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CHAPTER 5 CONSCLUSIONS, IMPLICATIONS AND SUGGESTIONS

This chapter encompasses three parts; they are conclusions, implications and suggestions. The conclusions present the overall results of John Cooper’s and Catarina de Escobar’s characterization, perception towards the Indians and the social relationships that they build with the Indians as the realizations of their perception. The second part is the implications of this study in the field of education in the relation with the major subject of English education. The suggestions come up as the last part that provides useful information about the related study.

5.1 Conclusions

The conclusions of this study consist of three main parts. The first part is the characterization of John Cooper and Catarina de Escobar. The second part is the perception of John Cooper and Catarina de Escobar about the Indians. The third part represents the relationships that John Cooper and Catarina de Escobar build with the Indians. The characterization of John Cooper and Catarina de Escobar becomes the psychological factors that will be presented as the influence of their making perception and the next level of building the relationships with the Indians. The ways to that John Cooper and Catarina de Escobar have made their perception about the Indians can be seen through their speech, personal experiences or backgrounds, other’s conversation, reactions and thoughts. These PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI 131 ways employ Murphy’s theory of analyzing the characterizations of a character. Meanwhile, the way that both John Cooper and Catarina de Escobar make their perception is analyzed by using Little’s theory of perception making. John Cooper is described as unemotional, self-controlled, and logical when he faces difficulties in his relationships. Meanwhile, Catarina de Escobar tends to be more emotional, dependent, and irritable. The perception that John Cooper makes about the Indians consists of five points. The first point is that the Indians are brave. It is shown when John Cooper is living with the Indians. From the first time when John Cooper comes to an Indian village, he finds that the Indian men are considered as brave by nature. Thus, this is the reason why the term of “brave” is used to refer to an Indian man. Another proof is that John Cooper has observed the way of Indian’s life. The Indians must prove their prowess in hunting games and wars before they get the social acknowledgement from their people. This is the tribal law that insists an Indian to endure torture without fear. The second point is that the Indians are friendly. John Cooper experiences that the Indians welcome him to be their part of society and they will be good friends to those who bear good heart to them. The third point is that the Indians are appreciative. As John Cooper experiences when he is living with the Indians, they will return the kindness that someone has brought to them with deep respect and even with their own lives. The forth point is that the Indians are modest. John Cooper finds that the Indians respect those who speak with a straight tongue and possess no deceitful thoughts about them. PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI 132 The last point is that the Indians are superstitious. The Indians are firmly connected with the spiritual world. As the result of that fact, John Cooper finds that Indians believe in superstitious things like curses and evil spirits that dwell within certain animals. That perception is influenced by John Cooper’s characterization that he tends to be logical, self-controlled, and unemotional when he faces hardships in dealing with the Indians. The next conclusion is directed to Catarina de Escobar’s perception about the Indians. There are two points of perception that Catarina de Escobar makes about the Indians. The first perception that Catarina de Escobar makes depicts that the Indians are uncivilized. When Catarina de Escobar meets John Cooper at the very first moment, she is astonished with his appearance and his clothing that he adopts from the Indians. She thinks that the way he dresses himself is impolite and wild. Another evidence that depicts Catarina de Escobar’s perceiving the Indians as uncivilized is when John Cooper gives her the food that the Indians make. She thinks that such kind of food is not for human. The second perception is that the Indians are barbaric. This perception is basically influenced by the terrible experiences that Catarina de Escobar has with them. At the first time when she and her family come to the New World, they are ambushed by a band of wild Indians in the middle of their journey to Taos. The second experience that worsens her traumatic about the Indians is when a band of Mescalero Indians capture her and try to ravish her before John Cooper comes to save her. The way that Catarina de Escobar makes her perception about the Indians is influenced by PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI 133 her characterization in which she tends to be more emotional, reactive and irritated when she faces bad experiences with the Indians. As the implementation of both John Cooper’s and Catarina de Escobar’s perception about the Indians, there are peer and social relationships that both characters have made with them. According to the perception and the gender diversities that John Cooper and Catarina de Escobar possess, both the peer and the social relationships that both of them have built with the Indians are depicted contrastively. With the perception that tends to be more positive, John Cooper has built many mutual relationships with the Indians. On the contrary, Catarina de Escobar tends to be more restrictive when she has to deal with the Indians. It is due to the fact that she has some traumatic experiences with the Indians. As the result of those experiences, Catarina de Escobar tends to think cynically about the Indians. From this conclusion we can see that between two people or more there will be contrastively different in their perception when they face the reality.

5.2 Implications