grant, however, that the position from which people and understand things e.g., established positions of political party, religion, social philosophy, and morality
has a most definite bearing on how they think and therefore on their opinions and beliefs Roberts,2003: 81. The point of view used in the story can determine the
position from which the readers are able to see and understand. It happens as point of view is able to shape rea
der’s opinion and perception toward the story. Thus, the use of different point of view can shape different opinion and story.
C. Previous Research Findings
The researcher finds there are two previous studies that have several similarities compared to this
research which is under the title: “Human Nature Interdependence in Scott O’Dell’s Island of the Blue Dolphins”. The first previous study is Tatiek
Apriati’s “Analysis of Human Nature Relationship in Children’s Book Julie”. The second one is entitled “Karana’s Struggles for Survival in Scott O’Dell’s
Island of the Blue Dolphins “ by Wiwiek Widiastuti 2012 which uses the feminism
theory. She examines the aspects of woman bravery Karana, the teenage girl from the Indian tribe and great efforts to live in the wilderness of the nature.
There are two reasons why this research is different from those previous studies. The first one is that this reseach tries to analyze the natural problems which other
previous studies do not. Tatik Apriati focuses on how human and nature is interelated meanwhile Wiwiek Widiastuti focuses on how a young girl struggles in
living alone in the island. The second one is that this research applies different novel
compared to Apriati’s research and different perspective compared to Widiastuti’s research.
D. Conceptual Framework
Island of the Blue Dolphins is a teenager novel written by Scott O’Dell. It tells
about Karana who lives with her tribes in Island of the Blue Dolphins. One day, the Russian and Alleut ships came to ask for the renewable resources like otter,
shellfish, and another fish. There is an approval that the share must be 50 : 50, but the Russian and Alleut betrayed it. Many otter and another shellfish are taken by
the White hunter and Alleut. It is clearly seen that the novel depicts the relationship between human and nature, especially between the human and ecosystem of the sea
and its biodiversity. This novel gives a portrayal of nature in Ghalas-at tribe or Island of the Blue Dolphins to make a better understanding about keeping and
‘greening’ the earth. The eco-criticism is applied in this research. The theoretical framework of this research can be seen in Figure 1 below.
Characters and Characterization
Points of View Animals
Eco-Criticism
Wilderness Literary Elements
Objective 1: to show the natural
problems that Karana faces in O’Dell’s
Island of the Blue Dolphins,
Objective 2: to
show the
interdependence between nature and
human beings
in Islands of the Blue
Dolphins
Figure 1: The scheme of theoretical framework Scott O’Dell’s Islands of the Blue Dolphin
