Animal Farm Summary

Once upon a time, there was an old major, an old pig as a winner of farm competition. He organized the meeting to all of the animals Manor Farm. He announced on that meeting was perhaps he will die. Also, he told to them about the dreams that no human live here, no human being control and oppress us, it means that the animals only here. Then all of the animals have a freedom to life in the safety and in the harmonious.  The old major told them about human as like parasite that always doing the anything that their want without thinks from animals side. And he also told the animals that they have to hard work toward like a paradise and teaches them about a song called “Beasts of England” in that the lyric can describe about the vision of the animals. And all animals there receive with the big enthusiastic.

The old major was dead after the meeting for three days later, then three pigs, Snowball, Napoleon and Squealer took a leadership and forming the ideal an old major be fully understood politics. They formulated some principle from their own self. One night, the animals ware successes to defeat Mr. Jones as a farmer in that battle. And Snowball changed the name of the property become “Animal Farm” and they came to seven principles about animalism, they are:

 1. Whatever goes upon two legs is an enemy.
2. Whatever goes upon four legs, or has wings, is a friend.
3. No animal shall wear clothes.
4. No animal shall sleep in a bed.
5. No animals shall drink alcohol.
6. No animal shall kill any other animal.
7. All animals are equal.

They also struggled to be one thing that like the old major wants to. Means to achieve the dreams of the old major’s expect. Then they did something amazing to realize their happiness and took the power words such as “I will work harder.” They went out and got their harvest. When they came back, the milk had loosing as mysterious. First harvest was big successes. The animals obeyed Animalism teaching with happiness and of course with good outcome. Every animal worked appropriate with their ability and they got the fail part from the meal. In the beginning, Animal Farm was prosperous, and the animals inside so happy.

Every Sunday, Snowball and Napoleon lead of the meeting to all of animals in the big warehouse. Pig is smart animal, until they could think a resolution to another animal for debating. After sometime, the pigs built the central to their own self in exploit the rooms. Snowball embarks gave them some campaign to social and economic repair. Napoleon disagreed to anything from Snowball side. Because most of the animals have not high brightness to memorize seven principles, then Snowball produced the words if “Four legs are good, two legs are bad.” The sheep take to chanting this at meetings.

Snowball worked and taught them to reading. And Napoleon took the groups of the younger puppies to give them education of the principles of animalism. When Mr. Jones back to take his land, the animals defeating him again. The battle called Cowshed Battle. And they took the gun as the symbol of their victory. However, Napoleon and Snowball rise of the good feature to the animals and they has started to take struggle each other to holding the power and the influence between the others animals. Snowball made a program to build windmill which can produce the electricity-generating, but Napoleon gaze directly at his plan. Then they decided to take a speech that to get the agreement together. In his speech, he brings his condition moods as well. He looks so full of passion. Event though, Napoleon only gives the short speech but he is so enjoyed, and suddenly he made the strange sounds then nine of the puppies came and pursue Snowball. As the puppies that was given education by Napoleon they did like Napoleon wants to. Napoleon said them, if they will make next meeting. Since that time, he decided and insisted that only pig that will make all of the decision to the good way of every animal.

Now, Napoleon had changed his mind about the windmill and the animals especially to the Boxer, he wants if they should have a power to finishing that’s plan. One day, after a storm. The animals found a windmill. The farmer in that area said that they are satisfied causes the animals made their walls so thin. But Napoleon admits that Snowball back to the animal farm to take the windmill. He saves many suspicious to the animals there.  He thinks that some of the animals there going to be traitor and exist on the Snowball’s side. He threaten to anyone be traitor will hit by his puppies. The animal who gives the participation to snowball will dead, and with the way his leadership the Boxer concluding that “Napoleon is always right.”

Napoleon starting to expends his power, rewriting about the history for making Snowball as a criminal. The animals should be build a windmill with extra power event there was Sunday. The deficiency was happen, so Napoleon opened trade to human pass through Squealer. He fibbed if no one resolution forward the interaction with human or using of money that ever been valid. Clover and Muriel found out if one of the resolution had changed become “no animal should sleep in the bedroom with piece of” Squealer gave sure to him if never exist the resolution forward bedroom little bit.

Napoleon also starting bad action as a leader that the only sleep in his room, drinking of alcohol, angry, drinking whisky, doing something action forward human, that the real principal of animalism forbid so hard about that action but Squealer and Napoleon put the right of this problem to the others animals. And give them about the direction if Napoleon is the big leader and always doing something good to others animal there. Event thought, the truth is the animal in the common feel so cool, hungry and overwork.

One day, the wind so fast in that farm and the animals kept to find out of windmill which was broken. Napoleon blamed Snowball and with the sentence of the die to go out. In the winter, the condition become bad more at Animal Farm, Napoleon mislead human world into the think of Animal Farm is rich. He signed the contract to quote of four hundred eggs every week, and incited about the rebel of the chicken that result some of them was dead.

There was a Mr. Frederick as a farmer and neighbor, who cheat Napoleon in the buying of some woods and then attack the animal farm and also windmill which was built with the big price. After disclosure of windmill, the big battle is happened where the Boxer get big scars. Event the finally they got a victory from the battle. The animals chase away the farmer but the scars of Boxer had takes them so week. When he dropped, he feels his time so closer. According Squealer, boxer had dead with a peace after brought in hospital event the best treatment had his accepted. Actually boxer had sold the aim is in other to the pigs can get much many to buying whisky.

Four days later, Napoleon hold assembling where he made some animals admit of coming of treason and then using the dog to give the traitor a punishment. After that, Clover and some animals confined together in a hills in their farm, they was missing the principle of animalism and consider about some many they so different from violence and terror in Napoleon’s administration. They sang of “Beast of England” but Squealer gave them information that this song is not useful now because Rebillion was done and if now is forbidden. The new song started by lyric: “Animal Farm, Animal Farm, / ever to through me you come to hurting.”

The years pass on Animal Farm, the pig become more like human. Such as walking upright, using the cloches, and bringing a whip. The finally, seven principles of animalism which is called as seven command and written on side of warehouse become less now to read it and now it had been single sentence that is “all animals are equal but some of animals more equal than another.” Napoleon makes a meeting to diner for the pigs and humans. The people from Foxwood say to him that congratulation because he has the animals so diligent in his country event their meal so little. Napoleon declared of his words to the human to oppose the classes of worker from second “world.” Then he changed the names of animal farm become Manor Farm” back.

The animals get the knowledge about this problem, when they heard Napoleon’s conversation and finally realized that the pigs had changed their behavior. And by looking into the party through the farmer’s window house, the common animals can’t be inflicted anymore, which is pig and who is human.

Old Major, a prize-winning boar, gathers the animals of the Manor Farm for a meeting in the big barn. He tells them of a dream he has had in which all animals live together with no human beings to oppress or control them. He tells the animals that they must work toward such a paradise and teaches them a song called “Beasts of England,” in which his dream vision is lyrically described. The animals greet Major’s vision with great enthusiasm. When he dies only three nights after the meeting, three younger pigs—Snowball, Napoleon, and Squealer—formulate his main principles into a philosophy called Animalism. Late one night, the animals manage to defeat the farmer Mr. Jones in a battle, running him off the land. They rename the property Animal Farm and dedicate themselves to achieving Major’s dream. The cart-horse Boxer devotes himself to the cause with particular zeal, committing his great strength to the prosperity of the farm and adopting as a personal maxim the affirmation “I will work harder.”

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Indonesian Choose Wisely, Jokowi or Prabowo?

Indonesia is a democratic country. It means that Indonesian government system using people’s opinion and everybody has right to progress of the nation. So on the date of 9 Juli 2014, Indonesia will hold presidential election for a term of five years. Presidential candidate this year to five years among others, are Jokowi and Prabowo. And each candidate has its own advantages in the lead, such as:

Joko Widodo who is often called Jokowi who has a good attitude. Who has a very large sense of caring, simple and valued as a person who is honest, clean of corruption, collusion and nepotism. Jokowi also has experienced as the governor of DKI Jakarta who has been assessed work hard in carrying out his duties. Jokowi is a smart leader in a reading situation. He is able to change a weakness into an advantage. Example, assemble of China’s products (i.e. car by student of senior high school in Jakarta) and produced a new product that belongs to Indonesia. He managed to build the welfare of street vendors by providing a place buying and selling more viable. He is a populist leader, who would intervene in the direct problem to see what is actually happening. And he has to realize the missions and visions of Indonesia as a nation that is educated, master technology, productive, increase the quality of the people, prosperous, healthy, independent, a democratic and has character building.

While, Prabowo Subianto was a former from commander Gen of Kopassus during leadership’s of Soeharto. He is a firm leader, brave, clean of collusion, corruption, nepotism, a former of military officers and he has good public community. He is a leader who has a high nationalism. The proof is that he frees Sipadan Ligitan Island from Malaysia’s hand. Prabowo is Moslem, where party in Indonesia that is a lot of religious, especially Islam. So this is possible if Prabowo gets a lot of support as of society, such as PKS. And he has some missions and visions of Indonesia as a nation is to realize a fair, prosperous, confident face of globalization, healthy, intelligent, creative and skilled and others.

So, above are some advantages possessed by our next presidential candidate later. And they have different characters even though they have same goal that is to build Indonesia in order to advance. But as a wise people we should be able to decide who better leader to lead our beloved country. That Indonesia is really free from stupidity, poverty, hunger, corruption, crime, and all the other bad things. And make Indonesia into a developed country, prosperous, healthy, smart, innovative and creative and goes according to the mission and vision of both the Indonesian presidential candidate this year. 

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The Doomsday Conspiracy By Sidney Sheldon

Reviewed of novel 

Sidney Sheldon is a famous writer. He comes from Los Angels, California. He was born on February 11, 1917 and died on January 30, 2007. And I love his writings so much. Especially for a novel called The Doomsday Conspiracy, published in 1991. In my opinion this novel is very extraordinary, because I got a lot of surprises in it. This novel presents many challenging actions, unique and creative so that the reader is never bored to read it. The novel presents modern places in America. It also presents the romantic story between two spies. And another great is writer can take the reader on a high level of imagination. So he said to be a successful writer.

The Doomsday Conspiracy is one of the bestselling novels that he ever had. This novel about a commodore in the United States where was he found mysterious forces in the Swiss Alps during an inspection of the balloon accident.

Robert Bellamy is a man who is paid by the NSA to find some passengers in Switzerland. This inadvertently makes him look like a balloon in the sky with some secret equipment. And after identified of balloons turns, it is a UFO that crashed in the woods.

And Robert gave a lift to them and then killed them one by one under mysterious circumstances. And every killing, as if regarded as a crash course. Robert also married and his wife did not get enough attention by his self.

Robert Bellamy as a commander of Navy in the United States, and he will soon complete his mission. And now he realized, if he's being hunted by a very powerful force and will soon kill him. Of course Robert escape from Washington to Zurich, Rome and Paris.

Well, what about the end of the story? Is the fate of his marriage? What about the UFO and Alien? And what about Robert struggles in completing missions and investigations? So, let's read the whole book to find all the answers to those questions. And you will find a final story is extraordinary and unexpected. 

The Analysis of Dead Men’s Path

Michael Obi's hopes were fulfilled much earlier than he had expected. He was  appointed headmaster of Ndume Central School in January 1949. It had always 

been  an unprogressive school, so  the Mission authorities  decided to send  a  young and energetic man to run it. Obi accepted this responsibility with enthu­  siasm. He had many wonderful ideas and this was an opportunity to put them 

into practice. He had had sound secondary school education which designated 

him a "pivotal teacher" in the official records and set him apart from the other  headmasters in the mission field. He was outspoken in his condemnation of the  narrow views of these older and often less­educated ones.  "We shall make a good job of it, shan't we?" he asked his young wife when 

they first heard the joyful news of his promotion.  "We shall do our best," she replied. "We shall have such beautiful gardens  and  everything  will  be  just modern  and  delightful  . . . "  In  their  two  years  of  married life she had become completely infected by his passion for "modern  methods" and his denigration of "these old and superannuated people in the 

teaching field who would be better employed as traders in the Onitsha mar­  ket." She began to see herself already as the admired wife of the young head­  master, the queen of the school.  The wives of the other teachers would envy her position. She would set 

the fashion in everything . . . Then, suddenly, it occurred to her that there  might not be other wives. Wavering between hope and fear, she asked her  husband, looking anxiously at him.  "All our colleagues are young and unmarried," he said with enthusiasm  which for once she did not share. "Which is a good thing," he continued.

"Why?"  "Why? They will give all their time and energy to the school." 

Nancy was downcast. For a few minutes she became skeptical about the  new school; but it was only for a few minutes. Her little personal misfortune  could not blind her to her husband's happy prospects. She looked at him as he  sat folded up in a chair. He was stoop­shouldered and looked frail. But he  sometimes surprised people with sudden bursts of physical energy. In his pre­  sent posture, however, all his bodily strength seemed to have retired behind 

his deep­set eyes, giving them an extraordinary power of penetration. He was  only twenty­six, but looked thirty or more. On the whole, he was not unhand­  some.  "A penny for your thoughts, Mike," said Nancy after a while, imitating 

the woman's magazine she read.  "I was thinking what a grand opportunity we've got at last to show these  people how a school should be run." 

Ndume School was backward in every sense of the word. Mr. Obi put his  whole life into the work, and his wife hers too. He had two aims. A high stan­  dard of teaching was insisted upon, and the school compound was to be 

turned into a place of beauty. Nancy's dream­gardens came to life with the  coming of the rains, and blossomed. Beautiful hibiscus and allamanda hedges 

in brilliant red and yellow marked out the carefully tended school compound 

from the rank neighborhood bushes.  One evening as Obi was admiring his work he was scandalized to see an  old woman from the  village hobble right across the  compound, through a  marigold flower­bed and the hedges. On going up there he found faint signs  of an almost disused path from the village across the school compound to the  bush on the other side.  "It amazes me," said Obi to one of his teachers who had been three years 

in the school, "that you people allowed the villagers to make use of this foot­  path. It is simply incredible." He shook his head.  "The path," said the teacher apologetically, "appears to be very impor­ 

tant to them. Although it is hardly used, it connects the village shrine with 

their place of burial."  "And what has that got to do with the school?" asked the headmaster.  "Well, I don't know," replied the other with a shrug of the shoulders.  "But I remember there was a big row some time ago when we attempted to  close it."  "That was some time ago. But it will not be used now," said Obi as he  walked away. "What will the Government Education Officer think of this  when he comes to inspect the school next week? The villagers might, for all I 

know, decide to use the schoolroom for a pagan ritual during the inspection." 

Heavy sticks were planted closely across the path at the two places where 

it entered and left the school premises. These were further strengthened with 

barbed wire.12 

Three days later the village priest of Ani called on the headmaster. He was an old man and walked with a slight stoop. He carried a stout walking­stick  which he usually tapped on the floor, by way of emphasis, each time he made  a new point in his argument.  "I have heard," he said after the usual exchange of cordialities, "that our  ancestral footpath has recently been closed . . . "  "Yes," replied Mr. Obi. "We cannot allow people to make a highway of  our school compound." 

"Look here, my son," said the priest bringing down his walking­stick,  "this path was here before you were born and before your father was born. The  whole life of this village depends on it. Our dead relatives depart by it and our  ancestors visit us by it. But most important, it is the path of children coming 

in to be born . . . " 

Mr. Obi listened with a satisfied smile on his face.  "The whole purpose of our school," he said finally, "is to eradicate just  such beliefs as that. Dead men do not require footpaths. The whole idea is 

just fantastic. Our duty is to teach your children to laugh at such ideas."  "What you say may be true," replied the priest, "but we follow the prac­ 

tices of our fathers. If you reopen the path we shall have nothing to quarrel  about. What I always say is: let the hawk perch and let the eagle perch." He 

rose to go.  "I am sorry," said the young headmaster. "But the school compound can­  not be a thoroughfare. It is against our regulations. I would suggest your con­  structing another path, skirting our premises. We can even get our boys to  help in building it. I don't suppose the ancestors will find the little detour too  burdensome."  "I have no more words Co say," said the old priest, already outside.  Two days later a young woman in the village died in childbed. A diviner  was immediately consulted and he prescribed heavy sacrifices to propitiate an­  cestors insulted by the fence.  Obi woke up next morning among the ruins of his work. The beautiful  hedges were torn up not just near the path but right round the school, the 

flowers trampled to death and one of the school buildings pulled down . . .  That day, the white Supervisor came to inspect the school and wrote a nasty 

report on the state of the premises but more seriously about the "tribal­war sit­  uation developing between the school and the village, arising in part from the  misguided zeal of the new headmaster." 

 AUTHOR'S PERSPECTIVE  Chinua Achebe  Modern Africa as the Crossroads of Culture  1980 

I have always been fond of stories and intrigued by language.—first Igbo,  spoken with such eloquence by the old men of the village, and later English,  which I began to learn at about the age of eight. I don't know for certain, but

I have probably spoken more words in Igbo than English but I have definitely  written more words in English than Igbo. Which I think makes me perfectly 

bilingual. Some people have suggested that I should be better off writing in 

Igbo. Sometimes they seek to drive the point home by asking me in which lan­  guage I dream. When I reply that I dream in both languages they seem not to  believe it. More recently I have heard an even more potent and metaphysical  version of the question: In what language do you have an orgasm? That should  settle the matter if I knew.  We lived at the crossroads of cultures. We still do today; but when I was a  boy one could see and sense the peculiar quality and atmosphere of it more  clearly. I am not talking about all that rubbish we hear of the spiritual void  and mental stresses that Africans are supposed to have, or the evil forces and 

irrational passions prowling through Africa's heart of darkness. We know the 

racist mystique behind a lot of that stuff and should merely point out that 

those  who  prefer  to  see  Africa  in  those  lurid  terms  have  not  themselves  demonstrated any clear superiority in sanity or more competence in coping  with life.  But still the crossroads does have a certain dangerous potency; dangerous  because a man might perish there wrestling with multiple­headed spirits, but  also he might be lucky and return to his people with the boon of prophetic  vision. On one arm of the cross we sang hymns and read the Bible night and day.  On the other my father's brother and his family, blinded by heathenism, of­ 

fered food to idols. That was how it was supposed to be anyhow. But I knew  without knowing why that it was too simple a way to describe what was going  on. Those idols and that food had a strange pull on me in spite of my being  such a thorough little Christian that often at Sunday services at the height of 

the grandeur of "Te Deum Laudamus" I would have dreams of a mantle of 

gold falling on me as the choir of angels drowned our mortal song and the  voice of God Himself thundering: This is my beloved son in whom I am well  pleased. Yet, despite those delusions of divine destiny I was not past taking my 

little sister to our neighbor's house when our parents were not looking and 

partaking of heathen festival meals. I never found their rice and stew to have 

the flavor of idolatry. I was about ten then. If anyone likes to believe that I was 

torn by spiritual agonies or stretched on the rack of my ambivalence, he cer­ 

tainly may suit himself. I do not remember any undue distress. What I do re­  member is a fascination for the ritual and the life on the other arm of the  crossroads. And I believe two things were in my favor—that curiosity, and the 

little distance imposed between me and it by the accident of my birth. The  distance becomes not a separation but a bringing together like the necessary 

backward step which a judicious  viewer may take in order to see a canvas  steadily and fully. 

The analysis is:

 The story of Dead men’s path tells us about someone who progressive. He is a headmaster in the Africa, a small village where the people believe about superstitious and still hold of the old tradition. This story tells us about history, religion and culture. This story explains about culture conflict between “new” British ideas and “old” Africa custom.

This story occurred in 1949 during when period of British governing Nigeria. Intervention of British in Nigeria happened on 18 centuries ago, when British as a leader in the trade of servant there. After the British parliament forbidden of enslavement in the year of 1807 and British made a deal with the leaders of Africa to get the control for this area. In the 1906, British dominated all of area in Nigeria. The colonial take a government system as indirectly, with the traditional leaders continue ruling while because the faithfulness to colonial authority.  Nigeria’s independence from British in the year of 1960.

Dead men’s path by Chinua Achebe tells us about the focus of quarrel between Michael Obie as a new headmaster from a school in Nigeria and the old custom from that area. Michael refused to give honor of asking from headman. Who Michael decided to close the road with fence and barbed wire, and headman asked to him to delete the fence and told to him if the path is very important to the road which connected village temple with the place of burial to the people in village that traverse the school complex. He told if he and the people believe that the path is very important to the entire life of village (old tradition) but Michael didn’t believe and said if the aim of the school was to deleted all of the superstition (as modernization). But finally he got destruction because his behavior that tried to oppose the old culture. 

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The analysis of A Glimpse by Walt Whitman

A GLIMPSE, through an interstice caught,
Of a crowd of workmen and drivers in a bar-room, around the stove,
late of a winter night--And I unremark'd seated in a corner;
Of a youth who loves me, and whom I love, silently approaching, and
seating himself near, that he may hold me by the hand;
A long while, amid the noises of coming and going--of drinking and
oath and smutty jest,
There we two, content, happy in being together, speaking little,
perhaps not a word.

This poem “A Glimpse” by Walt Whitman tells us about quiet observation and satisfaction although poet describes to us in the middle of noise, profanity, and drunken raillery. This poem also tells us about love that is owned by two mans and one of them is young man but they still love and feel happiness although in the simple way.

In the title and first line, we find the word of “glimpse” means an observation. Perhaps it is about secret that we can look by “through an interstice caught” means with the way looking an interstice and we can conclude which is sees a room that full of people there. Interstice means each person that we can sees filtered by observation, experience and also emotional perspective.

And the next line tells us about the weather outside so cool but inside so warm because there were can we found of crowd of workmen that they are drunkard. And it means that the room full of the tired people looking for composure.

And the next line, poet tells us about he saw the youth man who loves him and he love him too. Then he came to him, set down himself near, then he hold his hand as a couple who falling in love. This can give us prove that the poet is a guy, because he loves with same gender like him. Then they enjoyed forward the situation by drinking and others. They enjoyed the night, although there was so noise but they feel only two of body, content, speaking little and get the happiness together.

The Taming of The Shrew

There were in Italian city of Padua, live a father with his two daughters, Katherine and Bianca. Their father name is Batista Minola. His daughters are very beautiful but they have difference behavior. Bianca is the second daughter of him. She is more polite, smart in the music and the people called her as a perfect princess.

While her sister is Katherine has abusive behavior and she earned the nickname as “shrew” means that she is abusive, hothead girl. Katherine’s abusive behavior was reasonable. Why? Perhaps because the attentions that given by her father more for Bianca than herself and perhaps her behavior was describing of her dejection shown by everyone. The maturity already approached them. And it means that they have to get married. Bianca as a perfect princess certainly many men who fall in love to her and she was ready to get married. Such as Hortensio and Gremio. But their father did not agree when Bianca will marry first before his sister. And this is a very difficult and impossible to her because Katherine has a very bad attitude as a princess and a wife. So, no man who wanted married her.

Lucentio come to Padua to attend the university, when he saw Bianca, he instantly fell in love with her. Lucentio overhears Baptista’s announcement that he is in search for a tutor to his daughter. Meanwhile, Petruchio arrived in Padua with subordinates Grumio. Petruchio told to his old friend Hortensio that he wanted to get married and have a willingness to enjoy his life after his father's death. Hearing this news, Hortensio very happy and propose if Petruchio should sign on for Katherina. Whereas, Lucentio and Hortensio, pretending to be the teachers Cambio and Litio, trying to woo Bianca without her father's awareness.

Petrucio a man who like with money, more abusive than Katherine, he believes that he can conquer someone like Katherine. As a man who did not care and was very rude, he knew how to handle Katherine. And he immediately asked for permission to her father to marry with him. And of course, her father was strongly agreed. 

In the first meeting Katherine refused and threw harsh words. But for a Petrucio, he was not hurt and had been familiar with the words. And he was also with easily replied that Katherine’s harsh words. And on that day, Katherine agreed that he will marry with her.

Katherine and Petrucio married on Sunday. When Katherine walked on the middle room, she saw if Petrucio gave a box which full of the money to his person belief and she thought it was odd and as there were hidden.

And she though wants to cancel her marriage with Petrucio. But unfortunately the party already started and she was already officially become a wife of Petrucio. When the party was over, Petrucio wanted to take her away but she would not go out from her house. And there Petrucio not to be outdone, he competed with Katherine’s words. And finally he managed to beat Katherine and managed to bring Katherine went to follow him. And on their way, he let Katherine do everything by her own self and as independently.

Katherine’s attitude when considered very inviting attention. She does not know much do weight things but she did it by her own self. Her rude attitude has not actually come from herself but from the attitude of envy towards her young sister. Her jealousy was common but has lasted supercharge.

In the new place for Katherine, that was in residence of Petrucio. He and his subordinate had arranged a surprise to her. The way that they used to tame a person like Katherine and even his behavior has become the subject of conversation to people in anywhere.

And that was where Katherine carried out their duties as a wife and a simple woman. Everything she was done some works by her own self. She learned to be independent. She lived with the limitations and very far from the life of the ancients. She was not fed meat. The simplicity only happens in her present life. She was always willing to serve and obeyed her husband. Petrucio did this in the name of his love. Indeed of all men who come, just Petrucio were always prouded and praised herself.

But on the side of Katherine’s heart, she was already tired and bored. The sense of exhaustion led her to change her attitude. And as slowly she changed. Petrucio was successful with his way. He was able to tame the rough rude manner. She was as slowly changing her coarse language nevertheless Katherine ended up using harsh words from Petrucio.

In other hand, in Batista family was very busy with the weeding party of Bianca. And the fact, there were many scams among each other. That were, because there was someone that did not want to marry Katherine because of her rudeness. And also because for facilitating of relationship who Bianca was forbidden to meet with man outside.

And eventually Bianca married with Lucentio after all problems was resolved in their families. Who Lucentio won Bianca’s heart in the way woo her with a Latin translation. Hortensio make the same effort by learning the music, but Bianca loves Lucentio, and Hortensio decides to marry a rich widow. So many problems faced by the Batista family. The problems that could not be explained one by one. Lucentio and Bianca decided to avoid complex situations to elope.

Petrucio and Katherine as sister and part of the family came. And there everyone was very impressed and amazed when looked at all changing of Katherine. Including her father and all men who came on that party, that they were surprised by the change in her attitude is very polite and far from the words of rough and many others.

And in the end his father realized. If all it was not a curse and the way that he given was wrong only. Katherine was not in curses, but only a starting attitude of jealousy by her young sister. And her behavior who can be changed, by the manner provided her husband, Petrucuio. The rudeness greater that can able to tame Katherine’s behavior.

Where was in Padua, where they held such a competition where each wife must obey what her husband said. They believe if Bianca is a winner. But in the end they were equally aware that Katherine was the most obedient to her husband.

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Summary of King Lear

A long time ago, there was a kingdom in England. The king names is King Lear who has three beautiful daughters. They are Goneril, Regan and Cordelia, but the only his child who has beautiful heart is Cordelia. While her sisters, Regan and Goneril have ugly heart who wanted to the wealth of their father only. One day, King Lear decided to give his wealth for her children. He wanted to give Goneril and Regan with the same big of wealth. And he would give the big part of his wealth to Cordelia as a good and simple daughter who he is so love her than Goneril and Regan.

The way of he gave them of the wealth was he played the words of love from his children to him. Who was the best to the delivery of love words would given the biggest wealth. Of course, this occasion did not be over of Goneril and Regan. They said all of the words who can make the King flying. But Cordelia did not doing something same like her sister, she was simple and rejected for playing and said to him if the words of love could not be strong to prove the real love, because the words can’t express the real love. And she just love to him as a daughter to father. And finally, the King Lear took the wrong way where expel Crodelia from the Kingdom. And King Lear also did not give his wealth to Crodelia event so bit because he was disappointed to her. Then Crodelia married with the France King who love her as real although Crodelia did not has the little wealth from his father. And so different then Burgundy side who did not want marry with Cordelia because she did not get the wealth from her father.

Cordelia went out from the Kingdom, and started the new life with her husband in another Kingdom, while King Lear divided his wealth to Goneril and Regan. Beside that Kent as adviser of kingdom gave him opinion to change his mind and did not expel Crodelia from Kingdom, but Lear was rejected it.

Meanwhile, Edmund as a bad man who has wily brain, the son of Gloucester and he make a crafty trick. He was holding a letter and did some acting then closed to Gloucester. Gloucester looked the letter who on Edmund’s hands and he felt so interested and wanted to know how about the letter was. He said that the letter gotten by someone who through from his window and the letter contained about Edgar who he wanted to enlighten him and said if he is as son so wrong who always wait the father until die of old age. Then Gloucester said that to the Edmund should be find him and tell what he intends to do. Edmund was success to deceive all of the people in castle that Edgar as good man made a plan to killing Gloucester. And Edgar also believed who Edmund said to him if their father is angry with him and wants to make him a prisoner. Therefore, Edgar pretended to be poor Tom as a cadger. And another side Edmund told to Gloucester that no one believes to him because he is a poor bastard. This happen was make Gloucester so angry and wants to give all of his wealth to him.

King Lear really wants to go out from the activity as a king. He spends time to Goneril and her husband is Albany. And Goneril so tired to hidden her real behavior who loves her father. And there were occurred a fighting words between them and Kent. Kent reminded her who Lear is her father and had given his wealth to her. But Goneril stayed to hard child and expelled his father from her castle. Lear is so angry and disappointed to her daughter’s attitude. He went to Regan and proving her words yesterday who she love him. As same like Goneril, Regan lied to her father about her feeling. He refused her father to live with her. And there were made Lear so understand that about the fake about loyalty and honesty. He realized all of the words that Goneril and Regan said are untruth. They did not love as much as they ever said to him. This happened live a big scar to him. He is so disappoint to his did in the past time. He felt so sad and cheated. He walked on the way that he want. And he met with Edgar who undercover as poor Tom. He poured all of his sadness to him and after a while he was realizing that the poor Tom has bad smell and he also realizes that he must to do something good to the people like poor Tom when he is still become a King.

While, Gloucester decided to help Lear event Goneril and Regan asked him to don’t do that. But Gloucester still gave Lear a safe place and asked him to go to Dover and met with Cordelia that the fact is Cordelia and her husband has preparing a fighting to Goneril and Regan side. And when Gloucester back to the castle, he captured as a traitor. Then Regan and Cornwall took his eyeballs because he was helping Lear to out from castle and safe him as well from them. Cornwall who took out Gloucester’s eyeballs so happy and be laugh was so many. He was killed by the loyal Gloucester’s servant, but Regan as his wife did not feel sad. The Gloucester screamed out cause his illness. Edgar walk alone then he saw Gloucester who exist in the illness close to him. And Edgar so sad to showing this happened. The Gloucester asked him about the place of Dover and he wants to take the place. Of course Edgar as good man that undercover of the poor Tom leaded the way to Gloucester.

Meanwhile, Edmund who followed Goneril to back to the Castle and they knew about Cornwall as husband of Regan was dead, Goneril was being afraid. Because her young sister had been widow so it means that Regan has an opportunity to close with Edmund who a man she loved.

The servant came to Goneril and told her about Albany is her husband knew about the letter. But the reaction of Goneril was not care. Then she came to the Edmund and showing her love to him. She said that she doesn’t love her husband anymore because she has falling in love with him. And she wants to be his woman if Edmund kill Albany. And they did a hug each other. Suddenly, Regan came and showed their love. She was angry and gave a space to them. And she said also about the fact who she want search Gloucester then give the proof who is the person had killed him.

Beside it, Albany brought Lear to the Cordelia, because when the servant wanted to catching him, he was there. And it makes Cordelia been owe to goodness of Albany. And there was make Lear so realize who the daughter is really love his self. Then he asked big sorry to her. And Cordelia never thought that’s all is her father faults. Albany went to the Cordelia’s castle to go to battle. And the middle road he met with Edgar as poor Tom. And they felt ever seen. Then they discuss about someone who wanted kill Gloucester and they also found out the way of this problems and search the proved.

In the castle Regan and Goneril were quarrelling to get Edmund’s love. Goneril pushed Regan and reminding her about Edmund love her only. In the middle of fighting, suddenly Albany came and kicked Edmund as bad man. And he also angry with her wife Goneril who love another man except him. Suddenly Regan fainted and Albany asked the servant to bring her to the tent.  Edgar came and abused Edmund as traitor that before it he knows if Edmund like a tricky mouse. Then they fought with sword and finally Edgar won the battle it means Edmund injured by Edgar’s sword and he died. Goneril so shocked and cried because of it.  While Albany was reading out of the letter that finally he know who the poor Tom exactly, he is Edgar as a son of Gloucester who was dead.

The servant came to them, and told if Regan was dead because poison by Goneril and Goneril was dead also. She killed herself with the sword, because she loves Edmund so much. Before the dead come closer of Goneril, she said to them if she had sent someone to killing Cordelia and lear. If you want changed you should be fast to stop all of that.

Unfortunately, they were late for Cordelia, who had hanged up by Edmund’s hangman. Then Lear entered with carrying his daughter who had dead on his hug. When Lear realized what happen in his family, he also dead because weight shock. Albany and Edgar are the people who still alive. And they decided to lead the castle together.  

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Summary of Hamlet

Hamlet is a prince from the kingdom in Denmark. And the king of Denmark as his father had passed away because someone who had killed him by poison. He is Claudius, the person who had killed the king. Claudius is Hamlet’s uncle. And now he is step father to Hamlet because after the king was dead the Gertrude as mother of Hamlet, married with Claudius with the reason because the kingdom needs a king to lead them.

Hamlet so angry, he can’t accept the truth. He is so disappoint with his mother and step father who Claudius is his own uncle. And he was hated this condition because his father was dead recently but his mother was doing marriage. He was so sad and crying all the time, and his close friend, Horatio came to him and asking what happen to him. And he also told him about he saw the ghost who he is a Hamlet’s father. The ghost told him about Claudius is bad person, he had killed by his self. But Hamlet didn’t believe to Horatio.  And Hamlet went to the night with Horatio and wanted to prove the truth.

Finally Hamlet and Horatio met with the ghost of his father. Horatio was afraid to saw the ghost as like Hamlet but his angered more high than his afraid. Then the ghost invited him to believe with him. The ghost told him about the bad side of Claudius as a king and uncle. The ghost also told to him about what the reason he was dead. It’s all because Claudius gave poison to his ears when he took a nap in the garden of the castle. He also told to him, if he should be careful to Claudius because he is a bad king who wants the wealth and the power only.

The ghost lost as sudden, then they back to the castle and discussed to Horatio to face this problem. Horatio as loyal Hamlet’s friend gave him a solution to resolve his problem. Horatio said to him, if he should makes a performance as theater and all the people have to watch your performance. And finally Horatio’s idea accepted by Hamlet, and then he looked for actors who can help him to playing the drama. And Horatio also asked him to pretend be mad in other to trap Claudius. And Polonius as the lord chamberlain judge Hamlet become mad cause Hamlet so love his daughter, Ophelia. They believed that Ophelia can helping Hamlet go out from his mad.

The time came, the performance day will be able. People who in the castle watching the theater. The performance tells about the murderer of Hamlet’s father who put the poison into ears of the king when the king taking a nap in the garden. The drama so good and all of the people gave many applauses. But so difference attitude from Claudius who the only person is angry and felt uncomfortable with this condition. He screamed out to stop that performance, and his face so worried if one day the people will know who he is. Then he went out and leaved that room.

Hamlet so satisfy causes he was succeed to knowing the truth. Hamlet went to the Gertrude’s bedroom to asking to her about reaction of Claudius when showing the drama. He also still wanted to know about the fact who is the killer of his father. But Gertrude did not give him little bit information and it made him so angry and did something coarse to his mom. Gertrude asked some helps, she was screamed out so loudly. Then Polonius helped her to by shout out so hard from a bathroom behind of the curtain who he was arrived in the Gertrude’s bedroom first to asking what happen and how Hamlet made that’s drama.

Hamlet though who he is Claudius be angry and crazy. He pricked Polonius with his sword. Then Polonius dead and Hamlet realized who he is not Claudius but Polonius. Gertrude shouted out so hard and made all of the people come to her room. And here Claudius used his occasion to send Hamlet in England to studying and deleted his bad action to Polonius from the people in the castle. But actually his purpose is he wants evacuated Hamlet from the castle because he is so afraid if one day all of them know who the killer of the king.

Hamlet and Horatio went out to the castle, and there he went not to study but prepare the battle and asking a help to a prince from other kingdom. And in other side, Ophelia as a woman who was so love him be sad and crying all the time because her father was dead by a man who she loves. Laertes as Ophelia’s brother who just back from France so sad to looking the condition of Ophelia who always crying and laugh alone like a crazy women and especially he so sad when heard about his father dead. He was so angry with Hamlet who is killer of his father and a man that makes his young sister got depression. This happen used by Claudius to make a deal with Laertes to dissolved Hamlet side.

Hamlet decided to back in the castle, but in the road he showed a funeral. Then he wanted to know who is dead. And he was so surprised when he knew Ophelia was dead because she was got depression then kill her own self by sunk the river. Hamlet so sad and so disappoint to his own self who had killed Polonius, then it caused why Ophelia dead. Hamlet came to the castle, and there was Laertes gave a challenge to him by did sword games. Hamlet accepted it and they started to play. Laertes who is crafty, he put the poison on his sword. In the first, second, and third Hamlet always more dominant than Laertes for the battles, and Laertes was started revolted to him and started to put the poison on his sword. Beside it, Claudius put the poison into the Hamlet’s glass and he asked him to take a drink because the battle makes him so tired.

Hamlet refused Claudius’s asking and finally Gertrude who was drinking the poison to increase Hamlet’s spirit. Poison entered to her body as fast and finally she realized if she was poisoned by Claudius from the water of grapes that the function to Hamlet. Hamlet so surprised and lost the focus of the battle. And it was the occasion of Laertes side to make a scar by his poison sword. Hamlet was bruised, and the other side his mother realized him and all the people if she was poisoned by the drinking. And finally his mother was dead in that place.

Hamlet confused what shoud be he did and finally he decided for finishing the battle. He killed Laertes with Laertes’s sword and when Laertes was agony, Laertes gave Hamlet the truth if he and Claudius made an agreement to kill his self with the way put a poison on Laerter’s sword and the drinking that his mother drank. And that happen Hamlet was got scar by Laertes’s sword and it means that Hamlet had poisoned and will dead. And then Laertes dead like his mother.

Hamlet so surprised and so sad for the truth, he was going dead too. But before all so late he decided to kill Claudius by his sword. Claudius dead and he felt so good more than before. Then Hamlet asked his loyal friend, Horatio, to submit the throne to Price of Norway, young Fortinbras, so Horatio isn’t need to attack Denmark to defeat it. And finally Hamlet died and Horatio is the one who alive. And the kingdom was led by Prince of Norway, the young fortinbras.

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Literary Criticism of English Festival 2014

On June 5, 2014, State University of Medan (UNIMED) exactly in English Department Faculty of Language and Arts held a contest called "English Festival". This event is coordinated by Syamsul Bahri SS MHum and accompanied by other committees such as Tiarnita Siregar MHum Spd. This event is an event of product from course of cinematography, drama and poetry in accordance with curriculum in the 2013 which based processes and products.

In this competition, all students who participate are required to use English in every show. And of course, every jury has their own points in the assessment as seen from the aspects of preparation, scenario, and also on performance as well as pronunciation and intonation that they used. And in the cinematography and poetry can be considered good because they seem to have good preparation in short filmmaking. and if the poetry they also have good preparation in which we can see in their appearance that provides many surprises like the concept of the story, include singing, and using the piano as accompaniment.

This event is an annual event held by English Department Faculty of Language and Arts (FBS). And for the cinematography, UNIMED collaborates with the University of Nommensen. Where each winner of each competition is 1, 2, and 3 will get a charter, award and money coaching.

Participants who join the competition among from English literature B of 2012 with the title dramas are Hamlet and Taming of the strew, English literature A of 2012 with the title is Hamlet, English extension  B of 2012 with the title is King Lear, and the English extension C 2012 with the title Hamlet also. And similarly with the poetry competitions followed by FBS students, while cinematography competitions followed by students of UNIMED and University of Nommensen and also guided by the supervisor, Immanuel Ginting MHum.

In the race this time, particularly in the drama competition won by:

1. The Taming of The Shrew by English literature B of 2012
2. Hamlet by English Extension C of 2012
3. Hamlet by English Literature B of 2012

 This event was festive and success. Which each of the participant seemed enthusiastic in following the competitions. The event was opened by the Dean of FBS that is Dr. Isda Pramuniati MHum represented by Assistant of Dean II that is Drs Basyaruddin MPD, Chairman of the Department of Education English Language and Literature that is Prof. Dr. Sumarsih MPD, lecturer of supervisors in English Festival that is Dra Sri Minda, Chairman of major English Literature is Dra Meisur MA, as well as English lecturer Festival 2014 is Immanuel Ginting MHum.

In this event there are things that should be considered further by each participant or committees that runs the event, in order to become more perfect of the event and it will runs without any problems or defects in every performance presented by the audience, are:

1.   Acting

Acting played by each player in the drama was varied. There were characters that dominated their characters, but some are not mastering their characters so it looked stiff. As in the drama of The Taming of the Shrew was "Maria" as "Catherine" she looked very united and enjoy the character she played. In this comedy drama she was also able to make the audiences feel if they were in that era and made ​​the audiences laugh with her acting as Cathrine.

And also seen at "Angie" who played "Petruchio". The character of Petruchio is a man, while she is a woman, but she proved able to portray as a men and very entertaining. Not only on their characters, the characters played by Hamlet Literature A and B looked very animating their respective roles. But Hamlet character played by Extension C was not too prominent, and although they seem ordinary to be a winner 2.

In the other acting as the character Bianca in The Taming of The Strew and most of the other supporting characters in other dramas title seemed stiff, where they are just expressions during dialogue and when they are off in dialog so they did not do expression. And it should not happen in a dramatic performance.

2.   Setting

Arrangement of settings contained in this competition seems so simple even considered a minus. Due to each performance did not have an adequate setting and should be. The competition was only using black fabric as a background. Furthermore was nothing, just a chair or equipment of hand property by some participants. Therefore, the audiences did not really enjoy any performance of each participant where most of the drama background by life in the kingdom.

Here, the organizers also have to be smart again in effect there was on the stage. Due to the backstage door was left open so that the light penetrates the black fabric as a limiting stage. And consequently every person who entered into the stage of the backstage door clearly seen by the audiences and this should not happen because it was very disturbing. The committee also did not complete a good voice capacity. There were only 3 microphones on stage. So that the sound produced by each participant did not sound well so the audiences did not hear what was said by the participants well and it means that performances is considered  had failed because the audiences did not understand enough and the message of every performance was not sent by the audience.

3.   Lighting

Lighting contained in this competition inadequate because of the arrangement of lights that use imprecise and often considered too dark. It is very clearly seen in the appearance by Extension c 12, entitled Hamlet, which is considered to be very dark and lightening too late to turn in some scenes.

4.   Costume

The costume used by each participant was considered so very good. They may adjust every costume in every character in the story. As happened in Hamlet and King Lear is a story set in the background of the Kingdom. In addition to the characters which it shall be played by men but was played by a woman, they can present a costume that fits the characters in the story. And this was very interesting and good. But not so with the narrator involved in performances. Most of them did not use costumes like the other characters. They had to use modern costumes, but if they took part using a costume like the other characters then it would be a plus for them.

5.   Make up

Make up used by the participants are very pretty but not good enough for the performance of which was held in “Culture Park of North Sumatra. Why? Yes, because that place has very large size and held with the lights off in the audience position and the little lighting on the stage that the result was their make-up was less prominent on the stage. In mean they should further highlight or clarify their makeup to emphasize their character and expression. And to substitute the role of the woman who played the character of a man they seem very good, they add a mustache, beard, hair and eyebrows that so emphasize their characters as man and clearly visible, for example as practiced by literature A 12.

6.   Plot

Plots at each performance consist of various kinds. As in Hamlet they generally used a flow back and forth. Which they use flash back when the drama performances and when the ghost tells how the death process. While in King Lear and The Taming of The Strew in general they used advanced flow.

7.   Blocking

Most of the contestants appear to hold blocking but not a few of those who did not master the blocking. So their expression displayed clearly to the audiences.

8.   Music

Most of the participants in the competition to provide the music had a very good preparation. However, not infrequently, the music sounded too loud so players delivered the dialogue did not sound well.

9.   Improvisation

Improvisation that did by contestants looked good even though some of them are considered less able to improvise. An example was when their things were left on stage by mistake, they did not improvise well, but take it for granted.

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