The Description Of Theme In Cassandra Clare's Second Novel The Mortal Instrument: City Of Ashes

A DESCRIPTION OF THEME IN CASSANDRA CLARE’S SECOND
NOVEL THE MORTAL INSTRUMENTS: CITY OF ASHES

A PAPER
BY

HILLERYBETH PUTRI SIRAIT
REG. NO: 142202051

UNIVERSITY OF SUMATERA UTARA
FACULTY OF CULTURAL STUDY
DIPLOMA III ENGLISH STUDY PROGRAM
MEDAN
2017

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Approved by
Supervisor,


Dra. Diah Rahayu Pratama, M.Pd
NIP. 19561214 198601 2 001

Submitted to Faculty Of Cultural Study, University Of Sumatera Utara
In Partial fulfillment of the requirements for Diploma-III in English Study
Program

Approved by
Head Of English Diploma Study Program,

Dra. Swesana Mardia Lubis, M.Hum
NIP. 19571022 198601 2 003

Approved by the Diploma III of English Study Program
Faculty Of Culture Study, University Of Sumatera Utara
As a Paper for the Diploma III Examination

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Accepted by the Board of Examiner in Partial of the requirement for the D-III
Examination of the Diploma-III of English Study Program, Faculty Of Cultural
Study, University Of Sumatera Utara.

The Examination is held on 1 Agustus 2017

Faculty Of Cultural Study, University Of Sumatera Utara
Dean,

Dr. Budi Agustono, M.S
NIP. 196008051987031001

Board of Examiners/Supervisor:

Signature

1. Dra. Swesana Mardia Lubis, M.Hum
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COPYRIGHT DECLARATION

Name

: HILLERYBETH PUTRI SIRAIT

Title of Paper

:A DESCRIPTION OF THEME IN CASSANDRA
CLARE’S

SECOND

NOVEL

THE

MORTAL

INSTRUMENTS: CITY OF ASHES

Qualification

: D-III / Ahli Madya

Study Program

: English

1. I am willing that my paper should be available for reproduction at the
discretion of the Libertarian of the Diploma III English Study Program,
Faculty Of Culture Study, University Of Sumatera Utara on the
Understanding that users are made aware of their obligation under law of
the Republic Of Indonesia.

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AUTHOR’S DECLARATION

I HILLERYBETH PUTRI SIRAIT, declare that I am the sole of author of this
paper. Except where reference is made in the text of this paper, this paper contains
no material published elsewhere or extracted in whole or in part form a paper by
which I have qualified for or awarded another degree.
No other person’s work has been used without due acknowledgment in the main
text of this paper has not been submitted for the award of another degree in any
tertiary education.

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ABSTRAK

Kertas karya ini berjudul The Description Of Theme In Cassandra
Clare’s Second Novel The Mortal Instrument: City Of Ashes. Pada
penulisan kertas karya ini, penulis menggunakan metode kualitatif,
dimana penulis menggunakan buku sebagai sumber informasi dan
juga internet sebagai sumber analisis tema yang di deskripsikan pada
novel. Penulis membaca seluruh isi novel dan mengambil kesimpulan
kemudian menetukan tema utama dari cerita yang ada pada novel.
Pembagian tema pada umumnya ada dua jenis, yaitu tema mayor dan
tema minor, namun penulis hanya fokus pada tema mayor karena tema
mayor pada novel sangat terlihat dari awal, tengah sampai akhir cerita.
Tema yang ada dalam novel ini adalah tema keluarga, identitas dan
Supranatural. Penulis asli novel tersebut sangat jelas menerangkan
tentang kehidupan tokoh utama yang masih berjuang untuk
membuktikan siapa keluarganya, siapa identitasnya dan kekuatan yang
tokoh tersebut miliki.

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ABSTRACT

The paper, entitled The Description Of Theme In Cassandra Clare's
Second Novel The Mortal Instrument: City Of Ashes. In writing this
paper, the Writer used qualitative methods, where the Writer use the
book as a source of information and also the Internet as a source of
analysis of themes that are described in the novel. The Writer read the
entire contents of the novel and took conclusions and then determined
the main theme of the story that is in the novel. The division of themes
in general there are two types, namely major themes and minor
themes, but the Writer only focused on the Major Theme because the
major theme on the novel is very visible from the beginning, middle to
the end of the story. The themes in this novel are, the theme of family,
identity and supranatural. The original author of the novel is clearly
tells about the life of the main character who is still struggling to
prove who is her family, her identity and the strength that the
character has.

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

First of all, I would like to thank and the Almighty God. Jesus Christ for
giving me health, strenght, and chance to me so, I can complete this paper as one
of the requirements to get degree of Diploma English at the Faculty of Cultural
Study, University Of Sumatera Utara.
I would like to express my sincere gratitude to appreciation and love to the
dean of Faculty of Cultural Study, Dr. Budi Agustono, M.S and the head of
Diploma III English Study Program, Dra. Swesana Mardia Lubis, M.Hum.
Then I would like to thank my supervisor Dra. Diah Rahayu Paratama, M.Pd.
Thanks for the time, guidence and advice in giving the correction to this paper.
Also my gratitude due to all lecturers in English Diploma Study Program
for giving me advices and knowledges.
I would like to thank my beloved parents, Jonny Sirait and Dies
Ginawati Br Sibarani for the endless loves, support, pray, advices and financial.
My special thanks also goes to my brother Billy Patar Richardson Sirait and my
sister Chrismelyanti Ayu Sirait, thanks for your time and helps. Also thanks to

all of my family for advices and pray.
Thanks to my lovely bestfriend Martha Cristina Girsang, Marisa
Lingga, Sonya Misrani Manik, Winda Shavira, Teta Karina Ginting,
Khairany Zuhra, Seasilya Olivetty SamosirandIvana Lasria Hutajulu. Thanks
for the time we spend together making silly things, also thanks for the jokes that

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light up my blue days, support, prayers, advices and motivations. Thanks for our
silly friendship. I love you guys so much.
Thanks to my bestfriend in crimeMagdalena Cahyani,Martha Jessica
Pangaribuan,

Tania

Rosani

Surbakti,


Trisa

Pramono

and

BellaSiregar.Thanks for your motivations, prayers and advices that inspired me
to complete this paper. I do love you all.
Thanks to Bang Daniel Boloni Marpaung for the jokes, support, and the
instastories that light up my days.
Thanks to my group “Navigator Kampus Medan”,KakRia Munthe,
Bang Geta and Bang Aulia.Thanks for our nice encounters, support, advices and
motivations.
Thanks to Hiskia Brahmana, Reiza Nasution, Christine Siahaan, Julia
Samosir, and Dipo Panjaitan. Thanks for your support. Also Thanks to my tim
M. Farris, Jeremia Joshua, M. Fahrenza, Andreas Tarigan, Anneke Chintya,
Malinda Rosalin, Vini Tobing and Sity Sofiah. Thanks for the time and our tim
work.Thank you so much for everybody who has been mentioned, you will be
always remembered forever.
Medan, 25 July 2017
The Writer,

Hillerybeth Putri Sirait
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
AUTHOR’S DECLARATION ..........................................................................I
ABSTRAK ..........................................................................................................II
ABSTRACT ........................................................................................................III
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS .................................................................................IV
TABLE OFCONTENTS..................................................................................VI
INTRODUCTION .....................................................................................1
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY ........................................................3
PROBLEM OF THE STUDY .................................................................3
SCOPE OF THE STUDY ........................................................................4
PURPOSE OF THE STUDY ...................................................................4
SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY .........................................................4
METHOD OF THE STUDY ...................................................................4

1. REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE ..............................................5
NOVEL ....................................................................................................5
THEME ...................................................................................................6

2. THE DESCRIPTION OF THEME .......................................................10
3. CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION ..................................................24
BIBLIOGRAPHY.............................................................................................25
APPENDICES
1. BIOGRAPHY
2. CITY OF ASHES SUMMARY

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