<![CDATA[A lot of efforts go into raising the awareness of environmental issues since a very young age, including through children’s literature. The significance of this effort lies on the fact that children’s literature has always been a channel of representation and a simplified depiction of how society operates for young kids. This study examines two different fictional short stories with a shared theme originated from Bali, Indonesia and the United States entitled Luh Ayu Manik Mas: Pahlawan Lingkungan and “Greta and the Giants,” respectively. In some previous studies, scholars point out the caring nature of women within the relationship between women and nature, but it is bravery that becomes the most highlighted quality in these two stories, hence, “warriors”. The objectives of this research are 1) to describe the character development of the young girls in both short stories and 2) to explain the impact and interaction brought by the main characters towards their surroundings as instigators of change for the environment. In order to achieve these aims, two questions are formulated as follows: 1) How are the main characters developed in both short stories? and 2) How do the young girls portrayed as agent of change for the environment? This study is qualitative in nature which adopts content analysis as the method. The approach that is employed for this study is ecofeminism. Two results are obtained through this study, 1) both main characters undergo similar stages of development, which are: obliviousness, curiosity, willingness to change, and finally instigating a change. 2) Both young girls initiate the move of improving themselves and the environment around them by taking real actions and invite the people around them to do the same.]]>
