On My way...

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karena bertemu seseorang, 

terkadang tujuan dari sebuah perjalanan bisa saja berubah.

"aku melewati rute yang sama setiap pagi dan berhenti di beberapa titik, mencari tujuanku"

begitulah caraku hidup.

rute perjalananku sudah ditentukan, tp aku bisa memilih  titik mana saja untuk berhenti, 

berhenti untk melepas lelah,menyapa seseorag, atau menemukan pemberhentian terakhir.

The Zoo Story By Edward Albee

analized by TRIANASARI/ A 320 080 117

  The writer gives the title “The Zoo Story” 

Because it tells about Jerry, one of main characters in this story, Jerry is an isolated and disheartened man who lives in a boarding house and is very troubled. “Zoo” word in the title reflects Jerry’s behavior which is like zoo. 

The characters  

Peter, a man in his early forties, neither fat nor gaunt, neither

handsome nor homely He wears tweeds, smokes a pipe, carries

horn-rimmed glasses. Although he is moving into middle age, his 

dress and his manner would suggest a man younger. 

Jerry, a man in his late thirties, not poorly dressed, but carelessly.

What was once a trim and lightly muscled body has begun to go to fat;

and while he is no longer handsome, it is evident that he once was.

His fall from physical grace should not suggest debauchery; he has, to 

come closest to it. A great weariness. 

The Synopsis 

            A man named Peter, a complacent publishing executive of middle age and upper-middle income, is comfortably reading a book on his favorite bench in New York's Central Park on a sunny afternoon. Along comes Jerry, an aggressive, seedy, erratic loner. Jerry announces that he has been to the (Central Park) Zoo and eventually gets Peter, who clearly would rather be left alone, to put down his book and actually enter into a conversation. With pushy questions, Jerry learns that Peter lives on the fashionable East Side of the Park (they are near Fifth Avenue and 74th Street), that the firm for which he works publishes textbooks, and that his household is female-dominated: one wife, two daughters, two cats, and two parakeets. Jerry easily guesses that Peter would rather have a dog than cats and that he wishes he had a son. More perceptively, Jerry guesses that there will be no more children, and that that decision was made by Peter's wife. Ruefully, Peter admits the truth of these guesses. 

           The subjects of the Zoo and Jerry's visit to it come up several times, at one of which Jerry says mysteriously, "You'll read about it in the papers tomorrow, if you don't see it on your TV tonight.'' The play never completely clarifies this remark. Some critics think, because of statements Jerry makes about the animals, that he may have released some from their cages, while others think Jerry is talking about a death which has not yet happened, which might be headlined "Murder Near Central Park Zoo.'' 

             The catalyst for the shocking ending transpires when Peter announces, he really must be going home. And then Jerry gives response, begins to tickle Peter. Peter giggles laughs and agrees to listen to Jerry finish telling happened at the zoo. At the same time Jerry begins pushing Peter off the bench. Peter decides to fight for his territory on the bench and becomes angry. Unexpectedly, Jerry pulls a knife on Peter, and then drops it as initiative for Peter to grab. When Peter holds the knife defensively, Jerry charges him and impales himself on the knife. Bleeding on the park bench, Jerry finishes his zoo story by bringing it into the immediate present, "Could I have planned all this. No... no, I couldn't have. But I think I did." Horrified, Peter runs away from Jerry whose dying words, "Oh...my...God". 

The messages of the story 

          It can be seen that there is different social class between Jerry and Peter. We can learn about life value which is multi leveled play dealing with issues of human isolation, loneliness, class differences, and the dangers of inaction within American society. It focuses on the need for people to acknowledge and understand each other's differences.          

The kind of the story  

           This story is classified as “man vs. society”, because the conflict arises because of Jerry with his bad behavior which caused of his social life condition.

The Proposal by Anton Chekov

Characters :

a. Stepan Stepanovich Chubukov
b. Natalya Stepanovna
c. Ivan Vassilevitch Lomov

Characterization :

a. Stepan Stepanovich Chubukov: 70 years old, a landowner.
b. Natalya Stepanovna: Chubukov’s daughter, 25 years old.
c. Ivan Vassilevitch Lomov: 35 years old, a neighbour of Tschubukov, a large and hearty, but very suspicious landowner.

Plot :

Ivan Vassiliyitch Lomov, a long-time neighbor of Stepan Stepanovitch Chubukov, has come to propose marriage to Chubukov's 25-year-old daughter, Natalia. After he has asked and received joyful permission to marry Natalia, she is invited into the room, and he tries to convey to her the proposal. Lomov is a hypochondriac, and, while trying to make clear his reasons for being there, he gets into an argument with Natalia about The Oxen Meadows, a disputed piece of land between their respective properties, which results in him having "palpitations" and numbness in his leg. After her father notices they are arguing, he joins in, and then sends Ivan out of the house. While Stepan rants about Lomov, he expresses his shock that "this fool dares to make you (Natalia) a proposal of marriage!" This news she immediately starts into hysterics, begging for her father to bring him back. He does, and Natalia and Ivan get into a second big argument, this time about the superiority of their respective hunting dogs, Otkatai and Ugadi. Ivan collapses from his exhaustion over arguing, and father and daughter fear he's died. However, after a few minutes he regains consciousness, and Tschubukov all but forces him and his daughter to accept the proposal with a kiss. Immediately following the kiss, the couple gets into another argument.

Setting :

a. Setting of place : In a country house of Chubukov
b. Setting of time : In the past time

Theme :

The farce explores the process of getting married and could be read as a satire on the upper middle class and courtship.
The play points out the struggle to balance the economic necessities of marriage and what the characters themselves actually want. It shows the characters' desperation for marriage as comical.
In Chekhov's Russia, marriage was a mean of economic stability for most people. They married to gain wealth and possessions or to satisfy social pressure. The satire is conveyed successfully by emphasizing the couple's foolish arguments over small things. The main arguments in the play revolve around The Oxen Meadows and two dogs called Ugadi and Otkatai.

Conclusion :

In Chekhov's Russia, marriage was a means of economic stability for most people. They married to gain wealth and possessions. In this play, the concept of marriage is being satirized to show the real purpose of marriage - materialistic gain rather than true love.
Thus, first, it assumes that there is such a thing as true love and that it is a conception based on the idea that two people are literally meant for each other. Second, it states that these two people, though meant for each other, may have to endure a good deal before they can actually achieve the love they feel.

Man vs. Society :

It is a man vs. society drama because in the proposal drama there are some conflicts among its characters. Moreover in this drama there is no natural event.

RPP

RENCANA PELAKSANAAN PEMBELAJARAN

(RPP)

Satuan Pendidikan : SM AL-FIRDAUS

Mata Pelajaran : Bahasa Inggris
Kelas/Semester :VIII / 1

Jenis teks : Recount text

Tema : Public service

Aspek / Skill : Mendengarkan

Alokasi waktu : 1 x 15 menit

A. Standar Kompetensi

2. Memahami makna dalam teks lisan fungsional dan monolog pendek sederhana berbentuk descriptive dan recount untuk berinteraksi dengan lingkungan sekitar.

B. Kompetensi Dasar

2.2 Merespon makna yang terdapat dalam monolog pendek sederhana secara akurat, lancar, dan berterima untuk berinteraksi dengan lingkungan sekitar dalam teks berbentuk descriptive dan recount.

C. Indikator

1. Mengidentifikasi ide utama teks yang berbentuk recount dengan cara menjawab pertanyaan yang diberikan.
2. Mengidenfikasi pertanyaan yang diberikan dengan cara menjawab pertanyaan yang diberikan.
3. Mengidentifikasi informasi rinci teks yang berbentuk recount dengan cara menjawab pertanyaan yang diberikan.
4. Mengidentifikasi makna kata teks yang berbentuk recount dengan cara mencari sinonim dari kata yang diberikan.
5. Mengidentifikasi fungsi social teks recount dengan memilih jawaban yang paling tepat.
6. Mengidentifikasi langkah-langkah retorika teks recount dengan menentukan bagian kalimat yang merupakan langkah retorika tertentu.

E. Materi Ajar/Materi Pokok

1. Teks recount dengan tema public service
2. Kosakata terkait tema : restaurant, hotel, accomodation
3. Past verb : go-went, bring–brought, give–gave, find–found
4. Conjunction : before, after, and but
5. Simple past tense : S + P (V2)+O
6. Time sequence : first, next, then
7. Social funcition text : to retell past experience
8. Generic structure : orientation, series of events, reorientation
9. Teks Recount :

Dani’s Vacation D Orientation ani’s classmates spent their vacation by going to different places and doing different activities. Some of them visited their relatives in different cities; some other spent their time in tourism objects such as mountains, beach, zoos, or museums. D Events 1 ifferent from his friends, Dani stayed at home in the vacation. He was sick. He got an accident in the park when he played football one day during the vacation. One of the players chrased him while he was having the ball. He felt down and his leg was broken. D Events 2 ani was brought to hospital and he got a surgery for the leg. The doctor told that he must stay in bed for several days. Therefore, he spent the remaining days of the vacation at home. When the school time came, everyone in the class brought souvenir for the class, but Dani brought his wheelchair.

F. Metode Pembelajaran : BKOF, MOT, JCOT, ICOT, GBI

G. Langkah-langkah Pembelajaran

1. Pendahuluan

• Greetings.
• Checking for the roll.
• Tanya jawab berbagai hal untuk memotivasi siswa menjawab pertanyaan pengalaman sekitar siswa.
• Guru menyampaikan tentang materi yang akan dipelajari.

2. Kegiatan Inti

1. Eksplorasi ( Pre-listening )

1. Siswa mengungkapkan beberapa pengalaman yang pernah dilalui selama liburan.
2. Siswa mendengarkan penjelasan guru mengenai pengertian teks recount dan descriptive.

1. Elaborasi ( While-listening )

1. Siswa mendengarkan script monolog pendek dalam teks recount yang diputarkan oleh guru dengan tema public service.
2. Siswa diberi lembar soal oleh guru dengan soal berupa pilihan ganda.
3. Siswa mendengarkan penjelasan guru mengenai past verb, past tense, conjunction dan temporal sequence.
4. Siswa diminta untuk mengulang kembali kosakata yang baru didengar dari dialog yang diputar.

1. Konfirmasi ( Post-listening )

1. Siswa menjawab pertanyaan tentang berbagai informasi ( ide utama, informasi tertentu, rinci, makna kata ) terkait teks yang diputar.
2. Siswa dapat mengungkapkan isi dari informasi yang disampaikan dalam teks dengan relevan sesuai apa yang didengar.

3. Kegiatan Akhir

• Refleksi.
• Menyimpulkan materi pembelajaran yang dipelajari.
• Memberi PR untuk mendengarkan teks serupa dalam berita yang ada di TV.

H. Alat : teks, tape recorder, script rekaman.

Sumber Belajar :

• Passport to the World 2, platinum hal 85
• Script percakapan atau rekaman percakapan.

I. Penilaian

Mendengarkan
1. Teknik Penilaian : Tes tertulis

2. Bentuk instrument : Pilihan ganda

3. Contoh instrument :

Choose the best based on the information form the text you hear.

Listening script

Recount text

Last semester holiday, my friend and I went to a hotel. A receptionist welcomed us, “Can I help you?”, she asked. I said that I wanted a double room with a bath for one night. Her assistant gave the keys to number forty two. I took the keys and went upstairs to check in. A porter helped me carry my suitcases. When we found our room, we saw unlocked the door and opened it. We got shocked when we saw fat women smoking in the room. We shouted and banged the door. We thought there were ghost in our room. We ran away and got back to the receptionist room. One of the fat women ran after me. She was so angry were very afraid. Then we explained to the receptionist what had happened to us. She was very sorry. She shad made a mistake. Our room was next door, number forty – one. Her assistant gave us the key to number forty – one. We return ed to out room and rested there. The fat women realized it. We glad because the look of anger had disappeared room her face. We checked out the following morning.

Pertanyaan :

1. When did she went to hotel?

1. Last week
2. Last month
3. Last semester holiday
4. Last new year

1. What did the receptionist said to her when she arrive at hotel?

1. Could you help me?
2. Can I help you?
3. Did you like it?
4. What did you do there?

3. What did she want in the hotel?

1. She wanted a double room with a bath for one night
2. She wanted a single room with a bath for one night
3. She wanted a double room with a living room for one night
4. She wanted a double room with a bath for two night

4. Why did she shock when open the room?

1. She saw a ghost in the room
2. She saw a insect in the room
3. She saw a big man in the room
4. She saw fat women smoking in the room

5. Did she have enjoyed in the end of holiday?

1. Yes, she have
2. No, she didn’t
3. Yes, she did
4. No, she haven’t

Kunci jawaban

1. C
2. B
3. A
4. D
5. C

J. Pedoman Penilaian

1. Setiap jawaban benar skor 2
2. Jumlah skor maksimal : 5 x 2 = 10
3. Nilai maksimal : 10

NILAI = skor perolehan x 1

Surakarta, 14 Maret 2011

Mengetahui, Guru Pembimbing NURHIDAYAT, S.Pd

Praktikan, TRIANASARI A 320080117

Death of A Salesman

Name : TRIANASARI

NIM : A 320 080 117

Class : G

Death of A Salesman

1. Theme

Inadequacy: Exemplified by Happy's randomly claiming to have lost weight and declaring that he's going to get married someday in an attempt to get his parents' attention away from Biff

Ignorance: Willy's philosophy that success is based on appearance and popularity without mentioning hard work.

Pride: Willy was too proud to accept a job working for Charley, but he would accept his money on the premise that it was a loan, even though it was impossible for Willy to repay.

Self-Awareness:- Biff knew that he loved working with his hands and outdoors, whereas his father was in denial of the fact that that was his love in life as well; Willy suppressed that joy because it did not fit into his predetermined mold for a beloved businessman

Lacking an Awareness of Reality:- Willy refuses to acknowledge the fact that he is a fine carpenter, and continues to live a life of lies, memories, and dreams as a smothered businessman.

2. Background

Willy Loman is a traveling salesman who has worked for the Wagner Company for thirty-four years. He is now sixty-one years old and has been taken off salary and put back on straight commission, and he is unable to earn enough money to pay the bills. Charley, the Lomans' neighbor, has been giving money to Willy every month to meet his payments, even though Willy is too proud to accept a payroll job from him. Charley's son Bernard, who was in school with Willy's sons, has become a successful lawyer.

Willy's two sons, Biff and Happy, come back home and are temporarily sharing their old room. Biff is the oldest son who was a football star in high school with several scholarships, but for the last fourteen years he has been unable to find himself. He returned from somewhere in the West due to his mother's request for him to see his father. Happy works in a department store and has his own apartment in another part of New York.

Willy has been plagued by daydreams and illusions, and the play begins with his driving home prematurely from one of his New England business trips due to the fact that he cannot concentrate on the road.

3. Setting

The action takes place at Willy Loman’s house in the New York City area, as well as other New York locales, and in a hotel room in Boston. Some of the action takes place in flashbacks while Willy hallucinates. Yonkers, New York (present) and New England (back flashes)

4. Characters

• Willy Loman- the salesman who is past his prime, and who was never an exceptional businessman in his prime
• Linda Loman- Willy's wife who loves him despite all of his difficulties
• Biff Loman- Willy's eldest son for whom he had dreams of greatness
• Happy Loman- Willy's younger son
• Charley- Willy's neighbor
• Bernard- Charley's son
• Ben- Willy's brother who left home very early and became tremendously wealthy; appears only in Willy's daydreams
• Howard Wagner - son of former owner of the Wagner Company; he now runs the firm and is responsible for putting Willy on straight commission
• The Woman - Willy's mistress from Boston
• Miss Forsythe and Letta - Two girls that Happy picks up at the restaurant

5. Plot Summary

Willy Loman has been traveling salesman for the Wagner Company for thirty-four years. He likes to think of himself as vital to the New England area. A long time ago, Willy met a salesman named Dave Singleman who could go into a town and pick up a phone and would be able to place many orders without ever leaving his hotel room. When this man died, people from all over the country came to his funeral, and this man became Willy's inspiration.

As the play opens, Willy has just come back home after having left for New England that morning. He tells his wife, Linda, that he just can't seem to keep his mind on driving anymore. He asks about his son, Biff, and he drifts off to when Biff was a high school senior fourteen years ago. Biff was playing in an important football game and people from all over the country were coming to offer him scholarships. Then something happened later that year, because Biff did not go to college and has yet to find himself. It is later revealed that Biff has failed math and had gone up to Boston to ask his father to appeal to the teacher. When he reached Willy's hotel room in Boston, Biff found his father having an affair with a strange woman. After that episode, Biff despised his father and could never bring himself to provide Willy with the happiness of having a successful son.

After fourteen years of being away, Biff returns home. He and his brother Happy think of a job that would enable Biff to settle down in New York. They remember Biff's former boss, Bill Oliver, and plan to ask him for a loan of ten thousand dollars to begin a business of their own. They tell their father about their plans, and Willy believes that the two boys could conquer the world in business together. Willy explains that the important thing in life is to be well-liked and to have personal attractiveness. He tells Biff that Mr. Oliver always thought highly of him (despite the fact that Biff was suspected of stealing from a shipment of basketballs), and he reminds Biff of how good looking he is.

The following day, Willy is supposed to meet the two boys for dinner. He is so excited to have his boys on the brink of success that he decides to ask for a job in New York City. Howard Wagner, the present owner of the Wagner Company founded by his father, tells Willy that there is no room for him in New York, and then explains to Willy that he cannot represent the firm in New England either because he has become detrimental to business. Willy is now forced to go to Charley to borrow enough money to pay his insurance premium. It has been revealed that Willy has been borrowing fifty dollars each week for a long time and pretending it is his salary. Even though Charley offers Willy a good job in New York, Willy refuses to accept it because he says he can't work for Charley. Willy takes the money and leaves to meet his sons at the restaurant.

Biff and Happy met in the restaurant and Biff explained that he has been living an illusion. He tells Happy that he has stolen himself out of every job, including this meeting where he stole a pen from Bill Oliver's desk. When Willy arrives he tells the boys that he has been fired and refuses to listen to Biff's story. Willy sits there and pretends that he has another appointment the following day. Willy becomes furious and is about to make a scene, so he goes off to the bathroom. Biff, out of frustration, leaves, and Happy who has picked up two girls, follows him, leaving Willy alone.

Later that night, Biff comes home and finds Willy out in the backyard planting seeds and talking to the illusion of his brother Ben. Willy has not seen Ben for a number of years, and in fact Ben has been dead for some time. Biff explains to Willy that it would be best if they break with each other and never see each other again. He tries once again to explain that he is no longer a leader of men and that he is just a common person who has no outstanding qualities.

Willy refuses to believe him and tells Biff once again how great he can be. Biff becomes frustrated again because Willy refuses to see the truth. He finally breaks down and sobs to Willy to forget him. Then, Willy is taken aback by his son's emotion toward him. Willy resolves on suicide, because with twenty thousand dollars in insurance money, Biff could be magnificent. So that is what he did, Willy crashed his car and caused his own death. It becomes apparent to the reader that Willy died a forgotten man, because no one came to his funeral except his family.

6. Key issues

ILLUSION versus REALITY

Willy is at the bottom of the totem pole in a capitalistic world. He owns nothing, and he makes nothing, so he has no sense of accomplishment. Robbed of this, he develops the theory that if a person is well liked and has a great deal of personal attractiveness, then all doors will automatically be opened for him. Willy built his life around these dreams. However, for Willy to live by his ideals necessitates building or telling many lies, and these illusions replace reality in Willy's mind. He tells lies about how well liked he is in all of his towns, and how vital he is to New England. At times Willy even believes his own lies and becomes enthusiastic when he tells his family that he made more money than he actually did.

Willy then fills his sons so full of this concept of being well-liked that when Biff flunks math he goes to Boston to search for his father. He thought that since Willy is so well-liked, that he will be able to convince the math teacher to change the grade. It was during this time that Biff encountered his father in the hotel room with a woman. Willy's strong desire to be well-liked is what drove him to have an affair in Boston. The fact that she would go to bed with him promoted his ego after a hard day of being turned away by buyers. Therefore the affair is more of an ego booster than a strong desire for Willy to be involved in an illicit love affair.

Biff couldn't accept that his father had committed adultery, and from that point on, he saw his father as a fake. Willy's life began to close in on him and he had nothing more to live for except his illusions and fond memories of the past. More and more, Willy's life involves his dreams and all of the dreams go back to the year before Biff made his break with Willy.

Therefore Willy's entire life has been lived according to his ideas about personal attractiveness and being well-liked. He never questioned these values and never realized that he lived in a world of illusions and dreams. He tried to bring up his children in that same world but he could not keep up the false front, and Biff would not live that way after the incident in Boston.

7. Moral Value

Follow your heart:- Willy was well aware of the joy physical labor brought him, but he suppressed those desires to fulfill the meaningless position of a salesman

Know your strengths and weaknesses:- Willy should have chosen a career based on his skills and his interests, not on false perceptions and the opinions of others. He should have encouraged his sons to do the same.

Hard work is what pays off:- Willy did himself and his family a disservice by putting too much emphasis on appearance and popularity, and not enough on the value of hard work. He wound up living in a daydream whenever things went wrong, and his sons were unethical (ex: Biff's stealing and jail time out West) and unsuccessful.

Drama assigment ( My Lesson)/ TRIANASARI A 320080117

1. Theme

The theme of the lesson drama is a genius person sometimes has bad habit.

2. Setting

The setting of the drama is in the office of the old professor, especially in the morning, when the pupil comes for the lesson.

3. Character& characterization

 
Pupil :On time, open minded,she has a good spirit to find something that she wants, she is 18 years old, she seems to be a well-brought-up girl, polite, but lively, gay, dynamic; a fresh smile is on her lips, so she looked beautiful.

Professor : Responsibility, he is 50 to 60 years old. He is a little old man with a little white beard. He wears pince-nez, a black skull cap, a long black schoolmaster’s coat, trousers and shoes of black, detachable white colar, a black tie. Excessively polite, very timid, his voice deadened by his timidity, very proper, very much the teacher. He rubs his hands together constantly; occasionaly a lewd gleam comes into his eyes and is quickly repressed

Maid : She have to butt into professor, she is stout, aged 45 to 50, red faces, and wears a peasant woman’s cap, she is devoted, she is very loyal to her master (professor), and she is a good servant. 

4. Plot

The first is exposition, when the maid opens the door and meets the new pupil. The maid asks the pupil to sit down for a moment to meet the professor. The second part is complication, when the professor gives question but the pupil can’t answer rightly. The professor tries to explain but the pupil has difficulty to understand. The professor hunt for the other explanation and example but the pupil still not understood. The third is climax, when the professor has emotion and can’t to control it, and finally he kill the pupil with his knife. The maid knows about what has the professor done, he kills the pupil and she is dead. The maid considers that the professor is a murderer. The fourth is resolution, when the professor and the maid are going to bury the pupil’s body. And in the last session, the maid opens the door and meets with the new pupil again. 

5. Point of view

Point of view of the lesson drama is the third person. Narrator is not involved in this drama. The narrator is just telling the story.

6. Style

The lesson drama use standard structure. The words that is used in The Lesson drama is easy to understand. The story is in dialogue form.

7. The moral value of the story

There is no problem which can be solving by using emotion. We should be calm in all problems. Don’t underestimate with the other people. The story tells about human and society. The professor hide all of pupil’s corpses by bury them. It is because the professor doesn’t want to his attitudes are known by society. He is afraid if his criminal habit is known by society.