THE MAIN CHARACTER'S STRIVING FOR SUCCESS IN SUZANNE COLLINS'S HUNGER GAMES

ABSTRACT
Santoso, Shiddiq. 08.05.111.00023. The Main Character’s Striving for Success in Suzanne Collins Hunger Games. Thesis.English Department of the Faculty of Social and Cultural Sciences, Trunojoyo Madura University. Advisor: (I) SuciSuryani, S.S, M.Pd., (II) Diva Wenanda S.S, M.Pd.

Individual psychology tells about how human striving in their life to get success. Human life with physical deficiencies, it activates the feeling of inferiority. Feeling of inferiority motivates someone to striving towards success. Hunger Games is one of the novels as an example which depicts about striving toward the Success (Final Goal). Therefore, this study is intended to discuss about: (1) the feeling of inferiority of KatnissEverdeen in the novel, (2) the social interest of main character in the novel, and (3) the success (Final Goal) of main character in the novel. To analyze deeply about striving for success in this novel, the writer applies psychological theories. In addition, Adler’s Individual Psychology is used to get understanding about the striving for success in Hunger Games. This theory has big influence in analyzing the novel because it covers all of the objectives of study.
In addition, this study uses qualitative research design as the research methodology because the data is interpreted. Through the qualitative research, the utterance and the author’s narration of main character become the source of data to answer the statements of the problem. In addition, the writer is the key instrument in the research. Hence, the data are coded and collected then be analyzed. The method of analyzing data are divided into four process, there are data collection, reduction, data display, and virification.
The result from the main character striving can be seen from four aspects. First, she is success to save her family from the danger. In the end of the story she wins the games with PeetaMelark as the couple winner. Another result of this study, the main character success to break the Hunger Games rule that never be done before. The last final goal of Katniss is the unity between her districts to another district. From this study, it can be seen that the main character is success to get the final goal from her striving by using the rule of Adler’s theory.

Keyword: Striving, Success, Hunger Games.