THE DOMINANCE OF CLAN REFLECTED IN VICTORIA AVEYARD’S RED QUEEN (2015): A SOCIOLOGICAL APPROACH

This study discusses the dominance of a clan in the Red Queen novel by Victoria Aveyard and uses sociology theory in literature. The purpose of this study was to identify indicators of dominance of a clan, describe how depictions of a clan dominate, and reveal the reason the author discusses clan domination in the Red Queen novel. In qualitative descriptive, there are two data used for research. First is the Red Queen novel by Victoria Aveyard as the main data, then the supporting or secondary data includes books, online journals, articles, and internet. The sresult of this research shows two indicators, namely social discrimination which results in clan domination and oppression by the dominating people. The two indicators are described by the author through characters and the setting of the story. This research also shows the results that Victoria Aveyard as the author was inspired by several cases that occurred in the United States. The caseswhich is caused by clan domination, namely racism between black and white skin, and then the problem of attack on 11 September 2001 which resulted in all Muslim worlds being considered terrorists