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The Portrayal of Heroism in the Orson Scoot Card's Novel Ender's Game

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ABSTRACT

This study discussed about the portrayal of heroism in the Orson Scott Card’s novel
“Ender's Game”, based on Joseph Campbell’s hero’s journey. This study has two objectives,
the first is to reveal the journey of Ender to become a hero and the second is to reveal hero
traits in Ender’s character that appear during his journey. This study used qualitative
approach. The object of this study is novel by Orson Scott Card entitle “Ender’s Game”.
The data were some sentences and utterances showing the hero’s Journey and hero traits.
To obtain trustworthiness, the writer used triangulation technique. The study found that the
hero in his journey passed thirteen stages among seventeen stages of hero’s Journey,
namely Call to adventure, Refusal of the call, Supernatural aid, Crossing the first threshold,
Belly of the whale, Road of trials, Meeting with the goddess, Atonement with Father,
Apotheosis, Ultimate boon, Refusal of the call, Crossing the threshold, Master of the two
worlds, and Freedom to live. The absence of three stages namely, Woman as temptress,
Magic flight, and Rescue from within. In every phase Ender as the main character showed
traits that indicate he is a hero. He showed twelve hero traits, there are; Courage, Virtuosity,
Sacrifice, Determination, Focus, Compassion, Perseverance, Dedicate, Honesty, Loyalty,
Conviction, and Wisdom.

Keywords: hero, hero’s journey, traits

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1014025016

011.75

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011.75

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Samarinda : ., 2018

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English

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