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’ “
Bloody Jack, page: 1
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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 thrown away to a place. Actually it’s not good if we treat the body like that, because
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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
though she didn’t know where to go. As a little girl it’s hard to live alone moreover
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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.” Bloody Jack, page: 7
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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 place which is selling food. And also they are stealing from a house and from the
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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
in front of his friend. Beside as a friend Charlie also a leader and as a protector of his
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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
changes herself become a boy.
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‘’ 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
name, but she begin changes her name when she left her gang and cut her hair. And
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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 always get the way how to keep her secret from the others.
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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 JackyMary. 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 that should be done by a cadet and how this being good. But, what we got here there
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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
see from the news which tells about raping a girl under the age. Besides damage the
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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 sociological phenomena and demographic
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
help. Mary learns much thing on the ship. Beside she can read, she also can keep her
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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
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