big trees or bush and believe in god and godesses. It means that the wilderness may become an essential aspect in eco-criticism to portray the way humans and natural
resources are interacted one to another.
B. Literature and Its Elements
1. Character and Characterizations
Characters are the most prominent things in making the story alive. Like Stewig 1980:369 states that “the all authors’ concern is character”. It happens as the
characters are the first things which the readers recognize and remember. In other word, without characters, the story is like a dish without recipe. Moreover, Luckens
1999: 86-88 divide characters into two types namely round and flat. Luckens 1999: 86 states that “flat characters are quickly made known to reader”. These flat
characters are not fully developed and their roles are to help carry the story. Meanwhile, the round characters Luckens, 1999: 88 mean that they are fully
developed. They have multi dimensions which make the characters own positive aspects and flaws at the same time. This character is known as three dimensional
one. Luckens 1999:81-82 explained further that the characters can be analyzed by five aspects namely by actions, by speech, by appearance, by other’s comments and
by author’s comments.
2. Points of View
According to Roberts 2003: 81, points of view ref er to “a work’s mode of
narration, lang uage, audience and perceptions of events and character”. One may
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
