BACK TO THE DREAMTIME by H.Q.Mitchell

Back to the dreamtime???this story is about a teenager from aboriginal boy raised in white Australian society called Richard MacDonald. He adopted by Joe,his adopted father and sonya,his adopted mother.Richard also have adopted big brother,Tom which same school with him and adopted younger sister,Judy. They never thought he as a adopted son. They really caring obout him eventhough their colour are not same. In this story,Richard always had a same dream that something calling him.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. They always worried obout him if anything happen to him like his own son. No breaking love at all,just full of love.

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. That’s thing make him fell like his responsibility to save his people.

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 Richard meet Aranda after that he must waited day by day to meet Urandangi to interpret the text in a Tjurunga. He also to go through the road was very rough and old and drive to lake Amadeus took over five hours for search more information.

The last of moral values that contained in this novel is mutual respect each other. In this novel, Tom is Richard brother always attend and help Richard to search Richard background. He always patient and follow Richard wherever he want to go. Besides Tom, that always attend to Richard is Bradley. Tom and Bradley together helped to Richard. When Richard say to Tom “I’m thinking of not going back home” and tom surprised with Richard say. Finally Tom say to Richard “do what you want to do and not what you feel you need to do”. In this sentences describe how Tom respects to Richard. Tom and Bradley always support Richard whatever he want to do.

In conclusion, the moral values from this novel are really satisfied our readers,including me because it’s such lovely present from this family. The family just show their love to Richard within he only an adopted son. This love that we must learn from this story.