Hero Patterns in Rick Riordan's Percy Jackson and The Olympians: The Lightning Thief.
Hero Palterns in RickRiordan's Percv Jackon & the
Olympians: the Liehtnine Thief
A Thesis
Stbtn tun in Pa ial
F0 th.
Fqi Mt
Depee
to &e
ofsajuo
RequiMht
sast
ADELINA PIJTRI
06 185 053
ENCLISH DDPARTMENT
FACULTY OF LETTERS
ANDALAS UNIVERSITY
PADANG
2010
Skripsi ini membahas salah latu karya Ri.k Rlo'datr yung berjudut licrlr
lackson and lhe Oly'!pj?!! Tlqldlllrringlhiel T'iuan peucliLian rni adaLah
untul nlenganalisis bagaiorana seorang a.ak serengah Jewa hsru\ dapat
mcnyclesaikan frisi I'ing diberikan kcpadar)! IreluaLa.gan lercy l.cttjon
rcrccrmin datam bcbc.apa tingkatad. lditu: Kcbc.argratan. tenealailaf. dan
Pcnclitiatr ini nerupa*a. peneh an kualirarir, dengan ca.a fternLrihs
tahapar kcpahlawrnln yanq dilaluilokoh uh
Data djambll ddi nor€l resebur
dldlkus oleh $Lmber sunber yang bc*ailan denear pcnclirixr
Klmudian
analisis dara dilakukar den-qan ncngqudakan nrelode kurli{atir Sctarjuuryu
pcneliriai n,i meDgguDakan t@ri arletip dengan pcndekatan M.
.1etj
I
i
.nltt
Dfi
hasiL pe elnia ini Jiiei{k.D bah\ea karaktq utana he.trasil
Denyelcsaikan hjri lrng dilerikan kcpadanya Ddri |EriaLad.n rcrlcbut dnpal
disiNprlka. balrsa se$ora g dikarak , sebasa: txl,laHr apabiLr dLa mcllkukar
sen'dru yadg memL,qrkan ani kepada ord g lain, masyarakar dan bangsaoy.
Lrntuk metr.atai bhip im, seseo.ang biasa Jra netatLrj berbaeni nra.in prose!
lD.ln
lut
hrrnln t d.lIkhn
l
CHAP'TER
1
INTRODUCTION
1,1The Backgrou d olihe Rcscarch
LiLe,ary works a'e dilided
li
aod d'a,na
!
o rh'€e
lhn rhesn dc, wrilo
lorns, dEy xre ptuse, toent,
locuscs on a prosc nction, novcl.
Nolel ir r knld.lLitcrar! trorls llDt rccords an! knid ot nio\crncnt ni
i
y,.rcry l.ne lure islhelilalreco'dolhumanlile Aslfudtui $!L.s
book
Ai
rcco(l
.l
lnrroduclio of {he Srud! ol l,ncmlur ,"l.ilcralu.c is
lvlrr ind {ve see in lilc.
\4ra1
.
rhc! harc c\Nricmcd
!
his
vilal
.l
ir.
Nhir rh.! har. thougx. xl lelr rhorl rh.:e ?sFcn ofit rbich ha!€ the
n,or iorme{jide add cfdur rg itrlcrci
.Ldu{a{i!tr abore, lh.
rrncr nat
sav. tr
iire.rry
u5 (l!) firm
rhr
1ilcra{uc ir rhc rdl.clion
hir
o
fr i
on idca nesage n'd rfo.mat,on bsocLaled N
l[
huimi
Iltili
c.nichm is one olc.ilicl5m thit car be used for afalyzirs
r'.r[
?\...'difs
rlrose mystenous
*nlr dlmon
\ovcL
io\cloi
ol
ctr c.Dr ni.rre
.l[unrao Lilc lhrcugh lile.dtL.e.
ielli,i.c.
lo a I
as o
r
ro
rhe rurlro,
Cucrir.
ele e s rlial
M!1h crnic is concern.d ro s!eli out
iDloinr ceirah
uncaDDt lorcc demaric and
ol rhe nLe'a'v $or[
dd
he.
her.y
uilcral
tiesenls a]
wo,k and thll clicil,
human
ft
rcd.tion'(I1r)
r] irner$irg
stor es
olLile evctrt. n relingabour rrr'1lr The mrlh cinlc ilsellcalled ar.her\|Xs
is
The write. lhoosa thn novel be'ausc Rick RiordaD
€n
abo
dcscribe
lhe G@k Cod m)dolo:v nt nodern wav
rh€
aurh''
ilc
has his
nlr!e,sioraboulllEG'eekGodsn\'lhologv Iledescribcsto$e'eadet'
as
ll€
son
olcod
Petcy,
rhe
ranr characterolrhG Dovel
molher
trobleDs and save hh lidnaptcd
seems to be so real
behe!€ it
rally
lion
dr'uld sotle tltc
(]ndenvond The $orY
ihal Dules lh' reader dldg irrto rh€ $oB and slan
r'
thc ntre esti'r8 pan
ol
happcns in Dlodcrn
life lt beconcs
is tro
Gtc[
Gods e\nren Here lhe
rhn nolel,
because nowadavs rhete
wrncr
tlut lhe novcl consins ol m}1hic onlerr The
sees
conle r olthe co.cepl oi i\'1h esirecialiv rlre iierojournel
joutrrcy rhd Rio'dar's uMergocs evoltes thc !1ages
The
*.terconducl rlrc\ninonrrllr c!.le bv
nrrien,d
,id
i'!'l
hA Lh'
concsp(
ol$e
lhe
hero parlcrns
Joseph CanrpLrell as
leiedcd
characrei\ jives nrorlreesrases nrey aredepafturc, Lialion'
rhe rerum
Thctelitt. lhe wriler emilles ihis $udv, llero
,!rckso.
li{tid
s
in
d Tbe Olur
Thili
1.2
Thr ldenlilicrtion oltllc Problctn
ln ni,s research Ihe Mner locuses the problem on Percv Jictson s
jou rcy to
save his
rDther rvho is kntnapped bt Hader, Iind his idenliir
since he kno$s rlDr he
ii
son ot a God oI DeDigods Dd dre pa(e'ns or
heroicDessoilhc mani characrd nr
Olu!i!,J llr!&lrtnrrrsThLll
tick Riodan's lercr-hqt$!
ln thh f or€1. Per'!
as
and T1lr
lhc mrin daracter
CII{PTER .l
c()NCj,usloi{
r!!t!o!
fhielbt
b\ th.
lhe
Jha
h
his
The
main
D
tfc
rhe (eps olrhe hcro
oiliarion\.
.rdor ro
jdmcy crn
ird rcr!.n. D.od!.ed
liN
.l.he
s,ildr
fi inj hir rounev |e t|s to tirc
sofrc
dcludijrs |Jrobtetr,s, rists, and d.nser.us rtrings
bc div,ded
irr.
lh,ce nagcsi deDantr,.s.
trl,Joseph canrirbrll
$rge is tlF depantrre
Ii
ttrjs dagc. pc.cJ
J.ckifr. :s lh.
.hi.a.rer Mnh b srvc trn nrolat nottw lnd dtrroq /ru! \lasrer
a.lt, $lri.h his beef nolcn Lv
his
rqllrgnll]ls
trhor sh.Rslo lhc reade( sonE slcps that have treeD taccd
n characte.
e\a'nnurors
I
Riordu rhewrilerfirds sone jDrpodan poinls
Rlck
find!lhar
4r e!!!r!! \
5omeore
r.uhev ti! lerirog horr r. survne
rulfill
hs
rolel
beciuse dre fra
qtrcn Thc rui(ocar nrd
n
Thc secofd siage n
i
b
and face
rhis rrrrr.. l,erc! beg ns
anlrn's
l?ontothin
tr
rj
otrtre nages otdepanu,t in thk
chxracte. rehccs aod tells doubr abolr his
initialiN tn dris srasc thc |ero ta( $e
lenlure rvhich c.nsi$s ol mrun:fg
nraii chamcre^ res
cke r|
and
lightng Per.l'
Jackson as thc
savc hrs nrodlL morher and relumed
N,lnsle.
Boll rod prores rhar lre do6
consisi
olr]t lerics.lhils.
nor steal
rtR tuecrjng wih
tlDl Bolr
t]t
rcaL
l.
the .$
rhis {dgc.
soddcs. ANrheosis.
nM rlro uhiinare boof Tbe *,rird docs n.r round arotrencnt rvirh the
BIBT,TOGRAPFY
Abrms, MH. Tne
M,or od
Banet, Sylvan and Witliam
E
rhe
Lmp. tondm: Oxford Udvdmity
Cain A Slbn cuide
10
wr!!!s4!a!!
Litemlure 9tr'Ed. New york Longnan 2o0l
Bodear! Roben C
&
Sarj Knoop Dikten. ouatiLaiive Reseo,ch for
Edu€iion. An Inrrodudion ro Theon & Melhort USA
AIln nnd
Campbell, Josph.
E
!ia
surla
fi!
Ile
Ilero
Hero Pafrem in Rerndd €vslin\
UJ:ses Thens Padang
Gibaldi, Joseph
lnh lhouvnd Flqt Ne! le6ej prnccbn
AndaLa\
M 4Handbook lor
Ganger. John. EBH:
ler.v
Unretstry
Wrn€rs
Itre-Ad!€rlrc of
2OO7
of R6€trch lane. 4!i
ert
Olvmbiani as s@n riom ,
Traditional Cathotics pe^oectile. Rehieved D{enber t7.
2olo
JacLson and rhe
lackson-liom-a-uthotiloesp€ctive/
CuerinL wilfred
Al
A Handbookotcritical Aboroflcn lo
lnd Ed Ne$ lork.Ha oer.nd Ros pubhsher rnc. toTo
Et.
Lredure
lludso[ william H. A! lnLrddr.ri.n ollhe SiLdv of Literalure Lond.D
Olympians: the Liehtnine Thief
A Thesis
Stbtn tun in Pa ial
F0 th.
Fqi Mt
Depee
to &e
ofsajuo
RequiMht
sast
ADELINA PIJTRI
06 185 053
ENCLISH DDPARTMENT
FACULTY OF LETTERS
ANDALAS UNIVERSITY
PADANG
2010
Skripsi ini membahas salah latu karya Ri.k Rlo'datr yung berjudut licrlr
lackson and lhe Oly'!pj?!! Tlqldlllrringlhiel T'iuan peucliLian rni adaLah
untul nlenganalisis bagaiorana seorang a.ak serengah Jewa hsru\ dapat
mcnyclesaikan frisi I'ing diberikan kcpadar)! IreluaLa.gan lercy l.cttjon
rcrccrmin datam bcbc.apa tingkatad. lditu: Kcbc.argratan. tenealailaf. dan
Pcnclitiatr ini nerupa*a. peneh an kualirarir, dengan ca.a fternLrihs
tahapar kcpahlawrnln yanq dilaluilokoh uh
Data djambll ddi nor€l resebur
dldlkus oleh $Lmber sunber yang bc*ailan denear pcnclirixr
Klmudian
analisis dara dilakukar den-qan ncngqudakan nrelode kurli{atir Sctarjuuryu
pcneliriai n,i meDgguDakan t@ri arletip dengan pcndekatan M.
.1etj
I
i
.nltt
Dfi
hasiL pe elnia ini Jiiei{k.D bah\ea karaktq utana he.trasil
Denyelcsaikan hjri lrng dilerikan kcpadanya Ddri |EriaLad.n rcrlcbut dnpal
disiNprlka. balrsa se$ora g dikarak , sebasa: txl,laHr apabiLr dLa mcllkukar
sen'dru yadg memL,qrkan ani kepada ord g lain, masyarakar dan bangsaoy.
Lrntuk metr.atai bhip im, seseo.ang biasa Jra netatLrj berbaeni nra.in prose!
lD.ln
lut
hrrnln t d.lIkhn
l
CHAP'TER
1
INTRODUCTION
1,1The Backgrou d olihe Rcscarch
LiLe,ary works a'e dilided
li
aod d'a,na
!
o rh'€e
lhn rhesn dc, wrilo
lorns, dEy xre ptuse, toent,
locuscs on a prosc nction, novcl.
Nolel ir r knld.lLitcrar! trorls llDt rccords an! knid ot nio\crncnt ni
i
y,.rcry l.ne lure islhelilalreco'dolhumanlile Aslfudtui $!L.s
book
Ai
rcco(l
.l
lnrroduclio of {he Srud! ol l,ncmlur ,"l.ilcralu.c is
lvlrr ind {ve see in lilc.
\4ra1
.
rhc! harc c\Nricmcd
!
his
vilal
.l
ir.
Nhir rh.! har. thougx. xl lelr rhorl rh.:e ?sFcn ofit rbich ha!€ the
n,or iorme{jide add cfdur rg itrlcrci
.Ldu{a{i!tr abore, lh.
rrncr nat
sav. tr
iire.rry
u5 (l!) firm
rhr
1ilcra{uc ir rhc rdl.clion
hir
o
fr i
on idca nesage n'd rfo.mat,on bsocLaled N
l[
huimi
Iltili
c.nichm is one olc.ilicl5m thit car be used for afalyzirs
r'.r[
?\...'difs
rlrose mystenous
*nlr dlmon
\ovcL
io\cloi
ol
ctr c.Dr ni.rre
.l[unrao Lilc lhrcugh lile.dtL.e.
ielli,i.c.
lo a I
as o
r
ro
rhe rurlro,
Cucrir.
ele e s rlial
M!1h crnic is concern.d ro s!eli out
iDloinr ceirah
uncaDDt lorcc demaric and
ol rhe nLe'a'v $or[
dd
he.
her.y
uilcral
tiesenls a]
wo,k and thll clicil,
human
ft
rcd.tion'(I1r)
r] irner$irg
stor es
olLile evctrt. n relingabour rrr'1lr The mrlh cinlc ilsellcalled ar.her\|Xs
is
The write. lhoosa thn novel be'ausc Rick RiordaD
€n
abo
dcscribe
lhe G@k Cod m)dolo:v nt nodern wav
rh€
aurh''
ilc
has his
nlr!e,sioraboulllEG'eekGodsn\'lhologv Iledescribcsto$e'eadet'
as
ll€
son
olcod
Petcy,
rhe
ranr characterolrhG Dovel
molher
trobleDs and save hh lidnaptcd
seems to be so real
behe!€ it
rally
lion
dr'uld sotle tltc
(]ndenvond The $orY
ihal Dules lh' reader dldg irrto rh€ $oB and slan
r'
thc ntre esti'r8 pan
ol
happcns in Dlodcrn
life lt beconcs
is tro
Gtc[
Gods e\nren Here lhe
rhn nolel,
because nowadavs rhete
wrncr
tlut lhe novcl consins ol m}1hic onlerr The
sees
conle r olthe co.cepl oi i\'1h esirecialiv rlre iierojournel
joutrrcy rhd Rio'dar's uMergocs evoltes thc !1ages
The
*.terconducl rlrc\ninonrrllr c!.le bv
nrrien,d
,id
i'!'l
hA Lh'
concsp(
ol$e
lhe
hero parlcrns
Joseph CanrpLrell as
leiedcd
characrei\ jives nrorlreesrases nrey aredepafturc, Lialion'
rhe rerum
Thctelitt. lhe wriler emilles ihis $udv, llero
,!rckso.
li{tid
s
in
d Tbe Olur
Thili
1.2
Thr ldenlilicrtion oltllc Problctn
ln ni,s research Ihe Mner locuses the problem on Percv Jictson s
jou rcy to
save his
rDther rvho is kntnapped bt Hader, Iind his idenliir
since he kno$s rlDr he
ii
son ot a God oI DeDigods Dd dre pa(e'ns or
heroicDessoilhc mani characrd nr
Olu!i!,J llr!&lrtnrrrsThLll
tick Riodan's lercr-hqt$!
ln thh f or€1. Per'!
as
and T1lr
lhc mrin daracter
CII{PTER .l
c()NCj,usloi{
r!!t!o!
fhielbt
b\ th.
lhe
Jha
h
his
The
main
D
tfc
rhe (eps olrhe hcro
oiliarion\.
.rdor ro
jdmcy crn
ird rcr!.n. D.od!.ed
liN
.l.he
s,ildr
fi inj hir rounev |e t|s to tirc
sofrc
dcludijrs |Jrobtetr,s, rists, and d.nser.us rtrings
bc div,ded
irr.
lh,ce nagcsi deDantr,.s.
trl,Joseph canrirbrll
$rge is tlF depantrre
Ii
ttrjs dagc. pc.cJ
J.ckifr. :s lh.
.hi.a.rer Mnh b srvc trn nrolat nottw lnd dtrroq /ru! \lasrer
a.lt, $lri.h his beef nolcn Lv
his
rqllrgnll]ls
trhor sh.Rslo lhc reade( sonE slcps that have treeD taccd
n characte.
e\a'nnurors
I
Riordu rhewrilerfirds sone jDrpodan poinls
Rlck
find!lhar
4r e!!!r!! \
5omeore
r.uhev ti! lerirog horr r. survne
rulfill
hs
rolel
beciuse dre fra
qtrcn Thc rui(ocar nrd
n
Thc secofd siage n
i
b
and face
rhis rrrrr.. l,erc! beg ns
anlrn's
l?ontothin
tr
rj
otrtre nages otdepanu,t in thk
chxracte. rehccs aod tells doubr abolr his
initialiN tn dris srasc thc |ero ta( $e
lenlure rvhich c.nsi$s ol mrun:fg
nraii chamcre^ res
cke r|
and
lightng Per.l'
Jackson as thc
savc hrs nrodlL morher and relumed
N,lnsle.
Boll rod prores rhar lre do6
consisi
olr]t lerics.lhils.
nor steal
rtR tuecrjng wih
tlDl Bolr
t]t
rcaL
l.
the .$
rhis {dgc.
soddcs. ANrheosis.
nM rlro uhiinare boof Tbe *,rird docs n.r round arotrencnt rvirh the
BIBT,TOGRAPFY
Abrms, MH. Tne
M,or od
Banet, Sylvan and Witliam
E
rhe
Lmp. tondm: Oxford Udvdmity
Cain A Slbn cuide
10
wr!!!s4!a!!
Litemlure 9tr'Ed. New york Longnan 2o0l
Bodear! Roben C
&
Sarj Knoop Dikten. ouatiLaiive Reseo,ch for
Edu€iion. An Inrrodudion ro Theon & Melhort USA
AIln nnd
Campbell, Josph.
E
!ia
surla
fi!
Ile
Ilero
Hero Pafrem in Rerndd €vslin\
UJ:ses Thens Padang
Gibaldi, Joseph
lnh lhouvnd Flqt Ne! le6ej prnccbn
AndaLa\
M 4Handbook lor
Ganger. John. EBH:
ler.v
Unretstry
Wrn€rs
Itre-Ad!€rlrc of
2OO7
of R6€trch lane. 4!i
ert
Olvmbiani as s@n riom ,
Traditional Cathotics pe^oectile. Rehieved D{enber t7.
2olo
JacLson and rhe
lackson-liom-a-uthotiloesp€ctive/
CuerinL wilfred
Al
A Handbookotcritical Aboroflcn lo
lnd Ed Ne$ lork.Ha oer.nd Ros pubhsher rnc. toTo
Et.
Lredure
lludso[ william H. A! lnLrddr.ri.n ollhe SiLdv of Literalure Lond.D