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Abstract This article discussed the changing of the representation of nobility in the novel Merpati Kembar di Lombok. The changing of the representation was discussed in the context of representation politic conducted by the regime. This article explained the changing of representation from nobleman to jajar karang. In explaining the changing of representation, this article used representation theory which combined two approaches, namely semiotic approach and discursive approach. The finding showed that the character of Lale Erna, a noble woman, tried to escape from the nobility tradition. Lale Erna with her perspective saw that human was not valued by the nobility and social status, but by the obedience to God. That perspective which made her to illegally marry Suparman, a man who was jajar karang, an ordinary person. At first, (the marriage) Lale Erna and Suparman was not accepted by Mamik Marhaban. Yet, finally both of them were well accepted. Lale Erni, Erna-s sister, who married to Hartono was initially accepted, but in the end it turned differently, full of hatred. The acceptance of Suparman as the child was the acceptance of jajar karang. Therefore, jajar karang represented the nobility. The nobility keris was inherited by Suparman. It showed that the representation of nobleman was not the nobleman anymore, but jajar karang.