The Moral Value in “Back to the Dreamtime

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The moral values that contained in “Back To The Dreamtime” novel are Good Responds by family, a sense of love, Responsibility, Never give up, and Mutual Respect. I think besides interesting, it is also giving some lessons to the readers.

The first of moral values that contained in this novel is good respond by family. It can we see from there are good responds from Mc Donald family to Richard, though Richard is not they the biological child. McDonald family was very closer each other, no jealousy and favoritism. For example, when Sonya (his mother) woke up Richard, Sonya smiled with him and also made him some food. Besides that, Tom and Judy are Richard stepbrother and stepsister, they not jealous each other.

The other morale value is a sense of love that they give to Richard like their other child. For example, when Sonya and Joe explain about aboriginal decoration to Richard with carefully like in the text “your father and I love you dearly, and whatever we have ever done has been for your good”. Besides that, Tom and Judy are also dear with Richard. They are always together.

The third of moral values that contained in this novel is responsibility. In this novel we can see there are responsibilities that author describe. Firstly is when Richard, Tom, and Judy had given responsibility to clean the attic by their father. They do it very well. The other responsibility is when Richard find aboriginal decoration called a Tjurunga. Sonya and Joe explain it, they hope Richard not angry with their. Because they had given some responsibility by Richard father before his passed away to save it and they feel sad because they do not keep it well. The last responsibility that there in the novel is when Richard know meaning from a Tjurunga, he must help people in his village.

The fourth of moral values that contained in this novel is never give up. It is illustrated by Richard who is always trying to find information about the text meaning in a Tjurunga. Like...