Katniss Everdeen’s Reason To Be The Mockingjay In The Hunger Games : Mockingjay By Suzanne Collins

KATNISS EVERDEEN’S REASON TO BE THE MOCKINGJAY IN THE
HUNGER GAMES : MOCKINGJAY BY SUZANNE COLLINS

A PAPER
BY
BUDI HALIM LUBIS
REG. NO. 122202075

UNIVERSITY OF SUMATERA UTARA
FACULTY OF CULTURE STUDY
DIPLOMA – III ENGLISH STUDY PROGRAM
MEDAN
2015

AUTHOR’S DECLARATION
I am BUDI HALIM LUBIS, declare that I am the sole author of this paper. Except
where the reference is made in the text of this paper, this paper contains no material
published elsewhere or extracted in whole or in part from a paper by which I have
qualified for or awarded another degree.
No other person’s work has been used without due acknowledgement in the main text
of this paper. This paper has not been submitted for the award of another degree in

any tertiary education.

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Title of Paper

: Katniss Everdeen’s reason to be the Mockingjay in The

Hunger Games : Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins

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: D-III / Ahli Madya

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: English

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Librarian of the Diploma III English Department Faculty of Culture Study USU on
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Republic of Indonesia.

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ABSTRACT
The title of this paper is Katniss Everdeen’s Reason to be the Mockingjay in: The
Hunger Games Mockingjay by Suzaanne Collins". The novel tells the story of the
struggles of a young girl who comes from the District 12 named Katniss Everdeens
who joined the rebel forces, namely the 13th district has long been thought to be
destroyed by rebel 75 years ago to the Capitol, where they must rebel to the Capitol.
The Capitol is the capital of the country of Panem metropolis which is a fictional
future country, outside the State Capitol is divided into 12 districts under the
hegemony of a totalitarian Government, which is leading by Snow that dictator. The
Capitol is also the seat of Government and also the residence of the Snow, their life in
the Capitol with luxury and the pleasures of the world very different from the 12th
district who live with poverty, oppression and threats, the residents of the 12th
District also must let their children to follow the annual event held the Capitol. In this

paper this paper the author will discuss about why Katniss Everdeen to become the
Mockingjay to rebels, one reason for this, Katniss doesn't want the districts continue
to be under the control of the Capitol that lead with a cruel and dictatorial and
ultimately Katniss and with the help of the District 13 managed to take over the
Capitol and replace President Snow. In the writing of the paper this paper, the authors
use library research with interinsic approach by Wellek and Warren (1997:139) which
is a research approach that takes the data from the text itself.

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ABSTRAK
Kertas karya ini berjudul “Katniss Everdeen’s Reason To Be A Mockingjay in The

Hunger Games : Mockingjay by Suzaanne Collins”. Novel ini menceritakan tentang
perjuangan seorang gadis muda yang berasal dari distrik 12 bernama Katniss
Everdeens yang bergabung dalam pasukan pemberontak yaitu distrik 13 yang telah
lama dikira sudah musnah akibat memberontak 75 tahun silam kepada Capitol,
dimana mereka harus memberontak kepada Capitol. Capitol adalah ibu kota
metropolis dari negara Panem yang merupakan negara fiksi masa depan, di luar
Capitol, negara dibagi menjadi 12 distrik di bawah hegemoni suatu pemerintahan

totaliter, yang di pimpin oleh Snow yang diktator. Capitol juga merupakan pusat
pemerintahan dan juga kediaman dari Snow, di Capitol mereka hidup dengan
kemewahan dan segala kesenangan dunia sangat berbeda dengan ke 12 distrik yang
hidup dengan kemiskinan, penindasan dan ancaman, penduduk dari ke 12 distrik juga
harus merelakan anak-anaknya untuk mengikuti acara tahunan yang diselenggarakan
Capitol. Dalam kertas karya ini penulis akan membahas tentang alasan Katniss
Everdeen mau menjadi Mockingjay untuk para pemberontak, salah satu alasannya,
Katniss tidak ingin distrik-distrik terus berada di bawah kendali Capitol yang
memimpin dengan kejam dan diktator dan pada akhirnya Katniss dan dengan bantuan
dari distrik 13 berhasil mengambil alih Capitol dan menggantikan Presiden Snow.
Dalam Penulisan kertas karya ini, Penulis menggunakan penelitian perpustakaan dan
pendekatan interinsik dari Wellek and Warren (1997:139) yang merupakan
pendekatan yang mengambil data dari teks itu sendiri.

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Bismillahirrahmaanirrahim.
First of all, I would like to thank to Almighty God, Allah SWT for blessing
and giving me health, strength, and ease to finish this paper as one of the

requirements to get Diploma III certificate from English Department Faculty of
Cultural Studies, University of North Sumatera.
Then I would like to express a big gratitude, appreciation, and love to the
dean of Faculty of Cultural Studies, Drs. Syahron Lubis, M.A. and the head of
Diploma III English Study Program, Dr. Matius C.A. Sembiring, M.A who give me
their time and knowledge about doing this paper. Then I would like to express my
special gratitude to my supervisor Dra. Redita Lubis, Dip. Appl. Ling., M. Hum.
for her availability, spirit, time,guidance, and advice to correct the process of writting
this paper. And my sincere thank to my reader Drs. Parlindungan Purba, M.Hum.
For his time, knowledge and suggestion. I would also like to say a deep gratitude to
all of the lecturers in English Diploma Study Program for giving me many
knowledges, skills, and abilities.
I would like to say thank to my beloved family especially to my parents, my
fatherBohur Lubis and my dearest mother Rukiah. Thank you for all your prayers,
loves, motivation, and spirit. I present this paper for them. Thank to my sister and
brother Rizky Halim Lubis and Widya Astuti Halim Lubis, I really thank you for
being supportive, being collective, and being silence.

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I would like to say big big love to my crazy friends, Gilang Tirta Arya,
Rahmat Fuad Siregar, Yogi Julian Pratama, Ferdinand Willhart Siagian, Kaka
Hanafiah, Jefry Andreas, Rico Syahputra, Bobby Loy, Onward Fellix,
Muhammad Dhuha, Arfie Dibyo, Zulfachri Abdilla, Shella Novianti, Lara Rizqy
Yoriza, Alfi Navais, Nina Fitriani, Lisha Haris, and Yuni Asyifah Thank you for
your fully support, cares, good times, jokes, availabilityand other things that help me
to finish this paper. Thank you for the nice friendship during our study. Indeed, the
great friends are hard to find, hard to leave, and difficult to forget,I wish our
friendship will be lasting hold.
I would like to thank to Raksana Ground, thank you for your support and
care.
I would like to thank to all of SOLIDAS friends, thank you for your good
time during my study.

Medan, July 2015
The Writer,

Budi Halim Lubis
Reg. No. 122202075


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TABLE OF CONTENTS
AUTHOR’S DECLARATION......................................................................
COPYRIGHT DECLARATION ..................................................................
ABSTRAK ......................................................................................................
ABSTRACT ....................................................................................................
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS...........................................................................
TABLE OF CONTENTS...............................................................................

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1. INTRODUCTION ......................................................................................
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Background of the Study ......................................................................

1.2
Problem of the Study ............................................................................
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Scope of the Study................................................................................
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Purpose of the Study ............................................................................
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Significant of the Study ........................................................................

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2. REVIEW OF RELATED LITERARTURE ............................................
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Literature ..............................................................................................
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Novel ..................................................................................................
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Intrinsic Approach....................................................................... .........
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Rebellion.................................................................................... ..........
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Mockingjay...........................................................................................

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3. THE ANALYSIS ........................................................................................
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The Reason of Katniss Everdeen joining the Rebellion .......................
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The setting of the Rebellion .................................................................

3.2.1 Making Propaganda movies .................................................................
3.2.2 Ready to attack .....................................................................................

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4. CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION .....................................................
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Conclusion ............................................................................................
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Suggestion ............................................................................................

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REFERENCES ...............................................................................................

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APPENDICES
A. Biography of Suzanne Collins..............................................................
B. Summary of the novel ..........................................................................

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