Literary Works

Saturday, June 4, 2011

Grave


This short story has been analyzed by Masduki and Nasih Iwan Susanto.
‘GRAVE’

Miranda and Paul were brother and sister. She was seven  and he was twelve yeras old. They lived around the end of eighteenth to the beginning of nineteenth century. Their grandfather passed away for more than thirty years ago and his bones were removed twice by the grandmother that finally was burried beside him in public cemetery of Kentucky. Miranda and Paul liked advanture. They often went together to hunt rabbit and dove surrounding the cementry. One day they went hunting incidently found the grave while shot the targets. They were surprised when they knew about the grave.  As the other children, their curiousity made them do the forbidden things. They broke down the grave that actually had their grandparents’ bone. She  scrached the ground firmly and in the end they found something differently. Miranda  got a silver dove but Paul found a thin wide gold ring carved with intricate flowers and leaves. Finally, Paul was interested in the silver and Miranda was also eager to have what Paul had got. Therefore they  exchange their things. Paul thouht that it was a very secret thing so he asked Miranda not tell it to anyone forever.

ANALYSIS OF THE STORY
1.  Setting
a.     Setting of place            : Texas
b.    Setting of time             : End-18th – Beginning  of 19th
                                       Century.
c.        Sociocultural setting   :  Public Cemetery, simple lives
2.   Character
a.   Main character              :  Miranda and Paul
b.  Supporting character   :  Maria, Harry, Jimbilly,father,            neigbour, old woman
3.  Plot
a.   Exposition                    : Paragraph 1 – paragraph 2
b.   Complication               : Paragrap 3 – Paragraph 6
c.   Crises                            :  Paragraph 7 – Paragraph 8
d.   Falling Action              : Paragraph 9
e.   Ressolution                  : Paragrap 10
4.  Point of View                             : 3rd  Person
5.  Symbol                                       :  Grave
6.  Tone                                            :  Amusement, adventure
7.  Theme                                         :  Social life
8.  Message                                     :  people should keep their own secret story from themselves.
9.  Comment                                   : The story is compatible for junior high school student.

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