ABSTRAKPenelitian ini bertujuan untuk mendeskripsikan: (1) Kode kultural semiotikaRoland Barthes dalam novel Laskar Pelangi karya Andrea Hirata; (2) Nilai pendidikankarakter dan faktor-faktor yang mempengaruhi pembentukan karakter dalam novelLaskar Pelangi karya Andrea Hirata; (3) Relevansi nilai pendidikan karakter dalamnovel Laskar Pelangi karya Andrea Hirata dengan pembelajaran bahasa Indonesia diSekolah Menengah Pertama.Penelitian ini menggunakan metode deskriptif kualitatif dengan pendekatan kodekultural melalui teori semiotika Roland Barthes. Sumber data penelitian adalahnovel Laskar Pelangi Karya Andrea Hirata dan informan. Teknik pengumpulan datadengan analisis dokumen dan wawancara informan dengan pengamatan secaracermat terhadap objek penelitian. Instrumen penelitian berupa kartu data danpeneliti. Teknik validasi data dengan triangulasi sumber dan triangulasi teori. Teknikanalisis data dengan model analisis interaktif.Hasil analisis dari penelitian ini ditemukan: (1) Kode kultural dalam novel LaskarPelangi karya Andrea Hirata memiliki kode kultural bendera dari bambu kuning,sekolah kami seolah akan tumpah, pandai-pandailah berenang, perang badar, memilihsebuah sekolah islam, sumur jernih dan pohon filicium, penyeimbang perahu kelas,menjual kehormatan, muslimah yang menjaga aurat, panggilan menuju kemenangan,Laskar Pelangi dan Lukisan alam, membunuh cita-cita, kejernihan buah pikirannya,Kyoto University, tikus kecil mati, memikul takdir, masuk sumur maut, menanggungnafkah. (2) Nilai-nilai pendidikan karakter dalam novel laskar pelangi adalahpendidikan karakter dalam hubungannya dengan Tuhan Yang Maha Esa, bertanggungjawab, kerja keras, percaya diri, berpikir (logis, kritis, kreatif, dan inovatif), cinta ilmu,menghargai karya dan prestasi orang lain, santun, demokratis, nasionalis, danmenghargai keberagaman, serta faktor yang mempengaruhi pembentukan pendidikankarakter adalah faktor intern berupa insting atau naluri, adat atau kebiasaan, kehendakatau kemauan, suara batin atau suara hati, keturunan dan faktor ekstern berupapendidikan dan lingkungan. (3) Relevansi nilai pendidikan dalam novel Laskar PelangiKarya Andrea Hirata dengan pembelajaran bahasa Indonesia di SMP adalah isi darinovel sesuai dengan pembelajaran bahasa Indonesia serta nilai-nilai yang terkandung didalamnya dapat diambil sebagai pelajaran.Kata kunci: Kode Kultural, Teori Roland Barthes, Pendidikan Karakter, dan NovelABSTRACTThe aim of this research is to describe: (1) the Code of cultural semiotics of RolandBarthes in the novel Laskar Pelangi by Andrea Hirata; (2) The value of charactereducation and the factors that influence the formation of the character in the novelLaskar Pelangi by Andrea Hirata; (3) The relevance of the educational value of acharacter in the novel Laskar Pelangi by Andrea Hirata in Indonesian language learningin Junior High School.This study used a qualitative descriptive approach cultural code through semiotictheories of Roland Barthes. The data source is the novel Laskar Pelangi research workof Andrea Hirata and informants. Data collection techniques analysis of documents andinterviews with informants with a careful monitoring of the research object. Theresearch instrument in the form of a data card and researchers. Data validationtechniques with source triangulation and triangulation theory. Data analysis techniqueswith interactive analysis model.Results of analysis of this study found: (1) Code of the cultural in the novel LaskarPelangi by Andrea Hirata has a cultural code flag of yellow bamboo, our school seemedto be spilled, be smart swim, battle of Badr, choose a school of Islam, well clear and thetrees filicium, balancing the boat class, selling honors, Muslim women who keep thegenitalia, the call to victory, Laskar Pelangi and Still Life, kills ideals, the clarity of histhoughts, Kyoto University, mice die and take destiny, entered the well of death, bearliving. (2) The educational values of characters in the novel camp of the rainbow is acharacter education in relation to God Almighty, responsible, hard working, confident,thinking (logical, critical, creative, and innovative), love science, appreciate the workand the achievements of others, manners, democratic, nationalist, and respect fordiversity, as well as factors that affect the formation of character education is theinternal factors such as instinct or instinct, custom or habit, will or volition, inner voiceor conscience, descent and external factors such as education and environment. (3) The relevance of educational value in the novel Laskar Pelangi by Andrea Hirata's workwith learning Indonesian in the SMP is the content of the novel in accordance with theIndonesian language learning as well as the values contained in it can be taken as alesson.Keywords: Cultural Code, Theory of Roland Barthes, Character Education, and Novel