5 that have power. In this context, a child is like Jack that tends to be magical
thinker to be hero. Jack is influenced by English folktale “Jack The Giant Killer”
.
He believes can save her mother from the kidnaper by being hero. Related to the actions of child that tend to have magical thinking, it can be a help for children to
handle and explore their ideas and creativity.
3.1.2.2 Having Magical Power 3.1.2.2.1 Belief in
Santa
Children tend to be magical thinker to have magical power. In this context, a son shows his perspective about
“Santa” and believes to have magical power like
Santa
. It illustrates the magical thinking of children who still believes there is a magic of
Santa
who can grant their requests with his different perception. Santa is one of myth that popular in Christmas and it is iconic character among children.
In this context, the averages of children usually tend to be magical thinker and believe having magical power to get anything spontaneously
3.1.2.2.2 Belief in Tooth Fairy
Child usually believes that there is a tooth fairy in real world. Related to tooth fairy, it was one one iconic fantasy figure of early childhood. The tooth fairy first
appeared around the 20
th
century American creation and it identical for children when they believe that tooth fairy brings their tooth when they drop their tooth
under their pillows Schultz, 2014:2. In this context, Jack as young American child believe a tooth fairy and when his mother gets toothache, he wants Ma put
her tooth in her pillow and tooth fairy will take her tooth.
3.1.3 Non-Logical Thinking 3.1.3.1 Perception about Identity
The other indicators of children perception about identity can be seen from the struggle of a child who confuses his real identity. In this context, the struggle of
Jack as a child has perception to view his identity. The struggle of Jack to know his own identity is still blurred for him as a child. He cannot understand with his
6 limited intellectual capability of being known the reality of his identity as one of
human outside the room. He and his mother are only human and Old Nick as the kidnapper is not a human. It makes Jack as a young child difficult to understand.
3.1.4 Imaginative 3.1.4.1 Child Imagination about Animation
Imagination often associated with early childhood. At this stage, children tried to describe the real and imaginary events with their capabilities. In this story, Jack
believes Dora speak with him directly through Television. Related to children that usually has imaginary friend in this stage, children are like Jack in the story and
tend to have friends but cannot choose the right concept about reality world. In this context, children still confused to construct the reality. On the other hand,
Dora just animation or cartoon in television.
3.1.5 Egocentrism 3.1.5.1 Self-centered to Get Attention from Someone
Self-centered identified by seeing the activities and attitude when someone only interested in his or her own activities and become the central of attention.
Children in general will show their desire to be self-centered in every activity. The egocentrism in early childhood is different from adult because children are young
individual that believe based on their perspective without thinking too much. In this context, Jack always thinks that he is right and he wants anything with his
naïve character as a child. 3.1.5.2 Being not Care to Others Opinion
Children usually confident with their own opinion and believe that they are right it makes children begin not care to others opinion because their ego. Child being not
care others opinion because they only believe with their own perception. It refers to Jack who has high ego like others child in general. His point of view makes
him disagree with others reason because the egocentric of children occurs in age 5-year-
old that represent how Jack’s perspective.
7
3.2 Depiction of Child Perspective in the Novel 3.2.1 Through Characters and Characterization
3.2.1.1 Naïve character
The novel describes some of characters to illustrate the phenomena of child perspective in this novel. Child perspective can be known through
characterization of children named Jack that has naïve character. Child perspective can be seen in the character of Jack because he is the first narrator in
the novel that tells all of conflict in the story through the innocent of 5-year-old young child.
3.2.1.2 Understandable Character
U nderstandable character described by Ma as Jack’s mother. Ma care to her son
and Ma as an adult views the condition of child. It can be known how child perspectives reflected by the struggle of Mother who try make her son understand
the explanation of adult. In this context, a mother is like Ma in the story who illustrates the understanding character as a mother who tries to care to children.
Dr. Clay and Jack’s Grandma also try to do therapeutic isolation for Jack.
3.2.2 Through Child Questions
Child perspective also can be known in the way of children as anything related to
their curiosity. Children usually always ask many questions. It can be seen in the
sentence
Why do rappers wear shades even in the night, I ask Ma, are their eyeballs sore?
Donoghue, 2010:18. It can be known that children tend to ask variety of question because they have high curiosity about new things that they
never know before. On the other hand, children sometimes ask difficult question about unreal thing like in the sentence
“
Is Saint Peter a bad guy?
and “ h
ow come they fly off the wall, then?
Donoghue, 2010:13. It is the example of Jack’s
questions that confusing for adult to explain because Jack still young and cannot understand complex things. In this context, children tend to ask everything about
real and unreal things repeatedly until they get the right answer based on their own opinion.
8
3.2.3 Style 3.2.3.1 Diction
