Nanik Wulandari , 2211412042 (2016) CREATION OF AMERICAN’S PEACE STRUGGLE AS REPRESENTED IN RICK RIORDAN’S PERCY JACKSON AND THE OLYMPIANS: THE LIGHTNING THIEF. Under Graduates thesis, Universitas Negeri Semarang.

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Abstract

Peace is an interesting topic to be discussed and analyzed since it is the right of human being. Besides, peace is a fundamental principle that people always struggle to achieve it. There are many famous figures that struggle to gain peace such as the Dalai Lama and Malala Yousafzai. Therefore, this study aims at describing the struggle to create peace done by the characters in Percy Jackson and the Olympians: the Lightning Thief and explaining the creation of peace struggle portrayed as cultural representation. This study is a qualitative analysis by applying a Barthes‘ semiological approach (1983; 1991). The data were collected by reading, identifying, and classifying excerpts from the novel. Furthermore, the data were analyzed by interpreting excerpts based on their literal meaning in order to find the signifieds in the primary modeling system and the signifiers in the secondary modeling system, interpreting the signifiers based on their cultural meaning in order to find signifieds in the secondary modeling system and contextualizing signifieds as cultural representation. The findings of this study were: first, the struggles to create peace were done in thirteen ways: fighting against mythological creatures and god, offering help, educating others, doing consultation, facilitating others, protecting others, discussing a solution of a problem, giving smart strategy; warning; command; suggestion; and direction, investigating a problem, delivering a message, taking a risk, sacrificing others, and returning the lightning bolt along with doing explanation. Second, peace is the cultural representation that Riordan wants to raise in his novel since novel is the representation of the real life. Therefore, American‘s life is closely connected to Percy Jackson and the Olympians: the Lightning Thief in the form of peace struggle. Riordan represents American society who struggles to create peace through the characters in his novel.

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