Examining Abuse of Power in Kelly Barnhill’s 'The Girl Who Drank the Moon

Abstract

The study is entitled “Abuse Practice of Power in Kelly Barnhill’s The Girl Who Drank The Moon” conducted in qualitative approach analysis of the form of power abused by the rulers in The Girl Who Drank The Moon novel. The purpose of the study is to identify the form of power abused by the government to their citizen which was described using hegemony, domination and terror using Jean Baudrillard’s theory book The Agony of Power; Domination, Hegemony, Terror (1987) and supported by Karl Marx’s theory book The German Ideology. The result of this study shows how the ruler dominates its people in the form of power abuse and its impact on their people. Moreover, this study shows how hegemony can form domination and terror occurs in isolated communities and with low levels of education. The resulting impact is the occurrence of ideological damage that is spread in society until a revolution occurs to fight for a change for the better.

Keywords: Power Abused, Hegemony, Domination, Terror, Ideology, Ideological Bluntness, Revolution