Reflection of Novel Oliver and Company

Walt, Disney. (1988). Oliver and Company. America. Buena Vista Pictures.

          This novel tells the story about a dog that would not go in the adoption by people passing in a corner of the big city, new york. oliver was wandering alone in the streets looking for someone to adopt him, he met a dog named Dodger who assist him in stealing food from the hot dog vendor named Louie, but when Dodger stole the sausage he didn’t want to divide the sausage with Oliver. And then Oliver followed Dodger to the edge of the city. There, on the riverfront was an old, rickety pier. Next to it was an abandoned barge. This wasn’t the fancy part of the town. The barge was filled with old, beaten-up furniture and broken-down appliances. Dodger live there with a pack of other dogs. They called it home.

          The cover is really nice, and colorful. It shows Oliver and the gank. This novel explains that about a dog that would not go in the adoption by people passing in a corner of the big city. He feels lonely and want to have home and family.

          Reading this book reminds me a book called Petualangan Lima Sekawan authored by Enid Blyton which tells 4 people and 1 dog have a friendship like a family, between them are two orphans and they are also have an adventure in every story same as with Oliver and Company.

Anyway, this is an interesting novel to read. This simple tale of belonging and will inspire readers of all kids.

Reflection of Novel Sarah, Plain and Tall

MacLachlan, Patricia. (1985). Sarah, Plain and Tall. America. HarperCollins.

            Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia Maclachlan is a short and sweet novel about family and loneliness. The language simple but strong. She shows her characters’ emotions in every story in the novel. From this novel we will know how the family feels lonely without a mother, because home it’s not home without mom. This novel tells a story of one family's miss their mother who had died a few years earlier. Then the father of the family decided to place an advertisement  in the newspaper, looking for a wife. Sarah Wheaton, of Maine, respond the letter and decided to come. When she came, she brought things from the sea, for children and she always talked about the sea. She was in agreement with the family.  She learned a lot of things on the farm and help as a mother. The children were very happy and hope that she will live forever with them.

            The cover is really nice, because it shows about mother. This novel explains that a family is’nt complete without a mother. Home is not home without mom. sometimes accept someone new is the solution in a family. Not all the new things that bad in a family.

            Reading this book reminds me a book called semiliar cinta untuk ayah which tells about family without father. Gathered from a variety of different stories but equally discuss a family without a father.

            Anyway, this is an interesting novel to read. This simple tale of belonging and family will inspire readers of all ages.