Loyalty Portrayed In Eleanor Atkinson's Greyfriars Bobby: As A Reader-Response Study.

Abstract

Setianingrum,Mulya 2013. Loyalty Portrayed In EleanorAtkinson’s Greyfriars Bobby: As a Reader-Response Study. A Thesis, EnglishDepartment, Undergraduate Program of Stikubank (UNISBANK) Semarang University.Supervisor: Yulistiyanti, SS., M.Hum. KeyWord: Loyalty, Dog, Reader-Response Study, Greyfriars Bobby This thesis presents “Loyalty Portrayed InEleanor Atkinson’s Greyfriars Bobby:As a Reader-Response Study”. The story tells about a little skye terrier dog,named bobby that is loyal to his master, Auld Jock. The aim of this thesis isto find out the characteristics of the main character, Bobby in EleanorAtkinson’s Greyfriars Bobby, to findout Bobby’s loyalty toward his master, and to explain loyalty from reader’spoint of view.This study appliesreader-response theory and needs interpretation of the text which also applieshermeneutics theory. The writer analyzes loyalty of the main character from thetext of the novel.GreyfriarsBobby is oneof novels that uses setting in the nineteenth century.The characters of Bobby are intelligent, not vindictive, unique, agile, polite,sensitive, and cunning dog. Bobby shows courageous act of loyaltyto his master, Auld Jock through his attitude and act toward his master. Whenhis master has already passed away, Bobby still keeps watching over hismaster’s grave. Bobby leaves his master’s grave only for food. Bobby is stillloyal to guard his master’s grave until his own death.