THE HEROINE'S JOURNEY IN SUZANNE COLLINS THE HUNGER GAMES

The focus of this thesis is about The Heroine’s Journey in Suzanne Collins’ novel entitled The Hunger Games (2008). This study analyzes the heroine’s journey by applying the theory from Maureen Murdock. The object of this study is main character of the story, Katniss Everdeen. From ten stages of cycle of heroine’s journey from Maureen Murdock’s theory, the writer finds 5 stages, namely: separation of the feminine, identification with the masculine, the road of trials, the illusory boon of success, and the initiation of the goddess. Heroine’s journey is a stage about growth, the main character must endure each stage of the journey and then the character also must be passed successfully through the stages then she could be called as a heroine. The writer has analyzed about the heroine that has been facing the obstacles during the dangers in the games. The result of this study indicates that the heroine in The Hunger Games novel has gone through several stages in the heroine’s journey. The heroine in The Hunger Games has passed through 5 stages of the heroine’s journey cycle. Keywords: Heroine, Heroine’s Journey, The Cycle of Heroine’s Journey