation. Annie is a lot of behavior with Helen rather than her speech.

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