CHARACTER PORTRAYAL IN L.A. MEYER’S NOVEL
BLOODY JACK
A THESIS BY
ADE ADRINA ZULFIKAR REG. NO. 090705033
DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH FACULTY OF CULTURAL STUDIES UNIVERSITY OF SUMATERA UTARA
CHARACTER PORTRAYAL IN L.A. MEYER’S NOVEL
BLOODY JACK
A THESIS BY :
ADE ADRINA ZULFIKAR REG. No. 090705033
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Bismillaahirahmaanirahiim
Time has been passing so fast it seems like yesterday when I for the first time came to
this faculty as a new student in English Department. Now in my last grade in English
Department, I have responsibility to write a paper on the requirement of completing
my study at Sarjana Sastra. For all of this, I would like to thank the Almighty Allah
S.W.T who gives everything, especially health, knowledge and opportunity to finish
my thesis entitled Character Portrayal in L.A. Meyer’s Novel Bloody Jack.
Then I would like to express my sincere gratitude and high appreciation to :
1. Dr. H. Syahron Lubis, MA as the Dean of Faculty of Cultural Studies
University of Sumatera Utara.
2. Dr. H. Muhizar Muchtar, M.S, as the Head of English Department, and also
Dr. Hj. Nurlela, M.Hum as the secretary.
3. Drs. Parlindungan Purba, M. Hum as my supervisor, for his friendly
cooperation in completing this thesis. For his precious time, his patience and
seriousness in completing this thesis.
4. Dra. Diah Rahayu Pratama as my Co – supervisor, for her seriousness in
completing my thesis.
5. To all the lecturers of English Department, for their valuable knowledge and
6. Thank to Kak Rizki Arafah who lent me the novel as the source of my thesis,
and also to Bang Amran who helped during my study.
7. My beloved parents, Zulfikar and Hilma Aboebakar, my brother Fariz Zulfikar and my man Rudy Ardiansyah Putra who have patiently given their
moral and financial, advice, support, love and paryers for me so that I can
finish my study at the university.
8. To all of my best friends Yaumil Rizki Adinda, M. Savrizal, Nur Alfisyahri,
Nurhasanah, Erna Januarini and all of my classmates whose names I cannot
tell one by one. Thank you for the help and time we shared together in our
study.
Finally, I realize that this thesis may have many weaknesses; therefore I open
my mind to constructive critic and suggestion in order to make this thesis
better.
Medan. 25th July 2013
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ABSTRAK
Skripsi ini berjudul “Character Portrayal in L.A. Meyer’s Novel “Bloody Jack”.
Penulis mencoba untuk menganalisis penggambaran tokoh utama yang pada novel
Bloody Jack karangan L.A. Meyer. Penggambaran tokoh terlihat melalui karakter
individual. Bab I skripsi ini mencakup penjabaran tentang sastra yang dilengkapi
dengan latar belakang permasalahan, tujuan pengkajian, batasan pembahasan, dan
metode penelitian yang digunakan. Bab II menampilkan defenisi novel, defenisi
karakter, dan jenis-jenis karakter. Metode penelitian yang digunakan dijelaskan dalam
Bab III, kemudian pada Bab IV menganalisis tentang karakter utama dan juga
beberapa karakter pendukung. Skripsi ini ditutup dengan kesimpulan-kesimpulan dari
analisis serta saran bagi pembaca bahwa sangat penting mengetahui karakter
seseorang. Lampiran-lampiran yang berupa ringkasan cerita dan biografi penulis
ABSTRACT
This thesis is titled "Character portrayal in LA Novel Meyer's "Bloody Jack". The
author tries to analyze the portrayal of the main character in a novel written by
Bloody Jack LA Meyer. Figures seen through the portrayal of individual character.
Chapter I of this thesis includes a description of the literature that comes with the
background of the problem, objective assessment, discussion of limitations, and the
research methods used. Chapter II displays a novel definition, definition of character,
and character types. The method used is described in Chapter III, then in Chapter IV
analyzes the main character and also some supporting characters. This thesis closes
with the conclusions of the analysis and advice to the reader that it is very important
to know a person's character. Appendices in the form of a summary of the story and
TABLE OF CONTENTS
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
ABSTRACT
TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background of the Study ... 1
1.2 Problem of the Study ... 4
1.3 The Objective of the Study ... 4
1.4 The Scope of the Study... 5
1.5 The Significance of the Study ... 5
CHAPTER II REVIEW OF LITERATURE 2.1 Definition of Novel ... 8
2.2 Definition of Characters ... 8
2.2.1 Main Character ... 10
2.2.2 Minor Character ... 11
2.3 Character Traits ... 11
2.4 The Types of Character ... 12
2.4.2 Flat Character ... 12
CHAPTER III METHODOLOGY 3.1 The Method ... 17
3.2 The Technique for Collecting Data ... 17
3.3 the Technique of Analyzing Data ... 18
CHAPTER IV AN ANALYSIS OF MAIN CHARACTERS 4.1 Mary Faber... 20
4.2 James Emerson Fletcher ... 31
4.3 Rooster Charlie ... 34
4.4 Liam Delaney ... 37
CHAPTER V CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION ... 39
5.1 CONCLUSION ... 39
5.2 SUGGESTION ... 41
REFERENCES APPENDICES
ABSTRAK
Skripsi ini berjudul “Character Portrayal in L.A. Meyer’s Novel “Bloody Jack”.
Penulis mencoba untuk menganalisis penggambaran tokoh utama yang pada novel
Bloody Jack karangan L.A. Meyer. Penggambaran tokoh terlihat melalui karakter
individual. Bab I skripsi ini mencakup penjabaran tentang sastra yang dilengkapi
dengan latar belakang permasalahan, tujuan pengkajian, batasan pembahasan, dan
metode penelitian yang digunakan. Bab II menampilkan defenisi novel, defenisi
karakter, dan jenis-jenis karakter. Metode penelitian yang digunakan dijelaskan dalam
Bab III, kemudian pada Bab IV menganalisis tentang karakter utama dan juga
beberapa karakter pendukung. Skripsi ini ditutup dengan kesimpulan-kesimpulan dari
analisis serta saran bagi pembaca bahwa sangat penting mengetahui karakter
seseorang. Lampiran-lampiran yang berupa ringkasan cerita dan biografi penulis
ABSTRACT
This thesis is titled "Character portrayal in LA Novel Meyer's "Bloody Jack". The
author tries to analyze the portrayal of the main character in a novel written by
Bloody Jack LA Meyer. Figures seen through the portrayal of individual character.
Chapter I of this thesis includes a description of the literature that comes with the
background of the problem, objective assessment, discussion of limitations, and the
research methods used. Chapter II displays a novel definition, definition of character,
and character types. The method used is described in Chapter III, then in Chapter IV
analyzes the main character and also some supporting characters. This thesis closes
with the conclusions of the analysis and advice to the reader that it is very important
to know a person's character. Appendices in the form of a summary of the story and
CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION
1.1Background of the Study
Literature is considered as the reflection of human imagination. It is
commonly known as a written of art. Literature is writing which expresses and
communicates thoughts, feelings, and attitudes to life. Literature may consist of texts
based on factual information (journalists or non -fiction), as well as an original
imagination. In literature, there are three branches of literature such as drama, poetry,
and prose. Prose is a type of literature that is written expression without rhyme
scheme or lyrical structure. Meanwhile, prose can also divided into novel, short story,
romance, etc.
In this thesis, the object to be discussed is a novel. Richard (1981-46) says,
“novel is a normally a prose work with a quiet length complexity which attempts to
reflect an express something of the quality of value of human experience.” In other
words, novels are long prose works with a great amount of detail on every page. The
effect of this detail is that the readers can recognize the complex reality of a character
or event in the story. Novels, however, are long works with great amount of detail on
every page. They present all the complicating facts that need to be taken into account
before we can reach any sort of judgment. The effect of this detail is that we come to
Novel is a long prose contains a series of stories of one’s life with the people
around him by accentuating the character and nature of each actor. Novel tells of an
amazing event of the characters, the events which made something different that
change the fate of the characters. Novel tends to expand and emphasizes complexity.
Expand and complexity means is dispositive in this case, the problems experienced
by the character, and the expansion of the background story. So, novel is a fiction
depicting the life story of characters through a complex series of events and changes
the fate of the character.
Novel presents characters and actions as representation of real life condition
and situation of the human. The characters or the people in the real have ambition,
desire, joy, sadness, egoism, feeling, thought, and many things that deal with fact of
human life. In other words, the novel is the combination of the real life experiences
and the imagination of the author. Therefore, literature may offer life lessons that the
novel teaches. Novel contains many aspects that reflected based on the human real
life. This aspects commonly concern with emotion, feeling, problems, etc. The
elements that build up novel are character, setting, plot, and theme. Character is
people in a story are referred to as characters and also representative of real life.
Setting is the place and time in a work of narrative. Plot is a literary term defined as
the events that make up a story, particularly as they relate to one another in a pattern.
Theme is one of the big components of literature along with things like the plot and
characters. The theme can be the meaning or lesson that a story is trying to convey.
Character is one of the important parts of novel. The people in a novel are
referred to as characters. Characters are representative of real life, such as human life,
hope, sadness, happy, and others which deal with real life.
From the description above, I sympathize with the main character in the novel
that I discuss, the character Mary Faber. Because of the character of Mary in the
novel is very interesting to be discussed, as well as other characters. In the novel, the
character of Mary is described as a very nice girl, smart, and strong in the face of
problems in her life.
Character is very important in real-made creation of literary works such as
novel, drama or even some of poems. The nature of character presentation gives a
positive impact for readers to find out what is going on and what is it for. Character,
disposition, and character, referring to the attitude and the nature of the figures as
interpreted by the reader, it refers to the personal qualities of a leader. Personalities
and characterization often equated meaning with character and disposition refers to
the placement of certain figures with a certain character in a story.
In this thesis, I will analyze the main characters in L.A. Meyer’s novel
“Bloody Jack”. There are many characters in the novel, but here I just want to
analyze Mary ‘Jacky’ Faber and James ‘Jaimy’ Emerson Fletcher as main characters
and also there are some of minor characters. The reason why the middle name of
Mary is Jacky because she followed the UK ship as a lackey and on that ship there is
follow the ship to survive her life. And also the reason of middle name of James is
Jamie because he didn’t want if everybody called him as James, because it just made
him remembered with his father who made James work on that ship. The reason to
choose this topic I based on the recognition of the main characters as human being
who have their own personality which is concerned with moral and mental qualities.
Some facts of the moral life are such that everyone has to make decision continuously
in a world where there are right and wrong ways of doing this. Our actions and
decisions affect others as well as ourselves. Moral practices and standards depend on
the stage of social development. Morality grows out of life itself and is an attempt to
discover and live the good life. But in this thesis I examine the character through their
behavior, like main character behavior.
In the discussion to find a character in a novel we need to use an intrinsic
theory. Because the character is one of the building elements literature included in
intrinsic. And also to find a character in a novel we need to use qualitative research
method. Because the type of analysis is words that will take a sentences to prove how
the character is described.
Having read the novel, the characters portrayed are important to analysis.
Finally, I want to explain about the main characters portrayed and a little about the
1.2Problem of the Study
The problems of the study in this thesis are:
• How are the main characters personal behavior portrayed?
• How are mental of the main characters portrayed in the novel?
1.3The Objectives of the Study
• To identify the main characters behavior through their behavior
• To explain the mental of the main characters behavior through their
behavior
1.4The Scope of the Study
In this thesis, I would like to focus the main characters portrayed in L.A.
Meyer’s novel Bloody Jack; they are Mary ‘Jacky’ Faber, James ‘Jaimy’ Emerson
Fletcher. I was interested by the courage and effort in maintaining Marry Jacky life
by following the UK Ship as lackey. Her personality grows and changes from day to
day, but the other characters remain the same from figures the beginning. There are
many characters portrayed in the novel Bloody Jack. Such as character portrayed of
Mary ‘Jacky’ who very brave girl in her life, James which is very close himself from
the others, Liam Delaney who always help Mary if she get trouble with someone and
there are also some characters that are wicked, greedy and others. But in this thesis I
1.5The Significance of the Study
Theoretically, this analysis to add the literary understanding of literature
works and also characters through the novel. This analysis is supposed to enrich the
material study of literature academically.
Practically, this thesis can be applied to know about character portrayed
through the novel “Bloody Jack”. It also can be used for everyone who wants to
CHAPTER II
REVIEW OF LITERATURE
2.1 Definition of Novel
According to Reeve (1975:26) novel is a picture of real and manners and of
the time in which it was written. Taylor (1981: 62) says that novel is a prose work of
quiet some length and complexity which attempts to reflect and express something of
the quality or value of human experience or conduct.
A novel according to the encyclopedia of American International is:
“Novel tells of even within the range of ordinary of experience and avoids
supernaturalism and their stories are original, not traditional or mythic. Novel plots
involve numerous character, who usually are not grad or heroic figures often quit the
opposite. Most novels use language close to that of the colloquialism of normal daily
speech. “
2.2 Definition of Characters
Character is one of the important parts of novel. The people in a novel are
referred to as characters. Characters are representative of real life, such as human life,
hope, sadness, happy, and others which deal with real life. According to Reader and
“ The characters in a good novel are interesting, exciting, convincing, complex and realistic. If the author has created a particularly genius or individualistic character, than we, as readers, will find that character interesting regardless of whether or not we sympathize with him or her.”
Character is very important in real-made creation of literary works such as novel,
drama or even some of poems. The nature of character presentation gives a positive
impact for readers to find out what is going on and what is it for. According to
the
of
character not to denote a fictional person, but the quality of the person acting in the
story and reacting to its situations. And he also writes:
“But the most important of these is the structure of the incidents. For tragedy is a representation not of human beings but of action and life. Happiness and unhappiness lie in action, and the end (of life) is a sort of action, not a quality; people are of a certain sort according to their characters, but happy or the opposite according to their actions. So (the actors) do not act in order to represent the characters, but they include the characters for the sake of their actions".
In literature, characters guide readers through their stories, helping them to
understand plots and ponder themes. The art of creating characters, as practiced by
actors or writers, has been called
an analysis of its relations with all of the other characters in the work. The relation
in society and its ideas about human
The main character is called the protagonist and the villain is called the
antagonist. The terms protagonist and main character are variously defined and,
depending on the source, may denote different concepts. In fiction, the story of the
protagonist may be told from the perspective of a different character. An example
would be a narrator who relates the fate of several protagonists, perhaps as prominent
figures recalled in a biographical perspective, the protagonist in a
same person as the
intrigue alone is what the audience feels toward a focal character, while a sense of
empathy about the character's objectives and emotions is what the audience feels
toward the protagonist. Although the protagonist is often referred to as the "good
guy", it is entirely possible for a story's protagonist to be the clear villain, or
of the piece. The antagonist may be the story's hero; for example, where the
protagonist is a criminal, the antagonist could be a law enforcement agent that tries to
capture him. In this thesis the protagonist character is Mary ‘Jacky’ Faber as the main
character.
In this thesis, I would like to analysis characters portrayal which has
• a word picture of a person's appearance and character
• acting the part of a character on stage; dramatically representing the
character by speech and action and gesture
• a representation by picture or portraiture
• any likeness of a person
• representation by drawing or painting
2.2.1 Main Character
In reading the novel, the author usually presents several characters for the
reader that will appear in the novel when the reader read the entire story of the novel.
Main character also called protagonist its leading actor, therefore, there could be only
one in a novel. All the characters that the author of the novel present to the reader has
different function and role to each characters that the author created in a story. The
characters whose appearance is the most frequently appear in the story usually hold
the most important part of the story in the novel, and their traits as the center the
action and the theme of the story. These characters are called as the main characters.
2.2.2 Minor Character
Minor characters as the supporting characters of the main characters that their
function is to illuminate the main characters. Role of the main characters are also not
too important as the role of the main characters, although the minor characters
flat or two dimensional characters. They have only one or two striking qualities; their
predominant quality is not balanced by an opposite quality. They are usually all good
or all bad; such characters can be interesting or amusing in their own right.
Sometimes referred to as static characters because they do not change in the course of
the story. The appearance of minor characters is usually infrequently, it is so much
different from the appearance of the main characters in the story who always
dominate for the entire story.
2.3 Character Traits
Sometimes, the traits we encounter are minor. But often a trait may be a
person’s primary characteristic which not only in fiction but also in real life.
Characters may be ambitious or lazy, aggressive or fearful, thoughtful or
inconsiderate, confident or self-doubting, kind or cruel, quiet or noisy, careful or
careless, open or secretive, visionary or practical and also humorous, respectful,
self-confident, creative, intelligent, honest, friendly, hard-working, shy, little, busy, lazy,
successful responsible, helpful, dreamer, happy, leader, gentle, loving, proud, wild,
ambitious, quiet, curious, disagreeable, arrogant, inventive, patriotic, fun-loving,
loner, joyful, lovable and still much again.
2.4 The Types of Character
There are two major types of character: they are round character and flat
2.4.1 Round character
Is a character with a complex and realistic personality; often called
"three-dimensional" or "multifaceted" characters. A round character is a character whose
changes throughout the story. Let's say at the beginning he was afraid but at the end
he faced his fears. Round characters usually play a main role in a story; round
characters are often called the hero or heroin. Many main characters are heroic, and it
is because preferable to use the more neutral word protagonist. Round characters are
both individual and sometimes unpredictable, they are dynamic. The round characters
also known as the main characters because they play a main in a story of novel.
2.4.2 Flat character
Is a minor character in a work of fiction that does not undergo substantial
change or growth in the course of a story. And also often called "one-" or
"two-dimensional" characters or static characters. Flat characters play a supporting role to
the main character that as a rule should be round. Flat characters do not grow; they
are static because they end where they begin. Usually, flat characters are minor,
although not all minor characters are necessary flat.
Flat characters sometimes are prominent in certain types of literature, such
police, detective, and cowboy stories, where the focus is less on character than on
performance. These kinds of characters might be lively and engaging, even though
their roles and exhibit conventional and unindividual traits. When the authors bring
characters into focus, however, no matter what roles they perform, they come from
flatness and move into roundness. It means that the ability to grow and develop, to be
changed by circumstances, makes characters round, without of these traits makes
characters flat.
According to Millie and Yates (1982:228), there are at least six methods by
which an author can show the characters. They are:
• By what the person say
• By what someone else says
• By his or her action
• By indicating his or her thoughts
• By the way that other people treat him or her
• By the author’s direct words
A character in a work fiction may realize in a character in a work of in a
number of ways. Character, after all, has been constructed to make out reported
actions the words they are give to say and the commentary made of on them by their
creator. Character is revealed by how a character responds to conflict, by his or
her
In analyzing this thesis, I use intrinsic and extrinsic approach. Intrinsic
approach leads to understand more about the language, style, symbols, images,
is meant to help to strengthen the understanding and to enlarge the appreciation of
work. Both intrinsic and extrinsic approaches lead me to get a deeper understanding
about novel. Qualitative research is a method of inquiry employed in many different
academic disciplines, traditionally in the social sciences, but also in market research
and further contexts. Qualitative researchers aim to gather an in-depth understanding
of human behavior and the reasons that govern such behavior. Point of qualitative
research. Data is collected from selected research participants, and providing in
narrative description.
The Way of Character Disclosed in Novel
There are five ways to present the characters in a novel. As the readers, we
must use our own knowledge and experience to make judgments’ about the qualities
of characters being revealed.
1. Actions
What character does is our best way to understand what or who they are. As
the ordinary human beings, fictional characters do not necessarily
understand how they may be changing or why they do things they do
nevertheless, their actions express their characters.
2. Descriptions
Appearance and environment reveal much about character’s social and
economic status, but they also tell us more about character traits.
Although the speeches of most characters are functional – essential to keep
the story moving along – they provide material from which we can draw
conclusions. Often, characters use speech to hide their motivate, though
we as readers should see through such a ploy.
4. Statements by other character
By studying what characters say about each other, we can enhance our
understanding of the character being discussed.
5. Statement by the author speaking as story teller or observer
What the author says about the character is usually accurate, and the authorial
voice can be accepted factually. However, when the authorial voice
interprets actions and characteristic, the author himself assumes the role of
CHAPTER III
METHOD OF RESEARCH
3.1 Research Design
Each scientific writings should have a certain kind of method to analyze the
problem that is taken. So does this thesis. It uses an approach to discover accurate
information about character portrayal on L.A Meyer's novel entitled "Bloody Jack". I
use some steps to identify and analyze the problem, collect data, and revise theories.
Data collected can be analyzed using statistical technique and would also be
considered qualitative descriptive research. Descriptive research can use qualitative
or quantitative methods to describe or interpret a current event, condition and
situation. But in this thesis I used qualitative descriptive method.
The research was conducted by two ways, the first way is library research
which is done by reading some references related to it and the second way is field
research which is done by analyzing the novel. The method that is used in this thesis
is library research which done within intrinsic and extrinsic approach to analyze
3.2 Data Collection
When all data and supporting information are collected by reading all
references, then it will be selected to the most significant data that will be used in the
process of finishing this thesis. Of course, the first step is to read the novel, Bloody
Jack, as the main source. I read the novel for several times to understand the novel
clearly. Then I also read other supporting sources related to the topic as mentioned
above. After data collected, selected, and analyzed the object with used descriptive
analysis method.
3.3 Data Analysis
The next step is to analyze the primary data is L.A Meyer's novel entitled
"Bloody Jack". The analysis is carried out with the help of other supporting data, such
as from the internet, some data from the other books which supporting this thesis, and
also, I take some data from a thesis which is all of that supporting my thesis. From
the internet, I take data about the meaning of character portrayal and I take about the
novel. And also I take some data from a thesis which is supporting my thesis. So, this
The Way to Analyze
Researcher
Source of Data
Novel Bloody
Jacky
Data Selection
Quotations, words,
phrase, Sentences,
quotations
Conclusion
Analysis
Descriptive
Qualitative
CHAPTER IV
AN ANALYSIS OF MAIN CHARACTERS
4.1 Mary Faber
Mary Faber is the main character in Bloody Jack. She is ten years old. She
comes from a middle class London family. She is the daughter of Jack Faber and
Nancy Faber, and she has a younger sister, Penny, who is seven years younger than
Mary. Mary has long curly hair and the colour is dirty blonde and her skin colour is
pink and speckled on her face. And she has brown eyes. Mary has little body so her
friend called her little Mary.
For the first ten years of her life, she live with her parents and her younger
sister and she lives like the other girls at that time. Lives like the other means that
Mary happy with her life and she can play with her friends like usual, she can get
anything she want like new and the best dress, the best shoes and others. Until one
day that she called “That Dark Day”, where for the first she lost her father because of
pestilence and finally died.
’’ Back on That Dark Day when my poor dad died of the pestilence and the man dragged him out of our rooms and down the stairs, his poor head hanging between his shoulders and his poor feet bouncin’ on the stairs, and me all sobbin’ and blubberin’ “
For a young girl it’s hard to lose her father because father was an important
figure to our lives. Because of the figure of father is like a foundation for our lives,
and also father like a handle for our lives. So, if we lose our father it same like we
lose our lives foundation and we don’t have grip anymore. Not only mothers who
give love for her child, but also father. Sometimes father over protective to his child
especially his daughter, but there is a reason why he does that, that’s all because of he
love his child very much. And now Mary cannot get attention and protect anymore
from her father. There is so many influence of father in the lives of his children,
especially for a young girl such as making her feel so confident and also he will be an
example for his daughter when she was building her own life. Like Mary, her father
likes her teacher also who always teaches Mary to read. It’s important can reading
because with reading become more open, have a sharper mind and other things which
is related to the brain. We can get the information about anything happen in this
world and also we know about something which is we don’t know before. Reading is
very good for our health, both physically and mentally. Mary’s father is a teacher and
always teaches Mary to read that’s why Mary can read although she never gets in to
the school.
The corpse of her father bring by a man named Muck. Muck is the messenger
of a doctor named Grave who told Muck to collect the bodies of orphans and adults to
be dissected and used as research material with reasons for doctor world progress.
And after they finished their work, the bodies are used as research material was
they are supposed to treat the body properly. Like, if they have finished using the
bodies as research material they have to bury the dead properly not just thrown their
away.
Muck brings the body of Mary’s father with his feet bouncing on the stairs.
Why Muck brought the corpse of Mary’s father like that? That’s all because of Muck
thinks that it’s not necessary to bring out the corpse with the good way moreover
people who died because of the pestilence. So, Muck brought the corpse of her father
like that but it’s not good. Just like what I’ve told above that we must treat the corpse
with properly, didn’t care of how they died and because of what.
Mary feeling sad and lose her father, but she was not hopeless because she
still has mother and sister and she thinks that she can live even though only with
them. Indeed, even though Mary lost her father as foundation of her lives, but she
may not become hopeless because she thinks that still have mother who always
beside her and giving support of what she want to do. But the situation did not last
long. Because Muck said that he’ll be back and would take her mother and sisters
who are also struck the pestilence and they’ll die as soon as possible.
Indeed, because a few days later Muck comes and take her mother and sister
but he did not bring little Mary because at that time Mary still healthy. Mary feels so
sad, because for the first she must lost her father and now she lost her mother and her
younger sister. Mary now lived alone and she try to be more self supporting even
she still ten years old because basically a girl who still ten years old still need support
and attention from her family. Why she still need support is because if she want to do
something difficult and she not sure to do that, at that time the existence of her
parents is very important to give support and make sure that she can do it. And why
she still need attention because usually a children who did not get attention from their
family usually they do something bad to get the attention such as drunk, use the drug,
or always make trouble. So, every child must get support and attention from what
they want to do. Not only ten year old who still need figure of father and mother but
also adults like me still need the support of my parents. Especially, when we have to
take a decision that may be though to think by our self, we need advice from our
parents to finish it. And the great one is Mary won’t give up even though she lived
alone. And finally she decided to join into a gang in London which is all the
children’s are orphans like her. She join the gang because she has no one in her life
and she don’t know what to do and where to go. We know that everyone can’t live
alone because surely we need someone beside us to survive. For a little girl like Mary
it’s hard to live alone because life outside is very dangerous and not safe for her. So
she choose to join in the gang to survive.
“I’ve been with Charlie and the gang for four, maybe five, years since
That Dark Day when my world was changed forever.”
Charlie is a leader in the gang. Charlie always protects his friends from the
other gang who want to make a trouble and try to take their place. Actually, Mary did
not sure enough that she can survive with her gang. But, she always tries to make sure
herself that she can pass everything by joining the gang even though she never lives
like that before. In the gang, Mary is the little one even though she is not the youngest
one. And also she is cleverer than the others. In Mary’s gang always happens at
changes like losing a friend because of starvation and then they get new friend who
joined the group.
Live in a gang is really wild because we must do something bad and not
suitable to do. For example to survive every child in a gang must survive by begging
with every people. Usually their begging for money and sometimes they ask for some
food. Begging is really bad action and it can be bad habit if always do that.
Sometimes there are some people who hate that action because their always thinks
“why they are not try to do something that can make them get some money”, for
example try to get job or help someone and finally give them money. So, not all
people will give good response for person who always begging. So they are not
always success and get outcome from their action. And the other action is stealing.
There are so many things can be the object of stealing such as a things like wallet,
beg, necklace and others. To get that entire thing usually people who want to steal
defraud it from the owner if they are careless. And the other object to steal is food.
Just like Mary and the gang do, they are stealing food from a restaurant or another
people who buying some food. Because they can’t get that from begging and they
choose to steal that food.
Actually, Mary hate to beg and steal, but she must do that to survive herself
and her friends. Begging and stealing is a bad habit that should be avoided by
everyone. Because it can annoying and disruptive the mindset of a person’s and the
character of a person’s moreover is done by a children who didn’t have parents as the
foundation and guidance in their life.
After take a long time, finally Mary feel comfortable join with Charlie’s gang,
because Charlie as a leader always protects his friends from the others especially if he
protects Mary from the other gang who want to get her. And also Mary feels so
comfortable if she near with Charlie. She considers Charlie as her brother and also
her family. But, Mary cannot feel comfortable for a long time, because Charlie died
by Muck and Muck bring his corpse to Dr. Grave to become research material. That’s
all started when Charlie came to Muck as if daring. And finally Mary feels sad for the
third time.
‘’ Ah, Charlie, you was a good one, you was. You looked out for
us in your way and took care of us in your way and always
shared even though you didn’t have to and was always happy
in spite of all. “ (Bloody Jack, page: 27)
The sentence of “Ah, Charlie, you was a good one” means that Charlie is a good boy
friends. So, when Charlie died, all his friend feeling sad especially Mary as his close
friend. Charlie’s known as a brave boy who protects his friend from another group
and to keep their place from them. Before Mary left Charlie on the street, she take
Charlie’s clothes and shiv as memento of Charlie.
Since the death of Charlie, Mary leaves the group. The reason why she left the
group because of she didn’t want end like Charlie. And also she want to repair herself
be better because if we look from her experience join in the gang it make her has bad
habit like stealing and begging. Although she do that for survive but it stay bad action
which is not good for children because it can make her become wild and has bad
habit. She disguises herself as a boy named Jacky. For a boy, name Jacky has
meaning a brave boy and clever in face the world. Maybe everyone who his name is
Jacky can find the way to survive his life even though he is an orphan. Mary plans to
join into the war ship. But before, she cut her hair until look like a boy. On her way to
the sea, Mary through a place where we can find something to eat and she heard a
man called her and gives a job for her that is keep his horse until he finish his lunch.
And then, when the man finishes his lunch he came into Mary and takes his horse and
also he pay Mary because she has kept his horse. A place where Mary stays right
now, a boy can get a job easier than a girl. Because a young woman or a girl are
regarded as bad luck. Of course she won’t if everybody knew that she is a girl not a
boy because it just makes her like dirt in their eyes. And finally she decided to
‘’ It’s easier being a boy, because nobody bothers with you. Like, I couldn’t have gone into that tavern yesterday as a girl cause they would have shouted “get out of here, you filthy girl”. It’s easier being a boy, cause no one remarks upon me being alone. It’s easier being a boy, cause when someone needs something done like holding a horse. It’s easier being a boy, cause I don’t have to look out for no one but me.” (Bloody Jack, page: 33 and 34)
Mary feels that easier being a boy because there is no one that will disturb her.
She feels freer live without teasing from the others who hate girls. Mary also feels
comfortable become a boy because she can go anywhere she want, not like girls who
always kidnapped and used as beggars, thieves or others. And Mary thinks that easy
for a boy to get a job so they can survive their live without begging and stealing like
she done when she still joined with Charlie’s gang. For the proof, when on the way to
the sea, there is a man who needed her helps to keep his horse and he pays Mary
when he finished his lunch. If at that time Mary’s come as a girl, surely they will
shout to Mary and ask Mary to go far away from that place. And also they will say
something that can hurt Mary as a girl. Because, all the people who stay at that place
thinks that a boy is more important than a girl because a boy is more useful than a
girl.
Finally, Mary arrived at the sea and she looks at to a ship named Dolphin and
decides to follow that ship as a lackey. And when a man ask her what she can do,
directly Mary said that she can read better and when they ask about her name faster
Mary said that her name is Jacky. Actually that’s not the begin’ from she changes her
also when there is a man needed her help, she comes as a boy not a girl. On that ship,
she got new friends which is also comes as lackey; they are Benjy, Tink, Willy, Davy
and James. She also meets Liam Delaney and the other cadets on that ship. Even
though their just a lackey they must look clean and better than their condition when
they came on that ship. So, there is a cadet that gets instruction to clean them all. Of
course that condition makes Mary afraid if her camouflage would discover and she
would throw up.
‘’ I’m thinking of how I’m gonna be discovered in the most humiliating way, all starker’s out there on the deck to the hoots and cries of all till they puts me overbroad. I’ve heard they have put girls over the side as they’re supposed to be bad luck and I hopes they at least gives me a barrel to cling to and.”
(Bloody Jack, page: 57, 58)
Mary afraid if her camouflage would discover but at that time when that cadet
cleaned them all Mary try to stay calm and didn’t do anything that can discover her
camouflage. Mary thinks if her camouflage will discover she must get some teasing
from all of them and she will throw up to the sea. Because like I said first there is no
girl that can following the war ship. For that, she do the same like her friends done,
she do that for keep her camouflage stay save, and also her body still look like a boy
so it’s no problem if she open her clothes like the others but she must hide the
important part of her body to keep save. And right, after they cleaned her camouflage
still save. Mary is smart girl because she can keep her camouflage stay save and she
A week since Mary following that war ship, Mary unconsciously that from the
beginning she had felt comfortable if she more close with James. Mary feel that same
like when she near with Charlie.
“And I manages to wriggle up next to him. I don’t know why I want
to, but I do and I gets it done.”
Actually, Mary want always more closer with James, but she must keep her
distance from James because she didn’t want if her camouflage discover. And also
she didn’t want to make James thinks that Mary is a strange boy. Mary always tries to
get the way for close with James, like midwatch together or just a little chat with
James. If she did it, she will be very happy with that condition and didn’t want to far
from James. What Mary’s feel it’s pure from her heart, just like another girl who fall
in love with someone when there’s interaction between both of them like eye contact
or just sit beside him and feels so comfort it’s enough to make them fall in love. But
that made her different from other girls is the condition of Mary being a boy now, so
for a moment she can’t tell James that she fall in love with him.
There are some cadets on that ship who always make Mary in trouble, they are
Bliffil and Sloat. Sloat is homosexual; he always tried to rape Jacky/Mary. Until he
knows that Jacky who is known as a boy is a girl. While Bliffil is a cadet who always
bullying the new children who following the ship like Mary and friends.The cadet
should give a good example to all those new members, such as teaching a few things
are two cadets who always make trouble on that ship, didn’t care who their opponents
is it a children or the oldest than them. But, in this novel the victim was always Mary,
there is no other children. Maybe because of she looks little than the other so they just
disturb Mary. When Sloat tried to rape Mary he was surprised of what he saw.
‘’ Well, well, what have we here? Not a little rooster, but a little hen,
my…Well, well, even better. Got a little henhouse there Jacky?
A cuckoo’s nest? Such fun.” (Bloody Jack, page: 170)
Sloat becomes happy knows that and he trying hard to rape her. Mary tried to
fight it by putting a shiv of Charlie’s to the Sloat stomach. Mary’s bravery proves that
she didn’t want if something bad happens to her. And finally Sloat tumbled and
finally plunged into the sea. I think that Sloat behavior to Mary is one of the wicked
acts of moral and it can damaged mental of Mary. And the other cadet is Bliffil. He
never does like Sloat do, but he just always kicked Mary and he was battered to
Mary. Because of that thing, Bliffil broke Mary’s nose, some of her tooth and one of
her hand. There is no reason why Bliffil do that only to Mary. If someone ask him he
just laugh and won’t to answer that question. Since that accident, if Mary wants to go
to a part of that ship her always with one of her friends, he won’t to go alone
anymore. Because she still afraid if Bliffil comes and attack her against. What Bliffil
and Sloat done of course can damage mental of Mary and also her physic. Damage
her mental from what Sloat done to her it’s so bad and if that’s happened to other girl
of course that girl would hopeless and some of them choose to end their life. We can
mental of victim the incident also damage their family. Damage her physic from what
Bliffil done to Mary. Bliffil bullying Mary with beat up her face and bodies. Lucky
Mary, because every Mary got attempted from Sloat and Bliffil, her sea dad always
come and brought her out from that situation. Sea dad is like her father, which is
gives her lessons and protect her from difficult time.
What Sloat and Bliffil done is a crime. A crime is defined as any act that is
contrary to legal code or laws. There are many different types of crimes, from crimes
against persons to victimless crimes and violent crimes to white collar crimes. With
each type of crime also come different
profiles. For example Crimes Against Persons. Crimes against persons, also called
personal crimes, include murder, aggravated assault, rape, and robbery. Personal
crimes are unevenly distributed in the United States, with young, urban, poor, and
racial minorities committing these crimes more than others. But in this thesis the
crime is rape and bullying with a person. The other crime is Crimes Against Morality.
Crimes against morality are also called victimless crimes because there is not
complainant, or victim. Prostitution, illegal gambling, and illegal drug use are all
examples of victimless crimes. In this thesis the morality crime such when Sloat tried
to rape Mary and also he is homosexual. Because when he try to rape Mary, he don’t
know that Mary is a girl, but when he opened her pants finally he know that.
Mary is smart girl and friendly. She is brave also. She can face of the world
although without her parents. She also helpful, she always help the people who need
feelings from the others like if she feels afraid if her camouflage be discovered. And
also she can sew now, and she tries to make new clothes for herself. It’s good if a
little girl like Mary can learn much in the place like that. Because it’s so unusual a
little girl can learn much especially sewing their dress by herself. In this modern era,
so many girls won’t to sewing because they think that’s embarrassing. I don’t know
why they said sewing is embarrassing, because I think sewing is important for all
girls in this world even though we can ask someone to do that. Mary also can play a
flute and now she makes herself look nice and she still trying to keep her camouflage.
4.2 James Emerson Fletcher
James is the second child of a first class family in England. James was put on
a ship when he was twelve because of a fall in his family's income in the wine
industry. Actually, James did not want to join in the Dolphin ship. But he was forced
by his family was in financial difficulties and debts and also he is a son who has
responsibility so he want to help his family out of that condition. His father tries to
make sure and give him support without words just put his hand on James shoulder,
although he know that his son hate it.
“The man has his hand on the boy’s shoulder and the boy has his head
down and is looking powerful grim. He’s doing a lot of gulping and
From the quotation above, we know that actually his father feel so hard to let
his son following the war ship, but he must do that. Because his family was in
financial difficulties and debts. There is no father want to steam their son to left them;
moreover they still a little boy who needed attention and love from their family. His
father tries to makes sure and gives support to his son even though without word, he
just put his hand on James shoulder like convince his son about that. So do James. It’s
hard for him left his family and following the ship, but he can’t do anything. As a
boy, he wants to help his family out of that situation. So, even though it’s hard for
him joining the ship he tries to accept that for his family.
James is very uncommunicative. He never wants to tell everyone about his
past. Even though Mary and the others told each other about their past, James still
didn’t want to tell them about that. He chooses to be quiet and just listen to what are
they talking about. And also they won’t to ask James about his past. After a long time
join into the war ship, James look a little comfort with the condition and he is not
look awkward anymore. He begins to tell about his past, but not at all. One night,
when Mary and James midwatch together, James starts talking about his family and
the reason why his father let him join with the war ship.
Since Mary had an incident with one of the cadets on the ship named Sloat,
James began strange like getting away from Mary and chose to be with the others.
And usually if they went to bed Mary and James always share about anything but
now he never say anything. Because James feel that Mary made that cadet do
right and left following the rhythms of billow and she don’t know that what she done
has made the cadet be tempted and do degenerate thing to Mary.
Sloat has twice to tries do degenerate thing to Mary. But for the second he
failed and died on Mary’s hand because Mary stuck the shiv to his stomach. Since the
second incident of Mary and Sloat, finally James wants to talk again to Mary. And
after a minute they were talk, James concede that he was interested to Mary and
actually he want to try to do something like Sloat do to Mary. But James always tries
to avoid that thing with do something that Mary hated/unlike.
“When I was mean to you….. I thought I…. I was becoming
one of those sodomites. Not with anyone else. Just with
you.” (Bloody Jack, page: 185)
Mary surprised heard that. She didn’t know that James had a plan which same
degenerate like Sloat do. But, she was happy and feel calm because even though
James had plan like that, he was trying to not to do that. As a normal man, James has
to fulfill his biologic needs although by sodomites like he want to do to Marry.
After James said that things, Mary ask him to help her to try her new dress
which is made by her. For a second, James looks so confused and ask to Mary
“Whose dresses that?”. And then after Mary had try the dress she didn’t want to
waiting for long time until James say something to her, finally she said that if James
“What we are going to do Jacky?
Well, Jaimy. You can kiss me if you love me”
(Bloody Jack, page: 186)
And that’s the begin James knows that Jacky is not a boy, but a girl and her
real name is Mary. James knows that he loves and likes Mary even from Mary still a
boy. And finally, Mary and James have a relationship as a new couple and no one
knows about that. Of course Mary feels so happy, because now she can more closely
with James without afraid if James things that Mary is a strange “boy”. And also
James feel happy because of he knows that Jacky is a girl he must not keep his
distance and always try the way to get the distance with Mary. Both of them are
happy now. And we know from the sentences that actually James is a real man who
still like and want a girl. So when he thinks he want to sodomites Mary that’s all just
because of he want to fulfill his biological needs.
Since James knows that Mary is a girl, he’ll become more over protective to
Mary. And also because of he is a man who has big responsibility and didn’t want to
lose Mary he becomes more protective to Mary. Because he didn’t want if Mary get
disrupt ion from everyone who want to hurt Mary.
When Mary dropped from the ship and will leave James she ask James to
come back and find her and then take her with him. James said he’ll be back and take
“Come back and find me, Jaimy, and take me away,.
I will, Jacky, I will.” (Bloody Jack, page : 288)
It proves that James is faithful man. Because he didn’t want to lose Mary and
he’ll bring Mary and then they’ll get married.
4.3 Rooster Charlie
Rooster Charlie is an orphan boy. He is fourteen years old. He is the leader of
a gang which all of the members are an orphan child, including Mary and also he is
Mary’s closest friend. Actually, it’s bad if a little boy like Charlie has been a leader in
a gang. Because a little boy like him should be still get the attention from his parents
and he should study at school. Actually, a little boy like Charlie might have feels live
likes the other child such as play with his friends and do something which usually a
child done. But, because of the death of his parents and he lost his guidance in his
lives he don’t know here to go and what he must do. And finally he chooses to live at
the street and becomes a leader gang there. They lived at London Street. His friends
choose Charlie because of Charlie always responsible and protect them good enough.
He is called Rooster Charlie because of his red hair and it falls to the side and his last
name is Brewster. Rooster Charlie is a boy who has big confident. He is small but
Charlie always takes care of his friends we can see from how he keeps his
friends from another gang around them. If there is a gang wants to make a trouble or
try to take their place, Charlie and his friend named Hugh always managed to protect
their friends. Hugh utilizes his big body to face them and Charlie uses his shiv to face
their enemies and always succeed to keep their place. Charlie has a dream that he
want to be a soldier and he’ll change his shiv become a great gleaming.
Charlie was always fair to his friends, like if he buying food he’ll bring that to
their home and share fairly to his friend. He loves his friend so much and he didn’t
want if anybody hurt them. Charlie always want to make his friends happy, so if he
has something that can he gives for his friend he will give it to them. For example, if
he has a piece of bread for the first he give that bread to his friend and than if there is
a remnant of that bread he’ll take it.
Charlie has a closest relationship with Mary. He didn’t want to lose Mary. So,
when Mary asks him why they must beg to survive, whereas they can read to get
some money. Charlie’s thinking for a while, than he said that he won’t to lose Mary.
He is too afraid if the other gang stole her.
” Alright Mary, I’ll be telling you straight. You’re smart and you
could understand my mind. I don’t want you stolen, is why.”
(Bloody Jack, page: 17)
Charlie loves Mary like his sister. He didn’t want to lose Mary so he gives
want if Mary look so sad if she remember about her family. If Mary sad, he always
try to make Mary laughing again and makes Mary feel comfort beside him. Charlie
always looking out for Mary, he was too afraid to lose Mary or the other tries to take
her from Charlie.
One day, Charlie comes to a place where a man named Muck stay there.
Charlie say something which made Muck get angry to him and he like dare to Muck.
Because of that, when Charlie’s walking on Lambert streets to get some food for his
friend, Muck comes and hit him on Charlie’s back head with the hard thing like wood
and finally Charlie died on Muck’s hand. Muck bring Charlie’s corpse to Dr. Grave
place to become a research like they want. The death of Charlie of course made Mary
feel so sad, because she didn’t want to lose a leader and also a brother. But Mary
can’t do anything, she just crying if she remembers that incident. That’s all happened
because of Charlie’s carelessness on his attitude and words of the Muck. He should
be able to better maintain his attitude and words to Muck because of Muck’s job is
collect the bodies to become research material doesn’t mean that he can act arbitrarily
to Muck. Because whatever work of someone we should cherish it, because they did
it to survive just like Mary and friends done.
4.4 Liam Delaney
An Irishman and skilled sailor, he is Jacky's overseer and "sea dad" who gives
her tips and rescues her from ill-intentioned men on board. Liam never makes Mary
meeting, he teaches Mary to make ropes. Liam is tall and strong. His hair is as black
as the coal. He can plays a flute which is has six holes and also he teaches me to play
it. Liam ever reminded Mary of a thing:
“Up in the rigging in the sunlight is the safe place for a ship’s boy, not
crawling around down in the dark hold. You listen to your old sea dad.”
(Bloody Jack, page: 69)
I think why Liam always remembered Mary to stay at the open place like that
it just fro to keep Mary from every bad habit which can beat her down on that ship.
Liam has assume Mary like his daughter, so he was always remembered Mary about
what she must to do and what she must let it. Like the caution of Liam on the
quotation above. But, Mary like didn’t care about Liam caution, she stay crawl on the
dark part of that ship.
When Mary’s friend Benjy’s died because of the war between their ships with
the pirates, Mary more closely with Liam. Because, she feels comfort beside him so
she spends much time with her sea dad. Liam always let Mary cry but that’s not takes
a long time. Because Liam didn’t want if Mary prolonged sadness.
“Jacky. You’ve got to let them go after a while, you know. You grieve
for your mates what have passed on for a decent time and then you
have to let them be.”
From the quotation above, we know that Liam didn’t want if Mary always sad
because of the death of her friend. Liam want Mary let her friend because after all
Mary cannot crying all the time because of that. Liam ask Mary to think about the
best time that ever they made together not the sad time with him and also Liam want
Mary didn’t always think about the death of her friend. Even though Mary still feels
sad, she always try to accept that and try to do what Liam want her to do.
Liam just like a savior for Mary. When a cadet named Sloat come to disturb
Mary, Liam come and save Mary from Sloat. He knows that Sloat would sodomize
Mary. He is really angry to Sloat until he said that he’ll kill Sloat if he disturbs the
child’s.
“Touch any boys again and I’ll kill you where you stand.”
(Bloody Jack, page: 159)
The quotation above, prove that Liam really care of all the children and he
always protects them. Especially Mary which is like his daughter. Liam really know
every misdeed of the people on that ship especially Sloat which homosexual. Every
Mary get the misdeed from the cadets on that ship, Liam always come and tries to
help Mary out of the situation, let Mary out of from the people who want to hurt her.
Liam didn’t want if Mary gets hurt because of them. But, not only Mary that he didn’t
want to hurt but also the other child that is Mary’s friend. Liam always tried to
remembered them do not come into the dark part of that ship and he always try to
Since that incident, Liam always gave more protects to Mary and the others
child. He didn’t want if any child get abuse from Sloat or another cadet who want to
sodomize them. Mary is very happy to known and close with Liam. And also Mary
CHAPTER V
CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION
Based on the analysis of the main character portrayal in L.A Meyer’s Novel
Bloody Jack, I compile the conclusion and sugge stion as follows:
5.1 Conclusion
In L.A Meyer’s Novel Bloody Jack, the characters are fictitious human
beings; they are Mary ‘Jacky’ Faber, Rooster Charlie, James ‘Jaimy’ Emerson
Fletcher and Liam Delaney.
Having analyzed the characters, I conclude that the main character portrayed
is a nice and brave girl. Beside that she is also friendly, smart and cheer full girl. Her
family call her Mary, in her gang her friends call her little Mary and then when she
follow the warship they call her Jacky because she is changes her name and her
appearance look like a boy. Mary join in a gang because she lose her family and live
alone so she choose to join in that gang. In the gang Mary survive by begging and
stealing. Mary never do that before but now she must because she live in the wild
world without her parents who always teach her to do something good. Wild world is
very dangerous for a little girl like Mary because it can kill her anytime. The leader in
because of his red hair and how it falls to the side. He is brave boy and really care
with his friend. His friend choose him be a leader because he has leader characteristic
and he is responsible with his friend. Because of his bravery make afraid all of their
enemy and didn’t want to attack them and take their place anymore. But, the end of
his life is really tragic, he kill by Muck and his corpse become a material research.
The other character is James Emerson Fletcher, twelve years old and come from the
first class family. He is uncommunicative, shy, and quiet boy. He also a brave one
even though he never show it in front of his friend. He join the ship to help his family
out of economic trouble. He falling in love with Mary and finally they have
relationship. And the last is Liam Delaney. He is one of the cadets on that ship. He
has fatherhood characteristic and great man. He is Mary’s sea dad and always keep
Mary from everyone who want to hurt her. He is brave confront of everyone who
always try to make trouble with him and Mary. So far he is great father and a brave
5.2 Suggestion
L.A. Meyer’s novel Bloody Jack is worth reading. The presence of the main
character portrayed and the immoralities from one of the characters in the novel in
this thesis show the value which reflects as human concerns. The usefulness of
reading the novel is meant to help us stay survives although without our family. And
the main characters such as Mary Faber who can survive without her family even
though she still ten years old. She makes sure herself that she can survive in the cruel
world for a little girl like her. This novel taught us to be a brave person to face the
risk in our life. Never hopeless even though we are just alone in the world. And we
must more respectful of a woman/girl. Because there is no different between a boy
and a girl. Both of them can do anything to survive themselves. But in this novel
show that a girl means nothing for everyone, they like a dirt and they more care with
a boy even though they are stupid. So, we must more brave, smart to face the world
