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1. INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of The Study
Recently, the writer was saw the news in Medan about Aisyah, a young
girl was 8 years old. Everyday she must take care and keep her father who was
ill because of acute tuberculosis. She must bring her father by bicycle
rickshaw and must fulfill necessary of her life and hope pity from the
community. The struggle of a young girl really be apprehensive. The struggle
of a young girl not only happen in the real life, but also happen in novel. In
this novel Suzanne Collins The Hunger Games : Catching Fire tell about a
young woman that must struggle of her life in a killing games.
The writer is interested in analyzing a novel which entitled The Hunger
Games : Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins. This novel tell about a young
woman that must struggle of life for her family in a killing games which this
games was called “Hunger Games”. Hunger Games is an annual event in
which one boy and one girl aged 12-18 from each of twelve districts
surrounding the Capitol are selected by lottery to compete in a battle to the
death to get money and food. The purpose of the Hunger Games is to
relationship between districts and also to remember about them who were
killed because of the rebellion in each district. The games in this novel is a
continuation of the previous games that held last year namely the winners of
the Hunger Games must compete again in the 75th games or Quater Quell III
games. Many of their strategies for struggle of life in the Quarter Quell III
games. One of her main strategy to survive or fight in the games is love for
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each other, if they can not prove, without a shadow of a doubt, that their love
for each other, the sequences will be horrifying. Especially, their family and
all those who loved.
Literature according to Roberts and Jacobs in book Literature: An
Introduction to Reading and Writing (1995:2) refers to compositions that tell
stories, dramatize situations, express emotions, and analyze and advocate
ideas. Literature may be classified into four categories or genres: (1) prose
fiction, (2) poetry, (3) drama, and (4) nonfiction prose. From the various types
of imaginative literature, my choise falls on prose fiction, exactly on novel,
which is a fictitious prose narrative of considerable length and complexity,
portraying characters and presenting an organized sequence of events and
scenes.
The writer use the work of descriptive research is and also uses intrinsic
approach by Wellek and Warren (1977:139) that it manage to take the data
from text itself.
1.2 The Problem of The Study
The problem of the study are:
1) Why does Katniss’ must have strategies in Quarter Quell III games ?
2) What kind of strategies she have in Quarter Quell III games?
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The scope of the study is to explain the strategies of Katniss’ struggle of
life in The Hunger Games : Catching Fire novel. The writer of this paper just
limits to the elements of prose fiction, such as plot, character, and setting to
show how Katniss survival in the games. The writer also describe the
characteristic of the main character.
1.4 The Purpose of The Study
The purpose of the study are:
1) The writer wants to explain why Katniss has to manage the struggle of life
in Quarter Quell III games.
2) The writer wants to explain what kind of the strategies of Katniss used in
winning the Quarter Quell III games.
1.5 The Method of The Study
The writer uses the descriptive research that is a type of research that is
happening in the present. In it there is an attempt description, recording,
analysis, and interpretation of the current situation. It is purpose to describe
and explored the circumstances that occurred at this time.
The writer also uses intrinsic approach by Wellek and Warren (1997:139)
that it manage to take the data from text itself.
1.6 Reason for Choosing the Topic
The writer has chosen Suzanne Collins’ novel The Hunger Games :
Catching Fire as the subject of this paper. The writer is interested in the main
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characters because in this novel tells about a young woman who has strong
character and she has strategies to survive in the games.
