assalamualaikum..:)
kawan, apa kabar hari ini?apa kalian sedang bosan?bagaimana kalau hari ini kita membaca sebuah cerita, tepatnya Folktale dari Jawa Barat. ini adalah salah satu tugas dari dosen saya untuk membuat sinopsis, background dan menganalisa tokoh dan wataknya, tapi cerita ini juga sarat dengan moral value yang baik. semoga dapat bermanfaat ya..:)

Folklore from Central Java
JakaKlinting

A man was walking. His name was JakaKlinting. He was very tired and hungry. He had not eaten for days. Finally, he arrived at a village. He hoped the villagers would help him.

"Excuse me, Sir. Will you help me? I'm so hungry, would you please give me some food?" asked JakaKlinting to a villager. JakaKlinting was wearing a shabby cloth. He did not look good at all. His hair was long and messy. Everyone who saw him would not feel comfortable.

"What? Give you food? No way!" said the man. Then, JakaKlinting met another man. Sadly, he also refused to help him. JakaKlinting continued walking. Every time he met a villager, he always asked for food. Sadly, the villagers did not help him.

Finally, he arrived at an old woman's house. Her name was NyaiLantung.

"Excuse me, Ma'am. I'm really hungry. I had not eaten for many days. Would you please give me some food?" asked JakaKlinting.

"Of course, please come in. I'll prepare the food for you," said NyaiLantung.

NyaiLantung was a widow. Her husband had died years ago. She did not have a child. NyaiLantung was a poor woman. She was kind and she always helped people.

Do you have a place to stay, young man?"

"No, Ma'am."

"You can stay here until you can find a better place."

JakaKlinting was very grateful.

To return NyaiLantung's kindness, he always helped her do anything. NyaiLantung was also happy. JakaKlinting did not only help her do the household chores, but he also helped her earn some money by farming.

Sadly, the villagers still did not like JakaKinting. They always teased him and made fun of him. They always said bad things to him.

"Hey you, ugly man! What are you doing here? Your place is in the jungle with the monkeys, ha ha ha..."

Every day, the villagers always made fun of JakaKlinting. However, he never responded to them. He was always silent.

But one day, he could not take it anymore. It happened when the villagers also made fun of NyaiLantung.

"I know why you stay at NyaiLantung's house. Because you and her are from the same family, the monkey, ha ha ha..."

"Shut up! You can insult me. But I don't want you to insult NyaiLantung. She is a kind woman. She is better than you are!" jakaKlinting was very angry. He wanted to give them a lesson.

"I will put this stick on the ground. If anyone can pull it out, I will give him a lot of money," said JakaKlinting.

The villagers were laughing. They all thought he was crazy. The stick was small and they thought they could pull it out easily.

Amazingly, they could not do it. All the men tried to pull the stick out of the ground, but they could not do it.

"It's my turn now," said JakaKlinting. With just a simple move, he could pull the stick.

People were surprised. The stick made a hole on the ground. Slowly, water was flowing from the hole. Slow but sure, the water flooded the village.

All the villagers tried to save their lives. All the houses were under water, except NyaiLantung's house.

Who was JakaKlinting? And why did he have supernatural power? Well, the villagers did not know that JakaKlinting was a dragon. He changed himself into a human because in his hometown, people were trying to kill him as a dragon. And the water finally made a swamp. People then named the swamp as RawaPening. It is in Semarang, Central Java. ***

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Background

The story about JakaKlinting was happened in semarang, central Java.  Actually JakaKlinting was a dragon but the villagers don’t know about it. . He changed himself into a human because in his hometown, people were trying to kill him as a dragon. And the water finally made a swamp. People then named the swamp as RawaPening.

Synopsis:

Long time ago in Semarang, central java, there was a man named Jokoklinting who walked in the village and asked for food to every villagers he met. But no one wanted to give him because of his appearance. He was wearing shabby cloth and his hair was long and messy. Villagers thought that he was a crazy man.

Finally, he arrived at old woman’s house named Nyailantung. She was very kind widow. She was the only one who give Jokoklinting food and also asked him to stay in her house until he find better place to stay.

To return Nyailantung kindness, Jokoklanting farming to earn money. Sadly, the villagers always teased him and made fun of him, but he always keep silence. Until one day, the villagers made fun of Nyailantung, Jokoklinting was angry. He put the stick on the ground and everyone who can pull it out will be given money by Jokoklanting. Unluckily, no one can do that, but Jokoklanting can do that easily. From that hole, water was flowing slowly and flooded the village. Only Nyailantung’s house was survivor. And it becomes swamp named Rawapening.

We like the character of JakaKlinting because he is very patient, kind and very helping.

Examples:

1.      Patient: Then, JakaKlinting met another man. Sadly, he also refused to help him. JakaKlinting continued walking.

2.      Kind: "Shut up! You can insult me. But I don't want you to insult NyaiLantung. She is a kind woman. She is better than you are!" jakaKlinting was very angry. He wanted to give them a lesson.

3.      Very helping: he always helped her do anything. NyaiLantung was also happy. JakaKlinting did not only help her do the household chores, but he also helped her earn some money by farming.

Don’t under estimate with someone with look at his/her physical appearance because we don’t know who exactly someone only by see the outside of them. Sometimes we are not good enough than him/her, because maybe he/her have better attitude or aptitude than us.

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analysis by Miftahu Khasanah and Amilia Ayu p.