Laskar Pelangi by Andrea Hirata

Novel by Andrea Hirata with a bold book 534 this page contains a very interesting story. The story in this Novel is the true story of the author's journey in pursuit of his dream to the French state. This story was also praised by the famous director Riri Riza and Mira Lesmana. The Novel is able to make the reader feel like drifting and carrying into the story inside.

Andrea Hirata is a man who likes to dream in living his life. However, that dream he would try to be true. In his novel he is more telling about his past in Belitong. So the stories in this Novel are true in the same manner as the original place of the incident.

The style of the language used by Andrea Hirata is considered to be a good and very interesting style, in addition to using Indonesia language also using Malay language that makes the reader seem a little confusion and must guess what the meaning of the language. However, the meaning in every Malay language used is always there at the bottom, so after reading the understanding of the language used we can redigest the Malay language that had been slightly less understandable.

The plot in the Novel is mixed flow, but is more dominant using the advanced flow. The author uses a first-person perspective, as the author is the main store in this story. So the story makes curious for the readers so that it wants to quickly finish reading it. The Novel contains many useful orders for its readers. Andrea Hirata teaches us not to first despair, if you want to achieve the desired dream.

The author describes the characters in this story differently in the way that other authors usually use.

The main character of this story is called Ikal he is a tough boy, smart, brave, and willing to learn for the dream he wants to realize. Lintang is a boy who is very intelligent, genius, brave, but because of the situation that made him drop out of school. Mahar's character is a boy who is smart singing, intelligent, and fond of things – the Unseen (mystery), Mrs. Mus is an excellent, thoughtful, and highly beloved teacher of her disciples, and many other figures.

The story in Laskar Pelangi starts from the life of a child named Ikal who started school by having to wait for ten children who want to attend school in Ikal. With Sahara, Trapani, Kucai, Syahdan, Mahar, Lintang, Borek, A Kiong, Bu Mus, Pak Harfan, and parents waiting if there is one more people who want to go to SD Muhamaddiyah if, not up to ten children then, they will not be able to go to school. The elementary School of Muhammadiyah will be completed. For a long time they waited finally a boy who was fifteen years old and somewhat backward of his mentality saved his nine friends also SD school Muhamaddiyah. Ikal and friends are very pleased, they can finally go to SD Muhamaddiyah to achieve their dreams and minds with his great friends in Belitong.

The interesting thing about this Novel is that it can evoke us not to despair if, wanting to achieve a dream. Teaches us to be kind to your fellow friends and willing to help each other. In his novel, Andrea Hirata is good at going through the questions that continue to be implied, from the beginning of the story until the end of the story, meaning from his language and how to read it. However, with all its beauty and benefits, the Novel makes its readers get a little trouble because of the Malay language, expressions and decorations in the sentence make this story a little difficult. Nevertheless, the story is still captivating and full of content that can be contemplated and translated deeper.

Passive or Active Voice :

1. Active Voice = He saved ikal and friends 

    Passive Voice =  ikal and friends are saved by him

2. Active Voice = Andrea Hirata has created a novel 
    Passive Voice = The Novel was created by Andrea Hirata