Analysis of the Novel "Orang-orang Biasa" by Andrea Hirata Based on Case Study and Defense Mechanisms
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Base on
Case Study
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Content
Ordinary People is the 10th novel published by Andrea Hirata with Bentang
Pustaka Publishers. Andrea Hirata wrote the novel People Ordinary because of
his great disappointment with his failure to fight for a poor, smart boy to
enter the Faculty of Medicine, Bengkulu University.
Book Identity
Book title: Ordinary People
Genre: Roman
Publisher: Yogyakarta, Bentang Pustaka
Author: Andrea Hirata
Year of publication: 2019
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Structure
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Summary
of the case
Indonesian version :
Novel ini menceritakan sebuah kisah perjuangan seorang anak miskin nun
jauh di pedalaman sana dalam menggapai cita-cita nya untuk masuk kuliah
kedokteran. Ia diterima di Fakultas Kedokteran ternama, namun harus terhenti
karena terhalang biaya kuliah yang sangat mahal.
Bermula dari sebuah desa di pedalaman kota Bengkulu, Belantik namanya.
Sebuah kota yang penduduknya lupa berbuat jahat. Adalah Inspektur Rojali,
seorang polisi yang mengidolakan Sahrukh khan, yang sialnya ditugaskan di
daerah Belantik yang tenang dan minim kriminal. Karena terlalu damai,
sampai-sampai Inspektur Rojali merindukan sebuah kata ''angkat tangan'' sambil
menodongkan senjata.
Di suatu tempat, terdapat sekumpulan orang-orang biasa yang beranggotakan
10 orang yakni Handai, Tohirin, Honorun, Sobri, Rusip, Salud, Debut dan tiga
anak perempuan Nihe, Dinah dan Junailah. Persahabatan yang dimulai dari bangku
sekolah hingga mereka tua. Mereka dikenal akan kebodohan dan kepolosannya,
hingga suatu hari saat mereka sudah berumah tangga, salah satu dari anggota
kelompok nya yakni Dinah memiliki anak yang luar biasa cerdas, berbeda dengan
orang tuanya.
Anak ini memiliki cita-cita yang tinggi, termotivasi karena Ayahnya sakit
dan hanya dokter spesialis lah yang bisa menyembuhkannya. Karena miskin dan
tidak punya biaya untuk berobat, Aini memiliki tekad ingin menjadi dokter
spesialis agar bisa menyembuhkan Ayahnya.
Suatu hari, ketika kesepuluh orang ini tahu bahwa Aini ingin menjadi
dokter dan ingin kuliah di Fakultas Kedokteran, namun terhambat biaya mereka
memiliki sebuah rencana besar. Rencana merampok sebuah bank agar bisa membiayai
kuliah Aini. Namun, karena pada dasarnya mereka ini bodoh dan polos, apakah
rencana mereka berhasil? Tentu tidak.
Karena sejak awal, mereka pikir dengan membantu meringankan beban salah
satu temannya itu, meskipun dengan cara kriminal, mereka beranggapan sebagai
tindakan yang mulia. Sebuah tindakan pencurian bertopeng monyet yang hanya
berbekal meniru adegan-adegan dari film-film di TV, tanpa satu orang pun yang
memiliki pengalaman dalam merampok bank.
Rencana perampokan mereka terendus oleh Inspektur Rojali, sesuatu yang ia
impikan selama ini. Sebuah kejahatan di Belantik. Namun, karena mereka hanyalah
perampok amatiran, alhasil mereka gagal total dalam merampok bank tersebut.
English version :
This novel tells a story of the struggle of a poor boy far away in the
interior in achieving his dream to enter medical school. He was accepted at a
well-known Medical Faculty, but had to stop because of the very expensive
tuition fees.
Starting from a village in the interior of the city of Bengkulu, Belantik
name. A city whose inhabitants forget to do evil. It is Inspector Rojali, a
policeman who idolizes Sahrukh khan, who is unlucky to be assigned to a quiet
and crime-free Belantik area. It was so peaceful that Inspector Rojali missed
the word ''raise your hand'' while pointing a gun.
In one place, there is a group of ordinary people consisting of 10 people
namely Handai, Tohirin, Honorun, Sobri, Rusip, Salud, Debut and three daughters
Nihe, Dinah and Junailah. Friendship that starts from school until they are
old. They are known for their stupidity and innocence, until one day when they
are married, one of the members of the group, Dinah, has an extraordinarily
intelligent child, different from her parents.
This child has high aspirations, motivated because his father is sick and
only a specialist can cure him. Because she is poor and has no money for
treatment, Aini is determined to become a specialist in order to cure her
father.
One day, when these ten people know that Aini wants to become a doctor
and wants to study at the Faculty of Medicine, but is hampered by costs, they
have a big plan. A plan to rob a bank in order to pay for Aini's college.
However, since they were basically stupid and innocent, did their plan work?
Certainly not.
Because from the start, they thought that by helping to lighten the
burden of one of their friends, even if it was in a criminal way, they
considered it a noble act. An act of theft in a monkey mask armed only with
imitating scenes from movies on TV, without anyone having experience in robbing
banks.
Inspector Rojali spotted their robbery plan, something he had been
dreaming of all along. A crime in Belantik. However, because they were just
amateur robbers, they failed miserably in robbing the bank.
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Identification
Main issues
1. Mrs. Aini is obstructed from reaching her goals due to cost problems
(economic problems)
2. There is bullying against Aini's dream of becoming a doctor because of
the unsupportive environment (social problem)
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Due to bullying, 10 friends are forced to drop out of high school, and end up
with them growing up in poverty and ignorance.
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Recommended
Action Plan
1. For economic problems, the Government should provide
assistance to poor students, so that those who have no money can return to
continue their education and then provide counseling to parents about the
importance of education. And also the government should give priority to
children who are determined to realize their dreams by helping financially.
2. For social problems from bullying, people who saw
the bullying scene should give warnings, teach ethics to others (cultivate
caring and mutual respect) and then instill religious values.
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Style
From the novel " Orang-orang Biasa " the
author used third point of view (all-knowing) writing
On the technique of third point of view. The reference
word used is "he" " she" or the name of the character and
also they (plural) for example ; “ bu Aini “. These pronouns are used to tell
the main character in a story.
In addition to the pronouns used, there is one more
thing that distinguishes between the first person point of view and the third
person point of view, namely the freedom of roles in the story. In the first
person point of view, the writer can show ( herself )in the story, and this
does not apply to the third person point of view.
In the third person point of view, the writer is
'outside' of the content of the story and only tells the character
"she" or “ bu Aini” or her friends in the story.
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Defense
Mechanism
When the biggest test in friendship came, when Aini, who was the daughter one of her friends, managed to enter a prestigious medical college, when those who were accustomed to living as individuals who were marginalized by their social environment decided to plan a robbery to meet Aini's tuition fees. Aini's friends belong to the projection type in the defense mechanism, because here they show that they are willing to sacrifice time, energy, and materials to learn the robbery technique they plan to pay for Aini's college. They dare to take the risk of violating the law because they have no other choice because of their social conditions as marginalized individuals. Even though they know what they are doing is dangerous and threatens their future.
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