The conflicts in Rick Riordan’s the Heroes of Olympus: the Mark of Athena

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Ratnasari, Nishfiyah Ainy (2023) The conflicts in Rick Riordan’s the Heroes of Olympus: the Mark of Athena. Undergraduate thesis, UIN Sunan Ampel Surabaya.

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Abstract

The study is aimed at investigating conflicts in Rick Riordan’s Novel entitled ‘The Heroes of Olympus: The Mark of Athena. There are three problems to be solved in this study, namely: (1) What are the types of conflict that exist in Rick Riordan’s The Heroes of Olympus: The Mark of Athena; (2) What causes the conflicts in Rick Riordan’s The heroes of Olympus: The Mark of Athena and (3) How are the conflicts can be solved by the main character in Rick Riordan’s The Heroes of Olympus:The Mark of Athena This study uses qualitative approach in relation to the use of clear and systematic description about the conflicts that being studied. Descriptive study in textual analysis was applied in this study to analyze the text of this novel. The data were collected by reading the novel repeatedly and created a data table to describe each sentence. The data table was then analyzed by identifying the conflicts in the appropriate text. The analysis was continued by identifying the conflicts faced by the characters in the novel. Finally, reasons why particular conflicts were identified by looking at the setting of the conversations. This study reveals that types of conflicts (both internal and external conflicts), why it was happened and how it can be solved are applied in the novel. From the occurrence of all conflict types, each main characters have both intetnal and external conflicts. The internal conflicts that faced by Annabeth are mostly about confusion to decide between saving her relation with het mother or saving her friends and her boyfriend.